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1. DF v U Ltd [2023] NZDT 235 (19 May 2023) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...of the [vehicle] on 1 May 2022 in the manner he has described. (c) I have noted that DF told [Consultancy Company] that he returned to the car park, after being in the forest park all day, to find that the [vehicle] had gone, so he contacted his flatmate, HC, to collect him using an app service (probably WhatsApp) and when he got home, he contacted the Police to report the [vehicle] stolen. The Report concluded that DF had incorrectly described the manner of the loss because there is n...

2. DV v VE [2016] NZDT 970 (22 August 2016) [pdf, 22 KB]

   ...was not VE, then "it could have been a sister or someone who looked very like her". (VE acknowledged there is no-one that has access to her car who looks like her and she does not have a sister even though she had suggested one of her flatmates may have taken her car that day). b. DV presented at the hearing a notebook containing driver details written by the driver of the car immediately after the collision. Those details include VE's name, her curren...

3. Chief Victims Advisor media-statement 3 September 2021 [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...from abuse,” says Chief Victims Advisor to Government Dr Kim McGregor. During lockdowns, many employees will need to work from home which means some may be trapped 24/7 with an abusive partner, family member or other close relationship such as a flatmate. Because employers are usually communicating with their staff during lockdowns, they have the rare opportunity to assist employees trapped by an abusive partner or household member to know that there is free, specialist help availa...

4. Terms & definitions

   ...flatmate, boarder, etc. ‘Other multi-person household’ is a household with two or more people with no family nucleus. This includes households of related people who are not a family nucleus (such as siblings), households of unrelated people (such as flatmates) or a combination of related and unrelated people where there is no family nucleus. For more information, see Statistics NZ’s standard classification of household composition. Household offences/crimes When the respondents’ house...

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5. NU & IO v BM & ME [2024] NZDT 770 (25 November 2024) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...owner’s family”. 5. However, there are issues as to whether the respondents lived in the same “premises” as the applicants, or whether the guest wing was separate from the premises in which the applicants lived. Although the parties signed a flatmate agreement, this does not settle the matter since it is not generally possible to contract out of the RTA (see s 11). It seems that s 5(1)(n) may not apply, so the tenancy may be governed by the RTA. 6. In any case, where it is not...

6. MT v BX [2024] NZDT 85 (16 January 2024) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 85 APPLICANT MT RESPONDENT BX The Tribunal orders: BX is to pay MT $6,000.00 on or before 1 February 2024. Reasons 1. On about 31 August 2022, MT lent BX, his then flatmate, $4,000.00 to help BX with some medical expenses. The agreement, drafted by BX, included $1,200.00 for interest, $500.00 for a “convenience and rapid service fee” and $300.00 for an administration fee. BX was required to pay the...

7. OX v ND [2022] NZDT 62 (29 June 2022) [pdf, 111 KB]

   CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 1 of 4 (Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL District Court [2022] NZDT 62 APPLICANT OX RESPONDENT ND The Tribunal orders: The claim is dismissed. Reasons 1. OX was flatting with ND who was the tenant of the property at [Address]. OX was not on the lease but was in effect sub-leasing from ND as head tenant. The parties had signed an agreement dated 9 August 2020. In or about October 2

8. [2018] NZEnvC 120 Jayashree Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...After the High Court issued its decision, Mr Karmarkar complied with this Court's direction to lodge copies of the four decisions about matters under the RTA, and a copy of the current agreement between himself as landlord and numbers of "flatmates". 2 3 4 Application number: 4080094. [2017] NZOC 22771. [2018] NZHC 693. [2018] NZHC 1110. 4 The Factual Matrix [12] It appeared to us that the factual matrix was little different from that which had been co...

9. The Estate of UB v KM [2020] NZDT 1322 (3 December 2020) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...carpet. Therefore, I am not making an award in relation to the lounge/dining carpet. Given the stairwell carpet is relatively new, I am awarding the $935.00. 20. There is also a claim for dump fees and charges totalling $146.11. According to the flatmates’ statements KM left motor parts and other personal things behind at the Property. This is not related to the claim relating to workmanship. It is a separate issue and might relate to a tenancy matter and if so, it would not be wit...

10. QS v SQ [2023] NZDT 56 (21 February 2023) [pdf, 187 KB]

    ...was to be $320.00 per week, to be paid one week in advance, and the payment of a bond. QS says there was no discussion about what amount the bond would be; however, his experience was that 2 weeks rent was usually the amount of bond paid between flatmates. The day he moved in he paid SQ $960.00 by bank transfer being one week’s rent in advance and two weeks rent as bond. He showed SQ the bank transfer and emailed her a screen shot of it, and they shook hands on the agreement. However,...