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1. [2023] NZEmpC 74 Nelmac Ltd v Reunited Employees Assoc Inc [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...doodling. [52] Ms Wilkinson explained that she took detailed handwritten notes in each of the bargaining meetings. Those notes became the basis for Nelmac’s consideration of the union’s position from time to time. She denied making the statement to the Authority attributed to her by Mr Drummond and there is no comment on this subject in the determinations. Copies of her notes were produced in evidence. [53] I prefer Ms Wilkinson’s evidence for the following reas...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 120 McLeod v National Hearing Care (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...events leading up to this litigation can be summarised reasonably neutrally in these terms. Ms Susan McLeod held a certificate in hearing therapy and had been employed by Audiology Hawke’s Bay as an audiometrist since April 2007. In her draft statement of claim it is alleged that her audiology career spanned 20 years. Her role was to assess a client’s hearing and hearing needs and then under the supervision of Ms Lisa Thompson, a fully qualified audiologist, she would partici...

3. [2023] NZIACDT 8 - BC v Murthy (22 March 2023) [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...[22] At the same time as sending her explanation, Ms Murthy sent copies of numerous additional documents to the Authority, being email communications between her and the complainant. Complaint filed in the Tribunal [23] The Registrar filed a statement of complaint (12 September 2022) in the Tribunal alleging against Ms Murthy negligence or alternatively breaches of the specified provisions of the Code: (1) Failing to charge fair and reasonable fees, in breach of cl 20(a). (2)...

4. Fehling v South Westland Area School [2012] NZHRRT 15 [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...provisions of Parts 4 and 5. [66] Principle 6 is subject to Part 4 of the Act which prescribes the limited circumstances in which an agency may refuse access to personal information. Part 4 includes s 27 which relevantly provides: 27 Security, defence, international relations, etc (1) An agency may refuse to disclose any information requested pursuant to principle 6 if the disclosure of the information would be likely— (a) ... (b) ... (c) … (d) to endanger the safety of any...

5. CAC10050 v Brown [2013] NZREADT 48 [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...estate agency work. Particulars: As principal officer of CISL, permitting CISL, through its salespersons and/or promotional and marketing materials, to provide misleading information to the complainant in the marketing of the property. (a) The statement in CISL’s promotional materials that: “Currently we’re experiencing a buoyant property market in Auckland. All the indications are that this is not likely to change now or in the future. The best time to invest is NOW”....

6. [2015] NZEmpC 58 Hoff v The Wood Lifecare (2007) Limited Industries [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...total of a little over $6,000 in respect of lost wages and compensation for hurt and humiliation. [3] Mrs Hoff then challenged the whole of the Authority's determination in this Court seeking a full rehearing of the entire matter. In her statement of claim dated 10 April 2013 she accepted the Authority's finding that her dismissal was procedurally unjustified, although claimed it was both substantively and procedurally unjustified. She sought orders for significant relie...

7. LCRO 2/2018 MC v TL (17 June 2020) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...proceed was to apply to set the order aside supported by a paternity test. [63] Mr TL said he understood Mr MC was aggrieved Ms PW did not serve him with her paternity and custody proceedings in late 2003/early 2004. However, he said when a defence is not filed the Court has little option but to grant the order applied for. [64] He says he prepared and sent a draft affidavit to Mr MC in “general” terms with the intention of putting the matter before the Court, and then seeking...

8. Auckland Standards Committee v Banbrook [2014] NZLCDT 37 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...rejected by the Court in these terms:5 4 See n 1. 5 Banbrook v The Queen [2013] NZCA 525, at [25]. 6 “[25] In light of those concessions there was no prospect of Mr Banbrook making out a defence he had reasonable grounds to believe the statements in the prospectus were true. He had abrogated his responsibility as a director. Mr Banbrook sought to suggest that he only made these concessions in light of the position he found h...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 246 Dunn v Waitemata DHB [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...and seeks a hearing de novo. As the two disadvantage grievances had already been withdrawn, the determination of the Authority only dealt with the issue of limitation in respect of Mr Dunn’s claim to have been unjustifiably dismissed. In the statement of claim which has been filed in the challenge Mr Dunn seeks the following remedies. a) A finding that the personal grievance was brought in time; b) A finding that the plaintiff was unfairly dismissed; c) Reparation of lost...

10. Follow-up-report-to-the-United-Nations-Committee-against-Torture_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 384 KB]

    ...known. 27 As agreed by Cabinet on 1 July, the follow-up report notes that the Government formally accepts some children and young people were tortured at the Lake Alice Unit and the Government intends to acknowledge these experiences through public statements and communications to survivors [SOU-24-MIN-0072]. These public statements are expected to be made by the Prime Minister and Minister Responsible for Coordinating the Crown response into Abuse in Care on 24 July 2024 when the Royal...