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1. KB & Ors v TC & RV [2023] NZDT 634 (25 September 2023) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...circumstances, which related RVB’s employment. 12. The Applicants demanded to know the details of the change to the Respondents’ personal circumstances, which the Respondents claim is personal and they are not willing to disclose sensitive private information. 13. The case law proffered by the Applicants involves a purchaser that attempted to avoid a Sale and Purchase Agreement on a financing condition but for reasons other than financing. The court found that the Respondent h...

2. DX v E Ltd & DH [2024] NZDT 774 (17 September 2024) [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...paid for the joinery, and before he picked it up, his builder told him the joinery needed to meet the NZ standard 0.46 for thermally broken joinery to get building consent. He checked and found out the joinery did not meet this standard, therefore, he formed an opinion that CB gave him false information about the joinery, which induced him to enter into the contract. 4. CB gave evidence that DX told him he was looking for double glazed joinery and that is what he showed him. DX did not...

3. [2007] NZEmpC AC 59/07 Paki v Panel Holdings Ltd [pdf, 18 KB]

   ...Authority’s determination caused s181 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 to be engaged and, in particular, that Ms Paki may not have participated in the Authority’s investigation in a manner that was designed to resolve the issues involved. I requested the Authority to provide the Court with a report under s181(1). I agreed that the company should not have to plead to the statement of claim until Ms Paki’s solicitor on the record confirms to the Registrar that he had instr...

4. NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Service of Statement of Claim) [2015] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 41 KB]

   ...direction that Ms Bailey be served with the proceedings is not a suggestion she should exercise her right to apply under s 108. It is simply a recognition that in fairness she should be in a position to make an informed 3 decision. While it is requested that Ms Bailey notify the Tribunal whether she intends availing herself of s 108, she does have the option of reserving her position until more is known. In the latter case she can file an address for service which will have the p...

5. EN v B Ltd [2023] NZDT 501 (3 October 2023) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...$1500.00 for his losses? 12. Having found EN breached a term of his agreement, he is not entitled to claim his losses and accordingly the claim is dismissed. Referee: Nigel Wolland Date: 3 October 2023 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 100 Director-General of Conservation v Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...the Project, in practice Poutama played the leading role in respect of that appeal, including through advocacy at the hearing. In the First Interim Decision, the Court recorded that the appeal (and the joint appeal approach) was:14 based upon a claim that there is whakapapa linking Mrs Pascoe to Poutama, something Mrs Pascoe herself was not aware of when this process began. Waka Kotahi submitted that the Court, in the First Interim Decision, emphasised key factors arising from the...

7. Te Manutukutuku Issue 5 [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...sea fisheries; and (3) the host of smaller claims that were introduced during the initial two years of Ngai Tahu hearings. Chief Judge Durie has given several addresses this year. We list here a selection of his speeches which are available on request from this office: National Conference of Major Religious Superiors of New Zealand. Wellington, March 1990 Hoi Manawhenua. Rotorua, April 1990 Commonwealth Law Conference. "Treaties and the Common Law as Sources of Indigenous Rig...

8. G Ltd v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 506 (25 June 2024) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...referred to her ‘counter-claim’ but it was established that she meant her submissions in response to the claim which contained no reference to sums that C Ltd had spent or wished to claim. She did then state at the hearing that she wished to lodge a formal counter-claim. 5. Given that this matter has been through a rehearing process (because the respondent did not receive notices prior to the first hearing), and that the rehearing decision states that any counter-claim needed to b...

9. BC v GT & TT [2022] NZDT 134 (31 August 2022) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...The result [15] My order is that TT must pay BC for the repair of the dining area, but not the entry foyer. The sum TT must pay is $3,504.00. Referee: C Hawes Date: 31 August 2022 Page 4 of 4 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a rehe...

10. TG & TS v NS & Ors [2023] NZDT 332 (9 August 2023) [pdf, 207 KB]

    ...liable to pay the Applicant’s insurer $1,773.04. Referee: L Trevelyan Date: 9 August 2023 CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 4 of 5 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a r...