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1. Lehmann v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claims Process) [2024] NZACC 108 (27 June 2024) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...Lack of contact and support from ACC Case Manager (to Carole). • Mental injury claim feels correct rate was not paid interest not applied. • Concerns with support/care worker acting unethically concerns with carer “double dipping”. • Request for digital footprint. [4] On 9 November 2022, the Corporation issued a decision as follows. It had been established that the Corporation had failed to provide the highest standard of service in relation to Ms Young’s claim....

2. Ly v Navarette-Scholes [2015] NZIACDT 16 (06 March 2015) [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...processing complaints. The result has been the Registrar now investigates and evaluates complaints, and then lodges a statement of complaint. The statement of complaint now identifies potential grounds where the Registrar is in a position to lodge information supporting the grounds, and identifies any wider grounds the complainant advanced for which the Registrar did not find support. Formerly the Registrar gave the Tribunal notice of the complaint as presented by the complainant. [5] Th...

3. [2019] NZSSAA 33 (16 May 2019) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...receive $1,400 per week for board. She accepted that the Authority does not have jurisdiction to award interest on the arrears that have been paid by the Ministry, or to award damages to the appellant. [9] The parties agreed that the Ministry’s request in its report for the appellant’s costs for the period from 1 May 2019 to 1 May 2020 in relation to Disability Allowance and Special Benefit was not a matter over which the Authority has jurisdiction, because it is a decision on f...

4. NS v T Ltd [2021] NZDT 1593 (23 June 2021) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...whether and to what extent he might have a claim. Were T Ltd’s services fit for the purpose? 8. Section 29 of the CGA provides that services must be reasonably fit for any purpose the consumer makes known to the supplier before the contract is formed, unless the circumstances show that the consumer does not rely on the supplier's skill or judgment, or it would be unreasonable for the consumer to do so. 9. T Ltd submitted that it was not obvious what was causing the problem, so...

5. W Ltd v Z Ltd [2024] NZDT 251 (19 March 2024) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 251 APPLICANT W Ltd RESPONDENT Z Ltd The Tribunal orders: Z Ltd is to pay $8,610.17 to W Ltd before 19 April 2024. Reasons 1. Z Ltd approached W Ltd regarding having a large format digital billboard placed on its premises at [location]. 2. On 21 June 2023 W Ltd provided to Z Ltd, by email, the estimated costs for gaining resource consent. UV for Z Ltd responded, by email, ‘yes please proceed the application’....

6. T Ltd v H Ltd [2024] NZDT 735 (15 October 2024) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...December 2022 T Ltd issued Invoice 0217 for $19,875.67 but says H Ltd has not paid it for this work. 2. H Ltd denies liability saying it has been caught up in unusual circumstances. In February 2022, T Ltd identified and notified H Ltd that its former employee Mr U had apparently altered invoicing arrangements directly with H Ltd, directing H Ltd to pay another company and a different bank account. H Ltd says it complied with the request made by Mr U and paid Mr U’s business for t...

7. LN v SU & Ors [2024] NZDT 376 (5 March 2024) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...Which of the respondents are liable under the contract? 10. Parties to a contract are bound by the terms agreed and are liable for any breaches of or failures to comply with their obligations under the contract. If at the time the contract is formed a party does not disclose that he or she is acting on behalf of someone else, that person will be personally liable under the contract. 11. At the hearing LN explained that the contact details for advertisement she found on [social m...

8. McCreath v Attorney-General (Costs) [2016] NZHRRT 4 [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...detailed the protracted history of Mr McCreath’s dealings with Legal Aid in the period 6 January 2014 to 23 December 2014. At a teleconference convened on 11 February 2015 Ms Scott confirmed Mr McCreath intended prosecuting the proceedings but requested no timetable directions be made until the grant of legal aid. It was anticipated a decision would be made within the next two weeks. The teleconference was adjourned. [6] By further memorandum dated 4 March 2015 Ms Scott gave notice...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 152 Pretorius v Marra Construction [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...1 Pretorius v Marra Construction (2004) Ltd [2016] NZEmpC 43. 2 Pretorius v Marra Construction (2004) Ltd [2016] NZEmpC 95, (2016) 10 NZELC 79-066. The Court also issued a judgment on 11 December 2015 dealing with a request by Marra Construction (2004) Ltd for an extension of time to file a challenge out of time; it was granted but no order for costs was made: Marra Construction (2004) Ltd v Pretorius [2015] NZEmpC 222. 3 Pretorius v Marra Constructio

10. Shaw v Ngati Huarere Ki Whangapoua - Ngati Pu (2015) 113 Waikato Maniapoto MB 82 (113 WMN 82) [pdf, 229 KB]

    ...support of the application was provided by Mr Shaw, Dr Chalmers and Ms Lena Fisher (Secretary of the Rūnanga). [7] For the purposes of this preliminary determination, the following are the salient points from the evidence. [8] The Rūnanga was formed as an incorporated society in 1998. It currently has approximately 600 registered members, of whom approximately 400 are over 18 years of age. [9] Prior to 1998 Ngāti Pu did not have a legal structure for the purposes of representa...