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1. C Ltd v FE [2024] NZDT 48 (10 January 2024) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 48 APPLICANT C Ltd RESPONDENT FE The Tribunal orders: FE is to pay $1,487.58 to C Ltd before 10 February 2024. Reasons 1. C Ltd provided FE with relocation of household items services on 4 August 2023. A term of the contract was that goods were carried at owner’s risk. C Ltd claims $1,487.58 being its outstanding invoice for these services. 2. FE did not answer her phone to attend the hearing today. The absence of a party does n...

2. KQ v UN [2024] NZDT 52 (19 January 2024) [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...APPLICANT'S INSURER J Ltd The Tribunal orders: 1. At the request of the parties, the respondent is changed from KN to UN. 2. UN is to pay the sum of $10,237.93 to J Ltd on or before Friday 9 February 2024. Reasons: 1. On 18 April 2023, KQ discovered that his [car 1] had been damaged while parked in his driveway. The car’s camera recorded that the damage was caused by a dog, and KQ approached UN’s family about the damage. UN concedes that her [dog] was the dog...

3. LN v HN & FN [2024] NZDT 271 (4 April 2024) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...[town]. 3. LN has worked the farm for a long time. FN left the farm as a young man. He lived in [city] until a few years ago. He returned to the farm after the death of his wife, and he has been working and living on the farm. 4. In October 2023 FN and HN tagged 23 calves. 5. FN explained that he did this because he has been working hard on the farm for the last few years without any compensation, because he owns one-third of the land, and because he was concerned about the c...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 87 Hadfield v Atlas Concrete Judgment [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...application for leave emerges from the Court’s interlocutory judgment of 22 March 2024.2 One of the issues addressed in the judgment related to whether Mr Hadfield required leave to pursue a cross-challenge 1 Hadfield v Atlas Concrete Ltd [2023] NZERA 470 (Member Blick). 2 Atlas Concrete Ltd v Hadfield [2024] NZEmpC 50. to the determination of the Authority (as the company contended) or whether he could effectively do so via a positive defence, which is the procedural...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 89 Taia v Ake Innovation Ltd [pdf, 177 KB]

   IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2024] NZEmpC 89 EMPC 482/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application to extend time to file a statement of defence BETWEEN MICHAEL TAIA Plaintiff AND AKE INNOVATION LIMITED Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: M...

6. Ferguson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs on appeal) [2024] NZACC 194 (27 November 2024) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...injury suffered by Mr Ferguson. Further, in relation to the claimed advocate’s fee, the Court notes that Mr Ferguson initially represented himself in the appeal, filed the Notice of Appeal, attended a case management conference on 13 December 2023, and filed a first set of submissions on 13 February 2024. Mr Brooke appears to have assisted Mr Ferguson with the appeal as his advocate from around May 2024 onwards. [15] As noted above, the appropriate daily recovery rate where a pa...

7. [2025] NZEmpC 74 Locke v Rishworth Aviation Asia Pacific Limited (Interlocutory judgment (No 2) [pdf, 161 KB]

   GREGORY ARON LOCKE v RISHWORTH AVIATION ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED [2025] NZEmpC 74 [10 April 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2025] NZEmpC 74 EMPC 484/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a declaration under s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 AND IN THE MATTER OF an application to set aside appearance BETWEEN GREGORY ARON LOCKE Plaintiff AND RISHWORTH AVIATION AS...

8. [2025] NZEmpC 100 Harte v Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand [pdf, 148 KB]

   JACQUELINE SARAH HARTE v HEALTH NEW ZEALAND – TE WHATU ORA [2025] NZEmpC 100 [16 May 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2025] NZEmpC 100 EMPC 306/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for a non-publication order BETWEEN JACQUELINE SARAH HARTE Plaintiff AND HEALTH NEW...

9. KD v D Ltd [2024] NZDT 315 (16 May 2024) [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 315 APPLICANT KD RESPONDENT D Ltd The Tribunal orders: D Ltd is to pay $285.00 to KD on or before 13 June 2024. Reasons 1. In October 2023 KD booked, via [booking website], 6 nights accommodation at [accommodation] in [Town], operated by D Ltd, changing the booking to 5 nights the next day. The total cost of the stay was to be $475.00 and the booking dates were 21 January to 26...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 43 Happy Belly Production Limited v Dawson [pdf, 181 KB]

    ...determination dated 21 October 2024, the Authority ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant the amount of $1,726.64 (gross) in lost remuneration, interest on 1 Dawson v Happy Belly Production Ltd [2024] NZERA 635. that amount from 11 September 2023 to the date of payment, and $71.55 in reimbursement of the Authority’s fee to lodge the application. [3] The application for a stay arises in the context of a challenge filed by the plaintiff against the Authority’s det...