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1. Protection Order Applications flow chart jun2024 [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...applications, 96%) Respondent doesn’t get a chance to respond to the application until after a temporary Protection Order is considered Most Protection Order applications are granted This flowchart shows how Protection Order applications filed in 2023/2024 progress through the Protection Order process. Due to the time the process takes, some applications were still active (as at 21 August 2024), but with time these will have final outcomes. Did they require protection urgently? Pe...

2. HM & KM v DS [2024] NZDT 799 (9 October 2024) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...The Tribunal orders: DS is to pay $5976.41 (being $5326.41 insured loss and $650.00 uninsured loss) to X Ltd on or before 6 November 2024. Reasons 1. KM and DS were the drivers involved in a vehicle collision on the afternoon of 3 June 2023 at the intersection of [Street 1] and [Street 2] in [Suburb]. Unfortunately, both drivers were injured and taken by hospital by ambulance and DS did not have the opportunity to give a statement to police at the scene. 2. There is a diff...

3. [2025] NZEmpC 92 Happy Belly Production Limited v Dawson [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...“Permanent or fixed term” <employment.govt.nz>. 4 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 183(2). (a) $1,719.00 (rounded down) for 64.5 hours not paid to him during his employment; and (b) interest on that amount from 11 September 2023 to the date of payment, with the amount due in interest to be calculated using the Civil Debt Interest Calculator;5 and (c) $71.55 in reimbursement of the Authority fee to lodge his application. [23] Mr Dawson is entitled to costs, wh...

4. BW v BB [2024] NZDT 646 (20 August 2024) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 646 APPLICANT BW RESPONDENT BB The Tribunal orders: BB is to pay BW $107.00 within 30 days of the date of this order. Reasons: 1. In 2023, BW claims that she and BB entered into an agreement for BW to be a flatmate at a property where BB was the main tenant. BW says that when she left the property, her bond of $1,027.00 was not returned to her. She claims the amount of the bond...

5. GT v O Ltd [2024] NZDT 554 (20 July 2024) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 554 APPLICANT GT RESPONDENT O Ltd The Tribunal orders: The claim is dismissed. Reasons: 1. GT purchased her daughter’s school uniform from O Ltd. In December 2023 she purchased a size 12 skirt, and after taking it home realised that it did not fit her daughter. GT returned the skirt to O Ltd, swapped it for a size 14 and purchased a second size 14 skirt. She took the clothes home, laundered the...

6. IW v K Ltd [2024] NZDT 609 (8 August 2024) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...3. The absence of a party does not prevent the hearing from going ahead. CU did provide a written response to the claim, which has been taken into account. Background 4. IW bought two [phones] in December 2022. They were delivered in January 2023. The devices were advertised as IP68, which means they are dustproof and water resistant in fresh water to a maximum of 1.5m for up to 30 minutes. 5. In April 2024, IW says the device was accidentally submerged in fresh water for less th...

7. Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...8. The Bill’s primary amendments are to the Crimes Act 1961, with consequential amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, the Intelligence and Security Act 2017, the Inspector General of Defence Act 2023, the Ombudsmen Act 1975, the Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988, the Environment Act 1986, the Summary Offences Act 1981 and the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971. 2 8194892 9. The Bill introduces new Crimes Act offence pro...

8. BQ v EI [2024] NZDT 427 (20 April 2024) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 427 APPLICANT BQ RESPONDENT EI The Tribunal orders: EI is to pay the sum of $4,279.80 to BQ on or before 6 May 2024. Reasons: 1. On 10 June 2023, BQ (the buyer) purchased a [vehicle] from EI (the seller) for $5,500.00 after seeing it advertised on [website]. The buyer claims that she told the seller she would be driving around the country, and asked if there was anything she should kn...

9. NQ v T Ltd [2024] NZDT 598 (9 August 2024) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...orders: NQ is to pay $1328.83 to T Ltd on or before 6 September 2024; and The claim is dismissed. Reasons 1. NQ and T Ltd’s driver, Mr C, were involved in a minor motor vehicle collision while driving on the southern motorway in October 2023. Mr C was driving in the lane immediately to the left of NQ’s original position and NQ was driving slightly forward of Mr C’s position. 2. NQ then indicated to change lanes and moved in front of Mr C’s vehicle. Almost immediately...

10. [2025] NZLCDT 34 Canterbury-Westland Standards Committee 1 v A Practitioner (16 July 2025) [pdf, 86 KB]

    ...referred the matter to the Tribunal. [10] We find that the practitioner overcharged the client by $12,442.63 and we find this to be unsatisfactory conduct. 1 Work done April to September 2019; complaint July 2021. 2 Rounded figures. 3 March 2023. 4 November 2022, see Morton affidavit at [20]. 4 [11] The firm did not oversee bills issued by the practitioner. The practitioner had authority to issue bills on behalf of the firm. Pursuant to section 156(1)(f) of the Lawy...