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Cladding company lawyer blames construction for leaky homes

17:39 pm on 19 May 2021

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A lawyer for the building materials company James Hardie has blamed bad construction for a leaky home - not the company's product.

The James Hardie group of companies are being sued for more than 200 million dollars by more than a thousand homeowners over what they claim were product deficiencies, causing their houses to rot and develop mould.

Today a lawyer for the defendant said the cladding in question was not at fault.

Jordan Bond reports.