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1. [2022] NZACC 96 – McGregor v ACC (19 May 2022) [pdf, 395 KB]

   ...(Rehabilitation). [11] The report identified ten work types that were suitable for the appellant taking into account her skills, qualifications and training, her pre-incapacity earnings and the rehabilitation she had undertaken. Dr Gribble’s ten job recommendations were: a. Drug and alcohol counsellor; b. Rehabilitation counsellor; c. Community worker; d. Case worker; e. Special interest organisation administrator; f. Recruitment consultant; g. Out of school hours care...

2. Tukutau v Tangilanu [2014] NZIACDT 59 (30 April 2014) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...assistance to get a work visa. [2] The complaint is that the adviser had a written agreement which did not set out the services she was to provide. Second, she lodged the complainant’s request to Immigration New Zealand for a visa relying on a job offer that was obviously unsatisfactory. [3] The adviser has not challenged the allegations and the Tribunal has upheld the complaint that the agreement was not compliant. In addition, the Tribunal has found the adviser was incompetent, and...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 62 Gibson-Smith v Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 388 KB]

   ...exchanges between the parties, the issue came before the Employment Relations Authority; it determined that there had been an informal arrangement that Mr Gibson-Smith not undertake bond work, and that flexibility was part and parcel of his current job description. It also found he had not lost his position by redundancy because of a proposal to amalgamate the tenancy and bond lines, so he was not entitled to redundancy compensation. The Authority concluded by finding the process ad...

4. DR v VI Ltd [2015] NZDT 877 (22 December 2015) [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...pay VI Limited $1,298.20 on or before 18 January 2016. Facts [1] In July 2015 DR contacted VI Ltd (VI) to request them to install a hot water cylinder and change the pipes from a low pressure system to a high pressure system. VI completed the job and sent an invoice for $1,298.20. DR has not paid any part of the invoice. [2] DR is seeking a declaration that he is only liable to pay $700 to VI. Issue [3] The issue to determine is whether DR is liable to pay VI’s invoice in ful...

5. AGN v ZVH, ZVG and ZVF Ltd as trustees of LN Trust [2013] NZDT 467 (23 July 2013) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...of vinyl in commercial premises at [place name], due for opening on 1 December 2012. At the first visit, AGN found the floor preparation was not ready. At the second trip, it was found that the vinyl available was insufficient to complete the job. AGN returned a third time with a little extra vinyl and black coving to make up the short fall. LN Trust was not happy with either the standard of the job or the use of the black coving. On 26 November 2012, having located an additional p...

6. [2014] NZEmpC 166 James Denyer v Peter Reynolds Mechanical Ltd t/a the Italian Job Service Centre [pdf, 72 KB]

   JAMES DENYER, LABOUR INSPECTOR v PETER REYNOLDS MECHANICAL LIMITED TRADING AS THE ITALIAN JOB SERVICE CENTRE NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2014] NZEmpC 166 ARC 46/14 [8 September 2014] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2014] NZEmpC 166 ARC 46/14 IN THE MATTER OF an application for penalty for breach of compliance order BETWEEN JAMES DENYER, LABOUR INSPECTOR Plaintiff AND PETER REYNOLDS MECHANICAL LIMITED TRADING AS THE ITALIAN JOB SERVIC...

7. DF Ltd v TS Ltd [2021] NZDT 1315 (21 April 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...scope of works: 1) shorten the chassis; 2) shorten the ring feeder unit overhang; and 3) fit an ‘as supplied’ water cart. 7. The parties also agree that it was necessary to have engineer’s instructions as to the measurements to carry out the job. That is so fundamental to a job of this nature that it may be viewed as a term of the contract. 8. The project engineer sent an email to DF on 20 October 2020. In the body of the email the engineer wrote: “Some information to ge...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 65 Tan v Yang and Zhang [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...declined. Bin Zhang then entered into communications with Mr Tan, advising that no further money would be given to Mr Tan until his sister was in the country and, if Mr Tan was unhappy with such an arrangement, they would withdraw reliance on the job offer and in return seek repayment of the $7,000 already paid. [8] On 21 May 2012 Li Zhang withdrew Mr Tan’s job offer from her application and Mr Tan was again asked to return the money that had been paid to him. A meeting even...

9. MO v X Ltd [2025] NZDT 111 (5 March 2025) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...remove the wrap and most of the car was repainted. 3. MO now claims a refund of $8,705.20 from X Ltd on the basis that it was aware of the imperfections in the paint work and should have notified him of those imperfections before beginning the wrap job. 4. X Ltd denies liability on the basis that it was not contracted to check the paint job, but purely to provide a wrapping service, which it did to a high standard. 5. The issues I have to consider are: a. Do X Ltd’s terms a...

10. [2018] NZEmpC 123 Roach v Nazareth Care Charitable Trust Board [pdf, 567 KB]

    ...(Heard at Christchurch) Appearances: J Goldstein and L Ryder, counsel for plaintiff D Beck, counsel for defendant Judgment: 19 October 2018 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Stephen Roach was dismissed from his job as General Manager of Nazareth Care Charitable Trust Board when it gave him notice relying on a 90-day trial provision in his individual employment agreement. He claims he was unjustifiably dismissed for two reasons. The trial provision...