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1. GL Ltd v MD [2020] NZDT 1369 (14 October 2020) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...[2020] NZDT 1369 APPLICANT GL Ltd RESPONDENT MD The Tribunal orders: The claim is dismissed Reasons 1. MD entered into a contract with GL Ltd for employment advocacy services after she was made redundant from her part-time job. 2. The contract was on a contingency basis and the terms of engagement provided that, unless the case was completed and lost, a fee would be payable, either a percentage of amounts paid to MD by her former employer or a termination f...

2. BL & TL v N Ltd [2024] NZDT 61 (5 February 2024) [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...proportion of the contract had been completed and/or the value of the completed work, I have worked backwards from the list of items that were not done when N Ltd stopped work on the site. 13. N Ltd submitted at the first hearing that the only jobs left to do were water-proofing and installation of a handrail, an approximate cost of $2400.00. However no evidence was presented in support of everything else having been done, so I have accepted BL & TL’s list of items from the scope...

3. DG v NQ [2023] NZDT 139 (4 April 2023) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...[10] NQ said that he had told DG, before he had begun the work, that he was neither a plumber nor an electrician. He said that he had left the electrical work incomplete, and told DG that he, NQ would arrange for an electrician to come and finish the job. However, he had been busy with other work for the following week or so, and had been unable to make such an arrangement. [11] NQ said that he had discussed with DG whether a new cylinder should be purchased, and DG had agreed that a sec...

4. DH & MX v SL [2024] NZDT 287 (30 March 2024) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...stays relatively dry we may be able to get this done before Christmas”. 14. DH asked what would happen with the stumps. SL clarified that the trees would be cut at ground level. 15. DH replied “I spoke with my partner and he’d rather the job was done once and done right if it’s going to be done at all, so his preference is the stumps are removed also”. 16. SL replied that he was willing to bear the cost of taking down and reinstating the fence, but that he would not co...

5. ED v T Ltd [2024] NZDT 465 (12 June 2024) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...manufacturer’s guidance on the product. He says the asbestos roofs are difficult to deal with as there are limitations around how they are prepared. They cannot be water blasted or scraped like other types of roof so they look less than perfect after the job is done. 13. He submits encapsulation does not mean that every overlap is sealed up. The system of overlapping sheets used in any type of roofing is meant to be a flashing method. It is not a normal requirement to gap this unles...

6. [2025] NZEmpC 62 (TradeZone Industrial Group Ltd v Stanton [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...associated with legal proceedings. [18] Mr Stanton asserts in his evidence that publication will prevent him from seeking new employment. He has been unemployed since his employment with TradeZone ended. He has been applying for work and completing job applications which ask whether he has been convicted and consents to pre-employment screening. I accept that Mr Stanton may have difficulty in finding new employment, but his difficulty on that front will be caused by his fraudule...

7. [2016] NZEmpC 172 Twentyman v The Warehouse Ltd [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...[11] The letter continued: 4. I felt very belittled and abused when Te Rangi introduced me to “my replacement” and that I will no longer be doing [stillages]. To rub salt in [the] wound she also stated that my replacement does a better job as I [don’t] colour block and size. 5. I was informed by my supervisor that Te Rangi had said that she [doesn’t] see what I do at nights. This hurts my feelings as I [genuinely] enjoy my job and put 100% into everything I do in H2...

8. De Wet v North Shore City Council [pdf, 323 KB]

   ...respective plasterers. There was no evidence that he did so. In fact Mr Bianca's evidence was to the contrary, namely that he worked on the basis of advice from Mr Bakker who was the on-site training manager and technical adviser and his job on site: "… was to ensure that the standard of work that we carried out was up to Plaster Systems Ltd standards. If there were any problems with the work that we done [sic] it was the responsibility of the builder to approach us,...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 175 Wikaira v The Chief Executive of Department of Corrections [pdf, 767 KB]

   ...without conviction. The defendant refused to provide any advice at all in writing (or otherwise) which might assist the sentencing Judge including, importantly, any information about the possible consequences of a conviction for Ms Wikaira’s job. [16] Those were the essential circumstances that led the defendant to commence a comprehensive investigation of what it said was Ms Wikaira’s possible serious misconduct in breach of a number of the employer’s policies and pr...

10. [2013] NZEmpC 202 Hallwright v Forsyth Barr Ltd [pdf, 236 KB]

    ...after a road rage incident in 2010. [36] The story was accompanied by two subject tags – “Guy Hallwright” and “Forsyth Barr”. An article also appeared in the NBR around this time, speculating on whether Mr Hallwright would keep his job with Forsyth Barr, with the director of a Christchurch-based stock broking firm reported as saying that: 14 If it was one of our employees, obviously there is a bit of reputational damage there with what he did, but I would be looking...