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1. Communication Assistance Quality Framework FINAL [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...Trauma and anxiety can impact a person’s ability to understand what is being asked and to communicate well verbally in a stressful situation such as a courtroom. Misunderstanding can lead to unjust outcomes. Communication assistance is one of the services available during a court proceeding to enable effective participation and access to justice. Communication Assistants (CAs) are specialists and they can assist defendants or witnesses whose communication vulnerabilities are such th...

2. Supplementary Evidence of Matthew Twose [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   BI-098608-70-25-V2 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago. BETWEEN OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant AND CLUTHA DISTRICT COUNCIL, WAITAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL, QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL AND CENTRAL OTAGO DISTRICT COUNCIL Sec

3. [2012] NZEmpC 97 Doran v Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...handled by Helen Robertson, Tonkin & Taylor’s Nelson office administrator. Hills submitted a quote to continue doing the work. A quote was also given by Crest. [8] Crest is a Dunedin based company but seeks and obtains work throughout New Zealand. It is managed and very largely owned by Grant McLauchlan. The company itself employs very few cleaning staff. Almost all of the cleaning work is done by franchisees, of which there are several hundred. When a cleaning contract...

4. LCRO 101/2019 YK v RN (17 March 2020) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...vendors’ solicitor for a further extension. She received no response to that request. [8] The following day (16 August 2018) the vendors cancelled the contract. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [9] Ms YK lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service on 10 September 2018. [10] Her complaint named Ms RN and Mr [VIC] as the parties against whom she was advancing her complaint. [11] The Complaints Service advanced Ms YK’s complaints as...

5. Youth Court - 15 point assessment of a youth justice system [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...provide them with opportunities to obtain life skills through educational, vocational, cultural and recreational activities; and it should promote services to help with their transition back into society. The individual needs of children should be addressed such as mental health issues, substance abuse, job placement and family counselling. NB: we would be interested here to know whether the principle of detention as a last resort was developed by legislation or appellate authority...

6. [2023] NZEmpC 54 Halse v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...it concerned a matter of public importance. Mr Watson noted that Mr Halse had asserted there was indeed an ongoing public interest in the lawfulness of the interlocutory order made by the Authority, but he also acknowledged this issue would be addressed in several other proceedings to which Mr Halse had made reference. [9] Mr Watson stated that consistent with convention, the Authority would continue to abide the decision of the Court both on the issue of whether the proceeding...

7. OIA-105083_Part1.pdf [pdf, 8.7 MB]

   ...request for official information as soon as practicably but within a maximum of 20 working days. The Ombudsman website has a time limit calculator. Providing a receipt is not a statutory requirement, but it is best practice. It provides a better service to the public and shows good faith with the requester. The OIA applies to the Ministry, but excludes courts and tribunals in the exercise of their judicial functions (see s 236 and Schedule 1 District Court Act 2016) I <~...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 113 Waitoa v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...the Residence were reported. She thought there were discrepancies between the various logs and other records kept by MSD. She says she reported several incidents to supervisors and managers. She was not satisfied with how her concerns were addressed and says she was expected to alter information recorded in MSD’s Daily Risk Reports. [11] Mrs Waitoa told her direct manager she would no longer complete the Daily Risk Reports because she found it distressing to read informatio...

9. [2007] NZEmpC WC 11/07 Smith v Nga Kairauhii Trust [pdf, 52 KB]

   ...that the Authority did so. Irrespective of whether Ms Smith consented or did not oppose the course, the Authority has recorded at paragraph 5 of its determination that: “… I directed that the claim the grievance was raised out of time be addressed first, by way of witness statements and submissions.” It did not question witnesses, whether those whose accounts it had or others whose potential evidence may have seemed important to it. The issues the Authority had to decide...

10. LCRO 235/2020 JT v PT (6 May 2021) [pdf, 148 KB]

    ...4 Dated 22 March 2019. 5 To recover costs. 3 [11] Mr JT refers to the comment by the Committee that “it is not appropriate to address the 2006 issues because of jurisdictional and threshold issues. The 2006 matters are therefore not addressed”. He says, “this is a very weak argument”. [12] Mr JT takes issue with the Committee’s statement6 that his claim for reimbursement of legal fees flows from the adverse findings against Mr PT, not from Mr PT’s conduct. [...