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1. Proactive-release-Review-of-the-Operation-and-Performance-of-the-Public-Defence-Service-2021.pdf [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...staff? AA. Health, safety and wellbeing appear to be generally well managed, with staff saying improvements over the last three or so years can be explained by an increased emphasis by MoJ on wellbeing and the fact that OPDs are doing more to keep file numbers manageable. We have raised certain other health and safety matters with PDS for further consideration. Certain PDS buildings have better safety measures (e.g., duress buttons, dual exit interview rooms) than others, although...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 207 Hutton and Others v Provencocadamus Ltd (in receivership) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...new employer, and that it would be the newly merged entity. Mr Bhana, the insolvency practitioner responsible for the receivership on a daily basis, gave evidence that a copy of these questions and answers was sourced from Mr Patterson’s legal files. This tends to support Ms Balchin’s evidence that legal advice was sought in relation to the employer issue, along with the proposed terms and conditions of employment. [35] The following questions and answers were identified: 7...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 29 Hall v Dionex Pty Ltd [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...point that it was not until February 2012 at the earliest that the first remaining DPL employee was offered an individual employment agreement with TFNZL. From May 2011 to that time it is apparent that DPL continued to hold its own bank account, filed PAYE returns on behalf of its employees and paid ACC levies and Kiwisaver contributions. [29] I return to some of the factual details below. Who was the employer? [30] During the course of submissions Mr Erickson mounted an arg...

4. CAC 10007 v Wallace [2012] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...estate sales person but had then passed her examinations to become eligible as a licensee and had made application for her company to be licensed and had advertised the application. [50] She said that the Real Estate Institute had lost that file so that she was “in limbo – qualified but waiting for approval”. She emphasised that because she was not yet licensed she was not operating as a real estate agent. She said that from 2002 to mid 2006 she was employed as a real estate...

5. Manchester Securities Limited v Auckland Council [2016] NZWHT Auckland 1 [pdf, 341 KB]

   ...of the joinery units to Harditex cladding are ineffectively fixed and sealed against the cladding leaving a gap between the jamb and the cladding resulting in future likely damage. (e) The head flashings installed to the joinery units to the profiled metal clad walls have not been fitted with stop ends. Water is able to penetrate behind the cladding at the ends of the head flashings. [24] The 0818 defects have, of themselves, necessitated the complete re-clad of level 12 includi...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 14 Hayashi v SkyCity Management Ltd [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...In a determination dated 3 May 2017 Mr Hayashi was held to be justifiably dismissed.1 Costs were reserved. The issue of costs in the Authority has not subsequently been the subject of any determination. [3] On 29 May 2017, Mr Hayashi filed a challenge to the determination. His election relates to the whole of the determination and he sought a hearing de novo. [4] The Authority made a direction that the identity of the SkyCity customer involved in this matter not be pu...

7. Deputy Registrar - Orongotea B No 1 (2008) 127 Whangarei MB 18 (127 WH 18) [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...[3] The Chief Registrar has advised that the MLIS system is not able to automatically identify instances where orders have been transmitted to LINZ and that the task would need to be undertaken manually and would involve opening up to 10,000 files and perhaps 20,000 orders (this is for the previous 10 year period). Instead, the Registrar-General of Land has provided a spreadsheet detailing orders received from the Maori Land Court in Whangarei since Landonline was introduced in 20...

8. ENV-2016-AKL-000208 Kohler v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...instances to occur, resulting from an absence of notification requirements in favour of an inbalance of discretion granted to Council, under the Proposed Plan. (j) Owing to the very brief time period allowed for appeals under the LGATPA I am unable to file more detailed evidence disputing the identification of number 6 Herne Bay Road as a NCS at this time. It is my intention to file this later together with further material on indentification of the subject provisions/matters being...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 008 Adams v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...preferred wording, within a further ten (10) working days. The Court will then conclude the final wording of these criteria. D: This does not appear to be an appropriate case for costs to be considered. Nevertheless, if any application is to be filed it is to be filed within twenty (20) working days, any reply ten·(10) working days thereafter. See pages 24-31 2 See pages 32-42 2 REASONS I ntrod uction [1] This appeal centres upon the permitted threshold for residential ho...

10. [2018] NZEnvC 008 Adams v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

    ...preferred wording, within a further ten (10) working days. The Court will then conclude the final wording of these criteria. D: This does not appear to be an appropriate case for costs to be considered. Nevertheless, if any application is to be filed it is to be filed within twenty (20) working days, any reply ten·(10) working days thereafter. See pages 24-31 2 See pages 32-42 2 REASONS I ntrod uction [1] This appeal centres upon the permitted threshold for residential ho...