NZ Herald
An insurance expert says insurers on SkyCity’s new convention centre site may refuse to pay out on this week’s fire on the grounds that it was caused by “recklessness or gross irresponsibility”.
Rohan Havelock, a senior lecturer in insurance law at the University of Auckland, said the lead contractor Fletchers, a subcontractor and even an individual employee of the subcontractor could all potentially be held liable for the damage.
But any small subcontractor, and certainly its employee, was unlikely to have the funds to pay for potentially many millions of dollars worth of damage, so any litigation was likely to be aimed primarily at Fletchers.