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1. [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. [...

2. 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...

3. 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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4. 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...

5. [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...

6. BT v SM [2021] NZDT 1562 (22 July 2021) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...hearing. NI appeared with the applicant. She co-owns the house. The respondents had no objection to her participating in the presentation of his claim. Background CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 5 4. The claim relates to two separate flatmate agreements between the applicant and the respondents. One agreement was with SM and CI for $320.00 per week and a bond of $640.00. The other agreement was with UE and KS for $300.00 a week and a bond $600.00. 5. Both agreements sta...

7. KK v HL [2023] NZDT 290 (20 July 2023) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...a mechanic the following day. KK replied that she wanted to buy the car. 6. On 12th April HL drove the car to KK’s. She paid him $5,800.00 for the car. 7. KK’s says that on the 19th of April when she was driving her car home, one of her flatmates said the car sounded weird. KK continued to drive the car. On 27th April she noticed a warning light had come on on the dashboard. 8. KK made contact with HL, through her flatmate, and asked for a refund and to return the car to...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 253 Karmarkar v Auckland Council [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...arrangement being examined to be considered in terms of consistency or inconsistency with the connotations of domestic residence of a family or a group living in a situation analogous to a family, such as a group of intimate acquaintances, friends or flatmates jointly residing in a house or flat. Institutions of a commercial or public nature whose services or functions include the provision of accommodation, or board and accommodation, such as boarding- houses, rest- homes, hospitals, boar...

9. KK v HL [2023] NZDT 381 (20 July 2023) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...to a mechanic the following day. KK replied that she wanted to buy the car. 6. On 12th April HL drove the car to KK’s. She paid him $5,800.00 for the car. 7. KK says that on the 19th of April when she was driving her car home, one of her flatmates said the car sounded weird. KK continued to drive the car. On 27th April she noticed a warning light had come on the dashboard. 8. KK made contact with HL, through her flatmate, and asked for a refund and to return the car to him...

10. [2023] NZREADT 18 - Oberoi v REAA (28 July 2023) [pdf, 171 KB]

    ...Mr Oberoi sought review by the Tribunal of the Registrar’s decision of 28 March 2023 to cancel his licence. [11] In his application to review, Mr Oberoi said the Authority’s emails went to “spam” and the posted letter was lost by his flatmates. He understands it is his responsibility to check his mail, but unfortunately, he missed it due to these circumstances. He would make sure this type of negligence would not happen in the future. [12] Following a telephone confere...