Brown v Heathcote County Council - [1982] 2 NZLR 584

Negligence — Duty of care — Negligent misstatement — Council issued landowner with a permit to build house — Before permit was issued, landowner's application had been referred to Drainage Board — Land on which house was built proved susceptible to flooding from nearby river — Whether Council were under a duty of care to advise landowner of the susceptibility of his land to flooding before issuing the building permit — Whether Drainage Board were under a duty to advise Council or landowner of the land's susceptibility to flooding.