Baylis v Wellington City Corporation - [1957] NZLR 836

Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens — Contract for Road Reconstruction and Removal of Tram Tracks and Reinstatement of Road Surface — Contractor employing Consulting Engineer in Connection with Work comprised in Contract — Engineer entitled to charge for His Fee for "work" as subcontractor — Company supplying Compressor on Hire to Contractor — Company not entitled to Charge — Hiring-out of Plant not "work or labour", and mere Delivery of Plant not "placing, fixing, or erecting plant and machinery" — Fitting of Special Pick to Contractor's Grader — Contractor contracting to supply Its Own Plant — Provision of Such Plant not "work" — Supply of Special Pick not Part of "work" which Contractor agreed to Perform — "Work" — Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act 1939, s 20.