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1. Goold [2011] NZWHT Auckland 42 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...certificate until some time after the date of the final inspection. In such cases the reasons for the delay in issuing the CCC are relevant. Ultimately however a decision as to when a house is built is a matter of judgment based on all the information that is available to the decision maker. [10] Lang J also considered the effect of s43(1) of the Building Act 1991 which provides as follows: 43 Code compliance certificate (1) An owner shall as soon as practicable advi...

2. KC v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2022] NZACC 224 [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...March 2021 declining to cover for a treatment injury. [2] The appellant submits that she ought to be entitled to cover for a treatment injury because she suffered an injury because of treatment. [3] The Corporation’s position is that the claim does not meet the statutory criteria for cover of a treatment injury. Background [4] On 8 March 2019, an ACC injury claim form was filed for a sensitive claim said to relate to an event on 8 March 2014. The claim form indicated that...

3. Wai 2180 Taihape inquiry newsletter 2 December 2015 [pdf, 822 KB]

   ...busy year for the Taihape inquiry! Research is progressing well and plans are now under way for hearings to commence in 2016. There is a lot of mahi ahead for claimants, lawyers, CFRT, and the Tribunal. This newsletter is designed to keep parties informed of inquiry progress and upcoming events in order to make our shared mahi easier. Nāku te rourou, nāu te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi! Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have. Our contact details are on page 9. Nāk...

4. RM ND and DD v EQC & VERO Insurance New Zealand Ltd (substantive) [2022] CEIT-2019-0074 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...[340] Introduction [1] The applicants are the trustees of the HT, a trust associated with Mr and Mrs D. In this decision, the applicants are referred to as “the Trust”. [2] The house, the subject of this claim, was insured with EQC and Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited (Vero). [3] The house was damaged in the September 2010 and February 2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) events. Claims to EQC and Vero were made by the Trust arising...

5. [2010] NZEmpC 60 Maritime Union of NZ v C3 Ltd [pdf, 28 KB]

   ...extensive flexibility to the Employment Court to determine matters in accordance with the substantive merits of the case. [19] Any prejudice to C3, which is not extensively set out in defendant’s submissions, can be addressed by the C3’s request, which I now grant, to allow the defendant to make submissions in respect to the amendments to the statement of claim. The union will have the opportunity to reply. In the unlikely event that the amendments will require further evide...

6. FD Ltd v FT [2021] NZDT 1577 (20 July 2021) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...SECOND RESPONDENT CR Ltd The Tribunal orders: 1. CR Ltd is to pay FD Ltd $30,000 on or before 5.00pm on 11 August 2021. Reasons: 1. In October 2020, CR Ltd approached FD Ltd to engage several of its music artists to perform at a Festival event in February 2021 in [City]. The cost for contracting the artists to perform amounted to a total of $49,000 plus GST. A few days after signing the contract for each of the artists, CR Ltd cancelled the contract as it could...

7. WHT - Chair's directions for standard dwelling house claims [pdf, 190 KB]

   Weathertight Homes Tribunal – Chair’s Directions (Standard Dwellinghouse claims) August 2015 page 1 of 9 CHAIR’S DIRECTIONS (for Standard Dwellinghouse claims) 1. Introduction 1.1 These directions are effective from 21 September 2015 and are issued pursuant to s114 of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 (the Act). They set out the procedures which are to apply to applications for adjudication by the Weathertight Homes Tribunal for single dwellinghouse claims w...

8. CT & BT v Q Ltd [2025] NZDT 110 (3 April 2025) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...Collection Agency] to collect accounts in arrears. 4. CT said she, and her entire family were overseas at the time these letters were sent to their postal address and so they were not able to open the mail. CT also said that although she had informed Q Ltd that she was the driver, and not her father, Q Ltd continued to pursue her father for payment. 5. CT now seeks a declaration of non-liability for $460.99 as outlined in the letter from [Debt Collection Agency]. CI0301_CI...

9. GI v D Ltd [2024] NZDT 452 (27 June 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...In addition, I am not persuaded that the Terms and Conditions were given to GI, or that anything about the 6-month hire were drawn to his attention. In the absence of signatures from both parties on the Terms and Conditions, I cannot be sure they formed part of the contract. 6. In conclusion, I find that there was no minimum hire period, therefore GI is not liable to pay an additional $736.28 for rent and this part of the counterclaim is dismissed. However, GI is entitled to a refund o...

10. DK v B Ltd [2024] NZDT 293 (22 May 2024) [pdf, 125 KB]

    ...proved in full. The amount claimed is a reasonable contribution to the work carried out on the affected tooth, based on the total cost of work in the UK. Referee: Sara Grayson Date: 22 May 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 rehe...