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1. 2020 July - Family Violence Provider Update [pdf, 128 KB]

   ...children. The next hui is on Friday 3rd July and will focus on Working with youth. The hui scheduled for Friday 10th July will look at what happens behind the scenes in DVProgrammes and courts – what happens to your safety notifications and forms, how are referrals processed, and more…. • Working with Perpetrators - Zoom hui every week hosted by Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga – National Network of Family Violence Services (Te Kupenga). • Kaimahi Māori and Kaupapa Māor...

2. BI Ltd v NS [2023] NZDT 87 (13 March 2023) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...contract itself does not refer to credit card charges in the event of cancellation. 21. NS is to pay to BI Ltd the sum of $1,170.00 on or before 3 April 2023. Referee: P Byrne Date: 13 March 2023 Page 3 of 3 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for...

3. BD v EX [2022] NZDT 293 (10 August 2022) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...reasonable care and skill. For BD to succeed they must show on the balance of probabilities that EX did not use reasonable care and skill in constructing the deck. 6. Reasonable skill and care is the usual standard that a competent tradesperson performing the task would do. 7. Section 7 of the CGA applies to the deck (which is a good as that term is defined in the CGA). When a person manufactures or supplies a good then the good must be of an acceptable quality, this means it must b...

4. 1982 Official Information Act charging guidelines [pdf, 28 KB]

   Ministry of Justice, Charging Guidelines for Official Information Act 1982 Requests 18 March 2002 Official Information Act: Charging for Services On 18 March 2002 the Government approved the following revised guidelines for charging for official information. These guidelines replace those approved by the State Sector Committee in January 1992 (STA (92) M 1/3) and set out in the Department of Justice memorandum of 26 February 1992. They are provided for Government Departments, Crown Entities

5. X v Y Ltd [2021] NZDT 1425 (18 March 2021) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...c) Are Mr and Mrs X entitled to payment of the legal costs claimed? Has Y breached the Management Agreement by reducing the weekly management fee payments to Mr and Mrs X between 3 April & 28 August 2020? 4. Parties to a contract must perform their respective obligations. If they do not, they will be in breach and need to account for any loss to the other party to the contract. 5. Mr and Mrs X had a Management Agreement with Y dated 7 November 2016 (the Agreement) unde...

6. OO v SL [2024] NZDT 196 (19 January 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...sum of $3,995.92 ($4,830.00 - $834.08 reparation). Referee: DTR Unasa Date: 19 January 2024 CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 4 of 4 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a re...

7. UH v N Ltd [2023] NZDT 306 (21 July 2023) [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...head applies a slight pressure. The watch has to be placed face down, and, as the back of the watch is slightly curved, it has placed pressure on the 100 year old mineral glass and caused the crystal to shatter. NK, however, said his service was performed on the basis of ‘all care and no responsibility’. 7. I find that once N Ltd accepted the engraving on the antique watches, then it was bound to perform its service using reasonable care and skill and so that the result would be...

8. LF & SF v EG Ltd [2023] NZDT 135 (10 May 2023) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...other consideration provided, or both, as the case may require’. 17. Accordingly, I find LF and SF are entitled to a refund of $17,145.60 and an order is made. Referee: DTR Goddard Date: 10 May 2023 Page 4 of 4 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a rehe...

9. QS v SQ [2023] NZDT 56 (21 February 2023) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...paid refunded by SQ? d) Is QS entitled to be paid $150.00 for shoes and food left behind? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 What was QS’s and SQ’s agreement when QS moved into the property? 5. Parties to a contract must perform their respective obligations. If they do not, they will be in breach and need to account for any loss caused to the other party to the contract. A verbal agreement can be a legally enforceable contract. Sometimes terms will be implied in a...

10. U v F LCRO 26 / 2009 (6 April 2009) [pdf, 17 KB]

    ...Lawyer F to answer. On this basis Complainant U was invited to attend a “case to answer” hearing to present any further argument or evidence in support of the application and to determine whether the matter should proceed further. Lawyer F was informed of the hearing but was not required to attend and chose not to do so. Background [5] This complaint is made against the background that Complainant U is of the view that he has a legitimate and longstanding grievance against Law...