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.
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.
The following flowchart provides an overview of the:
For more information about the services provided by the Department, visit the Department of Building and Housing website.

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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