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1. Before a hearing is held

   ...file copies of the bundle. Documents in the bundle should be indexed (the list at the front of the bundle that tells what is in the bundle and where you can find each document) and the pages of the bundle as a whole consecutively numbered. If you are responsible for preparing the bundle, you must file copies of the bundle with the registry, and serve one copy on the other party. You must also prepare a further copy and hand to the registrar in courtroom for the witnesses to use. Sometimes a jud...

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2. TN & UX v N Ltd [2025] NZDT 81 (2 April 2025) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...and suggested that either Mr O would make himself available in Australia (this being a telephone hearing) or that someone else ought to represent the company, noting that Mr O one of two directors. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 6. In response to my direction, the Registry was advised by BO that only Mr O could represent the company because he is “the sole managing director, case representative and person in communications with the NZ Police on this incident” and that only...

3. BN v ZJ & H Ltd [2025] NZDT 78 (10 March 2025) [pdf, 155 KB]

   CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 1 of 3 (Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2025] NZDT 78 APPLICANT BN RESPONDENT ZJ APPLICANT'S INSURER H Ltd The Tribunal orders: 1. ZJ is to pay BN’s insurer, H Ltd, $3706.68 on or before 25 March 2025 or according to any payment arrangement agreed to by H Ltd by that date. If ZJ defaults on any such payment arrangement the full remaining balance becomes due and payable

4. Guide to the MVDT [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...at a court and this will usually be at the town/city where the trader is located. Where the parties are in different locations, it is usually possible for one party to appear by video-link. What do you need to do before the hearing? It is your responsibility to present sufficient evidence to establish your case. Before you attend a hearing you should: • plan what you will say at the hearing • write down what happened in date order • make sure you have all the information...

5. KT v D Ltd [2025] NZDT 141 (3 March 2025) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...when he signed it rather than added afterwards (noting that the time stamp only shows when the photograph was taken). 9. Also, as KT’s son pointed out, the writing on the form was full of jargon and in broken English. It seemed to place all the responsibility on KT, aged 75, to perform the installation himself, stating “customer did trench 10m and install conduit”, “customer will run cable under house” and “customer will do drilling”. KT clearly did not do any of these thin...

6. D Ltd v M Ltd [2025] NZDT 146 (12 May 2025) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...that investigation, D Ltd concluded the sensor needed to be moved but noticed it was also broken. 7. D Ltd completed the installation of a new sensor and sent M Ltd an invoice. M Ltd replied that this work was not authorised, and it did not accept responsibility for paying the invoice. 8. The issues which the Tribunal must resolve are: a. Was there a contract formed between M Ltd and D Ltd entitling D Ltd to payment? b. If yes, was the scope of that contract limited to investigating...

7. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...alternative dispute resolution process to remedy the abuse of a person arising from, or relating to, the acts or omissions of the state that occur while that person is in the care or control of another person and at a time when the state has assumed responsibility for, or has a duty of care to, the person (clause 5). 4. The Bill defines ‘redress’ as the provision of one or more of: an apology, a financial payment (financial redress), counselling or other wellbeing support (clause...

8. Auckland Standards Committee v Smith [2015] NZLCDT 40 [pdf, 31 KB]

   ...retiring trustee wishes to retire...because its shares have become subject to a charging order and the Retiring Trustee does not want to put the Trust’s assets at risk”. [20] Nor is this a lawyer “in cahoots” with her client to avoid a responsibility. The husband has waived privilege to inform the Tribunal that Ms Smith actually urged him 2 Savill v Roberts unreported Holland J, HC Christchurch, CP 9-86, 10/12/86 at 8. 6...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Davidson [2013] NZLCDT 14 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...experience. A practitioner with your experience is expected to be insightful, astute and able to hold to account others who fail in their duty to provide requisite information and otherwise conduct the business in an ethical and legal manner. Your response to the criminal charges and to the matters before this Tribunal have been that you are by inclination a man given to being trusting, a man of unimpeachable good character, a man who strives to see the good in others. These are al...

10. KO v Q Ltd [2025] NZDT 205 (26 May 2025) [pdf, 196 KB]

    ...This is for the following reasons: a. KO had advised Q Ltd on 30 October 2024 that he wished to take the dispute about value to the Disputes Tribunal, and clearly asked Q Ltd for its contact details for such a purpose. Q Ltd did not provide a response to this particular request. On 31 October 2024 KO asked again, Q Ltd said the details were on its website. On 1 November 2024 KO advised Q Ltd that the only details he could see on the website were an email address, and he asked for a n...