Holler v Osaki - [2016] 2 NZLR 811

Property law — Residential tenancy — Damage — Insurance — Tenant’s wife negligently causing fire at property — Whether tenant and wife entitled to benefit of landlords’ insurance — Whether immunity from claim by landlords — Whether general principles of law from Property Law Act applying to claim — Property Law Act 2007, Part 4, ss 268 and 269.

Statutes — Interpretation — Use of Extrinsic Material — Whether interpretation of text of statute consistent with Law Commission reports and legislative history.