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1. C Ltd v O Ltd [2025] NZDT 270 (18 July 2025) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2025] NZDT 270 APPLICANT C Ltd RESPONDENT O Ltd The Tribunal orders: O Ltd is to pay C Ltd $855.83 by 8 August 2025. Reasons: 1. O Ltd engaged C Ltd to complete two jobs. 2. The first was a leak detection under a driveway at [Address 1]. 3. The second was a repair of a leaking pipe at [Address 2]. 4. Despite the different addresses, the two properties are located very close to each other (...

2. [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...

3. [2021] NZACC 63 – Carr v ACC (20 April 2021) [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...noted that she had only basic numeric and computer skills, but she was competent in reading and writing and had previously used a computer to load stock data into systems. Ms Carr categorised her skills as mainly physical. Ms Brodie identified 12 job options that were vocationally suitable for Ms Carr and advised that she was particularly interested in a mobile merchandiser or a retail sales assistant role. In terms of vocational barriers, Ms Brodie identified a loss of personal c...

4. [2017] NZEmpC 51 E Tu Inc v New Zealand Transport Agency [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...interpretation of a particular clause in the remuneration section, has been resolved. The parties have agreed that the particular clause requires them to negotiate annually as to changes in fixed remuneration at or above the rate for doing the job satisfactorily. The effect of the agreement is that the parties were required under that clause, cl L 21 which is set out below, to negotiate, but there was no requirement to agree. The parties’ agreement as to the effect of that clau...

5. EC & ECE v UX Ltd [2016] NZDT 895 (12 February 2016) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...agreed to pay $92.74 which was the price for a new shower drain sent to them by EC, but saying that they believed this was for the shower drain to be replaced (including labour). In fact, removing the shower drain is a difficult and expensive job because it is cemented in to the shower base and removing it poses a risk of damage to the tiles and the shower waterproofing. Because of this, initially, EC and ECE, in spite of being upset about the scratch to the pristine shower drain in...

6. ACF v ZXY [2013] NZDT 149 (27 June 2013) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...sum of $9,580.20 within 28 days. Facts [1] On 18 July 2012, ACF Ltd (through its director, LR) contracted ZXY to administer drench capsules on a conveyor to approximately 4,200 lambs. ZXY brought two workers with him and completed the job on that day with some assistance from LR and LR’s son, CQ. [2] Unfortunately, over the next three months, approximately 135 lambs died from the incorrect administration of the capsules. [3] ACF Ltd has filed a claim against ZXY f...

7. OIA-113558.pdf [pdf, 182 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 2323 July 2024 Our ref: OIA 113558 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Job Titles Thank you for your email of 24 June 2024 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding job titles and the number of staff that have a particular function. Specifically, you requested: �...

8. TD Ltd v SC Ltd [2023] NZDT 624 (21 November 2023) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...contract between the parties to this dispute proceeded on a charge-up basis. 2. When TD Ltd had finished the framing for the deck, a dispute arose about various aspects of the invoice they presented for $19,337.22. TU for TD Ltd says he walked off the job because UV for SC Ltd told him his invoice would not be paid. 3. There is also a dispute about the method by which TD Ltd fixed the deck framing to the house – after TD Ltd left the site, SC Ltd hired another builder who, under...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 34 Baker v St John Central Regional Trust Board [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...Miss Baker has given a number of years of service to St John. While she left paid employment with the defendant in 2012 she has nonetheless continued to provide volunteer services to it. She has done this because, in her words, she “loves the job.” It is clear that she appreciates the value of the services St John provides to the community and wishes to contribute to them. [5] From around March 2005 Miss Baker worked on a casual basis while at the Putararu Ambulance Station...

10. [2021] NZACC 122 - Nelson v ACC (3 August 2021) [pdf, 229 KB]

    ...Corporation reinstated Mr Nelson’s weekly compensation, and further rehabilitation commenced. [5] Certification in the early 1990’s suggested that Mr Nelson would be capable of part-time light to moderate work. In 1992, there was a referral to Job Connections for assistance with finding work, and a work trial at the Botanical Gardens was organised. The work reportedly caused an exacerbation of pain in Mr Nelson’s back and leg. [6] In 1995, Mr Nelson looked at job-seeking o...