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1. Tuhaka v Samuels - Succession to Kahukuranui Piwari [2025] Chief Judge's MB 728 (2025 CJ 728) [pdf, 586 KB]

   ...date 3 April 2025 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ MATUA C L FOX Judgment of Chief Judge C L Fox 2025 Chief Judge's MB 729 Hei timatanga kōrero Introduction [1] This application, filed in 2020 by Kathleen Tukaha, seeks an order pursuant to s 44 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 amending succession orders made at 174 Napier MB 265-269 dated 5 December 2023 in respect of Kahukuranui Piwari in relation to the interests of...

2. M v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2024] NZACC 88 [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...to the genitals caused by ECT, the Reviewer stated he did not question M’s honesty. However, in the absence of contemporaneous evidence, he could not be satisfied on the balance of probabilities, a burn injury had been sustained. [4] M then filed this appeal. [5] On 20 February 2023 the Corporation approved cover for sprains, strains, contusions, minor head injury, loss of consciousness as physical injuries “relating to the unconventional ECT administered”. [6] On 2 Mar...

3. Canterbury District Law Society v Wood [2009] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...negligence of such a degree as to reflect on his fitness to practise as a barrister and solicitor (s.112(1)(c) of the Law Practitioners Act 1982). 3 [9] The particulars of these charges laid against Mr Wood are set out in the Notice of Charges filed in this matter. [10] In essence, it is alleged that Mr Wood, in breach of Rules 6.01 and 8.01 of the rules of professional conduct, misled an Associate Judge of the High Court, and another practitioner, by giving the Judge and...

4. LCRO 27/2021 BK v RQ (27 August 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...reporting to the beneficiaries; and (j) request of beneficiaries to sign a deed of interim distribution was not uncommon in circumstances where distribution within six months of probate was being proposed. Application for review [25] Ms BK filed an application for review on 2 March 2021. [26] In significant part, Ms BK’s application reiterates the concerns she had raised in advancing her initial complaint. [27] To the extent that her application traverses new material or ident...

5. [2013] NZEmpC 235 Young v Bay Of Plenty DHB [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of interlocutory applications BETWEEN RODERICK JOHN YOUNG Plaintiff AND BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Defendant Hearing: 14 November 2013 and by memoranda filed on 20, 21, 22 and 29 November and 6 December 2013 (Heard at Tauranga) Appearances: Plaintiff in person Gail Bingham (on 14 November 2013), EA Smith (on 22 November 2013) , Mark Beech (on 29 November 2013), counsel f...

6. Hauiti v Tamati - Puhunga A7D1 (2017) 68 Tairawhiti MB 100 (68 TRW 100) [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...R Revington, Woodward Chrisp Solicitors, Gisborne DX LP78507, manaaki.t@wwclaw.co.nz mailto:manaaki.t@wwclaw.co.nz 68 Tairawhiti MB 101 Introduction [1] The applicants’ on behalf of the Keita Kapuarangi Tamati whānau trust have filed an application for a permanent injunction per s 19(1)(a) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 against Emma Tamati (also known as Leah Tamati). [2] Emma Tamati has lived in the house situated on Puhunga A7D1 for approximately 25 years pu...

7. LCRO 68/2021 BU - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (30 July 2021) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...guilty of unsatisfactory conduct for failing to facilitate the transfer of the shares. The Committee directed that Mr BU was to finalise the transfer of the shares within three months of the date of its determination. [9] On 1 October 2019, Mrs OE filed a further complaint against Mr BU. Her complaint was that Mr BU had failed to comply with the order to transfer shares. [10] In its determination delivered on 14 October 2019, the Standards Committee made a further finding of unsati...

8. ZH v Ma [2025] NZIACDT 30 (6 June 2025) [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...accredited employer scheme) with Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ). It was based on the employment agreement with A Ltd. [9] Ms Ma did not inform Immigration NZ of her engagement as an immigration adviser or her involvement in preparing and filing the application. The visa application on its face appears to have been completed and filed directly by the complainant. The email address recorded on the application form for the complainant was that of Ms Ma (and/or her husban...

9. Cribb - Succession to Tieme Karepe, Te One Karepe, Hoani Karepe and Porokuru Te Kiwi [2025] Chief Judge's MB 373 (2025 CJ 373) [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...February 2025 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ MATUA C L FOX Judgment of Chief Judge C L Fox 2025 Chief Judge's MB 374 Hei tīmatanga kōrero Introduction [1] These applications were first filed in 2019 pursuant to s 45 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act). The applicant seeks s 44 orders to cancel: (a) succession orders made at 32 Tauranga MB 117-119 dated 30 May 1972 relating to the Māori land interests of Te One Kare...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 26 Premier Events Group Ltd v Beattie [pdf, 142 KB]

    ...Authority on 23 June 2010 against Robert Gill (BA Partners Limited’s Chief Executive Officer), BA Partners, and Premier Events for lost wages and distress compensation under s 123(1)(c)(i) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act). Mr Regan filed an amended statement of problem in the Authority on 31 August 2010 which expanded his claims to include compensation for losses for removal of a business opportunity with an organisation known as Cartan. On 15 October 2010, Mr Rega...