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1. IN v SU [2021] NZDT 1652 (12 July 2021) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...SU said he would get a warrant of fitness and if the car did not pass, he would either lower the price or repair it and deliver it to IN the following week. The parties agreed IN could either pay in cash or by bank transfer. 14. Based on the information before me I find there was a clear offer and agreed terms. This element of the contract is met. If there was an offer, was there any acceptance? 15. The terms of any acceptance must be clear. 16. Based on the evidence before...

2. LCRO 179/2017 VB, CB & ON v QT (14 June 2018) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...considered by the Courts, ultimately the Supreme Court, which on [Date] dismissed her application for leave to appeal. [6] On [Date], the Body Corporate filed a memorandum with the Tribunal to update the Body Corporate’s claim against the owners and requested an evaluation conference. The amended claim filed included further levies that had fallen due and had not been paid. [7] Two months later, on [Date], [HGF] informed the firm that the owners had paid $[Amount], which rep...

3. Form 13 PDLA [pdf, 499 KB]

   Templates V12 – August 2017 page 1 08/17 form 13 Tax Invoice Invoice date Invoice number GST number Police Detention Legal Assistance Scheme (PDLA) To: Legal Aid, PO Box/DX City Name of PDLA lawyer Provider number Name of law firm Postal address Personal attendance If claiming for telephone attendance and visit, enter details on back Police Station (or other location attended) Name of assisted person Type of offence eg assault, EBA...

4. [2007] NZEmpC AC 5A/07 Ali'imatafitafi v CE of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...2001 he was assigned a group of 10 detainees to work at Mt Albert Primary School (the school). The department had arrangements with a number of organisations to provide labour for detainees. The school was one of the department’s sponsors and requested groups of detainees to perform work from time to time. When the group arrived at the school in a van they were met by Mrs “M”, whose name I shall not give as she was not called as a witness. The plaintiff believed that Mrs M...

5. WTH Claims over $20k for a house - Chair's directions [pdf, 190 KB]

   Weathertight Homes Tribunal – Chair’s Directions (Standard Dwellinghouse claims) August 2015 page 1 of 9 CHAIR’S DIRECTIONS (for Standard Dwellinghouse claims) 1. Introduction 1.1 These directions are effective from 21 September 2015 and are issued pursuant to s114 of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 (the Act). They set out the procedures which are to apply to applications for adjudication by the Weathertight Homes Tribunal for single dwellinghouse claims w...

6. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Netsafe Inc [2022] NZHRRT 15 (Removal of Certain Redactions After Appeal Period) [pdf, 511 KB]

   ...INTRODUCTION [1] The Director of Human Rights Proceedings (Director) alleges interferences with the privacy interests of three aggrieved persons, [redacted] (Ms A), [redacted] (Ms B) and [redacted] (Ms C). [2] In April 2017 these women each requested their personal information from Netsafe Incorporated (Netsafe). Netsafe refused their requests, but in January 2018 released some information to each of them. Netsafe has conceded that there was no basis to have withheld the informati

7. QQ v S Ltd [2025] NZDT 29 (16 April 2025) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...breached that contract? - Did the Respondent convert the Applicants Speedometer? - Is the Applicant entitled to claim $300 in compensation? 11. The relevant law is that of contract. A breach of contract arises when one party has failed to perform the obligations under the contract. In order to make a successful claim for breach of contract the Applicant in this case must prove that a term of the contract has been broken and that there is a financial loss suffered as a result of that b...

8. Goold [2011] NZWHT Auckland 42 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...certificate until some time after the date of the final inspection. In such cases the reasons for the delay in issuing the CCC are relevant. Ultimately however a decision as to when a house is built is a matter of judgment based on all the information that is available to the decision maker. [10] Lang J also considered the effect of s43(1) of the Building Act 1991 which provides as follows: 43 Code compliance certificate (1) An owner shall as soon as practicable advi...

9. KC v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2022] NZACC 224 [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...March 2021 declining to cover for a treatment injury. [2] The appellant submits that she ought to be entitled to cover for a treatment injury because she suffered an injury because of treatment. [3] The Corporation’s position is that the claim does not meet the statutory criteria for cover of a treatment injury. Background [4] On 8 March 2019, an ACC injury claim form was filed for a sensitive claim said to relate to an event on 8 March 2014. The claim form indicated that...

10. UX v TT [2023] NZDT 151 (4 May 2023) [pdf, 131 KB]

    ...obliged to refund the Deposit to UX? (b) If so, is UX entitled to a remedy and is the amount claimed proved and reasonable? Is TT legally obliged to refund the Deposit to UX? 5. The law of contract applies. Once a legally enforceable contract is formed, the parties are bound by the terms they have agreed to, and those terms are enforceable by one party against the other. This means that if one party breaches a term of the contract, the other party may seek a remedy. 6. A deposit...