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1. [2013] NZEmpC 63 Pact Group v Service and Food Workers’ Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...Counsel for the parties must now arrange with the Mediation Service of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, or such other mediator as they may agree upon, to implement this order. [5] The defendants should file and serve their statements of defence but any further step in the proceeding should await the outcome of the mediation directed in this judgment. If that is unavailing, any party may approach the Registrar to arrange a telephone directions conference with a...

2. 2024 NZPSPLA 036 pdf [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...placing his knee on her back. The CCTV footage shows that the attacks on the young tagger and the young women who intervened were unprovoked. [4] There was no time for the discussion Mr Tanevesi claimed he had with the tagger in his initial statement to police. In addition, the CCTV does not support Mr Tanevesi’s claim to police that there was pushing and shoving, and the tagger was trying to walk away. It was only after he had been assaulted and he was being held and dragged alon...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 183 Port Otago Ltd v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...Commissioner D J Bunting Hearing: at Dunedin on 19 February 2018 (Final submissions received 9 March 2018) Appearances: L A Andersen for Port Otago Limited A J Logan and T Sefton for Otago Regional Council D A Allan and MCWright for Environmental Defence Society and Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ Incorporated (section 274 parties) R B Enright for BP Oil NZ Limited , Mobil Oil NZ Limited and Z Energy Limited (section 274 parties) Date of Decision: 28 September 2018...

4. [2007] NZEmpC WC 20A/07 Gaskin v Grenside [pdf, 32 KB]

   ...the start of the hearing an order of non-publication was made covering all evidence of allegations made by Mr Gaskin against Mr Grenside and referred to in Court. That order remains in place. The facts [3] In July 2001, Mr Grenside filed a statement of problem with the Employment Relations Authority seeking outstanding holiday pay and pay in lieu of notice following the end of his employment as a taxi driver for Mr Gaskin. The matter was referred to mediation. The record of s...

5. [2011] NZEmpC 77 Mercer v Maori TV Services [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...case by the fact that, as Mr Edwards accepted and the Authority’s determination of costs demonstrates, the defendant incurred $24,375 for attendances between 8 October 2008 and 16 March 2009, in respect of the plaintiff’s claim for interim reinstatement and the investigation of his personal grievances in the Authority, over a two full day period. The defendant in the Authority sought a total of $17,975 as a contribution towards those costs. The Authority in its determination o...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 131 Rooney Earthmoving Ltd v McTague & Ors [pdf, 25 KB]

   ...of discovery in the parallel High Court proceedings against the three defendants and BMW. They advised me that there has been limited discovery in the High Court proceedings in relation to a freezing order, which requires BMW to provide monthly statements to solicitors, counsel and the financial experts but which are not to be disclosed to any other person. There has been an exchange of lists of documents in a limited form, but the action in the High Court is now stayed. [7] M...

7. [2020] NZEmpC 153 Ceres New Zealand LLC v DJK [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...[2] There is no dispute that DJK was advised of the termination of her employment, with immediate effect, on 16 January 2019. Nor is there any dispute that the only step that DJK took to raise a grievance of unjustified dismissal was via a statement of problem filed with the Authority on 15 April 2019. The Authority served the statement of problem on the address the plaintiff had provided for service some four days later. If it had been served on the day it was filed, there woul...

8. [2020] NZEmpC 147 Carrigan v The Attorney-General [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...September 2020 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 3) OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for orders) [1] The first and second defendants have applied for orders striking out various aspects of the plaintiffs’ second amended statement of claim. The applications arise in the context of proceedings seeking declarations under s 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act) as to the identity of the employee and the employer within the framework of the model...

9. 20231124-Justice-BIM_Redacted-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...and authorities. Our work also includes: • administering the legal aid system, helping people who can’t afford a lawyer to get legal advice and representation. We processed 80,488 legal aid applications in 2022/23 • operating the Public Defence Service,1 which has over 150 criminal defence lawyers in 10 offices across New Zealand • collecting unpaid infringements lodged in court, court fines and reparations. We collected over $172 million in fines in 2022/23 • carryin...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 176 Te One A Mara Ltd v Olsen [pdf, 126 KB]

    ...was never employed on the farm. Although her name had appeared on one copy of the employment agreement, the Authority concluded that it had been added by Mrs Gina Pedersen as “a memory-jogger” 5 only. Another complication was that in the statement of problem both the company and Mr and Mrs Pedersen personally had been cited as respondents. The Authority stated at the outset of its determination that 2 [2011] NZERA Wellington...