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1. EU & Ors v I Ltd [2024] NZDT 594 (19 July 2024) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...purposes of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA). EU says that although he is a technical events professional, he was involved in this event in a personal capacity and was not acting in trade when he hired the generator and was not being paid for his services. I Ltd queried that scenario, given he runs a business doing the same kind of work he was doing for the event, but there is no tangible evidence to prove or disprove EU’s statement either way. However, EU has written in his or...

2. UA v BT [2025] NZDT 132 (1 March 2025) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...the [laptop]. Reasons: 1. UA purchased a refurbished [laptop] for $1,769.00 for his daughter KA on 16 April 2024. On June 9 the laptop stopped working. Following the advice of BT, UA took the laptop to [Computer Store] as BT-certified service provider who diagnosed the issue on 18 June as due to liquid damage on the logic board. The cost of repair was quoted to be $2,762.99 which UA declined. The [laptop] sporadically powered on in late July prompting UA to get a second opini...

3. SZ v DE & J Ltd [2025] NZDT 201 (07 May 2025) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...scheduled to be heard before me by teleconference on Monday 5 May at 2pm. J Ltd had not been able to locate a telephone contact number for DE, so the Tribunal was not able to contact DE at the scheduled time. The Tribunal also noted that the address for service provided by J Ltd for DE, may not be a permanent address. In all the circumstances however I am satisfied: a. the notice of hearing and claim form appear to have been served on DE at the nominated address because there is...

4. C Ltd v N Group [2025] NZDT 215 (28 April 2025) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...this decision. 3. The issues to be resolved are: a. What is the proper law of the contract? b. Is N Group liable to pay C Ltd the amount claimed? What is the proper law of the contract? 4. In 2023, C Ltd was asked to provide consultancy services to N Group about N Group’s obligations under various [redacted] directives, on sustainability issues. C Ltd provided that advice and was then asked for advice about a “Green Bond” initiative N Group was considering, which is a ca...

5. [2010] NZEmpC 80 Willis v Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...get out of work. On 8 February Mr Clement decided to go into that area to confirm or deny his suspicions. He checked under “Powder 4 milk silos” and while doing so found the plaintiff sitting underneath silo 3, playing games on his mobile phone. The plaintiff claimed that he was carrying out silo agitator checks, but the agitators are not located under the silos. Mr Clement asked for the plaintiff’s worksheets to confirm this and the plaintiff passed them out through an in...

6. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Privacy Act) [2020] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 353 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 13 Reference No. HRRT 015/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL PLAINTIFF AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED DEFENDANT AT NAPIER BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia JP, Member Mr MJM Keefe QSM JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Marshall as agent for his son Ms I Reuvecamp for defe...

7. [2013] NZEmpC 81 Brake v Grace Team Accounting Ltd [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...this strange because when Mr Lindsay Grace spoke to her at the previous Wednesday meeting, he had claimed that he first thought about the redundancies over the prior weekend. Mr Michael Grace corrected Ms Macphail who agreed that she had been phoned by Mr Lindsay Grace on Saturday 10 April, only nine days before. [30] The plaintiff stated that she could not put forward comments and suggestions about the restructuring proposal as, other than the fact that she was about to be di...

8. Domestic violence programme evaluation report [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   An Evaluation of the Ministry of Justice-funded Domestic Violence Programmes Judy Paulin Elaine Mossman Nan Wehipeihana Michele Lennan Hector Kaiwai Sue Carswell with Rob Lynn Emmy Gauper November 2018 i Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge with thanks the women and men who shared with us their views and experiences of family violence programmes. We thank the providers who assisted with the recruitment of programme users and who

9. LCRO 238/2015 NS v LO (28 September 2018) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...no further action in respect of his complaint concerning conduct on the part of Mr LO. Background [2] Mr NS and his former wife, Mrs NS, operated as a partnership from the late 1980s after they separated. Over the years, Mr LO provided legal services to Mrs NS, Mr NS and both of them as partners. [3] In 2012, Mr NS became concerned about the partnership accounts and drawings Mrs NS had made on partnership funds. He wanted the records checked. The partners agreed to an indepe...

10. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Easy Read [pdf, 3.6 MB]

    ...parents of the child. Stopping an adoption can: • be hard to do • cost a lot of money. We want to hear about when you think an adoption order should be able to be stopped. 39 8. Adoption support services We know that adoption affects everyone who is part of an adoption. People who are part of an adoption often need: • support • information. People may need this support / information: • b...