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1. Relationship property forms & fees

   Fees $798 to apply for a Relationship Property Order. $1033 for each half day that the hearing takes. The applicant has to pay this amount even if the hearing doesn’t fill up all of the half day. Find out more about getting help to pay the court fees You may want to get legal advice to help you. You may be able to get: legal aid free community legal help File and Pay Relationship Property Order fees can be paid through the File and Pay service. This will allow you to pay the fees using a cre...

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2. HL v MA and RO LCRO 83/2013 (3 August 2016) [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...whether Mr [HL] received poor service. [5] Mr [CR] provided submissions on behalf of Mr [HL]. For Mr [HL] it was submitted that the lawyers were deceitful, and had acted in bad faith towards Mr [HL]. Reliance was placed on inconsistencies between file notes made by Mr [RO] at various times before Mr [HL] had expressed dissatisfaction over fees. It was asserted again that Mr [RO] had agreed to cap his fees at $3,500, and that Mr [BT] was a witness to that agreement. [6] Mr [BT] sig...

3. Civil enforcement forms

   ...$267. Application for review of registrar's decision Anyone Ask a judge to review a registrar’s decision that affects you and you are not happy with. The decision can be about: attachment orders orders made after a financial statement was filed warrants to arrest. Fee: $337. Application for contempt of enforcement proceedings A creditor If the debtor has the means to pay but refuses to do so, apply for a hearing and a judge can order the debtor to do community work. Yo...

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4. NTT v Gong [2019] NZIACDT 56 (5 August 2019) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...20 December 2016, the complainant’s wife first approached Ms Gong in order to obtain a partnership-based work visa application. They had already met through a tramping club. [5] At the meeting on 20 December 2016, Ms Gong advised that the fee was $1,150 payable in advance. She issued a receipt to the client on the same day for “service fee for WV”. [6] No written agreement for the immigration services was entered into by the parties. [7] On 7 February 2017, another adva...

5. OIA-121481.pdf [pdf, 728 KB]

   ...does this money go towards? What is it spent on? Does it depend on the jurisdiction? If so, please provide examples. - What is the view of the Chief Justice, Chief District Court Judge and Chief High Court Judge on individuals having to pay to file applications? - Who is charged a fee for filing court applications? Are lawyers charged? Who else? Researchers, journalists and members of the public? Am I missing any? Your requests have been numbered for ease of reference. In res...

6. T Ltd v N Ltd [2025] NZDT 26 (9 April 2025) [pdf, 167 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...

7. LCRO 72/2020 ZW v CB (29 September 2020) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...CB advised Mr ZW that an application to the Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO) would be completed, but that further work in respect to advancing proceedings against the scaffolding company would not be progressed until outstanding fees had been paid. [8] In February 2019, Mr CB advised Mr ZW, that he would not be doing any further work on Mr ZW’s file, until Mr ZW settled his outstanding accounts. [9] In March 2019, Mr CB filed proceedings in the Disputes Tribunal s...

8. Adams v Aucamp [2015] NZIACDT 94 (22 October 2015) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...the complainant when he lodged an application with Immigration New Zealand; he told her brother instead. [1.3] When his initial approach to gain residence for the complainant failed, he said he would prepare a work visa application without charging fees. However, after filing the application, he presented a backdated agreement requiring the complainant to pay fees. [1.4] After the professional relationship became strained, Mr Aucamp left a threatening message on the complainant’s tel...

9. LCRO 7/2024 SO v EJ and QJ (30 July 2025) [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...testament of HJ (30 July 2007) at paragraph 2(a). 2 [3] Mrs EJ and Ms QJ were the beneficiaries of Mr HJ’s estate. [4] At the time of Mr HJ’s death, New Zealand was in a COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. [5] The Application for Probate was filed on 24 August 2020. After difficulties with the form and content of the application and supporting affidavit (which Mr SO describes as necessitating ‘technical discussions’2) Probate was granted on 13 November 2020. [6] Mrs EJ says...

10. Forms & fees

    You can submit this file type electronically and pay any associated fee through File and Pay. Forms The forms are in the section for people representing themselves: Forms for District Court civil proceedings Start a proceeding – click on the proceeding you want to start and look under 'Documents' Defend a proceeding – click on the proceeding you want to defend and look under 'Documents' Forms for High Court civil proceedings Information on District Court forms and the new District Court A...

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