Woman claims breach of contract after boyfriend fails to take her to the airport
A New Zealand disputes tribunal dismissed a claim by a woman who accused her boyfriend of breaching a “verbal contract” by failing to take her to the airport.
Is it a “breach of contract” if someone says they’ll take you to the airport and then doesn’t show?
That’s what one woman in New Zealand claimed after her boyfriend failed to pick her up before her flight as planned.
The couple, neither of whom are named, had been in a relationship for six and a half years, according to an order released Thursday by the New Zealand Disputes Tribunal. The woman, who was traveling to attend a concert with friends, said she and her boyfriend had entered into a “verbal contract” in which he agreed to drop her off at the airport, stay at her home while she was away and look after her two dogs.
The day before her flight, the woman messaged the man with instructions to pick her up between 10 and 10:15 a.m. But he never arrived, causing her to miss her flight. She told the tribunal she was seeking compensation from him for the cost of taking a different flight the next day, taking a shuttle to the airport and boarding her dogs at a kennel.
According to the order, the woman said the man “enjoyed staying at her house” and had looked after her dogs in the past. The couple had lived together previously but were now in separate homes since the man’s son had come back to live with him.
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