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1. LCRO 68/2024 GRA v ZTV (1 September 2025) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...manner. [28] The Committee also resolved to appoint a costs assessor (Mr HM) to review Mr ZTV’s fees. [29] The key issues identified by the Committee to be addressed were:14 a. whether Mr ZTV’s failure to respond to the cost assessor’s requests for his time costing information amounted to a breach of his professional obligations and unsatisfactory conduct; b. whether the costs Ms RA was charged were more than fair and reasonable for the work undertaken; and c. whether M...

2. IHC New Zealand v Ministry of Education (Non-Party Access No. 2) [2014] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...has been made. [2] The plaintiff has since engaged a new instructing solicitor and new counsel. On 30 April 2014 an amended statement of claim was filed. 2 [3] By email dated 1 May 2014 Ms Kristin Hall, Reporter for Breakfast, One News, requested permission to access and to copy documents held on the Tribunal file. In substance, the request is for access to the amended statement of claim. [4] The parties having a right to be heard on the application, submissions have now been...

3. Waitangi Tribunal theme A - Old land claims [pdf, 7.2 MB]

   . i I RANGAHAUA WHANUI NATIONAL THEME A OLD LAND CLAIMS D MOORE, B RIGBY, M RUSSELL JULY 1997 FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other Rangahaua Whanui reports District reports District 1: Auckland (pt I) R Daamen, P Hamer, and Dr B Rigby; (pt n) M Belgrave District 5B: Gisborne, S Daly District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B Bargh District 8: The Alienation of Maori Land in the Rohe Potae, C Marr District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh...

4. LS v Q Ltd [2024] NZDT 254 (22 March 2024) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...non-liability has failed, LS is ordered to pay the outstanding contract balance of $10,147.31, pursuant to s11(2)(b) of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988. Referee: L. Mueller Date: 22 March 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 appl...

5. QL v OQ [2021] NZDT 1664 (22 June 2021) [pdf, 116 KB]

   ...termination? b. Did OQ unlawfully terminate the agreement? c. If so, is QL entitled to $3,574.50 as claimed, or any other sum? What terms were agreed regarding termination? 5. The relevant law is contract law. A legally binding contract is formed when both parties intend to contract on agreed terms and intend for those terms to be legally binding. The terms of a contract are formed at the beginning, not at the end, and what was agreed is looked at objectively, i.e., by looking...

6. BK & DU Ltd & WL v UX Ltd [2021] NZDT 1663 (8 July 2021) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...it about bright-line tax prior to the purchase taking place and because he didn’t the trust had to pay tax it was not expecting to pay. Mr X does not accept any liability for the claim based on the terms of engagement and client care service information addressed to the trust dated 25 October 2017 (“terms of engagement”). 2. The trust is claiming $29,996.40 made up as follows: (a) Amount of reassessed bright-line tax payable to the IRD: $19,383.00 (b) Legal fees – [red...

7. DT form 4 - acknowledge applicants insurer [pdf, 743 KB]

   For more information visit www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals Disputes Tribunal Z Z Z Page 1 For more information visit www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals DT 07/11 - 4 What is this form for? Use this form if you (the applicant) have been, are entitled to be, or have sought to be, indemnified (that is, compensated) by your insurer for any loss caused by or arising out of the act, omission, or event on which your Disputes Tribunal claim is based, and your insurer wishes to waive notice of procee...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 183 Stenhouse v Towman Towing Group Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...requiring her to work from home rather than the company’s office. (c) Did Towman prevent her from carrying out work for it by restricting access to the company’s email, stopping access to relevant accounting, invoicing and payroll systems and information and not providing her with the necessary equipment to work. (d) Revisiting issues that had been resolved in June 2018 in a disciplinary meeting in January 2019. [9] Ms Stenhouse’s claim for unjustified dismissal was unsucc...

9. EN & MN v U Ltd [2022] NZDT 284 (7 October 2022).pdf [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...the cracked benchtop with the same sort. The new benchtop does not match the remaining benchtop. The applicants are claiming for the cost of replacing the cracked bench top and the cost of a new matching bench top. 6. It was not disputed that a former company called S produced the original benchtop and that it was 6mm to 8 mm thick with a backing board. It was a benchtop veneer as an alternative to expensive benchtops which are traditionally imported from [Country]. 7. The benchtop...

10. TD v X Inc [2023] NZDT 179 (27 April 2023) [pdf, 145 KB]

    ...requirement for them to disclose their medical history. TD said the club were making it up as they went and she doesn’t accept that the club had a right to make such a by-law. 9. TD said that as soon as she was asked for proof of vaccination she requested the guidelines that were sent to X Inc’s committee. TD said her request was ignored and the second time that she attempted to go about her business as a club member she was asked again and again her request was ignored. TD said th...