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1. [2024] NZREADT 26 - HN & EN v REAA & DB (05 August 2024) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...complaint from the purchasers.14 They said that aside from the two-line advisory note, there was nothing in the LIM indicating the council had any outstanding notices or requirements. The solicitors had suggested to the purchasers that the property file be obtained but had not been instructed to do so. An extension of time had been sought, but the vendors’ solicitor evaded all communication. The vendors failed to disclose that the certificate of approval for the visitor accomm...

2. Cook v Department of Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...provided electronically. [18] The reference to “IOMS notes” is a reference to the Department’s offender management records. Normally all records, including emails and text messages, are centrally recorded in an offender’s IOMS electronic file. [19] Ms Malifa, Ms Cook’s probation officer at the time, gave evidence for the Department. She said that she has no memory of receiving the 16 June email request and it was likely overlooked at the time. Mr Tennet invited the Tribun...

3. T v Mudaliar [2015] NZIACDT 79 (06 August 2015) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...complaint were wider; the complainant has not sought to pursue the wider grounds of complaint. Accordingly, the Tribunal will only consider the grounds the Registrar considered to have potential support. THE STATEMENTS OF REPLY [8] The complainant filed a statement of reply, he agreed with the contents of the Statement of Complaint. [9] Mr Mudaliar filed a statement of reply, the substantive component was to refer to his email to the Registrar when he answered the complaint; the key m...

4. Thompson - Hauai Ahu Whenua Trust (2014) 87 Taitokerau MB 258 (87 TTK 258) [pdf, 619 KB]

   ...Eventually, the Trust applied to the Chief Judge under s 452 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953 for cancellation of the 1977 orders. The Trust and the Crown entered into protracted negotiations. On 28 February 1991 a claim on behalf of the Trust was filed with the Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 200) in relation to the exchange and the 1977 orders. Later that year Judge P J Trapsky, a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, was appointed to mediate the claim. Negotiations between the Trust and the Cr...

5. Slinger v Zhou [2015] NZIACDT 38 (15 April 2015) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...obligations by allowing Mr Martin to provide immigration advice (in the extended sense used in the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007) unlawfully. [6] The Tribunal has upheld each of the grounds of complaint. The complaint [7] The Registrar filed a statement of complaint, she put forward the following background as the basis for the complaint: [7.1] The complainants were proposing to employ their daughter in law; and she would be the principal visa applicant so she and her husb...

6. Wihone - Panguru A16 & others (2016) 123 Taitokerau MB 199 (123 TTK 199) [pdf, 447 KB]

   ...water to the households; the Waipuna Marae and the householders will enter into separate agreements in relation to distribution of the water to each household. Procedural history of the two applications [9] The water easement application was filed in March 2011. However, the application languished in the Court registry for some time because it appeared to affect 40 unspecified blocks of land and was not accompanied by any consents from the land owners. The registry staff were aw...

7. Chalecki v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 12 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...being debt free to having a $20,000 loan from a bank and owing his parents $10,000. He also had a lot of ongoing costs associated with the farming venture which would not have been incurred if he had been 100 per cent physically able. [24] A file note from a rehabilitation officer dated 3 May 1993 stated that Mr Chalecki had been informed on 15 May 1992 that a grant in the region of $5,000 would be considered on receipt of “quotes and evidence of increased independence”. A...

8. ARC76/06 AC-37/07 Yong v Chin [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...Hearing: 18 and 20 April 2007 and 7 May 2007 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Evgeny Orlov, Counsel for Plaintiff Mark Nutsford, Advocate for Defendant Judgment: 20 June 2007 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE ME PERKINS Introduction [1] Mr Yong has filed a challenge against the determination of the Employment Relations Authority at Auckland dated 4 October 2006. Under the determination Mr Yong was ordered to pay his former employee, Ms Chin, the following: a. Reimbursement of th...

9. Updated EC Topic Structure incl party comments and Council response 17 November 16 [xls, 93 KB]

   ...Better Living Landscapes Limited, Parallax Surveyors Limited, Fluker Surveyors Limited and Sayes in Trust Limited have indicated concern with the suggestion that mediation be delayed to allow for completion of additional modelling. The memorandum filed on behalf of those parties suggests the following additional directions: - All parties to identify an expert to participate in expert conferencing in relation to existing rural residential capacity quantification and potential lot yield based...

10. Manuel v Waitakere City Council [pdf, 70 KB]

    ...Lockhart QC INTRODUCTION [1] The adjudication hearing of this claim commenced on 3 December 2007. It was estimated to last five days. The evidence finally concluded on 17 December 2007 after 8 actual hearing days. Counsel were to file written final submissions - some by 23 January 2008 and the others by 1 February 2008. The hearing was adjourned to recommence on 13 and 14 February 2008 to allow all counsel to make oral submissions. The filings of written submissio...