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...sum is to be paid by Mr Halse to the Hamilton City Council within 28 days of the date of this judgment. J C Holden Judge Judgment signed at 11.45 am on 12 September 2023 4 Employment Court Regulations 2000, reg 68(1). 5 Victoria University of Wellington v Alton-Lee [2001] ERNZ 305 (CA) at [63]; Binnie v Pacific Health Ltd [2002] 1 ERNZ 438 (CA) at [14].
...appropriate to distinguish between costs and disbursements. Counsel relies, for this submission, on the judgment of the Court of Appeal in another employment case, Health Waikato Ltd v Elmsly. 6 Ms Holden concedes that this is not an approach of universal application but might sometimes be appropriate. [13] Challenging the disbursements which constitute Mr Gilbert’s actuary’s fees and disbursements ($62,541), the defendant says these were about 40 per cent more than the cos...
1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2018] NZHRRT 25 Reference No. HRRT 025/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN YAN GUO PLAINTIFF AND STEPHEN JAMES CULPAN DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms Yan Guo in person Ms HC Stuart for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 14 May 2018 DATE OF DECISION: 19 June 2018 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL...
...Introduction [1] My full name is Alison Devlin. I am the general manager – planning and development of Willowridge Developments Limited (Willowridge), a role I have been in since 2012. I have a BA(HONS) in Environmental Planning from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) and an MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Paisley (Scotland). I am also a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Prior to taking up my current position I had 14 years experience...
...Bullen, P, Denny, S, Crengle, S, Dyson, B, Fortune, S, Lucassen, M, Peiris-John, R, Robinson, E, Rossen, F, Sheridan, J, Teevale, T and Utter, J. 2013. Youth’12 Overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012. Auckland: The University of Auckland. 28 Synthetic cannabis is not cannabis but a plant material that has had a synthetic cannabinoid sprayed onto it. 29 Ministry of Health. 2016. The New Zealand Drug Harm Index 2016. health.govt.nz/publication/r...
...voluntary resignation by an otherwise qualified long-serving employee will qualify as “retiring” for retiring gratuity purposes. We agree that the payment relates to long service, since that is one of its qualifying aspects. However, it is not universally available. As Ms Panettiere’s circumstances indicate, there are threshold criteria that must be met; if not met, the entitlement is not given. Moreover, the grant of the gratuity is the subject of discretion (the scope of...
...them in the Authority. The facts [6] Evidence was given by way of affidavit. Only Mr Eveleigh was required for cross-examination. [7] Mr Broughan is the managing director of Auto-Movements, a car transportation company which operates out of Auckland and Wellington. In September 1996 Auto-Movements purchased this business from Mr Eveleigh who had established it. [8] The sale was accompanied by a restraint of trade. Although this was not produced in evidence it was quoted in...
...Caisley’s memorandum on behalf of Zeal referred to the Court’s power to award costs in schedule 3 clause 19 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (“the Act”) and the leading authorities, including the three Court of Appeal cases of Victoria University of Wellington v Alton-Lee1, Binnie v Pacific Health Limited2 and Health Waikato v Elmsly3. He submitted that the primary principle is that costs should follow the event, a proposition which Mr Little, in opposition, did not dis...
...justify extending her allowance beyond the 120 week limit applicable to her. Factual background [3] The appellant is a 43 year old single student who came to New Zealand as a political refugee in 2003. From 2008−2011 she undertook a number of university courses which appear to have been intended to prepare her for further university study. 2 In 2012 she enrolled for a three year Bachelor of Design degree. Unfortunately, before the course commenced, ill health forced her to...
...required in connection with a proceeding or an intended proceeding. 5 New Zealand Railways Corp v New Zealand Seamen’s IUOW (1989) ERNZ Sel Cas 321 (LC). 6 See Helen Winkelmann “Access to Justice: We Need More (Than) Lawyers” (Address to University of Waikato, 24 August 2022). [14] While s 237B was enacted over seven years ago,7 no regulations have been made pursuant to it. Somewhat surprisingly, it appears that the Employment Court is the only court in New Zea...