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1. Herewini - Te Tii Mangonui A3 [2020] Maori Appellate Court MB 54 (2020 APPEAL 54) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...determined. 3 30 Auckland MB 248-249 (30 AT 248-249). 2020 Māori Appellate Court MB 56 [5] Some 15 years later, the issue of the house and Rangimarie’s Māori land interests came back before the Māori Land Court. An application was filed under s 18(1)(a) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to determine ownership of the house.4 Judge Wara determined that the additional interests in the Te Tii Mangonui A3 block vested in the whānau trust in 2004 were not vested by way of...

2. Sexual Violence Operational Improvements (Justice Response) Report Executive Summary 2022 [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...Victims’ Rights Act 2002, and the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 with a raft of changes aimed 1 Law Commission, (2015), The Justice Response to Victims of Sexual Violence, Report 136, Wellington. Retriev ed from: https://www.lawcom.govt.nz/sites/default/files/projectAvailableFormats/NZLC -R136-The-Justice-Response-to- Victims-of-Sexual-Violence.pdf 2 Some training activities that were funded in 2019/20 are likely to be complete and are part of this stocktake and review, and other activit...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 113 Waitoa v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...Mrs Waitoa’s challenge to the Authority’s determination fails. Costs are reserved [69] I reserve costs. The parties should endeavour to agree on costs, but if agreement cannot be reached MSD may, within 20 working days of this judgment, file and serve a memorandum seeking costs; Mrs Waitoa may file and serve a memorandum in response within a further 15 working days following such service and any submissions in reply may be filed and served within five working days the...

4. Form 21 Application-for-succession 2.pdf [pdf, 387 KB]

   ...or administration in the estate you should complete the application for succession without administration on Form 22. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and may be filed at any office of the Court; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to...

5. [2022] NZIACDT 14 - XZ v Liu (27 June 2022) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...he undertook to apply for residence for them and their daughter. The Tribunal understands that the complainant was then working in New Zealand, but his wife and daughter had remained in China. [5] The family’s residence visa application was filed by Mr Liu on 18 July 2019. [6] On 17 January 2020, Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) granted the family residence visas. A letter dated 17 January 2020 notifying Mr Liu of this, by email, was drafted by Immigration NZ but nev...

6. Southland Standards Committee v P [2022] NZLCDT 12 (28 April 2022) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...District Court DATE OF DECISION 28 April 2022 COUNSEL Mr P Collins for the Standards Committee Mr W Pyke for the Respondent 2 DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL RE CHARGES Overview and outcome [1] Upon consideration of this file’s substantial body of written material, we were unable to make out what the Standards Committee thought it saw. Instead of discovering a practitioner (“P”) who failed to act in the best interests of clients or engaged in multiple p...

7. CC v BB LCRO 151/2012 (11 December 2015) [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...Agreement for Sale and Purchase of the properties was to be prepared by the lawyers for either the vendor or the purchaser. It would seem that the first draft of the Agreement was prepared by the purchaser’s solicitor. Ms EE5 has uplifted Ms CC’s files from [The Firm] and advises she cannot locate a copy of the first draft of the Agreement on the files. [8] Ms BB sent an email to Ms CC on [Date] in which she outlined the terms of the draft. It is apparent this draft include...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 185 McPherson v Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 270 KB]

   ...in the IEAs which covered the applicants. The determination was issued on 22 June 2022. [27] Mr McPherson and six of the original applicants then brought a challenge to this determination on 13 July 2022. After a statement of defence was filed by Oji on 12 August 2022, a telephone directions conference was arranged for 13 September 2022. On that occasion, I was advised that an application for removal of Mr McPherson’s personal grievance proceeding was under consideration by...

9. XL v FJ [2021] NZDT 1618 (22 June 2021) [pdf, 127 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 days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 days if you have been granted an...

10. Dotcom v Crown Law Office (Damages) [2022] NZHRRT 7 [pdf, 195 KB]

    (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO PLAINTIFF’S MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2022] NZHRRT 7 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 047/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN KIM DOTCOM Plaintiff AND CROWN LAW OFFICE First Defendant CONT. A...