--- description: Auckland judge vexed at client's "frivolous" claim for $70,000 after prostitute failed to complete sex session title: Unhappy Customer Sues Prostiute in New Zealand image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0882d3178189d7d/6986871013c79fe197191372/185933918.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Unhappy Customer Sues Prostitute for Failing to Complete a Sex Session by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2014 8:22 AM CUT  The prostitute told the court she attempted to return the man's phone and money but he refused to accept them The prostitute told the court she attempted to return the man's phone and money but he refused to accept themJutta Klee—Getty Images by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2014 8:22 AM CUT A New Zealand man who felt that a sex worker violated the country’s Consumer Guarantees Act by not completing a sex session with him has had his ensuing law suit [shot down](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/9865737/Customer-satisfaction-lacking-for-prostitute-client "undefined") in court. The customer and the prostitute — identified as Mr N and Ms N in court documents — had been involved in a two-month sexual arrangement when their last encounter ended in a quarrel at a brothel in February 2012\. Ms N said she had attempted to return Mr N’s money and a mobile phone he had given her to set up their weekly meetings, but he refused. Mr N then sued for $70,000 in compensation and damages, claiming that Ms N had “gained unjust enrichment” and violated consumer laws. An infuriated Justice Peter Woodhouse dismissed Mr N’s claim, calling it a “sinister use of the court’s processes.” “Not only am I satisfied the proceedings are frivolous but I also believe they are vexatious,” the judge said. A doubly unhappy ending for Mr N in this case, it seems. \[[Stuff](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/9865737/Customer-satisfaction-lacking-for-prostitute-client "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36603/prostitute-sued-by-nz-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36603/prostitute-sued-by-nz-man/"},"headline":"An Unhappy Customer Sues Prostitute for Failing to Complete a Sex Session","datePublished":"2014-03-25T08:22:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:08.036Z","description":"But his demand for $70,000 is brusquely dismissed in court","url":"https://time.com/36603/prostitute-sued-by-nz-man/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Prostitution","Lawsuit","New Zealand"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0882d3178189d7d/6986871013c79fe197191372/185933918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0882d3178189d7d/6986871013c79fe197191372/185933918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"185933918","caption":"185933918","creditText":"Jutta Klee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/36603/prostitute-sued-by-nz-man/","name":"An Unhappy Customer Sues Prostitute for Failing to Complete a Sex Session"}}]}] ```