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1. [2023] NZEnvC 276 Danone Nutricia v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 485 KB]

   ...application for a stay of an abatement notice issued to Danone Nutricia NZ Limited (Danone) on 30 August 2021 by the Otago Regional Council (Regional Council). The application accompanied an appeal against the abatement notice. [2] The appeal was filed under s325A(7) of the Act and states (relevantly): The part of the Abatement Notice the Appellant is appealing is the compliance date. The decision not to extend the Abatement Notice compliance date was issued on 25 October 2023 by th...

2. LCRO 13/2023 DG v PS (26 February 2025) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr DG has applied for a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X]. Background [2] The background to the events which prompted Mr DG to file complaints with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (Complaints Service) against Mr PS, can be briefly summarised. [3] In 2017, a teacher at the school then attended by Mr DG’s daughter, wrote a letter in support of an applica...

3. National Standards Committee 1 v Reed [2021] NZLCDT 23 (27 July 2021) [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...family home at the date of separation. For this reason, His Honour opined that the apartment “had probably reverted to being (the husband’s) separate property (as he had acquired it in 2006 prior to the marriage in 2011)”. [7] Rather than filing further evidence, the practitioner decided that the Family Court Judge was wrong. She also said in her evidence that her instructions were somewhat intermittent. In her earlier affidavit to the Tribunal Ms Reed said that following the...

4. Auckland Standards Committee v Tupou 2010 NZLCDT 3 [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...Court. Mr and Mrs F had five children and Mr F was seeking a parenting order in respect of the children. Counsel for the child had been appointed and another practitioner, the complainant, represented Mrs F. On behalf of Mrs F the complainant filed the notice of defence and there was brief correspondence between counsel, the last being only a month or two prior to the events which led to the complaint. The matter had been given a backup mediation conference by the Court for 12 J...

5. KF v Standards Committee LCRO 363/13 (27 May 2015) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...file that an order had been issued in respect to publication, and Mr KF advised that he had no knowledge of any publication decision being issued. The issue of publication does not form part of this review. Application for Review [13] Mr KF filed an application for review on 12 December 2013. On receipt of that application Mr KF was provided with a copy of the Guidelines for Review, which relevantly advise applicants that they are to identify in their application, any error or...

6. [2023] NZEmpC 212 Halse v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...MAKAURAU [2023] NZEmpC 212 EMPC 425/2021 IN THE MATTER OF an application for judicial review AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for stay of proceedings AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for extension of time to file notice of opposition to costs application BETWEEN ALLAN GEOFFREY HALSE Applicant AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY First Respondent AND NEW PROGRESS ENTERPRISE CHARITABLE TRUST OPERATING AS PR...

7. [2018] NZEmpC 124 Kiwi Ink Construction Ltd v Hughes [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...2018.1 By virtue of s 179(2) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act) a challenge must be made in the prescribed manner and within 28 days of the date of the determination. [2] The limitation period was not complied with by Kiwi. Kiwi filed its application for leave on 8 June 2018. The application was accompanied by a draft statement of claim to be filed if leave was granted. An affidavit in support by George Paul Ropiha was sworn on 6 June 2018 and filed on 8 June 2018....

8. Moonen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late appeal to the District Court) [2023] NZACC 57 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Judgment on the papers. Submissions: The Appellant is self-represented S Arnold for the Respondent Date of Judgment: 5 April 2023 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Late filing of an appeal to the District Court – s 151, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] The appeal in the above matter was lodged by Mr Moonen on 16 February 2023. The appeal is from the decision of a Reviewer dated 29 Sep...

9. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Chambers [2022] NZLCDT 53 (23 December 2022) [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...2019. [15] This was not only personally distressing for Mr Chambers, in addition to everything else he was coping with, but also seriously disruptive to his practice, which he had operated from a home office. [16] He took all of his current files with him when he left the home in August 2019 and left his concluded files in the spare room where they had been stored for the previous 14 years. [17] It seems it was these files which ended up in the skip. 5 [18] When...

10. Kaulima v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late Filing Leave to appeal) [2023] NZACC 004 [pdf, 155 KB]

    ...AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Judgment on the papers. Submissions: The Appellant is self-represented J Castle for the Respondent Date of Judgment: 17 January 2023 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Late filing of an appeal to the District Court – s 151, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] The appeal in this matter is from the decision of a Reviewer dated 25 October 2022. The Reviewer dismissed, for want of jurisdiction an a...