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1. [2021] NZEmpC 201 Cronin-Lampe v Board of Trustees of Melville High School [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...obligations. [2] In 2012, they alleged they had suffered unjustifiable disadvantage in their employment. Unsuccessful proceedings commenced in the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) by Mr and Mrs Cronin-Lampe led to a challenge being filed with the Court, and to removal of two employment relationship problems to the Court.1 [3] The current position, in summary, is that Mr and Mrs Cronin-Lampe now seek remedies for their personal grievances; damages for breach of terms...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 081 Nga Kaitiaki o Te Awa a Ngaruroro [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...FINAL REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT _________________________________________________________________ A: The recommended Water Conservation (Ngaruroro River) Order is attached. B: Costs are reserved. Any applications for costs are to be filed within 20 working days; any reply 10 working days after that and final reply, if any, 5 working days thereafter. 3 REASONS Introduction [1] The Court issued its interim report1 on 4 November 2022. Attached to the...

3. [2022] NZACC 186 — Ismail v ACC (28 September 2022) [pdf, 394 KB]

   ...people to think that their injury will resolve and for a variety of reasons, economic and otherwise, recourse is not had to a medical professional until days even weeks after the injury have passed. [55] In this case, the first medical report on file is from White Cross Glenfield and dated 15 June 2019. In it Dr Reynolds simply declares the appellant unfit for work from 13 June 2019 for six days. No mention of the actual injury is made. [56] The next report is from a podiatris...

4. LCRO 121/2021 RF v DE Law on behalf of ABC Services Limited (17 August 2022) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...employment dispute with FG Law, the firm assigned all fees owed by JKL to FG Law, to Mr RF. [5] JKL continued to retain Mr RF for all matters, including the debt recovery for ABC and MNO. [6] The director of JKL (Mr XK) uplifted all of the firm’s files from FG Law. The director of FG Law (Ms OA) has advised2 that Mr XK demanded credit notes for invoices which had previously been issued to his company,3 and she provided these. [7] Ms OA also provided the Complaints Service w...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 91 A1 Communication Ltd v A Labour Inspector of Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...employment records for employees employed between 17 July 2016 and 17 July 2018. A deadline of 31 July 2018 was given for A1 to provide those records. [8] On 7 August 2018, the Labour Inspector received an email from Mr Deo which attached two files that appeared to be employment agreements for two employees. As the Labour Inspector was unable to open the attachments to the email, he emailed Mr Deo on 9 August 2018 advising him that the files were not readable and requesting tha...

6. Amendments-to-Court-Rules-2024-and-Coroners-Regulations_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 392 KB]

   ...practicable, be presided over by the same Judge who presided over the judicial settlement conference; 16.4 amend Rule 20.13 to provide that an application for a local election recount made under Section 90 or 90A of the Local Electoral Act 2001 must be filed as an originating application under subpart 2 of Part 20 of the District Court Rules;2 and 16.5 correct a drafting error in Rule 5.1A. High Court Amendment Rules 2024 17 The High Court Amendment Rules make two changes to the Hi...

7. [2023] NZSSAA 10 (31 August 2023) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...upholding a decision by the Ministry of 28 May 2013 to deduct XXXX’s DSP from her benefit. The decision concerned the direct deduction of overseas benefits or pensions from entitlement to New Zealand benefits or pensions. As the appeal had been filed out of time the Authority considered whether to allow the late filing of the appeal. The Authority declined to do so. In doing so it noted that the proposed appeal concerning direct deduction of XXXX’s Australian DSP lacked meri...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 195 PIC Insurance Brokers Ltd v Pepper [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...are unable to agree on costs, PIC will have 14 days from the date of this judgment within which to file and serve any memorandum and supporting material, with the respondents having a further 14 days within which to respond. Any reply should be filed within a further seven days. Kathryn Beck Judge Judgment signed at 10.50 am on 9 November 2023

9. OS v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2022] NZACC 189 [pdf, 348 KB]

   ...symptoms. [31] Endometriosis was investigated as was nerve entrapment. [32] During her own researches, she came across adhesive arachnoiditis and she endeavoured to get a diagnosis of this to make a treatment injury claim. She refers to the file review then conducted by Dr Wallis which notes that she had chronic neuropathic pain associated with her previous similar diagnosis and that it is not possible to know whether this is related to her radiological arachnoiditis. [33] In...

10. LCRO 17/2025 ZG v MY (16 April 2025) [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...emails are now derogatorily, abusive, and disrespectful towards Mr MY and his client, containing unfounded and gratuitous accusations. This is not acceptable. It is an abuse of the Tribunal’s processes. It must cease. … [7] [Mr ZG] is not to file in the Tribunal, any further emails or documents containing scandalous, offensive, or abusive statements or allegations. He is entitled to pursue his defence but must do so without making abusive comments, and without making offensive...