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1. [2023] NZEmpC 69 Halse v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...Turuki Healthcare Services Charitable Trust [2020] NZEmpC 165, [2020] ERNZ 398 at [12]. [6] There was a delay in some terms of the settlement being met.3 Mr Halse, Ms Simpson and CultureSafe (the CultureSafe parties) then made a number of statements critical of Turuki. [7] The Authority found that the CultureSafe parties had breached the confidentiality of the settlement and ordered them to pay penalties and general damages.4 On a challenge to the Authority’s substanti...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 112 Vince Roberts Electrical v Carroll [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...2014 Vincent Forsman Roberts was joined as a second defendant in the Employment Court proceedings. 2 This was on the basis that Mr Carroll had asserted that Mr Roberts personally, not the company, was his true employer. Mr Carroll filed a statement of defence and subsequently a cross-challenge against the plaintiff and the second defendant. The identity of Mr Carroll’s employer was put in dispute. The cross-challenge was also in respect of the quantum of awards in his favour...

3. AET Ltd v ZVB Ltd [2013] NZDT 196 (3 August 2013) [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...as AET Ltd’s claim form stated, it carried out the work properly, AET Ltd should be obliged to prove this was the case. However, it is clear from the discussion today that AET Ltd is not raising the quality of its work as an issue; rather, the statement was made in response to ZVB Ltd’s defence. This does not shift the onus away from ZVB Ltd to prove its defence. [12] JS said it could cost in excess of $20,000.00 to remedy the work as the sealant must be rem...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 12 Haven Falls Funeral Home Limited v Tepania [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...defendant relies on the Employment Court Guideline Scale.4 She says that costs should be calculated on a category 2 band b basis and that she is entitled to 4.1 days for her representative’s attendances, which included preparing the statement of defence, preparing and filing of memorandums and attendance at case management conferences. The time allocation of 4.1 days, applied to the category 2 daily recovery rate of $2,390, totalling $9,799. The defendant submits that is a fair a...

5. Defend a claim

   Defend a claim brought under the Privacy Act 2020 You can defend a claim made against you under section 98 of the Privacy Act 2020 by sending a Statement of Reply to the Tribunal. This is an official form you fill in as a defence to the Statement of Claim. Your Statement of Reply must be received by the Tribunal within 22 working days after the day on which you receive the Statement of Claim. Separate forms are for use if you are: named as a defendant in a Statement of Claim under section 98 of...

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6. Trial and prison

   ...read out loud. If one of the jurors knows a witness, they must let the judge know. The judge will decide whether or not they can still be a juror based on how well they know the witness. For more information about juries, see jury service. The Crown and defence counsel (lawyers for the police and for the defendant, Oliver) can each object to up to four of the potential jurors. Counsel can "challenge" potential jurors who they think may be biased towards the people in the trial. The judge explai...

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7. Crimes-Act-2025_Redacted.pdf [pdf, 591 KB]

   I N C O N F I D E N C E In Confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Office of the Associate Minister of Justice (Hon Nicole McKee) Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee Amendments to arrest and defence of property provisions in the Crimes Act Proposal 1 This paper seeks agreement to a policy proposal to amend the Crimes Act 1961 to: 1.1 extend existing immunities from prosecution to empower citizens’ arrest where a person is found committing any Crimes Act offence; 1.2 clarify...

8. [2020] NZEmpC 184 Labour Inspector v Samra Holdings Ltd [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...fourth defendants are unable to pay; and iv. a banning order pursuant to sections 142M(1)(a) and (b) and 142N(1) of the Act. [4] This claim, being made under Part 9A of the Act, is limited to the time period commencing on 1 April 2016. [5] A statement of problem was simultaneously filed in the Employment Relations Authority in relation to the time period from 23 September 2015 (being the date on which the first of the affected employees commenced employment) to 31 March 2016, t...

9. Evaluation of Legal Aid providers survey [pdf, 897 KB]

   ...cases....................................................................................................................................... 38 4.4 Comments: respondents raised concerns about unintended consequences from rotational assignment for legal aid clients and lawyers .......................................................... 40 5. Public Defence Service .................................................................................................. 43 5.1 A minority were dissa...

10. [2008] NZEmpC WC 19A/08 Snowdon v Radio New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 45 KB]

    ...11 December 2008 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON WC 19A/08 WRC 27/08 IN THE MATTER OF an application for a compliance order AND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the defendant for an order striking out the plaintiff's statement of claim BETWEEN LYNNE FRANCES SNOWDON Plaintiff AND RADIO NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 12 November 2008 (Heard at Wellington) Appearances: R A Moodie, Counsel for Plaintiff M F Quigg and J Bates, Counse...