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1. Waitangi Tribunal - Preparing claimant evidence for the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...Illustrations________________________________________________17 Funding ___________________________________________________________18 How Many Traditional History Reports Are Needed? ________________________18 v Preface This booklet has been written in response to claimant requests. It is designed to assist claimants with information about what they need to do to prepare their claims for an inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal. Part i provides a step-by-step guide for pre- paring claim...

2. Fulton v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2022] NZACC 233 (5 December 2022) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 29 November 2022 Held at: Hamilton/Kirikiriroa Appearances: K Koloni for the Appellant T Gee for the Respondent Judgment: 5 December 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for personal injury - s 26, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 18 October 2021. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of the Corporation’s decision...

3. [2021] NZACC 8 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...advising that the appellant’s weekly compensation would stop as of Monday, 17 June 2019. [6] The circumstances in which payment of those entitlements would be recommenced was explained in that letter. [7] On 17 June 2019 the appellant gave the requested consent, with the result that the payments of weekly compensation were not stopped at that time. [8] However, late on Friday 21 June 2019, the appellant sent an email to the Corporation indicating that they no longer had co...

4. DD v B Ltd [2022] NZDT 258 (20 December 2022) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...charged) and a visit carried out in 2022 will need to be the subject of a separate claim as they had not been lodged via a counter-claim for today’s hearing. Referee Perfect Date: 20 December 2022 Page 2 of 2 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...

5. Haig v Proprietors of Waipiro A13 Incorporation (2006) 169 Gisborne MB 260 (169 GIS 260) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...18(1)(d). Important background material was also dealt with at the conference, which is considered later in this judgment. [7] The proceedings were then set down for hearing some 12 months later on 13 December 2005, where the applicants' request for an adjournment was declined but that hearing could not proceed due to the last minute unavailability of the judge due to her flight being fog bound at Wellington. In response to ~A:::;f / 169 Gisborne MB 262 the Court's...

6. LCRO 23/2023 VT v NH (18 March 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...locate Ms NH’s 2009 will. [29] Mrs QE says that Mr VT assured Ms NH that she would be well looked after and Ms NH “was not advised of the nature of a potential conflict to the extent that she could seek alternative advice and/or provide informed consent as to [Law Firm 1] continuing to act for her”. [30] Mrs QE complains that Mr VT reacted angrily when advised by Mr QE that Ms NH had decided to pursue a relationship property claim, and declined to provide Ms NH with a copy...

7. Hipango v Peehi - Atihau-Whanganui Incorporation (2008) 221 Aotea MB 152 (221 AOT 152) [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...any event; (i) two committee members, Colin Manson Bell and Robert Gray, who opposed the funding of the meetings and the appointment of a CEO, were not told of the times or venues for the meetings. Two of the election candidates were also not in formed 221 Aotea MB 165 about these meetings. The family and friends of the candidates described by the secretaty as a "dissident shareho lder group" were not invited to any of the meetings. When these shareholders asked for de...

8. HB- & UB v KN [2023] NZDT 49 (9 February 2023) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...against KN is dismissed. It may be that the applicants consider they have claims against other parties. But that is a matter for the applicants to pursue. Referee: Souness - DTR Date: 9 February 2023 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 re...

9. V Ltd v BT [2023] NZDT 370 (11 May 2023) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...through implied consent? • If so, what is BT liable to pay? Did BT agree to the clawback terms through implied consent? 8. The common law of contract allows parties to enter into contracts that are legally binding. A contract can be written or formed verbally or inferred from the parties’ conduct. A party can be considered to have agreed to contractual terms by their conduct. 9. I find that BT did agree to the clawback terms through implied consent. 10. This is for the fo...

10. KW & TW v S Ltd [2024] NZDT 824 (17 October 2024) [pdf, 218 KB]

    ...are not stated, nor is the evidence upon which he based his opinion. I am therefore not persuaded that the assessment of poor paint quality and poor application can be relied upon. 8. The door manufacturer did not view the doors but provided information on how they should be painted. SM and NM, directors of S Ltd, state all such manufacturers’ recommendations are followed. There is no evidence the recommendations were not followed, nor any evidence the doors themselves are defecti...