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Body Corporate 188529 & Ors v North Shore City Council & Ors

The Auckland High Court delivered an interim decision where the body corporate and a number of individual proprietors and lessees of units at Sunset Terraces sued the Council, developers and the designer in negligence and sought substantial damages. They were successful against the Council and the developers, but all their claims against the designer failed.

New Member Appointed to the Tribunal

Kevin Kilgour has been appointed as a new Member of the Weathertight Homes Tribunal and will be based in Auckland. Kevin Kilgour will join the current Members of the Tribunal in determining issues regarding leaky homes.

New Application Form

Application to Weathertight Homes Tribunal

Claim Process Overview


The following flowchart provides an overview of the:

  • services provided for resolving leaky home claims
  • different paths that claims may follow
  • division of services between the Department and the Tribunal.

For more information about the services provided by the Department, visit the Department of Building and Housing website.

Claim Process

Weathertight Homes Tribunal Claims Process diagram

For a printable version of this flowchart, download the WHT brochure (in PDF format) by clicking on the following link: Introduction to Weathertight Homes Tribunal [ PDF 1,762KB ]

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