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1. D’Arcy-Smith v Ministry of Social Development [2023] NZHRRT 26 [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...D’Arcy-Smith in person Mr S Conway and Ms H Bergin for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 20 February 2023 DATE OF DECISION: 1 September 2023 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 [1] Mr D’Arcy-Smith over a period of five years was at times receiving job seeker assistance. As Mr D’Arcy-Smith was also at various times during that period earning income from part time employment so his job seeker benefit had to be adjusted to reflect his earnings. Due to inconsistencies in how the...

2. BS Ltd v UN [2024] NZDT 164 (11 April 2024) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...roof cladding including the ridge capping. HX has suggested that there may have been problems with the quality of the work of UN’s builders. 16. UN’s builder’s evidence is that no wood is perfectly straight and so, as they would do on any job, minor adjustments were made to rafters and purlins as they were installed. He said that string lines were up “on everything” during the build process and that at the end, everything was all looking straight. The frame was completed on...

3. TD v KD [2024] NZDT 174 (11 April 2024) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...house and they agreed. She said it was her first time living away from home and when she moved in with TD she did not know about having to pay rent. She said nothing was said to her about rent when she first moved into the house. She did not have a job at the time she moved in. She said she originally stayed in the small room under the stairs. She said it was only after she moved to the larger room that she was CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 7 told that she would have to start payi...

4. FD v B Ltd [2021] NZDT 1714 (23 December 2021) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...24 January 2022. B. The counterclaim brought by B Ltd is dismissed and a Declaration is made that FFD is not liable to pay the amount of $5,250.00 to B Ltd. Reasons 1. In about March or April 2021, FFD asked for a quote for a renovation job on the property she lived in from B Ltd. The director of B Ltd, US, was aware that FD had a number of rental properties and wanted to secure the business in case it meant further work in the future. B Ltd prepared and presented a fixed pric...

5. [2023] NZEmpC 117 Downer New Zealand Ltd v King [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...provide him with the further information about Downer’s investigation and a further opportunity to explain. By email Mr King declined to attend that meeting. [22] While Mr King gave as the reason for his resignation his decision to take a job with another company in Auckland, Downer has now ascertained that he left New Zealand for the United Kingdom some time in either late May or early June 2023 and has not returned. [23] Against that broad description of the background...

6. [2025] NZIACDT 05 – YI v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...16,666) for employment and a visa. The director of the “company”, IX, was based in New Zealand. He was told by the director that work would be arranged. It was not. He never met the employer. He did not even know the employer’s name or the job. [14] According to the complainant, he had never signed a professional services agreement with Mr Liu. [15] The Authority requested Mr Liu’s file. It was provided by Mr Liu on 16 October 2023, along with a narrative of the step...

7. [2025] NZIACDT 06 – DH v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...16,666) for employment and a visa. The director of the “company”, IX, was based in New Zealand. He was told by the director that work would be arranged. It was not. He never met the employer. He did not even know the employer’s name or the job. [14] According to the complainant, he had never signed a professional services agreement with Mr Liu. [15] The Authority requested Mr Liu’s file. It was provided by Mr Liu on 6 October 2023, along with a narrative of the steps...

8. [2025] NZIACDT 04 EI v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...16,666) for employment and a visa. The director of the “company”, IX, was based in New Zealand. He was told by the director that work would be arranged. It was not. He never met the employer. He did not even know the employer’s name or the job. Eventually, five days’ work as a cleaner was arranged for him. [14] According to the complainant, he had never signed a professional services agreement with Mr Liu. [15] The Authority requested Mr Liu’s file. It was provide...

9. [2024] NZIACDT 32 - XI v Liu (16 December 2024) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...16,666) for employment and a visa. The director of the “company”, JX, was based in New Zealand. He was told by the director that work would be arranged. It was not. He never met the employer. He did not even know the employer’s name or the job. Eventually, five days’ work as a cleaner was arranged for him. [14] According to the complainant, he had never signed a professional services agreement with Mr Liu. [15] The Authority requested Mr Liu’s file. It was provide...

10. National Standards Committee 1 v Mr H [2025] NZLCDT 49 (26 November 2025) [pdf, 165 KB]

    THERE ARE ORDERS FOR PERMANENT NON-PUBLICATION IN RESPECT OF THE COMPLAINANTS (ALTHOUGH THIS IS TO PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY FROM THIRD PARTIES; THEY ARE FREE TO INDICATE THEIR OWN POSITION WHERE THERE IS A NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A JOB INTERVIEW); AND THE OTHER FORMER EMPLOYEES OF MR H; AND MEMBERS OF MR H’s FAMILY AND STEPFAMILY AND THEIR PERSONAL HISTORIES OR CIRCUMSTANCES. MR H’s NAME SHALL NOT BE PUBLISHED UNTIL MIDDAY ON 5 DECEMBER 2025. THESE ORDERS MADE PURSUANT TO S 240 LAWY...