Ka whakamutua e te kaihanga te kirimana me te "aroha mai e hoa...kei te tino piki haere ngā utu"

I te mea kei roto te umanga hanga i te korenga o ngā kaimahi me ngā taonga, me te pikinga o ngā utu, he whakamaharatanga tika tēnei a te whakataunga a te Kōti o Kuīnirani mō ngā mātāpono kua whakatūria mō te whakakorenga kirimana. He whakatūpato te whakataunga ki ngā rōpū kia whakaaroaro rua i mua i te whakamutu i tētahi kirimana hanga, i te tohu rānei i te hiahia kia kaua e haere tonu.

I roto i te keehi Addinos Pty Ltd v OJ Pippin Homes Pty Ltd [2022] QDC 205 , i kitea e te Kōti Takiwā o Queensland (te Kōti) ehara i te mea ture te whakatau a te kaihanga ki te whakamutu i tētahi kirimana hanga whare nā te mea kāore i taea e ia te utu i ngā utu ahumahi e piki haere ana. I kitea e rātou ko te kaihanga te kawenga mō te whakakorenga, ā, i whakahaua kia utua e ia tata ki te $160,000 ki te kaiwhakawhanake mō te mate me te kino, tata ki te $35,000 mō te huamoni me ngā utu anō hoki.
Kaituhi: Kate Holland

Ngā meka

I tukuna e tētahi kaiwhakawhanake whenua o Addinos Pty Ltd ( Addinos ) he kirimana ki tētahi kamupene hanga whare, arā, ko OJ Pippin Homes Pty Ltd ( Pippin ) hei whakahaere i ngā mahi tae atu ki te whakahoro, te keri me te hanganga o ētahi whare tāone (ngā Mahi ). I raro i te kirimana hanga, i hiahiatia a Pippin kia tīmata te Mahi i roto i ngā rā 14 i muri i te whiwhinga o ngā whakaaetanga katoa e tika ana.

I roa te whakaroa o te kaupapa, tae atu ki ngā whakaroa i te whiwhinga i ngā whakaaetanga e hiahiatia ana mō te whakahoro, te putorino me te hanga whare. I muri i ngā marama 12, ko te whakahoro anake i oti. I taua wā, kua tino piki ake ngā utu o te umanga hanga, ā, kua ngaro i a Pippin ētahi o āna kaimahi.

I te raru o te kaha me te pikinga o ngā utu o te kaupapa, ka ī-mēra a Pippin i tētahi reta ki a Addinos e kī ana kei te whakamutua e rātou te kirimana hanga o ngā whare taone. I whakamārama a Pippin nā te pikinga o ngā utu tēnei: ​​ka whakamutua e Pippin … te kirimana hanga… kua tino piki ake ngā utu hanga mai i te wā i whakaritea ai te utu mō te kaupapa, tata ki te 12 marama ki muri…

I muri mai i te reta, ka tukuna e te kaiwhakahaere o Pippin, e Mr Hastie, he karere kuputuhi ki te kaiwhakahaere whanaketanga o Addinos, e mea ana: Kāore e taea e au te hanga i tēnei kaupapa, aroha mai e hoa … kua ngaro i a mātou ētahi o ā mātou kaiwhakahaere tino mātau … kei te tino piki haere ā mātou utu mō ēnei [kaupapa iti] … Aroha mai mō te raruraru i pā mai …     

I whakautu a Addinos me te whakaae kua mutu te kirimana i te rā i tukuna ai te reta a Pippin, me te whakapae mō te whakakorenga hē: Ko tāu reta, me tāu whakarēreatanga o te kirimana me ngā mahi, he whakakorenga hē me te takahi i te kirimana… i mutu te kirimana nā tāu reta…

I utua e Addinos tētahi atu kaihanga hei whakaoti i ngā Mahi, ā, i whakaara i tētahi kereme ki a Pippin mō ngā mate me ngā kino, tae atu ki te pikinga o ngā utu hanga, te huamoni e pā ana ki te whakaroa me ngā utu peeke.

I a ia e tiaki ana i te kereme, i kī a Pippin kāore i angitu ko Addinos te tuatahi i whakakahore i te kirimana, nā te mea kāore i whiwhi i ngā whakaaetanga e hiahiatia ana i te wā tika. 

Te whakatau

Kāore i uaua ki te Kōti te whakatau he whakakorenga te whakakorenga o Pippin.

I kite te Kōti kāore he rarangi i roto i te kirimana hanga e whakamana ana i te whakamutu i runga i te pikinga o ngā utu. Nō reira, i whakataua e te Kōti ehara te pūtake mō te whakamutu i roto i te reta a Pippin me te tuhinga a Mr Hastie i te pūtake ture hei whakamutu.

I whakaū anō te Kōti i ngā mātāpono kua whakatūria mō te whakakorenga – ka puta tēnei ina whakaatu tetahi rōpū i te hiahia kia kaua e herea e te kirimana. I whakaatu te reta me te tuhinga a Pippin i te hiahia o Pippin kia kaua e herea e te Kirimana, nō reira kua whakakorea e Pippin te kirimana.

I whakakorea e te Kōti te tautohe a Pippin i mea ko Addinos te tuatahi ki te whakakore nā te korenga i whiwhi i ngā whakaaetanga. I kite te Kōti ko te reta me te karere kuputuhi a Pippin i kōrero noa mō ngā take a Pippin ake – te pikinga o ngā utu hanga me te hurihanga o ngā kaimahi. Mā te whakamahi i te whakamātautau kotahi mō te whakakorenga i mua, kāore i kitea e te Kōti he taunakitanga e whakaatu ana kua whakaatu a Addinos i te hiahia kia kaua e herea e te Kirimana, nō reira kāore a Addinos i whakakore.

Whakamutunga

Kei te whakararu tonu te COVID, te korenga o ngā kaimahi me ngā take mekameka tuku i te rāngai hanga, ā, kei te piki haere tonu ngā utu. Me karo ngā rōpū e raru ana i raro i ēnei pēhanga i te whakatau wawe ki te whakamutu, ki te whakaatu rānei i te hiahia kia kaua e oti tētahi kaupapa – mā te mahi pēnā ka waiho pea rātou kia tuwhera ki ngā kereme whakakore utu nui.

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