EQ v ND Ltd & DQ [2023] NZDT 9 (5 April 2023) [pdf, 98 KB]
...requires that the overall impression given by the conduct or representation is inaccurate, looked at from the point of view of the ordinary person. The currant facts clearly fit within this definition given DQ’s entirely false representation that he was licenced and capable of carrying out the agreed work when he was not. Any work carried out by DQ would need to be certified by an appropriately licensed person before being submitted to the relevant local authority. 1 While acknowledg...