Circuit v Andrews Housemovers Limited [2015] NZDC 24886 [18 December 2015]

Mr and Mrs Circuit purchased a house in Ellerslie, to move to their own property in Tairua. They engaged the defendant, AHL, to transport the house. During the move itself, the front section of the house was completely destroyed. AHL accepted liability for the loss under the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, but said that its liability was limited by the Act to the sum of $2000—a problem that the plaintiffs were keen to circumvent because they had not followed AHL’s advice to insure the house while in transit.