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1. QN v CI & EN [2024] NZDT 472 (4 June 2024) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...QN RESPONDENT CI SECOND RESPONDENT EN The Tribunal orders: 1. EN is to pay QN $4,999.00 on or before 25 June 2024. 2. The claim against CI is dismissed. Reasons: 1. QN lent her son, EN, $5,000.00 in March 2023 for the purchase of a car. The car was purchased, and registered in the name of EN’s partner, CI. Two or three months later EN and CI separated, and CI retained possession of the car. 2. QN and EN signed a hand-written contract that s...

2. B Ltd v P Ltd [2024] NZDT 564 (9 August 2024) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 564 APPLICANT B Ltd RESPONDENT P Ltd The Tribunal orders: P Ltd is to pay B Ltd $20,273.00 on or before 16 August 2024. Reasons 1. On 18 September 2023, B Ltd purchased a [vehicle] from P Ltd for $22,995.00. Five months and two weeks later B Ltd took the van to get a WOF. It failed the WOF due to structural corrosion. The van requires significant rust repairs to enable it to pass a WOF....

3. H Ltd v D Ltd [2025] NZDT 37 (27 February 2025) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...$3,260.48 on or by 28 March 2025. Reasons 2. H Ltd provides video advertising to SMBs through fixed video screens in public places. The service includes the production of short video clips advertising client’s businesses. 3. On 17 October 2023, D Ltd contracted with H Ltd for a two year advertising package. The ads began to run from on or around 27 November 2024. 4. On 16 January 2025, D Ltd cancelled the contract due to an allegation that the ads were not to the quality promi...

4. BU & QU v X Ltd & EP [2024] NZDT 133 (12 March 2024) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...agrees it was advertised with a fence completely separating the two houses in the pictures on X Ltd’s website. In addition, I accept QU’s email evidence that she had checked out the fence situation after receiving the property address in August 2023 and seeing on Google Maps that there were two houses on the property. She was assured that there was a fence separating the properties. 14. By emailing about the fence situation, QU had made it clear that the fence was a particular...

5. TC v X Ltd & I Ltd [2024] NZDT 706 (4 September 2024) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...orders: The claim is dismissed against both respondents; and TC is to pay $1334.00 to I Ltd on or before 2 October 2024. Reasons 1. TC purchased a new-build home from X Ltd in December 2019 with settlement in February 2021. 2. In December 2023, TC discovered water backing up from the floor waste drain in the upstairs bathroom when the sink tap was turned on, causing flooding. She engaged a third party plumber to investigate — they found the pipe was obstructed and indicated...

6. LG v J Ltd [2024] NZDT 818 (14 October 2024) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...provide any contact details nor attend the hearing. I tried unsuccessfully to contact someone on the customer services number, to no avail. The absence of a party does not prevent the hearing from proceeding. 2. LG purchased a [sofa] in September 2023 for the sum of $2099.00. The leather sofa boasted two electrically reclining seats with built in USB ports and wireless charging. There were two storage consoles and cup holders. The sofa had a 12-month warranty. 3. In March 2024 LG...

7. NE & QE v LH [2024] NZDT 759 (7 November 2024) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...just that it works ok that day. That is, there is no general vendor warranty in the agreement for sale and purchase that there is absolutely nothing wrong with any aspect of the property; f. the drainlayer engaged by NE and QE between May 2023 and January 2024 filmed and then ultimately replaced the boundary trap. He says in January 2024 when the boundary trap was exposed, it was clear visible issues were not newly created with a broken pipe with visible tre...

8. HX v ZD [2024] NZDT 771 (4 October 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...Reasons: 1. For many decades, from well before the parties purchased their respective properties, there was a hedge on or near the boundary between the property at [Property B], now owned by HX, and the driveway of [Property A], now owned by ZD. In June 2023, the hedge was removed by ZD or his contractors. HX filed a claim seeking an order for ZD to pay for a fence to be constructed on the boundary. In February 2024, after the first hearing of this claim, HX served a fencing notice on ZD...

9. BI v U Ltd [2024] NZDT 614 (8 August 2024) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 614 APPLICANT BI RESPONDENT U Ltd The Tribunal orders: U Ltd is to pay $60.00 to BI before 8 September 2024. Reasons 1. BI hired a campervan from U Ltd between 18 December 2023 and 2 March 2024. Throughout the course of this hire BI had three different campervans as follows: a. The first campervan was returned by BI the same day she picked it up due to an issue with its air conditioning. b. BI experienced...

10. U Ltd v G Ltd [2024] NZDT 480 (19 April 2024) [pdf, 101 KB]

    ...completed but the horse box was not installed. 3. G Ltd completed the horse boxes and handed [Box 1] over to U Ltd in February 2022 and [Box 2] in July 2022. [Box 1] and [Box 2] were used to transport horses around New Zealand. In around July/August 2023 the trucks were inspected for their third Certificate of Fitness (COF). Both trucks failed the COF due to cracks in the sub-frames that the horse boxes are installed on rendering them dangerous to use. U Ltd approached G Ltd to remedy...