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1. NC v KD & CD [2024] NZDT 535 (22 July 2024) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...They did not provide the accommodation service with reasonable care and skill. They are ordered to refund $351.50 to NC for the breach of the FTA. Referee: B M Smallbone Date: Monday, 22 July 2024 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a re...

2. DZ v LU & IW Ltd [2024] NZDT 469 (4 June 2024) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...responsibility to follow up on the bill/s before or at the time they were transferring the lease. 13. Since DZ has not provided evidence of if/when she sent the rates bills to IW Ltd, and since she also had a responsibility to mitigate losses in the form of late payment fees, I find that in all the circumstances here, IW Ltd is liable to pay only the proportional rates amount of $3071.55 for the period in question and not the late payment fee of $568.55. Referee Perfect Date:...

3. BL v CD (NZ) Ltd [2024] NZDT 282 (9 May 2024) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...nothing at all to do with his booking. She provided a letter from CD Central’s “senior relations specialist”, who stated that it operated the website from [Country], and that affiliated companies, such as CD (NZ) Ltd did not have their own platform. The writer stated that there was no record of BL making the booking in question through CD. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 [6] DJ’s opinion was that a fraudster had somehow created a fake website that looked much like that of...

4. EH v MG & FG [2024] NZDT 425 (28 May 2024) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...purchaser discovered that bathroom renovation completed when MG and FG owned the property did not have a Code of Compliance (‘COC’). EH had two offers on the property at the time, one for $940,000.00 and another for $930,000.00. Upon receipt of this information the offer of $940,000.00 was withdrawn, and at a later date the offer of $930,000.00 was reduced to $910,000.00 on the condition that the property sale proceed without the COC. 3. EH claims $30,000.00 from MG and FG for the l...

5. Van Wey Lovatt v Accident Compensation Corporation (Continuance of All Appeals) [2025] NZACC 73 (6 May 2025) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...April 2025. There was no response. Grounds for application [5] Dr Van Wey Lovett informally applied for a “continuance”. Counsel for the Corporation referred to this as an application for an “adjournment”. What Dr Van Way Lovatt was requesting and the time frames she sought were not made clear in her 29 March email. It stated. Dear All I apologise if my earlier communications were not clear. I need a continuance for all if [sic] my matters before the court. I’v...

6. Disability-and-victimisation-final-report.pdf [pdf, 880 KB]

   ...best of their ability. In this context, criticising informal support was viewed as discourteous. In contrast, participants more freely discussed formal support as they framed it as a right. This chapter presents participants experiences with both forms of support, with a particular focus on whether accessed supports were considered useful, whether there are gaps in the type of support required, and whether participants require support now. 4.1 Informal support All participants s...

7. Trustees of Maungatautari 4G Sec IV v Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust - Maungatautari No 4G Sec IV (2014) 86 Waikato Maniapoto MB 248 (86 TTK 248) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...execution of the lease and easement instrument, little work was done on the question of land owner approval being sought for “authorised persons” to access the block. [98] This issue seems to have come to life in late 2013. WDC have responded to requests for personal information by requiring an explanation and assurances from the trustees that information acquired would only be used for the purposes of approval, that 86 Waikato Maniapoto MB 269 applicants would be infor...

8. Māori Trustee v Forde – Section 186 Block V Longwood Survey District (2013) 17 Te Waipounamu MB 152 (17 TWP 152) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...respondents believed this roadway to be road reserve belonging to the Southland District Council (“SDC”). [3] In February 2009 a survey found Ouetota Road was entirely on the respondent’s land, with the legal access to Section 186 being an unformed paper road running along the beach parallel to Ouetota Road. I will refer to this road as the “beach road”. [4] The respondents have prevented use of Ouetota Road by the applicant and its lessees. They say the roadway is on...

9. JE v AC and SY LCRO 259/2012 (17 February 2015) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...clients visited Dr SY at home at Mrs JE’s behest. I have therefore disregarded the effect of those visits on Dr SY, for the purposes of determining this aspect of the complaint against Mrs JE. [50] The telephone calls and letters in which Mrs JE requested church finance records, according to her clients’ instructions, were held by Dr SY in her capacity as treasurer. Mrs JE’s clients’ case rested in part on their view that Mr AC and Dr SY had mismanaged the congregation’s...

10. OIA-121395.pdf [pdf, 18 MB]

    Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 16 May 2025 Ref: OIA 121395 Official Information Act request: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Thank you for your email of 16 April 2025 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) regulation policies, plans and strategies. Specifically, you requested:...