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1. ZH v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 17 (10 February 2024) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...repayment of the $2,400.00 is owed to her because she did not cause the damage. She claims the damage was done after delivering the car to where she was instructed to leave it by C Ltd. 4. ZH claims C Ltd deducted money from her account without informing her that they were going to do so due to damage they found when picking up the car. 5. The issue for the Tribunal to determine is whether there is a breach of the terms and conditions of agreement, Whether ZH did damage to the re...

2. Waitangi Tribunal - Mangatū Remedies Report [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...the autonomy of the applicants can only come from the Crown . We therefore consider that TAMA’s energies would be better spent in completing negotiations with the Crown as soon as possible . Moreover, TAMA has in fact been offered redress in the form of an option to obtain the whole of the Mangatū CFL lands including CFL land lying outside the Tūranga district and over which the Tribunal has no jurisdiction . In these circumstances we have decided to adjourn TAMA’s application pendi...

3. [2014] NZEmpC 148 Ngawharau v Porirua Whanau Centre [pdf, 53 KB]

   ...Knowsley, counsel for the defendant Judgment: 14 August 2014 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A D FORD [1] The plaintiff, Mr Ngawharau, was initially represented in this proceeding by a lay-person, Mr C Moses. The statement of claim Mr Moses filed was defective. In the course of a telephone directions conference on 8 July 2014, Mr Moses informed the Court that Mr Ngawharau was in the process of engaging legal counsel to represent him. On the same day, I issued...

4. KT & OX & SX v P Ltd [2021] NZDT 1614 (4 August 2021) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...pipe that has had to be repaired. The Applicants claim compensation from P for their costs, but do not claim the cost of the new pump motor. 3. The Applicants claim from P damages of $6,200.80 (the Applicants had claimed $6,301.46 on the claim form, but reduced their claim at the hearing), calculated as follows: • $336.19, for the cost of repairing the damaged pipes • $945.39, being a refund of the double-charge regarding the one/three-phase cable (reduced from $1,046.05) �...

5. FD v B Ltd [2021] NZDT 1714 (23 December 2021) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...Omissions 4.1 The Client acknowledges and accepts that the Contractor shall, without prejudice, accept no liability in respect of any alleged or actual error(s) and/or omission(s); (a) resulting from an inadvertent mistake made by the Contractor in the formation and/or administration of this Contract; and/or (b) contained in/omitted from any literature (hard copy and/or electronic) supplied by the Contractor in respect of the Works” 17. B Ltd discovered that it had made a mistake in...

6. Fox-Warren v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment injury/Revocation of Cover) [2025] NZACC 116 (16 July 2025) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...address the ongoing pain in her tooth. Mr Goga observed that Ms Fox-Warren had recently had a root canal and diagnosed the pain as “chronic apical periodontitis associated with tooth 17”. Dr Goga did not observe signs of a facture. Dr Goga performed a further root canal. [3] On 12 April 2021, Dr Paul Scott, Dentist, treated a fracture in Ms Fox-Warren’s tooth. [4] On 4 August 2021, Dr Scott filled Ms Fox-Warren’s tooth 17. [5] On 1 February 2022, Ms Fox-Warren’s toot...

7. EMPC Form 2C - Notice accompanying statement of claim served outside NZ [doc, 28 KB]

   Form 2C Notice accompanying statement of claim served outside New Zealand Schedule 3, clause 5A, Employment Relations Act 2000 1 The plaintiff named in the attached statement of claim has commenced proceedings against you by filing a statement of claim in the Employment Court. 2 Even though you are outside New Zealand, the Court may hear and determine these proceedings. It may do so if the proceedings come within its jurisdiction. The grounds on which the plaintiff says that the proceeding...

8. [2010] NZEmpC 109 Rolling Thunder Motor Co Ltd v Kennedy [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...services from other businesses in the BarterCard scheme. It operates in a similar way to company credit cards. 8 The Plaintiff agreed to open the account with BarterCard. 9 To make the BarterCard scheme more relevant to the Plaintiff the Defendant requested that some employees of the Plaintiff (including herself) have their own personal accounts on the Plaintiff’s BarterCard account. This would allow them to make personal purchases for themselves and the employees would then reimb...

9. Kīngi v Eru - Whakapoungakau 24 (2014) 111 Waiariki MB 20 (111 WAR 20) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...to the Registrar, Mr Dowthwaite raises a claim that beneficial owners may have been used to either participate in the last meeting or induced to vote in a particular way by a payment referred to in his letter as an amount of $30. Mr Dowthwaite requests that an urgent investigation be conducted into these allegations. He also refers to the potential if inadvertent involvement of court staff. He says that Mr Kīngi is concerned that the election outcome may have been comprised by this...

10. LL v DD Ltd [2017] NZDT 1453 (12 October 2017) [pdf, 209 KB]

    ...quality if a stool that she used daily resting on the carpet caused a hole to wear in the carpet. Further she disputed that her dog, which is a Maltese puppy, did or could have caused the other bald patches in the carpet. LL claimed that she had been informed that “bonding delamination” was probably the cause of the patches, therefore the carpet was defective. 6. However I am unable to find that there has been a breach of the guarantee of acceptable quality in this case for reaso...