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1. National Standards Committee 2 v Mr Y [2023] NZLCDT 1 (12 January 2023) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...He then provided undertakings to the Tribunal which can be recorded as protective of the public, but at this point are subject to the interim non-publication order. Nature of the offending [3] Given the acceptance by Mr Y of the particulars pleaded by the Standards Committee, we adopt the summary in [2.1] of the Standards Committee’s penalty submissions as follows:1 … (a) Charge One: On six occasions between February and July 2020, Mr Y altered the details of an email that...

2. O Ltd v CD & Ors [2024] NZDT 854 (18 October 2024) [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...(1843) 2 HARE 100 CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 5 brought forward as part of the subject in contest, but which was not brought forward, only because they have from negligence, inadvertence of even accident omitted part of their case. The plea of res judicata applies, except in some cases, not only to the points upon which the court was actually required by the parties to form an opinion and pronounce a judgment, but their every point which properly belonged to the subject of the...

3. Appellate judgments 2017

   ...by the Employment Court – appeal would have been allowed. [2017] NZSC 59 ASG v Harlene Hayne, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago  Media release NON-PUBLICATION ORDER – whether non-publication order was breached – employee’s guilty plea was covered by non-publication order but employer’s agent was present in courtroom and informed the employer – whether agent communicating information to employer was “publication” under Criminal Procedure Act 2011 – publication is...

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4. Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Hong [2019] NZLCDT 40 [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...included three censures and two fines of $7,500. [12] Mr Collins’ submission is that Mr Hong’s disciplinary record discloses that the following important features of his offending render his disciplinary record a relevant ground to support the pleas for suspension, notwithstanding that the charges and circumstances of each event are not on all fours with the present matter. Those features are: (a) the span of his career over which they have occurred indicating an enduring t...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Kwon [2025] NZLCDT 45 (11 November 2025) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...instructions in this area of law at any time. 3 Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Kwon [2025] NZLCDT 40. 4 See above n 3. 4 Mitigation [7] Mr Kwon submitted that no one, including his client, was harmed by his actions. We reject that plea. Mr Kwon’s client’s distress is apparent from his email to Lawyer for the Children where he expressed his stress and distress. [8] We do take account of Mr Kwon’s age at 67 years and the fact that he is approaching the twil...

6. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences December 2020 [xlsx, 163 KB]

   ...2020 Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015 - 2020 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015 - 2020 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015 - 2020 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicted of Harmful Digital Comm...

7. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communications offences June 2021 [xlsx, 170 KB]

   ...Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015/2016 - 2020/2021 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015/2016 - 2020/2021 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015/2016 - 2020/2021 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicte...

8. New Zealand court-referred restorative justice pilot: 2-year follow-up of reoffending [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...criminal court cases that would, in theory, have been eligible for the restorative justice scheme, using the Ministry of Justice case database. Cases considered potentially eligible were those cases processed by a District Court, involving a guilty plea and an offence that was eligible for referral to the restorative justice pilot. These cases were selected from all cases finalised between 2001 and 2003, with a final hearing date before 30 April 2003 (that is, one year prior to the extraction...

9. Environment Court annual review 2014 [pdf, 3 MB]

   2 In this review Calendar year 2014: an overview by Principal Environment Judge ................... 4 Profile of the Court ................................................................................................. 7 The Court's place in the New Zealand Court system ........................................... 7 The Court's place in the Resource Management system .................................... 7 Progress of the Court in 2014 ...................................

10. [2008] NZEmpC AC 5/08 Skinner & Anor v Stayinfront Inc & Ors [pdf, 33 KB]

    ...entire proceedings [10] The defendant relied on the defence of affirmation as the ground for striking out the amended statements of claim in their entirety. Mr Towner submitted that the plaintiffs are seeking to avoid the settlement agreements by pleading duress so they can proceed with their personal grievance claims of constructive dismissal, but that they have in fact both affirmed the settlement agreements. They have done this, in his submission, by accepting the financial ben...