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1. BN & EN v Z Ltd [2025] NZDT 76 (4 March 2025) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...what it was liable for under the policy being $1,500, less the $400 excess, as its maximum cover for gradual damage. 3. BN & EN disagreed that the damage was caused by a gradual event and filed a complaint with the Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman. In March 2021 the Ombudsman released its finding that Z Ltd could rely on the gradual damage exclusion to decline the claim. The Ombudsman was satisfied that the ‘hidden gradual deterioration provision’ had been correctly...

2. HN v OB & G Ltd & I Ltd [2025] NZDT 120 (25 February 2025) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...the wall was removed. 6. Prior to construction work starting, the JV offered owners close to the construction zone the opportunity for a pre-condition survey of their property. HN took up the offer and, on 20 December 2021, Building Surveying Services (BOP) Ltd (“BSS”) provided a dilapidation report for his property. The reported noted various external and internal cracks, including two ceiling cracks in the kitchen at the “change of angle”). This cracking coincided with th...

3. LCRO 128/2015 GBA v HCB (29 June 2017) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...that afternoon he did not, following receipt of Mr HCB’s undertaking, release the transfer to Mr HCB until the following morning, 6 March 2015. 2 The complaint [5] Mr HCB lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (the Complaints Service) on 6 March 2015. He alleges that Mr GBA breached his settlement undertaking by not releasing the transfer on the settlement date, 5 March 2015. Standards Committee decision [6] The Standards Committee dete...

4. NT v HS [2020] NZDT 1312 (21 October 2020) [pdf, 270 KB]

   ...that NT is not “in trade”. This is so for the following reasons: (a) The Act defines “trade” as any trade, business, industry, profession, occupation, activity of commerce, or undertaking relating to the supply or acquisition of goods or services. The term “business” is defined as any undertaking, whether carried on for gain or reward or not, or any undertaking in the course of which goods or services are acquired or supplied, whether free of charge or not. The term “...

5. EQ & MC v IJ Ltd & SD [2022] NZDT 146 (31 August 2022) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...the heads have fallen off over time and some of the ridge capping is are starting to rust so the cappings might need replacing in the next few years. Some of the sheet labs are also lifting so need re-fixing. My recommendation would be to engage the services of a qualified roofer to carry out maintenance work as described above and replace any rusted roof fixings at the same time. There is some rust on a few of the roofing sheets so to extend the life of the roof further, it would be a good...

6. [2023] NZIACDT 3 - MT v LL (2 February 2023) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...There was an initial consultation the same day. The complainant said he had received an offer of employment as a [Job Title]. The adviser sent an email to the complainant on the same day setting out her fees and summarising their discussion. A services agreement was entered into on 23 July (unseen by the Tribunal). The adviser agreed to assist the complainant and his wife to apply for an essential skills work visa and partnership visa respectively. [6] The adviser also telephone...

7. BC v BB Ltd [2023] NZDT 376 (18 July 2023) [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...the Projector to BC? (e) Is BC entitled to a remedy and, if so, is the amount claimed proved and reasonable? Does the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply? 6. The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (“the CGA”) applies to the supply of goods and services by suppliers in trade to consumers. A person is a consumer under the CGA where they acquire goods or services from a supplier of a kind “ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic, or household use or consumption” (s2(1) definition o...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 4 of the New Zealand Law Society v Thoman [2011] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...IT PLEASE THE TRIBUNAL: 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The practitioner is facing charges for: (a) Misconduct in her professional capacity pursuant to section 112(1)(a) of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 (“LPA”) in relation to the provision of legal services to the following clients: M; B; I; (b) Misconduct pursuant to section 241 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“LCA”) in relation to the provision of legal services to following clients: M; B; P; D;...

9. Recommendations recap - issue 7 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...to stay on the surface. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The coroner recommended that recreational divers be reminded that safe diving practice includes the following: • Dive with a buddy. • All dive equipment should be well maintained and serviced every year. • Equipment should be checked before all dives (for example, by checking for leaks). • If a fault is found in a piece of dive equipment the dive should be cancelled until the fault is fixed or the faulty equipment repla...

10. OIA-124851.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

    ...Specifically, you requested: I request a copy of the Kaiārahi Family Court Navigators Guidebook referred to on page 58 (section 5.3.4) of the following document: International, M. (February 2024). Final Evaluation Report: Evaluation of the Kaiārahi Service for the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice. In response to your request, please find enclosed a copy of the requested guidebook, released to you in full. Please note this guidebook is now archived and no longer in us...