Morrison v Upper Hutt City Council - [1998] 2 NZLR 331

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Whether the relationship between the appellant and respondent was sufficiently proximate to establish a duty of care on the council to act reasonably in the construction of planning instruments — Whether public policy factors limited or dissolved the duty — Town and Country Planning Act 1977, ss 38, 62, 65, 66, 67 and 69.