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1. 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...

2. [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...

3. Lim v Gu-Chang [2014] NZIACDT 77 (29 August 2014) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...to determine: [6.1] Ms Gu-Chang acted unprofessionally and breached the complainant’s right to confidentiality through a publication on her website. [6.2] She overcharged the complainant by charging fees of $12,800 for making a discretionary request for a student visa. [7] The background for the complaint as set out in the Statement of Complaint is: [7.1] The complainant had been in New Zealand without a valid visa since 2007 and in late 2010 he approached Ms Gu-Chang’s practice...

4. HM v F [2023] NZDT 445 (29 August 2023) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...31 December 2022 without giving her any warning? b) If so, what is HM’s loss? Has F breached its contract with HM by cancelling her 115,189 Points on 31 December 2022 without giving her any warning? 4. Parties to a contract must perform their respective obligations. If they do not, they will be in breach and need to account for any loss caused to the other party to the contract. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 5. HM refers to F’s customary practice of sending...

5. HB v Q Ltd [2024] NZDT 582 (26 August 2024) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...is no basis to consider an award of compensation. Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the second issue. 9. In summary, the claim is dismissed. Referee: Sara Grayson Date: 26 August 2024 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a reh...

6. LCRO 117/2017 LA v KB (11 December 2019) [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...lodged a complaint with the Lawyers Complaints Service on 17 November 2016. He said he did so in his capacity as a trustee of the NB Trust, whose interests he said were “creditors” in the liquidator’s claim against the Council. [14] He requested an investigation into Mr BAK’s “fee and its structure” which he said was unfair to him, and to the public at large. He sought a refund of the fees charged by Mr BAK, and disciplinary sanction by way of a fine against Mr BAK....

7. Te Wini v Askelund (Removal of Second Plaintiff) [2015] NZHRRT 2 [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...hearing by Mr Askelund are to be filed and served by 5pm on Friday 16 January 2015. [6.4] The proceedings are to be heard at Auckland on Wednesday 4 February 2015. The venue is Hearing Room 5, Chorus House, 41 Federal Street, Auckland. [8] At the request of Mr Te Wini the timetable was amended in that the date for him to file his written statements of evidence was changed from 9 January 2015 to 20 January 2015 and the date for Mr Askelund to file his written statements consequently cha...

8. SI v HD Ltd [2023] NZDT 58 (25 January 2023) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...not have been included as income. However, I do not discount the overall findings of the report that HD Ltd’s affordability assessment was correct at the time the loan was made and some responsibility lies with SI in providing full and accurate information when applying for a loan. 24. In hindsight SI could have well benefited from SM’s obvious skills and assistance prior to applying for the loan. 25. While I acknowledge that SM does not accept FSCL’s reasoning, and consider...

9. KE Ltd v BO Ltd [2020] NZDT 1536 (18 June 2020) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...necessary repairs to pass a COF check. 2. KE claims that BO kept delaying making a decision about the repairs, and became difficult to contact. On 12 February 2019, KE emailed BO stating “Your vehicle is now impacting our business”, and attaching formal notice that it would start charging a parking fee from the next day of $150.00 plus GST per day. The email and attached notice both ended, “To avoid further penalties, please contact us immediately.” BO did not respond to that emai...

10. IO v D Ltd [2024] NZDT 59 (13 February 2024) [pdf, 144 KB]

    ...on or before 5pm on 13 March 2024. If he does not collect the car D Ltd can dispose of it in any manner it sees fit but IO is not entitled to a refund. Referee: K O’Shea Date: 13 February 2024 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a reh...