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1. [2018] NZEnvC 213 Housing New Zealand Corporation v Auckland Council [pdf, 635 KB]

   ...important reference in assessing any application for resource consent in that area. [9] Costs are reserved but an application for costs is not encouraged. [10] Any application for costs should be made within 10 working days of this 4 [11] Any responses to an application for costs should then be made within a further 10 working days. fh Dated at Wellington this '00 day of October 2018 rt C J Thompson \ Environment Judge 5

2. Communication Assistance Make a Complaint [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...their whānau at risk. Please make your complaint to victimsandpreventionservices@justice.govt.nz and include: • the same information you gave the provider when you first made your complaint • why you are dissatisfied with the provider’s response to your complaint. https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Communication-Assistance-Quality-Framework-FINAL.pdf https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Communication-Assistance-Quality-Framewor...

3. KH v KL [2022] NZDT 178 (4 October 2022) [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...between you and the Seller where you agree to complete the trade.” 6. Mr KL placed a bid on 31 July 2022 of $290.00 which was the winning bid. When Mr KH emailed him on 1 August 2022 on the email address provided by U regarding payment, no response was received. Nor was there any response to further emails of 3 and 5 August. After Mr KH contacted U on 7 August, with Mr KH’s permission U emailed Mr KL with Mr KH’s cell phone number to give him an opportunity to contact Mr KH...

4. D K Rentals v TL [2022] NZDT 161 (30 September 2022) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...missing caravan; (b) If so, how much he is liable to pay. Is TL liable to compensate for the missing caravan? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 10. Parties are bound by terms of contract. It was a term of the contract that the “Tenant is responsible for the security of caravan”. 11. Additionally, under the law of bailment, a person who has possession of someone else’s property has a duty to take reasonable care of it. 12. Also, a person who uses or possesses a chatt...

5. Gibson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs) [2022] NZACC 221 [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...that the appeal was not ready for Judgment and the parties were directed to provide further information to the court. [6] During this process the respondent instructed counsel for the respondent to offer settlement in part. [7] The appellant’s response on 22 February 2022 was that the settlement offer would not be accepted until the respondent awarded costs to the appellant for both the review and the appeal. An invoice dated 22 February 2022 was tendered on behalf of the appellan...

6. 2022-04-01 QLDC - Closing submissions [PDF, 187 KB]

   ...water”. (c) Operative Regional Policy Statement, Method 4.1, which specifies that:5 (i) “City and district plans will set objectives, policies and methods to implement policies in the RPS as they relate to the City or District Council areas of responsibility. All objectives and policies of the RPS must be considered and given effect to when preparing city and district plans. Matters in the methods can also be taken into account when considering resource consent applications”; an...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 168 Lun v Auckland Council [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...the police. [4] They assert in their notice of appeal, in the application for stay, and draft affidavit that they did not undertake any works or permit any other person to undertake any works on the property whatsoever. They assert they are not responsible to avoid, remedy or mitigate any effects caused, as they undertook no work.1 [5] In short, if the Appellants’ assertions are correct, it would appear that the abatement notices cannot succeed against these owners. [6] The Counc...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Devoy [2023] NZLCDT 45 (13 October 2023) [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...client). As the Standards Committee submits, she appears to have developed an inability or indifference about responding to requests from clients of the Standards Committee in a timely manner, if at all. She does not seem defiant, merely non-responsive where she has a professional duty to respond. [9] We have had regard to several precedents1 but, as noted, Ms Devoy’s non- responsive behaviour is unusual; it is troubling. [10] Ms Devoy wrote an email to the New Zealand Law Soc...

9. KV v FT [2023] NZDT 481 (23 August 2023) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...car and/or c. Are the costs of repair reasonable? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 Did FT cause the damage to KV’s car? 9. If it is reasonably foreseeable that your actions will damage another person’s property, you may be responsible for the costs of that damage. 10. Rule 7.2 (1) of the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 states that a person must not cause a hazard by opening or closing a car door. 11. FT does not dispute she caused the damage to KV’...

10. GE v G Ltd [2024] NZDT 672 (19 August 2024) [pdf, 114 KB]

    ...Leak caused the damage to the bathroom floors and ceiling below.” CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 3 8. Logically, if leaking from the loose crox nut caused the damage to the bathroom floors and ceiling below, then G Ltd cannot have been responsible. G Ltd did not have access to the crox nut until it opened up the wall after the damage had occurred. 9. As to why [Plumbing Company] did not find the loose crox nut when it opened the wall in November 2019, it is likely either t...