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1. NH v TC [2024] NZDT 175 (7 March 2024) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 175 APPLICANT NH RESPONDENT TC The Tribunal orders: 1. The application is dismissed. Reasons 2. NH and TC were flatmates between 11 March and 9 July 2023. TC was the head tenant, as it appears he held the lease in his name. The flatmate relationship was covered by flatmate agreement signed by NH on 11 March 2023. 3. A dispute has arisen between NH and TC relating to the bond paid...

2. LI Ltd v TC [2024] NZDT 56 (10 January 2024) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...builders for her home renovation. They proceeded to firm up pricing, using an independent QS for modelling and pricing detail, and engaged in meetings with TC’s architect and sub-contractors over the next 9 months. 2. However, it was not until June 2023 that LI Ltd sent formal building contract documentation to TC for signing before the commencement of building. Once she received it, she forwarded the contract to her bank for approval and the bank had concerns about multiple aspects...

3. OIA-110203.pdf [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...privacy measure hiding their identities I RNZ News. Any documents created in respect of this work stream subsequent to the code (including subsequent drafts or advice). Please find a copy of the lobbying code of conduct discussion draft from December 2023, attached and released in full . Your request for documents created in respect of this workstream is declined under section 18( d) of the Act, as the information is publicly available. A revised, draft voluntary lobbying code has bee...

4. XKL v Corrections [2024] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 120 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME AND IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF PLAINTIFF REFERRED TO IN THIS DECISION (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 009/2023 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN XKL PLAINTIFF AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson Ms SB Isaacs, Member Ms L Ashworth, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms A Hil...

5. KX v M Ltd [2024] NZDT 803 (17 September 2024) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...APPLICANT KX RESPONDENT M Ltd The Tribunal orders: M Ltd is to pay $2892.05 to KX on or before 16 October 2024. Reasons 1. In 2022, KX acquired [a freezer] as part of a property purchase. The fridge stopped working on 25 December 2023 and a technician determined that there was a fault with the compressor that needed to be replaced. The fridge came with a 10-year parts warranty on the compressor. 2. KX contacted M Ltd and they confirmed that the fridge was irreparable...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 164 EMPC 363-2021 EMPC 85-2022 Courage & Ors-Pilgrim & Ors v Attorney-General & Ors - Interlocutory Judgment [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...of evidence for witnesses called during the course of the hearings in this Court in Courage v Attorney- General and Pilgrim v Attorney-General.1 1 Courage v Attorney-General [2022] NZEmpC 77, (2022) 18 NZELR 746; Pilgrim v Attorney- General [2023] NZEmpC 105, [2023] ERNZ 454. [2] The application arises in the context of on-going Police investigations into the Gloriavale Christian Community relating to allegations of slavery and forced labour of persons under 18 years of...

7. B Ltd v QM [2024] NZDT 288 (8 May 2024) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 288 APPLICANT B Ltd RESPONDENT QM The Tribunal orders: QM is to pay the sum of $3072.80 to B Ltd by no later than 26 May 2024. Reasons: 1. In July 2023 QM ordered a motorised roof louvre with zip track blinds from M Ltd . Two separate quotes were provided, one for the motorised louvre, the other for the zip track blind. A 50% deposit was paid on order. However on 8 September 2023, b...

8. XH v ND [2024] NZDT 300 (20 May 2024) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...he is not liable. 9. I find that there is insufficient evidence to show a causative link between the truck using the driveway and the pipe leak. I make this finding for the following reasons: a. The driveway was used to relocate the house in May 2023. The water pipe leak came to the attention of the parties in or around 2 August 2023. b. The subsidence caused by the truck relocating the house occurred in a section of the driveway away from the leaks. c. XH’s plumbers report st...

9. CT & KT v BD [2024] NZDT 478 (12 June 2024) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...APPLICANT CT APPLICANT KT RESPONDENT BD The Tribunal orders: BD’s application to apply out of time for a rehearing is declined. His application for a rehearing is dismissed. Reasons: 1) On 7 September 2023, the Tribunal made an order that BD pay KT and CT the sum of $4,299.85. The Tribunal found that, with respect to the issue the claim by CT and KT was about, there had been a breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986 by a company of which BD was a...

10. SO v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 450 (20 May 2024) [pdf, 174 KB]

    ...denies this and claims to have attempted delivery unsuccessfully to the old address on 19 December 2022. The consumer says his sister was at the old address and no delivery was attempted. 3. The consumer stopped his payments for the TV in February 2023, and purchased a new TV elsewhere. He now claims $3,695.00 in relation to both purchases. 4. The issues to be determined are: a) Was any claim the consumer might have had in relation to the box of goods settled by provision of the sou...