Rabadan v Gale - [1996] 3 NZLR 220

Tort — Negligence — Cause of action — Solicitors negligent in drawing a cross-lease agreement in June 1988 — Failure to ensure that lessees' consent not required for alterations to lessor's flat — Arbitrators' award in May 1995 holding that consent of lessee necessary — Whether cause of action arose in June 1988 or May 1995 — Time at which lessor suffered damage as a result of 1988 breach — Application by solicitors to strike out lessor's claim against them — Limitation Act 1950, s 4.