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1. TI(G)M v Hanning [2020] NZIACDT 11 (21 February 2020) Sanctions [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...Management Services Ltd, of Invercargill. [5] The complainant had been living in New Zealand for more than 10 years and worked as a supervisor of vineyard workers. Ms Hanning had represented him on immigration matters for some years. [6] Ms Hanning filed an application with Immigration New Zealand on about 18 August 2017 for a work visa for the complainant under the South Island Contribution category. It was declined on 24 November 2017 on two grounds. First, he had not advis...

2. [2018] NZEmpC 150 Molenaar v Rigg Stuff Ltd [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...representative, by her former representative, dated 28 March 2017. The issue identified in this notice is whether she was unjustifiably dismissed or subjected to an unjustifiable action by Rigg Stuff failing to pay wages and commission. [11] Rigg Stuff filed submissions in support of the application to comply with the Court’s directions. No submissions were filed for Ms Molenaar. In the absence of her submissions it is difficult for the notice of opposition to be given much w...

3. FBN v Broadway [2019] NZIACDT 77 (28 November 2019) Sanctions [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...[7] A written agreement for immigration services was entered into by Ms Broadway and the employer. It was signed by Ms Broadway on 10 May 2017 and earlier by the employer on 3 May 2017. The total fee was $500. [8] On the same day, Ms Broadway filed a work visa application with Immigration New Zealand on behalf of the complainant. 1 FBN v Broadway [2019] NZIACDT 70. 3 [9] The visa application failed because the employer was on a...

4. LCRO 224/2020 & LCRO 230/2020 EZ v MQ and MQ v EZ (19 May 2021) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...EZ’s family members were not her clients, and she had never done any work for them; and (j) The complaint was frivolous; and (k) Suggestion that she had attempted to use confidential information was a “bluff”. [13] Both Mr EZ and Ms MQ filed further submissions with the Complaints Service. I have read and considered them but have no need to summarise them here. In significant part, those submissions amplify the arguments earlier advanced. [14] The Standards Committee ide...

5. Discussion document diagrams (Te Rēo Māori) [pdf, 573 KB]

   ...tana tohu whānautanga tuatahi Ka taea e te tangata taurima e whiwhi ana i ngā pārongo kōrero te tono atu i te kaimahereora E taea ana e te kōti te tohu i te rīpoata hauora tinana, mate hinengaro, hauora hinengaro mō te tamaiti file:///D:/_Work/Eurotext/TJ995285/4. DTP/TJ995285_graphics_Maori.docx#_Hlk106353172 1,19891,19930,0,,Ka waitohua e ngā mātua te whaka file:///D:/_Work/Eurotext/TJ995285/4. DTP/TJ995285_graphics_Maori.docx#_Hlk106353172 1,19891,19930,0,,Ka wait...

6. [2022] NZACC 71 – Porter v ACC (3 May 2022) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...received a medical certificate certifying Mr Porter as unfit in relation to the 2005 accident. Dr Thye Leow, GP, who signed the certificate, provided a copy of the MRI scan. The clinic note from 24 June 2019, when the medical certificate was filed, read: 2005- fell from a horse and hurt lower back. Soft tissue damage and had MRI which didn't show a disc problem. Ongoing pain since then. Severe episodes 3 to 4 times a year but sometimes he didn’t seek help. Coughing and

7. Electoral-Amendment-Bill-Supplementary-Order-Paper-Final.pdf [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...that section 207B of the Act (which requires a person to transmit any donation they receive to the intended recipient, being a candidate or party secretary) does not have a specific, corresponding offence provision in the Act. 5 Crown Law Office has filed a notice seeking leave to appeal with the Court of Appeal on behalf of the Serious Fraud Office. None of the changes proposed will affect any court proceedings that are underway. 6 On 1 August 2022, I took an oral item to Cabinet summa...

8. [2021] NZACC 65 - Crowley v ACC (20 April 2021) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...7 January 2019. She said she had been wallpapering in the weekend including lifting heavy wallpaper and was rushing her vacuuming on the Monday when she suffered severe pain which necessitated her admission to hospital. An injury claim form was filed by the hospital for a back sprain. She also confirmed in her occupation as a horticulturalist she had been digging and shovelling heavy dirt in January 2018 and suffered lumbar pain. [4] As funding for surgery is an entitlement it foll...

9. AM and HM v TH and NH [2022] NZDT 69 (24 March 2022) [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...interferes with another person’s goods. I find that TH has proven that most likely HM and AM interfered with her fence and damaged it. What loss can TH and NH prove they have incurred that they are entitled to be compensated for? 35. When TH filed her counterclaim, she attached two quotes to rebuild the fence and remediate the damage to her section. One quote was for $41,675.43 and the other was for $44,562.50. TH is aware of the monetary jurisdiction of the Tribunal, but...

10. Savage v Accident Compensation Corporation (Lump Sum Compensation) [2022] NZACC 227 [pdf, 175 KB]

    ...hearing on the 1988 lump sum payment, which was the subject of the Corporation’s 15 April 2014 decision. He submitted at the hearing that the 1988 lump sum payment was insufficient compensation for his hip injury. However, Mr Savage had not filed a review application challenging the Corporation’s 15 April 2014 decision declining to make a payment of lump sum compensation. [15] In considering Mr Savage’s submissions regarding lump sum payment, Ms Hill stated in the 11 August...