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1. ASC Annual Report 2020 [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...existence. Abortion is an issue that people can have strong and deeply held views about. Medical professionals and hospitals that are positioned to provide an abortion service had the discretion to decide the availability or lack thereof of abortion services. For many years access to services throughout New Zealand were patchy and very dependent on the views of those within communities, District Health Boards and those tasked with providing women’s health services. Over the years...

2. BORA Crimes (Reasonable Parental Control and Correction) Amendment Bill [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...apprehension of bodily harm. 30. In applying Canadian Foundation to the New Zealand context, we have been mindful of the limitations around using s 6 as an interpretive tool. The role of s 6 was set forth succinctly by Justice Tipping in Hansen (addressing the difference between the New Zealand and United Kingdom contexts): […] the approach of the United Kingdom Courts appears to be more ‘adventurous’ than that in New Zealand. The same point could be rendered by saying tha...

3. TR Environmental Law Conference Judge Newhook Paper [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...discussed in turn. I will refrain from discussing case resolution practices in other fora such as Boards of Inquiry and one-off plan-making exercises like the work of the Independent Hearing Panels in Auckland and Christchurch. Those matters will be addressed in the next address, that of Environment Judge John Hassan. Mediation [14] As previously noted, this technique is the mainstay of case resolution in the Environment Court. There are two detailed sections in the Court’s Practi...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 069 Transpower New Zealand Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 69 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN TRANSPOWER NEW ZEALAND LIMITED and all other appellants concerning Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic 17 and RSI of Stage 1 of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan (ENV-2018-CHC-93) Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Cour...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 215 Stewart v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 318 KB]

   ...provisions that were contrary to mandatory provisions of the HA. [19] Notwithstanding his decision not to sign the documents, the employment relationship continued. Mr Stewart continued to work, and AFFCO continued to pay him for his services. [20] During the seasonal shutdown period in mid-2020, the same pattern recurred. Mr Stewart took annual leave, then returned to work. [21] On 17 July 2020, following his return, he was asked to sign a fixed-term IEA relating t...

6. 2021-05-24 NPSREG Implementation Guide [pdf, 455 KB]

   NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011 Implementation Guide Published in November 2011 by the Ministry for the Environment Manatu Mo Te Taiao PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143, New Zealand ISBN: 978-0-478-37267-0 Publication number: ME 1079 © Crown copyright New Zealand 2011 This document is available on the Ministry for the Environment’s website: www.mfe.govt.nz Acknowledgements Thank you to Clare Barton (Horizons Regional Council), Murray Brass (Cl

7. Katu v Peni - Tiroa E and Te Hape B (2015) 105 Waikato Maniapoto MB 157 (105 WMN 157) [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...obtaining professional experts’ opinions for which no policy has yet to be put in place. (c) As a trustee she has not been kept informed or notified of trust business. (d) At a meeting held on 24 April 2015, the issue of trustee expenses was not addressed and the meeting was adjourned. However, following that adjournment, the expenses were approved on that same date by Mr Kingi, Ms Yeatman, Mr Tepu and Ms Nathan. Ms Moana submits that the expenses were not authorised at a trust...

8. LCRO 196/2019 FL v ND (8 June 2020) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...nom de plume “CD”, was responsible for authoring the article posted on [Journal A] website that had, in Mr FL’s view, breached suppression orders. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [8] Mr FL lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 17 May 2019. The substance of his complaint was that: (a) The Court had been incorrectly informed as to the costs incurred by the defendant.2 (b) Mr ND had failed to inform the Court that...

9. C v H LCRO 49 / 2009 (27 May 2009) [pdf, 21 KB]

   ...Conveyancers Act 2006 and related regulations came into force. Consequently the standards applicable differ between conduct which occurred before 1 August 2008, and conduct which occurred after that date. In general terms, issues of quality of service were not considered to be matters for the professional body prior to 1 August 2008. Matters of professional service since that date may be the basis for a regulatory response by the professional body. [5] The pre 1 August 2008 stan...

10. EQ v VM LCRO 232 / 2010 (19 July 2011) [pdf, 88 KB]

    ...EQ of Australia Applicant AND VM of Auckland Respondent The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. DECISION Background [1] In September 2004 the Respondent prepared a new Will for ER, the Applicant’s mother. [2] Shortly after that, ER left to reside in Australia where some of her children also resided. [3] In December of that year, the Respondent also acted effectively on behalf of ER on the sale of...