Cases - Adkin v Brown

Record details

Name

Adkin v Brown

Date

(2002)

Citation

NZCA 59

Keywords

Contract - termination - repudiatory breach - breach of an essential stipulation as to structural safety - whether the breach of an essential stipulation as to structural safety permitted the employer to terminate the contract

Summary

In this New Zealand case, it was held that an employer was not permitted to terminate for breach of an essential stipulation as to structural safety, as the defects in question could have been remedied and completed for a relatively small sum.