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1. TN v U Ltd [2024] NZDT 89 (7 February 2024) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

2. B Ltd v Z Ltd [2024] NZDT 621 (11 July 2024) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Inf...

3. IM v KL & B Ltd [2024] NZDT 867 (10 December 2024) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

4. C Ltd v O Ltd [2025] NZDT 270 (18 July 2025) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

5. Smith v Courtney - Ohuirua No 2 Block [2011] Maori Appellate Court MB 284 (2011 APPEAL 284) [pdf, 128 KB]

   ...we note that the respondents chose to be represented by two counsel when ordinarily a matter of this nature would not necessarily warrant two counsel. [13] Furthermore the submission filed by the respondents seeking costs simply outlines legal fees and disbursements in a bald fashion without expansion as to the amount of time spent by junior counsel as opposed to senior counsel and hourly rates. We can only assume that the fees claimed are for both junior and senior counsel. [1...

6. Retto v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 69 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...decisions disclose that Mr Standing engaged in systematic dishonesty. [4] In 14 of the 17 complaints he abused his status as a licensed immigration adviser, to provide the opportunity to use misrepresentations to induce potential clients to pay fees. [5] He dishonestly misrepresented both the opportunities potential clients had to migrate to New Zealand, and the services he would provide to assist them. The misrepresentations were tailored to what Mr Standing though might be effective...

7. LCRO 157/2024 TA v YQ (25 June 2025) [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...siblings against Mr X and against Mrs X’s estate; (h) the siblings agreed not to “institute any legal proceedings” against Mr X except to enforce the deed; (i) if any of them did institute such proceedings, they would pay Mr X’s legal fees of defending the proceedings on a solicitor-client basis; (j) the sister’s proceedings to sustain the notice of claim would be discontinued.2 [13] Unbeknownst to anyone but one of the applicant’s brothers,3 the brother had filed...

8. LD v BK [2025] NZDT 257 (15 July 2025) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...J Ltd have provided detailed evidence to support their claimed costs, which BK did not dispute. I note that she intends to enter into an instalment payment arrangement with J Ltd (or either party may request a financial assessment process via the Civil Enforcement team of the Ministry of Justice, on receipt of this order). J Perfect Disputes Tribunal Referee 15 July 2025 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if...

9. EX v IO [2022] NZDT 10 (2 March 2022) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...are: a. Who owns the scooter? b. If EX owns the scooter, is $479.99 a reasonable amount to restore him to the position he was in before the loss? Who owns the scooter? 3. The relevant law is the tort of conversion. A conversion is a civil wrong that occurs when there has been the unjustified taking of or dealing with someone’s property contrary to their ownership rights. 4. I find, on the balance of probabilities, that the scooter is not owned by EX but is owned by D...

10. ST v Council [2022] NZDT 9 (24 March 2022) [pdf, 92 KB]

    ...entitled to? 4) The applicant contends that the respondent “should be liable for the repair cost of [his] car under the tort of nuisance as their property has caused damage to a taxpayer’s private property.” I do not agree that the tort, or civil wrong, of nuisance is here relevant or applicable. ‘Nuisance’ in this context, and for the purposes of the law of torts, is an act committed against and with respect to land, and things on land owned or at any rate occupied by the cl...