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1. LCRO 22/2025 MG and SG v LB (26 September 2025) [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...would be in the vicinity of $25,000 to $35,000 should have been given consideration by both the Committee and its costs assessor; and (f) Mr LB had failed to adequately plead their case in both the District and High Courts; and (g) Mr LB’s negligence had resulted in losses in excess of $70,000; and (h) Mr LB had breached confidentiality by disclosing information to a witness. [56] Mr LB was invited to comment on Mr SG and Mrs MG’s review application. [57] He submitted that...

2. Satnam Singh v Shane Singh and Scorpion Liquor [2015] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...Liquor. [32] The requirements are cumulative. We address each element in turn but before doing so make two observations: [32.1] By virtue of s 92I(4) of the HRA it is no defence to these proceedings that the breach was unintentional or without negligence on the part of the party against whom the complaint is made. [32.2] Scorpion Liquor has defences under s 68 but having elected not to participate in these proceedings the question whether such defences are established by the evidenc...

3. [2024] NZEnvC 247 Allied Asphalt Limited [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2024] NZEnvC 247 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND of applications for resource consents by Allied Asphalt Limited associated with the construction and operation of an asphalt plant BETWEEN ALLIED ASPHALT LIMITED (ENV-2023-AKL-160) Applicant AND BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL Consent Authoritie

4. [2019] NZEnvC 172 The New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 13 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC \ 1 2- of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) the application for enforcement orders under s314 and s319 of the Act THE NEW ZEALAND FAIRY TERN CHARITABLE TRUST (ENV-2019-AKL-000137) Applicant AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge J A Smith Commissioner A C E Leijnen Commissioner M Mabin Parties: P Muir for The New Zealand Fairy Tern

5. LCRO 76/2020 FV v GT (23 July 2021) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...they turned up to the company’s premises late on the afternoon of [redacted] 2018, that she should obtain legal advice as “this should not have happened.”. [16] Miss FV calculated her costs as a result of what she described as Mr GT’s negligence, as being $212,381.45. [17] Attached to Miss FV’s complaint were a number of documents, including relevant email exchanges between IRD and Mr GT. Response [18] Mr GT responded to Miss FV’s complaint in his letter to the Compl...

6. Statistical bulletin: An overview of conviction and sentencing statisitcs in New Zealand 2000 to 2009 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...in 2009. Offences against justice increased from 16 percent of the total in 2008 to 18 percent in 2009. 5 ‘Driving under the influence of alcohol or other substance’ and ‘dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle’ are included in the offence category ‘Dangerous acts’, rather than ‘Traffic’. STATISTICAL BULLETIN: CONVICTION AND SENTENCING STATISTICS 6 Figure 5: Proportion of convicted charges, by offence...

7. DH v WU LCRO 219 / 2010 (29 June 2011) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...indication that the practitioner in question ‘must try harder’. ” [48] He goes on to say that “any failure by a lawyer whether of competence or professionalism is less than satisfactory. Where the failure is an isolated oversight, slip or negligence the regulatory response is likely to be similarly modest with the focus being on redress or compensation for the client in the event that loss has been caused. A disciplinary response of any magnitude is unlikely.” [49] Con...

8. Watene v Edwards - Mangaroa X (2021) 87 Takitimu MB 190 (87 TKT 190) [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...least, was endorsed by the then trustees in 2013 when they entered into a lease with his father, James Edwards, the trust chairman, which should have been renewed for a further 12 months in 2014. Mr Edwards argued that the majority trustees were negligent in failing to renew the lease. [5] The trust chairman, James Edwards, did not attend the hearing. In the interim, it was said that Ms Watene was the acting chairperson of the trust. Ngā take Issues [6] The issues for d...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 197 Otago Regional Council v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 982 KB]

   ...mitigation measures that rely on significant capital investment or requirements for ongoing maintenance by the DCC or Otago Regional Council will generally not be seen as appropriate; and iv. any mitigation measures that may result in more than negligible adverse effects on biodiversity values, more than minor effects on access to the coast, or significant effects on amenity or natural coastal sedimentation processes, will generally not be seen as appropriate. https://2gp.dunedin.g...

10. [2018] NZEmpC 79 Hines v Eastland Port Ltd [pdf, 513 KB]

    ...Court in Minhinnick v New Zealand Steel Ltd, the correct approach is that stated in the Court of Appeal in Chief Executive of the Department of Inland Revenue v Buchanan.12 That approach means that even one-off acts of inadvertence, oversight or negligence can, depending on the overall circumstances, amount to serious misconduct justifying dismissal. The Court is to stand back and consider the factual findings and evaluate whether a fair and reasonable employer would characterise...