NB v TT [2023] NZDT 296 (21 July 2023) [pdf, 86 KB]
...Section 42 of the Disputes Tribunal Act provides that where the case of any party is not presented to the Tribunal after a reasonable opportunity has been given to that party to do so, the matter may be resolved by the Tribunal on such evidence or information as is before it. 2. According to NB’s evidence at the hearing, NB and TT were friends. TT, the owner of a bar, asked NB to weld some of the chairs for the bar, as NB is a welder. They verbally agreed on a rate of $20.00 per cha...