Search Results

1. [2022] NZEmpC 111 Humphreys v Humphreys [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...An application has been made to access Court documents. The application has been advanced by a solicitor for a party (Taikura Trust) to proceedings currently before the Employment Relations Authority. The application mirrors another one filed with the Court, which is dealt with in a separate judgment.1 [2] The proceedings in the Authority have apparently been stayed pending the outcome of proceedings in this Court. [3] Access is sought to the “court record and court fil...

2. Ambridge v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late appeal to the District Court) [2023] NZACC 43 [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Judgment on the papers. Submissions: The Appellant is self represented J Castle for the Respondent Date of Judgment: 21 March 2023 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Late filing of an appeal to the District Court – s 151, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] On 4 May 2022, the Corporation declined Ms Ambridge cover for chronic pain and complex regional pain syndrome. [2] On 29 August 2022, a...

3. [2024] NZEmpC 185 Greentree NM Catering Ltd (t/a Master Bao) v Wang [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...Doyle). 2 Wang v Greentree NM Catering Ltd (t/a Master Bao) [2023] NZERA 320 (Member Doyle). [2] The company was ordered to pay Ms Wang: (a) $2,112.69 for wages arrears and holiday pay; and (b) $2,446.56 in costs. [3] The company filed a de novo challenge and is seeking to set aside the Authority’s determinations. It has also applied for a stay of proceedings, which is effectively an application for stay of execution of the Authority’s orders against it in bot...

4. [2013] NZEmpC 102 Tan v Morningstar Institute of Education Ltd t/a Morningstar Preschool [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...Authority IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs BETWEEN CATHERINE TAN Plaintiff AND MORNININGSTAR INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION LIMITED T/A MORNINGSTAR PRESCHOOL Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on 23 May and 4 June 2013 Appearances: Garry Pollak, counsel for plaintiff Paul Pa'u, advocate for defendant Judgment: 5 June 2013 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS [1] In my substantive judgment d...

5. Moses – Hopuruahine East & 12 other blocks (2014) 37 Tairawhiti MB 238 (37 TRW 238) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...1958. The Tūhoe Māori Trust Board was continued under the Lake Waikaremoana Act 1971 but under s 5 of that Act, the name of the Trust Board was changed to the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Trust Board. 37 Tairawhiti MB 240 [5] The application was filed after a combined meeting of owners held on 8 June 2013 at Te Poho o Hinekura – Te Kuha Marae, Waikaremoana where the majority present (24 for and 2 against) voted in favour of constituting the ahu whenua trust. The same meeting wi...

6. [2012] NZCA 285 CA247/2012 New Zealand Cards Ltd v Ramsay [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...judgment of the Employment Court in which the applicant was found liable to the respondent for $12,880 plus costs on the grounds that the respondent was unjustifiably dismissed from the applicant’s employment. 1 [2] It seems that the applicant filed within time a document seeking leave to appeal but the document was defective. An extension of time was necessary under r 29A of the Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 2005 because the appeal was not filed within the period of 20 workin...

7. GX v TF LCRO 54 / 2011 (9 February 2012) [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...services were provided as required which had not been anticipated at the time of their original meeting. 2 [4] The Applicant first met the Practitioner around November 2009. Before the Practitioner could undertake any work the Applicant’s file had to be obtained from the Applicant’s previous lawyer. The Practitioner prepared an appropriate authority which he sent to the Applicant for on-forwarding. There was a delay by the previous lawyers in providing the documents...

8. LCRO - 2016 annual report [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...applications were made have been completed; • the timeliness with which reviews have been completed; • the outcomes of the reviews; and • the number of applications for review still outstanding. The number and types of applications for review filed The LCRO received 290 applications for review during the reporting period of 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. This is an increase compared to the previous reporting year, in which 278 applications were received. The 290 applicati...

9. Van Zyl v McNeil [2019] NZIACDT 27 (8 May 2019) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...told them she would keep $200 and give the rest back. His wife noted that Ms McNeil had not sent them Immigration New Zealand’s email of 8 June, nor had she communicated at all with them. COMPLAINT [17] On 9 January 2017, the complainant filed a complaint (signed 2 January 2017) with the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority). The complainant said that his application to Immigration New Zealand was ultimately withdrawn. Ms McNeil kept the $2,000 paid to her. Furthe...

10. DVPP forms [October 2016] [pdf, 211 KB]

    ...DVPP forms DVPP01 – NOTICE OF SAFETY CONCERNS An additional tick box has been added for facilitators to confirm they understand that sending this form to the Court may result in the respondent being informed that a Safety notification has been filed. Even if the form alerts the Court that serving the respondent with the notification may undermine the safety of a protected person, the decision to serve or not to serve sits entirely with the Court. A judge may find that, on balanc...