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1. SX v SD Ltd [2022] NZDT 208 (24 November 2022) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a suppo...

2. UM v BD [2024] NZDT 699 (15 November 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $260 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a suppo...

3. LCRO 103/2022 RP v DQ (25 September 2024) [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...applicable to a purchase of a property. [14] Each of the vendors3 signed a single “client authority” authorising [Law firm A] to ‘represent [them] in all matters…’. [15] Ms TJ reported by email to Ms RP later in the day:4 Subject: Filenote – CY – WK 2 A full copy of the letter is attached to this decision. 3 MK signed as attorney for Mrs WK. 4 Email TJ to RP (2 June 2021) at 5:07 pm. 4 Today (being 2 June 2021) I contacted CY from [Law firm B] on [t...

4. [2025] NZIACDT 44 – SC v Wharekura (28 August 2025) [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...further letter was sent to him that day identical to the 15 November letter. [16] The letters from Immigration NZ were all addressed to the complainant, but were sent to Mr Wharekura. He did not copy any of them to the complainant. Apart from filing documents on 18 July 2023, he did not reply to Immigration NZ. [17] An email was sent to the agency by Immigration NZ on 5 January 2024 granting a final opportunity to send the requested information. [18] On 22 January 2024, some...

5. OIA-119293.pdf [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998 (PPPR Act). Specifically, you requested: 1. All documents you hold (including emails, memos, meeting minutes, file notes, ministerials, etc.) relating to the current method of calculating fees for services provided by Public Trust under s46 of the Act, including any that relate to the intent of, or a change in approach for, such calculation methods. 2. All documents you hold (including emails, memos, meeting minutes, file notes,...

6. CQ and others v JT [2023] NZDT 744 (14 December 2023) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...the cost of the replacement fence. The applicants also request that the respondent agree to the removal of a tree on the boundary between the properties, additional costs (which were not calculated prior to the first hearing) and the Tribunal’s filing fee. 2. After the first hearing the applicants told the Tribunal that they wanted to increase their claim by another $1,4015.00 due to costs they incurred when the contractors they engaged to build the fence on 13 July 2023 were not ab...

7. BS & OS v PB & UQ [2023] NZDT 271 (6 June 2023) [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...dispute because he was not successful in his exam, requiring him to repeat the course. The claim against PB is for $3,422.00 and UQ for $2,227.00, together with an additional $2,750.00 for the cost of the course OS was required to repeat, and the filing fee for the claim in the Disputes Tribunal. 3. The issues to be decided were as follows: a. Have PB and UQ breached the terms of a legally binding contract, and if so, which terms were breached? b. If the terms were breached, hav...

8. BU & DQ v NN [2023] NZDT 281 (17 July 2023) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...both losses the Applicants can claim, because these costs would not have been incurred but for NN’s repudiation of the contract. These sums are $121.20 and $350.00 respectively, totalling $471.20. d. The Applicants have claimed the cost of the filing fee for the claim in the Disputes Tribunal ($180.00) but section 43 prevents me making an award for costs, which includes the filing fee. I am not satisfied the very limited exceptions apply in that section either. 20. The total amount...

9. HD v NN [2023] NZDT 331 (3 August 2023) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...6. HD also says that NN made an application for a restraining order against him and he had to incur significant legal costs to defend that. He seeks an order that NN is liable to pay his legal costs. 7. Finally HD seeks an order that NN pay the filing fee for this claim. The claims that NN caused damage to HD’s property 8. The law that applies is the law of tort, under which a person can be liable for damage caused as a result of wrongful interference with the property of anot...

10. OU v H Ltd [2024] NZDT 264 (14 February 2024) [pdf, 171 KB]

    ...special price of $99.00 for the tickets, in a rates notice on 19 October 2023. 2. OU claims $203.30, which is the difference between the price she paid and the price she would have paid with the discount ($356.30 - $198.00 = $158.30) plus the filing fee of $45.00. 3. The issues to be decided are: a) Did H Ltd engage in conduct that was misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive by failing to tell OU that cheaper tickets would be available at a later date? b) If so...