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1. U Ltd v UH [2025] NZDT 220 (3 June 2025) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...for payment of its invoices together with interest. 6. The issues to be determined to resolve the claim are: (a) What did UH engage U Ltd to do and was that work later varied? (b) Was it a term of the agreement that the works were to be performed by an agreed time, and if not, were the plans provided within a reasonable time? (c) Was U Ltd’s service provided with reasonable care and skill did it charge a reasonable price? 2 (d) Was UH entitled to cancel the contr...

2. Chee v Stareast Investment Ltd [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...document was forwarded to TQ under covering letter dated 14 October 2000 for signing and return. But this purported only copy was kept and destroyed by TQ, presumably as a cover up exercise. [33] The letter stated as follows: “We enclose as requested herewith a copy of the contract duly signed by us for your files” (emphasis added). Strikingly, it did not say that the contract was being sent for signing by TQ. Nor did it request its return after signing. 15 [3...

3. Form-33a_Family-Invoice_Family-Violence.pdf [pdf, 235 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 33a Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Family Violence (Applicant & Respondent) Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final...

4. Form-34_Family-Invoice_Maintenance.pdf [pdf, 228 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 34 Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Maintenance Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final invoice Please reco...

5. Form-33a_Family-Invoice_Family-Violence-v2.pdf [pdf, 235 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 33a Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Family Violence (Applicant & Respondent) Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final...

6. 2024] NZEmpC 195 Smalley v Hamilton Hindin Greene Ltd [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...resolve the matter, and that by 30 June 2023, HHG was to disclose all relevant documentation held by it pertaining to the matters in dispute. [12] On 4 July 2023, HHG disclosed documents which it said it had gathered in response to the disclosure request. [13] An issue then arose between the parties as to the adequacy of the disclosure which had been provided. Mr Smalley said that because disclosure was inadequate, mediation should not proceed in the meantime. 2 Smalley v...

7. FD v CE [2021] NZDT 1395 (22 April 2021) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...valid notice is one that meets the requirements set out in s10 of the Fencing Act 1978 which says; (1) Any occupier who desires to compel any other occupier under this Act to contribute to the cost of work on a fence shall serve on him a notice in form 1 of Schedule 1 or to the like effect. (2) The notice shall— (a) specify the boundary or line of fence, or the parts of the boundary or the line of fence, along which the work is to be done; and CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page...

8. I Ltd v EX [2024] NZDT 219 (27 March 2024) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...provide a drain repair quotation, I am not satisfied there was any agreement (or even any intention on I Ltd’s part, initially) that EX would pay for that time. It is also not clear that EX’s intention not to pay the unblocking invoices had already formed at the time of the drain repair site visit (a day after the final unblocking service). That part of the claim (for $973.87 is therefore dismissed). What invoiced amounts is EX liable to pay? 17. As per the above findings, EX...

9. C Ltd v HM [2023] NZDT 768 (18 December 2023) [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...attended the first hearing, which was adjourned because his phone battery ran out. He did not attend today’s hearing. The absence of a party does not prevent the hearing going ahead. 5. The issues to be determined are: a) Was a binding contract formed and, if so, what was agreed regarding delivery? b) What sum, if any, is payable? Was a binding contract formed and, if so, what was agreed regarding delivery? 6. The common law of contract allows parties to enter into legally...

10. TM v BC Ltd [2023] NZDT 774 (7 December 2023) [pdf, 195 KB]

    ...to remedy any failure, his claim must be dismissed. Referee: C Price Date: 7 December 2023 CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 4 of 4 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...