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1. Pillot - Part Tokaanu B2L(2024) 488 AOT 32 (488 AOT 32) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...share of the total area of the land. The orders that follow reflect this. [4] I was able to conduct a site visit of the land on 6 July 2024. I was assisted at the site visit by the applicant’s son, Claudio Pillot, and have placed on the Court file a number of photographs I took. The contour of the block is flat. The house is located in approximately the centre of the proposed partition area to the left of the legal access off State Highway 41 488 Aotea MB 34 near Tokaanu....

2. FC v QK [2024] NZDT 415 (14 May 2024) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...of the Disputes Tribunal hearing there is no jurisdiction for the District Court to reach a finding different to that of the Referee. A Notice of Appeal may be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you hav...

3. Self-represented litigants: an exploratory study of litigants in person in the New Zealand criminal & family jurisdictions [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...States and Canada have noted an increasing trend for litigants to appear without representation (Byrne and Leggat, 1999; Mather, 2003; Appleby, 1997; Cohen, 2001). These countries have begun to examine this issue in more depth by studying the profiles of self-represented litigants; the reasons they are self-represented; the effect a lack of representation has on the self-represented litigants, other parties, the judiciary and court staff, and how to address the needs of self-represen...

4. READT Annual Report 2012 [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...whom must be licensees. This will give the Tribunal the flexibility to sit as two panels simultaneously, greatly increasing its ability to hear and dispose of cases, and would ensure genuine balance of licensee and lay person representation. Filing fees The Tribunal also understands recommendations made by Judge Hobbs to introduce filing fees are being considered by the Ministry of Justice as part of the civil fees review. Awarding of costs Under the Real Estate Age...

5. [2009] NZEmpC AC 32/09 LAL (Trading as Glomax Super Tailors) v Yeleswaram [pdf, 20 KB]

   ...arrears of holiday pay of $578.29. The Authority also ordered the payment of interest on these sums at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from 25 March 2008 to the date of payment. Mr Lal was also directed to reimburse the inspector for the $70 filing fee in the Authority and was ordered to pay a penalty to the Crown of $3,000. [4] No payment of any of these sums was made by Mr Lal although he exercised his right to challenge the Authority’s determination and has sought a hearing...

6. [2012] NZEmpC 194 Strachan v Moodie & Ors [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...MOODIE & CO, A LAW FIRM First Defendant AND ROBERT ALEXANDER MOODIE Second defendant AND SUZANNE PATRICIA MOODIE Third Defendant AND RA & SP MOODIE LIMITED Fourth Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on 30 July and 31 August 2012 Appearances: Peter Churchman, Lauren Beecroft and Rachel Vokes, counsel for plaintiff Robert Moodie in person and as counsel for third and fourth defendants Judgment: 15 November 2012 COSTS J...

7. [2013] NZEmpC 107 Checkmate precision Cutting Tools Ltd [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for costs BETWEEN CHECKMATE PRECISION CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED Plaintiff AND MAPU TOMO Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on 3, 15 and 28 May and 4 June 2013 Appearances: Mark Beech, counsel for plaintiff Sam Wimsett, counsel for defendant Judgment: 13 June 2013 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS [1] In my substantiv...

8. [2013] NZEmpC 59 Maritime Union of NZ Inc v Ports of Auckland [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...this Court issued on 18 March 2013, a fixture to dispose of several outstanding interlocutory matters between them was set down for Thursday, 18 April 2013. [2] In accordance with an agreed modification to that timetable the defendant today filed a notice of opposition and affidavits in opposition which contain extensive material which the plaintiff now seeks the opportunity to reply to and, as a consequence, an adjournment of the interlocutory hearing. [3] Another ground for...

9. [2014] NZEmpC 179 Prime Range Meats Ltd v McNaught costs [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...FORD [1] In my substantive judgment of 16 June 2014, I found for the plaintiff. 1 The parties have been unable to reach agreement upon costs and the plaintiff has now made formal application for an award of costs in its favour. Counsel have filed helpful submissions and an affidavit as to means has been filed by the defendant, Mr McNaught. [2] One of the features of the substantive hearing was that the plaintiff’s challenge related to an award of compensation to Mr McNaug...

10. Deputy Registrar v Ruapehu District Council - Ohura South A3B1A (2013) 312 Aotea MB 144 (312 AOT 144) [pdf, 132 KB]

    ...advised that any land that is declared to be abandoned in terms of s 77(1) and (2) of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 would be sold or leased by RDC pursuant to that legislation. [3] As outlined in my earlier decisions, the Deputy Registrar filed the application on the basis that the Court has previously dealt with succession to the current named owner of the block and that if the status of the land were changed to Māori freehold land the Court could vest the block in tho...