AF v FG & TI [2024] NZDT 347 (24 April 2024) [pdf, 158 KB]
...When the family member visited to collect [the dog] at the time AF had specified no one was home. 14. FG and TI then transferred the $3,384.00 back to AF. On 18 February 2024 FG and TI sent AF the following message: “…We are emailing to inform you that we have been speaking with a lawyer about the ownership of [the dog], and under the Dog Control Act 1996, section 2, a dog owner means a CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 6 person who has the dog in his or her possession, whe...