National Standards Committee v Denham [2017] NZLCDT 10 [pdf, 96 KB]
...When Ms Denham re-entered the relationship, she contributed a capital sum to the purchase of the family home and it was this sum she wished to retrieve urgently upon separation. [4] Many of the negotiations between the parties are recorded in the email exchanges and in text messages which have been made available to the Tribunal through the evidence directly and also by means of the transcript of the evidence given at the District Court trial which occurred in 2015. These texts rec...