15 Aug 2007
WAITOTO DEVELOPMENTS LTD V THE DISPUTES TRIBUNAL AND ANOR HC WHA CIV-2007-488-19
- Citation
- openlaw-76318a43_bb79_48a2_a140_797d3d666be8.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The referee erred in law by treating the invoices and dealings as separate causes of action for each house; objectively they formed a single continuous claim and the Tribunal therefore lacked jurisdiction to permit the split. The Tribunal's decisions dated 28 January 2004 and 25 July 2005 are invalid, set aside, and all claims and counterclaims under numbers 266/03 and 269/03 must be transferred to the District Court to be heard together.