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1. Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 020 [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...SECTION 162(1) OF THE ACT BETWEEN KC Applicant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: On the papers Submissions: The Applicant is self-represented F Becroft for the Respondent Judgment: 3 February 2023 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Leave to appeal to the High Court s 162 Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of His Honour Judge McGuire delivered on 29...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v Mr G [2024] NZLCDT 16 (31 May 2024) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...the conduct to the Lawyers Complaints Service, as he considered he was obliged to do, given his decision to terminate for misconduct. [17] Since that time, Mr G has not sought to work in a law firm and his practising certificate lapsed in June 2023. [18] Mr G described the work environment as “toxic” and provided affidavits from two former employees of the firm to endorse his view. This was vehemently denied by the employer but, as stated above, the Tribunal did not feel it...

3. NZBORA-Advice-NZ-EU-FTA-Legislation-Bill-For-Publication.pdf [pdf, 294 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 21 December 2023 Hon Judith Collins, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final versio...

4. McFetridge v Tapsell - Succession to Taa Tapsell [2025] Chief Judge's MB 425 (2025 CJ 425) [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...affidavit of the applicant dated 23 September 2024, were subsequently filed by her counsel. In that affidavit the applicant reiterated the points made above, including the fact that she and her whānau only discovered the order had been made in 2023. She added that although there were rumours that Whenuariri was the deceased’s 2025 Chief Judge's MB 428 son, there is no evidence of this. She elaborated further on the DNA evidence. In late 2023, she visited the Ancestr...

5. KX & MC v FK [2024] NZDT 665 (16 August 2024) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...necessities for BN, such as groceries, which she paid for using BN’s bank card which was usually kept at BN’s home. MC currently lives with BN and cares for him. MC has trespassed FK from BN’s home, so FK cannot currently visit BN. 3. On 9 October 2023, Dr N, a general practitioner at [a medical centre], [City 1], assessed BN to ascertain his mental capacity for the purpose of determining whether the EPOA Welfare should take effect, at the request of BN’s family. The assessmen...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 115 VGM v JXC [pdf, 224 KB]

   VGM v JXC [2024] NZEmpC 115 [1 July 2024] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2024] NZEmpC 115 EMPC 379/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for security for costs BETWEEN VGM Plaintiff AND JXC Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: S Mitchel...

7. [2024] NZIACDT 26 – QN v Nandan (12 November 2024) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...losses arise 9 Zhang v Chen [2019] NZIACDT 11 at [67]–[68]; and NLT v Coetzee [2020] NZIACDT 7 at [47]. 10 Ikbarieh v Hammadieh [2014] NZIACDT 111 at [41]–[42]; Unnikrishnan v Goldsmith [2017] NZIACDT 22 at [30]–[31]; and DD v Pabellon [2023] NZIACDT 2 at [37]. 11 II v Sun [2023] NZIACDT 20 at [53(4)]. 11 out of Ms Nandan’s misconduct as upheld by the Tribunal. The allegation concerning non-payment of her salary (recycling the complainant’s own money) was not p...

8. [2024] NZREADT 45 – Parmar v REAA, KB & LB (20 November 2024) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...Counsel for the first respondent: S Farnell, J Hunt, counsel The second respondents: Self-represented SUBJECT TO NON-PUBLICATION ORDER DECISION Dated 20 November 2024 2 INTRODUCTION [1] On 18 December 2023, Complaint Assessment Committee 2204 (the Committee) found the Appellant (Mr Parmar) guilty of unsatisfactory conduct in relation to a complaint brought by the second respondents (KB and LB). [2] On 27 May 2024, the Committee made a decis...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 209 Whare Manaaki Inc v Anderson and Ors [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...reason, I have limited my references to evidence necessary for the purposes of this judgment. [20] The former employees were all employed full-time by Whare Manaaki until their dismissal. Kylie Anderson was employed as the Team Leader from July 2023, Judith Crestani was employed as the Agency Co-Ordinator from May 1992, and Jan Love was employed as the NGO Co-Ordinator from February 2022. Ms Crestani and Ms Love reported to Ms Anderson. [21] Whare Manaaki is a member of the Na...

10. Public-Place-Amendment-Paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 571 KB]

    ...limited to display of insignia in public places? 5. Justice-sector ministers agreed to limit the display offence to public places following Justice’s initial briefing on the Government’s gangs policy (MOJ briefing 100 Day Plan: Gangs, 27 November 2023). 6. The focus in the initial briefing was insignia displayed publicly from a private dwelling house. Justice advised against criminalising the display of insignia in private places that are viewable from a public place as it woul...