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1. [2025] NZREADT 24 - CT v REA (14 July 2025) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...sole agency agreement for the property with the agency (the 2022 agency agreement). The licensee listed the property for sale in June 2022. The agency agreement expired on 14 December 2022. [7] On 8 November 2022, the applicant’s brother (DT) emailed the licensee notifying him that they were having an issue with roof leaks (the 8 November email). The licensee then withdrew the listing for the property while the family attempted to fix the leaks. The family had trouble finding...

2. [2025] NZACC 089 - Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation (4 June 2025) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...decision – s 6, Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 4 February 2025. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review on the basis that the Corporation’s email dated 7 November 2024, identified by Mr Smith as the “decision” which he intended to challenge at review, was not a decision for the purposes of the Act. Background [2] In January 1990, Mr Smith suffered an injury to his left foot...

3. BB v H Ltd [2023] NZDT 10 (5 April 2023) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...Arlo refurbished CCTV cameras purchased via the Trademe website. BB admits he provided the wrong delivery address at the time of purchase as his previous address self-populated in the Trademe order but he corrected this almost immediately sending an email on the same date giving his current delivery address. BB’s address was not updated, and H Ltd sent the package to the wrong address. The residents at that address refuse to return the package. [3] H Ltd admits the facts but claims it...

4. NM v U Ltd [2023] NZDT 512 (25 October 2023) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...first was he could rebook on an alternative route for the payment of $40.00. The second was that he could seek a full refund minus any required fees, though it might take six to eight weeks for the airline to refund the money. There were a series of emails in which OH of U Ltd outlined the options, NM disputed the validity of the options and tried to negotiate other options, and OH restated the same options in different ways and in an increasing amount of detail. NM told me in the hearing...

5. Auckland Standards Committee v van der Zanden [2014] NZLCDT 21 [pdf, 79 KB]

   ...alleges that during this week while awaiting a further standby trial he approached Mr Speir seeking an assurance that the Crown would not oppose home detention. Mr Speir does not recall this conversation but does recall a subsequent exchange of emails in October, relating to an agreed summary of facts and a suggested plea to one count of injuring with intent to injure, the MAF charges to be withdrawn. (By this time there had been further appearances with two different prosecutors...

6. Sansom v Department of Internal Affairs [2016] NZHRRT 17 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...wanted a copy. It is not clear whether Ms Sansom responded to that enquiry but there was contact with (inter alia) Mr Christopher Szekely who since 2007 has been the Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library. This process culminated in an email sent by Ms Sansom on 11 April 2012 to Mr Szekely advising she wished to put the whole matter behind her: Dear Chris, Perhaps you will be interested to hear that I have decided to draw a line under my recent experiences with Turnbull....

7. LCRO 5/2020 AJ v BN (30 September 2020) [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...no further action in respect of her complaint about the conduct of BN, at the relevant time a partner with [Law firm] (the firm), who acted for her on the purchase of a residential property (the property). [2] On 26 March 2019, AJ instructed (by email) BN, who AJ says had previously acted for her on a property purchase and property related issues, to prepare an agreement for the purchase of the property. AJ sent BN information about the property in a “buyers pack” which include...

8. DH v EJ LCRO 207/2014 (13 April 2015) [pdf, 62 KB]

   ...$500 in costs and expenses to the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS). Background [3] Mr DH acted for a defendant in a criminal matter. Ms EJ had conduct of the file as police prosecutor. In the course of representing his client, Mr DH sent an email to Ms EJ, and Court staff, the substance of which said: Hi All 2 I act for [client]. He is going to plead guilty to all charges. Currently the CRH date is 9 June. Please bring the date forward to a Judge List day (preferably...

9. [2021] NZIACDT 11 - YC v Han (19 May 2021) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...to the letter of 31 July 2019. On 7 August 2019, Immigration New Zealand sent her an email advising that an extension until 15 August 2019 had been granted. As this was Ms Han’s first or second day of maternity leave, she did not check her emails and was not aware of the extension. She had been told by Mr Wan that her emails would be redirected to him, but this arrangement was not activated until one week later. Accordingly, Mr Wan was not notified of the extension either....

10. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v Heaphy [2014] NZLCDT 61 [pdf, 343 KB]

    ...which we announced to the parties on 18 September, at the conclusion of the hearing, are as follows; and address the issues to be determined. Issues Charge 1 1. Was the investment of $130,000 authorised at any level by the client? (a) Do the emails found an instruction to the lawyer? (b) Were there also verbal instructions? (c) Did Mr Porter know of an overseas investment, but chose not to know the details? (d) If a general authority to invest the funds was given was that a...