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1. [2007] NZEmpC CC 23/07 Coy v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...This is covered by s114(2) that provides that a grievance is raised as soon as the employee has made, or has taken reasonable steps to make, the employer aware that the employee alleges a personal grievance that the employee wants the employer to address. This test has been the subject of definition in case law. Ironically, perhaps, one of the most recent cases to confirm when a grievance has been raised is another police case, Creedy v Commissioner of Police [2006] 1 ERNZ 517. Thi...

2. LCRO 164/2018 VG v SQ (2 June 2020) [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...respect of which Mr VG had instructed Mr SQ were in relation to an application by Mr VG’s former wife for spousal maintenance and division of relationship property, together with other issues arising from their marriage breakdown. [10] The issues addressed by the Standards Committee were:3 • Whether Mr SQ made an offer, ostensibly on Mr VG’s behalf but without his authorisation, to pay Ms JJ $10,000.00 in spousal maintenance, and if so, whether Mr SQ breached his professiona...

3. DI v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 114 (10 April 2024) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...accidentally booked the property and was unaware of this due to his own errors, he cannot claim compensation from C Ltd. Equally, if C Ltd system errors have displayed an incorrect message to DI and then sent the booking confirmation to the wrong email address, there is no contract between DI and C Ltd and the full amount charged is refundable along with potential interest on the sum charged. 11. I, therefore, outlined the following issues: a. Was there an error with C Ltd’s bookin...

4. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Aitken [2020] NZLCDT 13 [pdf, 131 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2020] NZLCDT 13 LCDT 028/19 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 2 Applicant AND PETER FRANCIS AITKEN Practitioner CHAIR Judge DF Clarkson MEMBERS Ms J Gray Mr G McKenzie Prof D Scott Ms S Stuart DATE OF HEARING 19 March 2020 HELD AT Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre, Auckland DATE OF DECISION 29 April 2020...

5. McNally - Lot 1 DP SA 18658 (2025) 345 Waiariki MB 195 (345 WAR 195) [pdf, 228 KB]

   345 Waiariki MB 195 McNally for Gulati Enterprises Limited - Lot 1 Deposited Plan South Auckland 18658 (2025) 345 Waiariki MB 195 (345 WAR 195) I TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O TE WAIARIKI In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Waiariki District AP-20250000006168 WĀHANGA Under Sections 316, 318 and 322, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Lot 1 Deposited Plan South Auckland 18658 I WAENGA I A Between...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 232 Kang v Saena Company Ltd [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...successfully resisting the disadvantage grievance challenge. For this reason, I reduce the starting point figure to $8,000. [22] Finally, I must consider the two Calderbank offers. The first such offer was advanced on 17 June 2021, concurrent with service of the statement of claim bringing the challenge. It was proposed that the defendant pay $15,703 on the basis this would settle the challenge, costs in the Court, and costs in the Authority. [23] Later in this judgment I co...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 169 Hairland Holdings Ltd v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employmment [pdf, 223 KB]

   HAIRLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT [2022] NZEmpC 169 [12 September 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 169 EMPC 13/2019 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application to strike-out the proceeding BETWEEN HAIRLAND HO...

8. DairyNZ Limited [pdf, 427 KB]

   ...permitted activities. C. Insert a new subpart of the policy that requires independently certified FEPs for all farms. 10 independent rigour applied to the content of an FEP. FEPs are important because they are the primary tool for addressing sediment, phosphorus and E.coli losses from farm systems. They should always be subject to professional, independent certification and the requirement to have an FEP should not be linked solely to the N loss risk of a farming propert...

9. [2022] NZREADT 24 - Complaints Assessment Committee 2103 v Sharma (14 November 2022) [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...Ray 1 Amended charge, Appendix 2 to Mr McMullan’s opening submissions (13 September 2022). Leave to amend granted at hearing 2 November 2022. 3 White Henderson. He ran the business through a franchise arrangement with Ray White New Zealand (Ray White). Between 2012 and 2018, Mr Sharma received bonds from tenants in 49 properties, totalling $92,210, which he failed to forward to Tenancy Services, or otherwise account for to the tenant or the landlord. Instead, he used...

10. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Revell [2022] NZLCDT 54 (23 December 2022) [pdf, 83 KB]

    ...that he could err again, even if not in exactly the same ways. [13] In oral submissions, Mr Revell still appeared to excuse himself, and treat his former law partner as responsible, for the tax issues. We do not accept that at all. [14] When addressing the irregular trust account withdrawals, he attempted to fudge his responsibility. In written submissions, he suggested “I was not my normal self” and “My self-deception that I was being entirely honest led me to think I did not...