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1. BD & NT v S Ltd & C Ltd [2024] NZDT 769 (4 October 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...of the Disputes Tribunal hearing there is no jurisdiction for the District Court to reach a finding different to that of the Referee. A Notice of Appeal may be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside 20 working days if you have...

2. BI v O Inc [2024] NZDT 725 (21 October 2024) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...of the Disputes Tribunal hearing there is no jurisdiction for the District Court to reach a finding different to that of the Referee. A Notice of Appeal may be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $260 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you hav...

3. EQ v FI Ltd [2024] NZDT 394 (13 May 2024) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 394 APPLICANT EQ RESPONDENT FI Ltd The Tribunal orders: The Respondent party is corrected to be FI Ltd. The claim by EQ is dismissed. Reasons 1. EQ filed a claim for the cost of a second set of car keys against HU, a salesman at FI Ltd. At the hearing, it was agreed that FI Ltd was the correct respondent party rather than HU and I ordered the correction accordingly. 2. EQ purchased a...

4. Van Wey Lovatt v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 150 (24 September 2024) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...of the applicant, Dr van Wey Lovatt, the Court directed that Dr van Wey Lovatt may be entitled to reasonable disbursements in relation to the appeal. No agreement as to disbursements was able to be reached between the parties and memoranda were filed. The Court considered the application on the papers and delivered its judgment on 20 May 2024 (the Costs Decision). The present application by Dr van Wey Lovatt is for the grant of leave to appeal this decision. This application is op...

5. CF v CL [2024] NZDT 408 (2 May 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...regular basis, and so it is unlikely that costs that may happen in the future, which may relate to CF’s use of the car, could have been claimed in any event. 21. For these reasons I find that CL is liable to pay CF damages of $1,357.69. 22. CL filed a counterclaim seeking payment of $1.00. Effectively the counterclaim was a statement of CL’s defence to the claim. The counterclaim is dismissed. Referee: L Trevelyan Date: 2 May 2024 Page 4 of 4

6. TU v I Ltd & NT [2024] NZDT 504 (19 June 2024) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...is to pay $500.00 to TU on or before 12 July 2024. REASONS Brief Details of Claim 3. On or about 23 April 2024, TU purchased a 6 month old [brand] coffee machine for $1,200 via the Buy Now option on [website]. TU had searched the sellers profile and other listings and believed he was dealing with I Ltd. This belief was confirmed when the emails he received from the seller came from NT, Sales Manager, I Ltd and from the [email address]. 4. The coffee machine was purchased on th...

7. SM v KK [2024] NZDT 428 (17 May 2024) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...of the Disputes Tribunal hearing there is no jurisdiction for the District Court to reach a finding different to that of the Referee. A Notice of Appeal may be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have...

8. ND v X Ltd [2024] NZDT 689 (12 September 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...remedies. 20. However, the legal fees claimed are more than half of the invoiced amount and I do not consider this to be reasonable in the circumstances. A dispute in the Disputes Tribunal could CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 4 have been filed at an earlier stage, which would have avoided some of the legal fees. I award $500.00 for legal costs incurred. 21. ND also claimed $2,500.00 for stress. I accept that X Ltd’s failure caused stress to ND, for reasons which were out...

9. Official Information Act requests

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10. Going to court without a lawyer

    ...represent themselves in a court case and go to court without a lawyer. This may be a valid option if you are confident in your ability to research, prepare and manage your case through the court process. However, there is more to representing yourself than filing an application and going to court to tell a judge what happened. You need to ensure that you have a clear understanding of what will be involved and your responsibilities before making the decision to represent yourself in court. Get l...

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