Brown & Doherty Ltd v Whangarei County Council - [1988] 1 NZLR 33

Contract — Cancellation — New Zealand Standard Specification Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works applied to contract with local authority and contained clauses entitling local authority to terminate contract if engineer certified his opinion on such matters as delays — Engineer and his assistant reported to local authority who terminated contract — Whether such clauses should be strictly construed — Whether report was a certificate by engineer — Whether termination valid.