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1. UL v PT [2022] NZDT 276 (23 December 2022) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...required to give 4 weeks’ notice? (b) Was UL responsible for any cleaning costs, damages or other costs? Was UL required to give 4 weeks’ notice? 3. I find that UL was not required to give 4 weeks’ notice. The parties did not sign a flatmate agreement before the arrangement started. About one week after moving in, UL sent a standard CAB flatmate agreement to PT that proposed a 4-week notice period, but I am unable to make a finding that she ever signed it, or verbally agree...

2. WD v NU & OT [2024] NZDT 38 (25 January 2024) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...APPLICANT WD RESPONDENT NU SECOND RESPONDENT OT The Tribunal orders: NU and OT are jointly and severally liable to pay WD the sum of $1040.00 by no later than 23 February 2024. Reasons: 1. WD was a flatmate in a house rented by NU and OT. When entering the flat in November 2020, WD paid a bond of $800. However after she vacated in November 2022, NU and OT retained the bond to cover damage to a sofa bed they claim was caused by WD’s cat....

3. LL v KN [2024] NZDT 369 (27 June 2024) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 369 APPLICANT LL RESPONDENT KN The Tribunal orders: KN is to pay LL $560.00 on or before 18 July 2024. Reasons 1. LL entered into a flatmate agreement with KN from September 2023 to May 2024. After the contract ended KN refused to refund LL’s bond because of concerns about damage to the house. 2. LL claims a refund of her bond of $640.00, plus the filing fee of $45.00. A...

4. Wellington Standards Committee 1 v Shahzad [2025] NZLCDT 43 (6 October 2025) [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...his interests (against publication) and the public interest. [2] One charge is that he acted as a lawyer for his flatmate/landlord when not authorised to practise on his own account. The other is that he subsequently acted for several other flatmates against the first-mentioned flatmate/landlord in employment litigation despite a clear conflict of interest. [3] Mr Shahzad, now resident in Australia, has not filed any sworn evidence specifically in support of this name-suppression...

5. CQ v LM [2023] NZDT 703 (16 December 2023) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...Is CQ entitled to a refund of the bond? 5. As facilities were shared with LM, CQ is deemed to have been a flatmate. In a flatting situation such as this, a bond is generally paid to cover unpaid rent and expenses, and any damage to the property. Flatmates usually agree beforehand on such terms, and on the notice required. 6. CQ does not recall a notice period being stipulated however LM stated she asked for one weeks notice. As flatmates generally give between one and two weeks noti...

6. [2017] NZSSAA 47 (27 September 2018) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...since becoming ill and receiving treatment, the appellant has not lived in her home. She has let it out to persons with whom she has no personal connection. She lived with her parents for a time, and has more recently lived in a flat. One of the flatmates owns the home where she lives and the appellant and another flatmate share the property with the owner. One of the reasons for not living at her own property was that she became depressed, and gained support from her parents. [...

7. LA v KZ [2023] NZDT 574 (14 November 2023) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 6. LA was legally liable under the agreement to pay rent at the agreed rate for at least a year. However once it was clear he was moving out, KZ had a duty to mitigate any losses suffered by finding a new flatmate as quickly as possible which he did. 7. KZ provided evidence showing that he had had an opportunity to take another tenant who could have moved in 3 weeks earlier than LA on 23 April, but decided to wait with the room empty for 3 week...

8. Understanding factor tables

   ...Lives alone. One parent with child(ren) One person living with their son(s) and/or daughter(s) (natural, step, adopted or foster). One parent with child(ren) and other person(s) This household could include another person that is unrelated, such as a flatmate or  boarder or could be related  but not part of the immediate family unit, such as parent’s sibling/children’s aunt. Couple only Two persons who are either opposite-sex or same-sex spouses / civil union partners / part...

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9. CAC306 v Zhou & Anor [2015] NZREADT 51 [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...inference from the established facts, is that: [a] Messrs Zhou and She were both part of the plan whereby Mr Zhou’s wife would acquire 34 Diana Drive and Mr Zhou would end up as its registered owner; and [b] Mr She’s wife, and not Mr She’s flatmate Mr Dong, was from the beginning to be the registered owner of 27 Arran Road as part of a similar scheme. However, we find that Mr Dong was the intended owner at the outset. [22] The prosecution submits that, in both instances, Mr She...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 71 Gaut v BP Oil [pdf, 174 KB]

    ...the meeting, Mr Gaut did not know what he was alleged to have said. When Ms Frew‟s statement was put to him, Mr Gaut again denied having sworn. [22] Around that same stage of the meeting, Mr Gaut received a call on his cellphone from his flatmate. Mr Gaut told the Court that he had his cellphone switched on because he had taken some photographs on his cellphone the previous day of the boxes in the passageway and the empty shelving in the chiller which he may have wanted to...