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1. KK v HL [2023] NZDT 381 (20 July 2023) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...to a mechanic the following day. KK replied that she wanted to buy the car. 6. On 12th April HL drove the car to KK’s. She paid him $5,800.00 for the car. 7. KK says that on the 19th of April when she was driving her car home, one of her flatmates said the car sounded weird. KK continued to drive the car. On 27th April she noticed a warning light had come on the dashboard. 8. KK made contact with HL, through her flatmate, and asked for a refund and to return the car to him...

2. O v J [2016] NZIACDT 17 (30 March 2016) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...provide clients with invoices. The circumstances were: [6.2.1] Mr J’s fee was $18,000; it was potentially not fair and reasonable. [6.2.2] Mr J did not act professionally in accepting payment of his fee via an intermediary (the complainant’s flatmate). [6.2.3] Mr J failed to issue invoices. [6.3] Mr J breached clause 1.1(a) of the 2010 Code. The provisions required him to perform his services with due care, diligence, respect and professionalism. The circumstances were: [6.3.1]...

3. CAC306 v Zhou & Anor [2015] NZREADT 51 [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...inference from the established facts, is that: [a] Messrs Zhou and She were both part of the plan whereby Mr Zhou’s wife would acquire 34 Diana Drive and Mr Zhou would end up as its registered owner; and [b] Mr She’s wife, and not Mr She’s flatmate Mr Dong, was from the beginning to be the registered owner of 27 Arran Road as part of a similar scheme. However, we find that Mr Dong was the intended owner at the outset. [22] The prosecution submits that, in both instances, Mr She...

4. IH v DD Ltd [2021] NZDT 1624 (12 July 2021) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...flat is idea for extended family or provides an option to rent it out and help pay off the mortgage.” Although DD Ltd subsequently changed the advertising to delete these words, CU defended these words on the basis that a buyer could rent to a “flatmate”, whereas this would not be permitted unless the flatmate was a family member. The statement on Trade Me was made after IH entered into the contract, so did not induce the contract, but adds credence to IH’s account that CU failed...

5. Chief Victims Advisor media-statement 3 September 2021 [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...from abuse,” says Chief Victims Advisor to Government Dr Kim McGregor. During lockdowns, many employees will need to work from home which means some may be trapped 24/7 with an abusive partner, family member or other close relationship such as a flatmate. Because employers are usually communicating with their staff during lockdowns, they have the rare opportunity to assist employees trapped by an abusive partner or household member to know that there is free, specialist help availa...

6. NU & IO v BM & ME [2024] NZDT 770 (25 November 2024) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...owner’s family”. 5. However, there are issues as to whether the respondents lived in the same “premises” as the applicants, or whether the guest wing was separate from the premises in which the applicants lived. Although the parties signed a flatmate agreement, this does not settle the matter since it is not generally possible to contract out of the RTA (see s 11). It seems that s 5(1)(n) may not apply, so the tenancy may be governed by the RTA. 6. In any case, where it is not...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 71 Gaut v BP Oil [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...the meeting, Mr Gaut did not know what he was alleged to have said. When Ms Frew‟s statement was put to him, Mr Gaut again denied having sworn. [22] Around that same stage of the meeting, Mr Gaut received a call on his cellphone from his flatmate. Mr Gaut told the Court that he had his cellphone switched on because he had taken some photographs on his cellphone the previous day of the boxes in the passageway and the empty shelving in the chiller which he may have wanted to...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 253 Karmarkar v Auckland Council [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...arrangement being examined to be considered in terms of consistency or inconsistency with the connotations of domestic residence of a family or a group living in a situation analogous to a family, such as a group of intimate acquaintances, friends or flatmates jointly residing in a house or flat. Institutions of a commercial or public nature whose services or functions include the provision of accommodation, or board and accommodation, such as boarding- houses, rest- homes, hospitals, boar...

9. [2015] NZSSAA 025, 20 April [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...Benefit $127.50. [5] In May 2013 the appellant advised that the rent had gone up to $580 per week, of which his share was $245 per week. He later changed this figure to $340 per week. He said that his brother was paying $150 per week rent and a flatmate was paying $90. On the basis that the appellant’s accommodation costs were assessed to be $340 per week, he was paid Accommodation Supplement of $145 per week and Special Benefit of $104 per week. [6] The appellant’s Accommo...

10. DF v U Ltd [2023] NZDT 235 (19 May 2023) [pdf, 190 KB]

    ...of the [vehicle] on 1 May 2022 in the manner he has described. (c) I have noted that DF told [Consultancy Company] that he returned to the car park, after being in the forest park all day, to find that the [vehicle] had gone, so he contacted his flatmate, HC, to collect him using an app service (probably WhatsApp) and when he got home, he contacted the Police to report the [vehicle] stolen. The Report concluded that DF had incorrectly described the manner of the loss because there is n...