Watkin v Wilson - [1985] 1 NZLR 666

Contract — Sale of land — Latent defect in title — Breach of statutory duty — Extension to room in residential flat had been built in breach of bylaws — Local authority required new owner to demolish extension and rebuild — Whether the susceptibility of a building to a local authority requisition constituted a defect in title — Whether builder was liable to subsequent purchaser for building in breach of bylaws — Whether terms of sale included an implied term that the room would be habitable — Assessment of damages.