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1. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert David Serjeant [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF DAVID FREDERICK SERJEANT (PLANNING) ON BEHALF OF DIRECTION MATIATIA INCORPORATED AND OTHERS 30 July 2014 Counsel Acting: K R M Littlejohn Quay Chambers 09 374 1669 littlejohn@quaychambers.co.nz PO Box 106215 AUCKLAND 1143 1 INTRODUCTION 1. My name is David Frederick Serjeant. 2. I hold the qualifications of Bachelor of Town Planning from Auckland University (1979) and Master in Business Studies (Economics) from Massey Universit...

2. EMPC Effective representation in the Employment Court - perspective from the bench [pdf, 300 KB]

   EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE BENCH By Judge Christina Inglis1 1 Judge of the Employment Court, Auckland. 2 Introduction Cases in the Employment Court take many forms. They range from complex arguments about refined legal points to factual disputes. Effective representatives in the Employment Court tend to share a number of common attributes, in...

3. Varela v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 30 (19 March 2014) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...Sanchez Varela Complainant AND Artika Archina Devi Adviser DECISION REPRESENTATION: Registrar: In person. Complainant: In person. Adviser: S Singh, Singhs Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland. Date Issued: 19 March 2014 2 DECISION Preliminary [1] This complainant says he went to the adviser’s practice and dealt only with unlicensed persons. He says he never met the adviser. It is a crimina...

4. Apostolakis v Attorney-General No. 2 (Strike-Out Application) [2017] NZHRRT 53 [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...case law interpreting the term “vexatious”. It is well-established that a vexatious proceeding is one which contains an element of impropriety. See 5 Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Chesterfields Preschools Ltd at [89] and Burchell v Auckland District Court [2012] NZHC 3413, [2013] NZAR 219 at [16]. To this may be added: [15.1] A proceeding may be vexatious, notwithstanding that it may contain the germ of a legitimate grievance or may disclose a cause of action or a ground...

5. FINAL CE Gifts Benefits Expenses Disclosure Workbook 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 [xlsx, 2.7 MB]

   Guidance for agencies Chief Executive Expense Disclosures: A Guide for Agency Staff The following is a summary from "Chief Executive Expense Disclosures: A Guide for Agency Staff": http://www.ssc.govt.nz/assets/Legacy/resources/Chief-Executive-Expense-Disclosure-Guide.pdf Please read that in full first. In the following worksheets, cells shaded light green require input. All other cells are locked to prevent change. Purpose The purpose of regular public disclosure of Chief Execu

6. [2007] NZEmpC AC 10A/07 Harvey White (formerly X) v Auckland DHB [pdf, 57 KB]

   HARVEY DOUGLAS WHITE (FORMERLY "X") V AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD AK AC 10A/07 [15 October 2007] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 10A/07 ARC 52/05 IN THE MATTER OF personal grievances removed from the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs BETWEEN HARVEY DOUGLAS WHITE (FORMERLY "X") Plaintiff AND AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on...

7. [2012] NZEmpC 129 Liu v South Pacific Timber (1990) Ltd [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...plaintiff had chosen to make his present residence elsewhere. 16 [16] It is evident that Mr Liu has close links to New Zealand. He is a New Zealand citizen. He has a wife and two daughters living in New Zealand, who are studying at school and university. He also has some unspecified property here. He appears to have returned from time to time in the past over the course of the last 12 months, having sworn some of his affidavits filed in these proceedings in New Zealand. How...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 178 Twentyman v The Warehouse Ltd interlocutory [pdf, 116 KB]

   ...February 2015 after an investigation meeting over two and a half days in November 2014 and following the receipt of written submissions in early December 2014. [8] Ms Twentyman’s grievances and common law claims for breach of contract were universally unsuccessful in the Authority. It held that The Warehouse Limited (TWL) had not breached the express or implied health and safety terms of Ms Twentyman’s employment agreement with it; that she did not raise her personal...

9. LCDT - 2016 annual report [pdf, 496 KB]

   ...conclusion of the criminal process. That wait has, so far, been in excess of six years. It is expected that both sets of charges will be disposed of within the next year.2 We are acutely aware of the comments of the Court of Appeal in Orlov v. Auckland Lawyers Standards Committee and Or3: “[107]……almost five years later it has still not been resolved. Such a situation is totally unsatisfactory and contrary to the statutory policy that complaints are to be dealt with...

10. [2016] NZEmpC 175 Wikaira v The Chief Executive of Department of Corrections [pdf, 767 KB]

    ...practice at the Northland Prison in respect of basic grade corrections officers, as Ms Wikaira was. Her evidence that she was not made familiar with the 2011 Code of Conduct was uncontradicted. There were, apparently, no records confirming the universal dissemination of the latest Code including, as is usual, personal confirmation of receipt. The best case for the defendant is that Ms Wikaira should have been made aware of the promulgation of the new Code. In large workplaces, t...