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1. Jury service - response to jury summons form [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...1 of the reasons below (from the Juries Act 1981). Tell us why you want to put off your jury service Tick 1 of the boxes below, explain your reasons and attach proof of your situation. I have a special or pressing commitment for my business or job (Please explain your reason and attach proof, like a letter from your employer saying why it would cause them undue hardship or serious  inconvenience if you did jury service, or a copy of a contract proving the nature of your business...

2. [2023] NZIACDT 11 - SM v Kim (6 April 2023) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Dated 6 April 2023 REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: Self-represented Adviser: Self-represented 2 INTRODUCTION [1] David Kim, the adviser, was engaged by SM the complainant, to obtain a job in New Zealand and a work visa. Mr Kim’s employee duly found the complainant a job and Mr Kim obtained a visa for him. As Mr Kim bundled the recruiting and immigration services together, he was required to comply with his professional...

3. EC v NI [2023] NZDT 734 (14 December 2023) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...for payment of $3429.12 on 13 May 2023. 2. NI paid $1610, with holding $1819.12 for the hydroseed work. 3. EC claims $1819.12 from NI on the basis he provided the service and payment should have been made within 7 days of completion of the job. 4. The issues to be resolved are: a. Was the job carried out with reasonable care and skill and was it fit for purpose? b. If not, is any payment due? Was the job carried out with reasonable care and skill and was it fit for pur...

4. Xu v Accident Compensation Corporation [2022] NZACC 205 [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...proceed to hearing. [12] The Corporation agreed to arrange a medical case review. [13] On 13 March 2020, Ms Xu attended an assessment with Dr Pai, Orthopaedic Specialist who considered whether Ms Xu was vocationally independent in any of the jobs identified for 30 hours per week or more. He stated: In my opinion, she has capacity to work in medium level work. In fact today she states that she has been quite keen to go back to work. Her main difficulty appears to be getting...

5. MK & NK v B Ltd [2023] NZDT 687 (21 December 2023) [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...[Suburb]. MK and NK accepted B Ltd’s written quotation for $27,807.00 for removing existing concrete roof tiles and supplying and installing a new metal tile roof with associated works. MK and NK paid a 30% deposit as per the terms and conditions. The job was booked for October 2022. 2. MK and NK next paid the 40% material order payment prior to the scheduled installation dates in October. However, those dates had to be rescheduled due to bad weather at the time. The job was re-book...

6. DC v NL [2024] NZDT 263 (25 January 2024) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...colouring. However, DC says she does not recall this conversation and thinks that NL failed to do the roots. 6. It appears there has been some sort of miscommunication about the roots. Nevertheless, NL agrees they were part of the part of the whole job and were paid for by DC. This means that DC was entitled to come back and get them finished, at no extra charge. I am unable to make a finding that the services were not provided with reasonable care and skill because the service had no...

7. Geldenhuys v C Yap [2013] NZIACDT 27 (12 April 2013) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...expect to be able to migrate successfully. [15.3] The “points” system, which was a key factor in eligibility, operated with the effect that a person with 140 or more points could expect to have their expression of interest selected without a job offer, and those with more than 100 points would succeed if they had an appropriate job offer. [15.4] After reviewing Ms Geldenhuys’ circumstances, the report said she should have: [15.4.1] 100 points without a job offer; [15.4.2] 150 p...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 54 Hong v Auckland Transport [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...no reason why that opportunity should now be lost to him. Mr Hong is entitled to loss of earnings AT accepts that Mr Hong is entitled to loss of earnings. But it argues that Mr Hong had failed to mitigate his loss because he applied for many jobs that he was not qualified for and did not apply for more suitable jobs. Applying for jobs for which he did not seem qualified does not go to a failure to mitigate. Indeed, the jobs that Mr Hong obtained after his dismissal were one...

9. [2021] NZEmpC 177 Allison v Ceres New Zealand LLC [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...dispute that work was declining as at September 2018 and looked likely to continue to decline. Mr Allison readily acknowledged that he knew work was tailing off before being informed about that by Mr McIntyre’s letter. He knew that the remaining jobs the company was working on were scheduled to end in October 2018 and that Ceres had been unsuccessful in its bid for a project on the West Coast. [28] There was no attempt to dispute that Ceres was surviving on supporting payments...

10. ZH v Ma [2025] NZIACDT 30 (6 June 2025) [pdf, 311 KB]

    ...Immigration NZ communicated directly with the client who did not always promptly send the communication to her. [36] The employment agreement, signed on 10 March 2023 prior to the video call, was arranged by Lisa. The agent was able to find jobs on a New Zealand website, including jobs with A Ltd. Ms Ma does not know whether the complainant was interviewed by her husband. [37] Ms Ma accepts she did not tell the complainant that the employer was her husband’s company, prior...