By the judgment 12 September 2011 in Minister of Education v Econicorp Holdings Ltd & anor [2011] NZCA 450 the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal by the Minister of Education against the High Court order striking out its claim against Ahead buildings over the alleged negligent building of the Glen Innes Primary School Hall by Ahead in 1999. In the context of leaky home and leaky building cases the judgment is notable for its comments that the resisdential/commercial distinction is relevant to claims against Councils, but may not be relevant to claims against those actually involved in producing the defective building.
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