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1. SG & LN v M Ltd [2023] NZDT 715 (12 December 2023) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...should not have to refund, or if any compensation is awarded, M Ltd should at least be able to retain its significant production costs. 4. The issues to be resolved are: a. What was agreed about the design of the headstone? b. Has M Ltd provided services with reasonable care and skill? and c. If not, are SG and LN entitled to compensation of $15,000.00 as claimed, or to any other sum? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 5 What was agreed about the design of the Headstone?...

2. OP v U Ltd & B Ltd [2024] NZDT 823 (15 October 2024) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...$17,000). B Ltd filed a counterclaim seeking $555.45 plus the costs of the claim. 4. U Ltd are a removal company and B Ltd are a storage company. Both companies are owned by SE who is the sole director. I am satisfied that B Ltd provided the storage services to OP and so I have joined B Ltd as a respondent in this claim. 5. The issues to be determined are: a. What were the terms of the agreement? b. Did B Ltd breach the Consumer Guarantees Act? c. What if any remedy is appropria...

3. [2025] NZLVT 17 – Topping v Tasman District Council (28 April 2025) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...regard to Maxwell Topping’s objection at Four Rivers Highway, Murchison. 3 The objection decision letter was posted on the 31st October 2024 (attached), with the objector having 20 working days to proceed to the Land Valuation Tribunal after service of the notice. It is not clear when the application to proceed to LVT was lodged, but appears to have been well outside the lodgement period. QV and the Tasman District Council have not yet been served a copy of the LVT applicati...

4. MLC 2019 May National Panui [pdf, 356 KB]

   Contents: Applications for hearing in MAY | HARATUA 2019: ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz www.mäorilandonline.govt.nz MAY | HARATUA 2019 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court. Only applications and sittings that were confi rmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, plea

5. NZCASS 2014 Questionnaire [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   2014 NEW ZEALAND CRIME AND SAFETY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE NZCASS V5.0 FINAL 2014 CONTENTS MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................................................................. 1 ATTITUDES TO LOCAL CRIME AND INCIVILITIES ....................................................................................... 1 FEAR OF AND WORRY ABOUT CRIME

6. Goold [2011] NZWHT Auckland 42 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...required by the building consent issued in respect of that work. [16] The claimants raised two main arguments in relation to the eligibility of their claim. Firstly, they advise that they contacted the Department of Building and Housing by phone and were advised that the claim needed to be lodged ten years before the date of final inspection of the property. Mr Goold advises he then rung the Waitakere City Council and was told the final inspection date was 18 April 2001 and...

7. [2018] NZSSAA 61 (3 December 2018) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...2016 to 16 May 2017 after the appellants left New Zealand on 9 June 2016 to live in Australia. [3] There is no dispute about the relevant chronology. The male appellant accepts that on 20 October 2015 he contacted the Ministry’s Centralised Services 2 International department (CSI) to enquire about possibly moving permanently to Australia. [4] The same day the Ministry sent a letter to him, which he received, explaining the social security agreement between New Ze...

8. CT & ID v S Ltd [2022] NZDT 7 (2 March 2022) [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...the inspection was limited to a visual inspection and would be performed under NZS4306:2005. Has the inspection been carried out with reasonable care and skill? 9. Sections 28 and 29 of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) provide that where services are supplied to a consumer there is a guarantee that the service will be carried out with reasonable care and skill. The result of those services will be fit for its particular purpose, and of such a nature and quality that it can be...

9. LK v H Ltd [2022] NZDT 28 (1 March 2022) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...other vendors and suppliers, who have refunded deposits or payments made in similar circumstances. I also acknowledge that LK has felt obligated himself in his own business to refund monies he received from customers when he could not provide the service. However, those factors are not determinative of T’s obligations to LK. 15. Second, there is insufficient evidence to prove that it was a specific term of the parties’ contract that the swimming lessons were to be completed in...

10. D Ltd v JD & WD [2022] NZDT 174 (3 November 2022) [pdf, 154 KB]

    ...• Has D Ltd breached the Fair Trading Act 1986 in relation to its supply of the new carpet to the Ds? • Has there been a failure of guarantee by D Ltd under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 in relation to its supply of goods (the carpet) or services (the installation)? • What remedy, if any, is available to Mr and Mrs D? Has D Ltd breached the Fair Trading Act 1986 in relation to its supply of the new carpet to the D’s? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 5. The arg...