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1. INZ (Greathead) v Ortiz [2019] NZIACDT 59 (29 August 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...was negligence in not delivering the interim visa to the client, but she did not advise him that it was okay to work. She did not provide false and misleading information to Immigration New Zealand. [41] According to Ms Ortiz, the accusations filed against her were biased. The case was not heard fairly as she was expecting a jury trial. She did not deliberately do what was alleged. Her clients love her and she treats them with care. She gives them honest advice. [42] Ms Ortiz...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 030 Anderson Branch Creek Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 973 KB]

   ...By memorandum of counsel dated 21 August 2020, QLDC provided clarification sought by the court concerning changes sought to be made to r 33.4.5 and any reference to that rule in other provisions. On 16 December 2020, a memorandum of counsel was filed on behalf of QLDC and others proposing to determine the outstanding appeal points allocated to Topic 19, sub-topic 2. The court then placed the consent memoranda on hold, given their relationship to Topic 2 (Rural landscapes), pending deter...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 073 Napier City Council v McMillan [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...the concerns outlined in its application for enforcement orders had been effectively addressed and the enforcement orders were therefore no longer necessary, and the application could be discontinued. Counsel for the respondents responded by filing a memorandum signed by counsel on 28 October 2022. The respondents’ position was that there were two issues that remained extant: (a) the first issue raised was that the recommendation that the Council review the stormwater contro...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 059 Balmoral Developments (Outram) Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 375 KB]

   ..._______________________________________________________________ DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT _______________________________________________________________ A: The court finds that the NPS-HPL will apply to its consideration of the appeals filed by the appellants because in each case, the land that is the subject of the appeals does not come within the exemption under cl 3.5(7)(b) of the NPS-HPL. REASONS Introduction [1] The proposed Second-Generation Dunedin City Plan (...

5. [2022] NZIACDT 19 – TA v Tian (Sanctions) (25 July 2022) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...lodged student visa applications and s 61 requests from 24 November 2016 until 1 March 2017, all without instructions from the complainant or his mother and without telling them of the outcome of any application. [8] On 8 June 2017, Ms Tian filed an expression of interest on behalf of the complainant, his mother and two others, seeking residence. Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) advised that it would not issue an invitation to apply for residence, but Ms Tian did not in...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 149 Halse v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...deeply entrenched pattern of behaviour characterised by a refusal to accept adverse decisions; extravagant and baseless allegations against a wide range of people including judicial officers; an abject failure to comply with the rules of Court; the filing of prolix and confusing pleadings; and a failure to recognise any distinction between pleadings, evidence and submissions. 14 Couch v Attorney-General [2008] NZSC 45, [2008] 3 NZLR 725 at [33]. 15 Commissioner of Inland Revenue v C...

7. [2022] NZACC 67 – KC v ACC (27 April 2022) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...The appellant did not attend. In a decision of 16 July 2020, the reviewer dismissed the review application as she was not satisfied that the appellant had suffered a mental injury caused by a Schedule 3 criminal act. [20] Following the filing of the notice of appeal, the appellant filed additional evidence relating to her work in 2014. She also filed evidence of referees relating to her work in 2011. [21] A number of further reports are contained in the joint bundle of do...

8. LCRO 43/2020 SL v DN (29 September 2021) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...[9] In November 2017, Mr DN decided to sell the unit and was advised by the real estate agent that the title to the property had not been updated. [10] At that time (November 2017), Mr CM was in the course of leaving the firm and handed the file to Ms KG, a legal executive in the firm. Ms KG then proceeded with the necessary work to obtain the new titles. [11] When Mrs BJ was asked to sign the new plan, she “resiled from [the] former agreement and demanded compensation for h...

9. [2021] NZACC - Hallmond v ACC (3 August 2021) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...with gradual deterioration following this. This is a common story of someone with discogenic low back pain following a lumbar disc injury and as such I would see no reason that this should not be covered by ACC. [18] The same day, Mr Field filed an Assessment Report and Treatment Plan (ARTP) which included, under the heading “causal medical link between proposed treatment and covered injury” the following: Presumed lifting injury while working on plumbing causing increas...

10. Mitchell v Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 204 KB]

    (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF MEDICAL REPORT (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 015/16 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN KERRYN MITCHELL PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Chairperson Ms L Ashworth, Member Ms S Isaacs, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms K Mitchell in person Ms S Shaw and Ms...