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1. LCRO 160/2024 XT v YQ (27 June 2025) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...siblings against Mr X and against Mrs X’s estate; (h) the siblings agreed not to “institute any legal proceedings” against Mr X except to enforce the deed; (i) if any of them did institute such proceedings, they would pay Mr X’s legal fees of defending the proceedings on a solicitor-client basis; (j) the sister’s proceedings to sustain the notice of claim would be discontinued.2 [13] Unbeknownst to anyone but the applicant,3 he had filed proceedings against Mr X in the Fa...

2. OD v JE [2024] NZDT 794 (13 November 2024) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...broke down, and it had not been driven long distances. She claimed: CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 - a refund of $6,300.00; and - repair costs of $572.98; and - the quoted cost of a new engine $4,933.50; and - the Disputes Tribunal filing fee of $180.00. [8] JE said that he had not misrepresented the car in any way. He said that he had owned it for several months, and it had run well during that time, with no problems at all. He had sold it, he said, only because he had...

3. MT v CE Ltd [2022] NZDT 141 (15 August 2022) [pdf, 95 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...

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

5. EH v O Ltd [2024] NZDT 237 (11 March 2024) [pdf, 176 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...

6. MT v EB [2023] NZDT 508 (1 November 2023) [pdf, 239 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 supp...

7. ND v F Ltd [2024] NZDT 525 (8 July 2024) [pdf, 92 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...

8. BM Ltd v YN [2015] NZDT 769 (23 February 2015) [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...[3] BM claims $2,376.07 for work completed for the renovation work. This includes $115.00 to re-install the toilet; $868.29 to pipe out the new vanity; $684.95 to fit off the new vanity; $350.33, $70.00 and $287.50 for collection, service and filing fees; and interest at the prescribed rate of 5% at the Tribunal’s discretion. [4] AA, of ABC, attended the hearing by phone to give evidence and the parties have accepted his undertaking to pay BM the amount of $115.00 for the re-ins...

9. AS v EI Ltd [2023] NZDT 2 (24 January 2023) [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...As EI Ltd has not remedied the failure of guarantee I find that EI Ltd is liable to pay to AS a refund for the plant and the consequential loss of the cost she paid for shipping, a total of $44.00 claimed. 7. AS also wished to claim the $45.00 filing fee, stating that the Tribunal’s online information said that would be ordered to be paid by the other party if she was successful. I have invited her to email through a copy of that page, because it will need to be corrected if she has...

10. MG & MT v CH [2024] NZDT 671 (26 August 2024) [pdf, 111 KB]

    ...requested the return of their deposit, which CH refused. The applicants said their reason for terminating was that they discovered the restaurant was a leasehold property. 3. The applicants now seek the return of their deposit and reimbursement of their filing fee. However, they cannot recover their filing fee since s 43 of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 provides that, with very limited exceptions that do not apply here, costs shall not be awarded against a party to any proceedings befor...