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1. [2015] NZEmpC 54 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...India of about $150 per week, all but $20 of which is taken up with essentials such as board and lodging and food. Mr Goel has spent his days since his dismissal attempting to advance himself educationally (albeit, I infer, informally) at Victoria University of Wellington, and preparing for these proceedings at the University’s Law School library. [17] Even now, the circumstances in which Mr Goel spent four or five days in Wellington Hospital’s psychiatric unit after his dismis...

2. Te Wini v Askelund [2015] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...Wini’s submissions on the evidence and on the law were due on 8 May 2015, Mr Askelund’s submissions were due on 29 May 2015 and Mr Te Wini’s submissions in reply were due on 12 June 2015. These dates were fixed to accommodate Mr Te Wini’s university commitments (assignments were due on 20 and 29 April 2015). Neither party has filed submissions. Given the delays which have occurred in this case we do not intend postponing our decision any longer. LIABILITY [10] Before the Tri...

3. Henderson v Brooking - Wharekahika A47 [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2023 APPEAL 17) [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...circumstances that may result in a trustee being unsuitable to hold office.”28 This approach is consistent with how examples in legislation are to be interpreted, per s 23 of the Legislation Act 2019. 25 Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2012). 26 Oxford Thesaurus of English (Oxford University Press, 2009). 27 Wallace v Naknok [2012] NZHC 382, (2012) 3 NZTR 22-005, at [10]; Hall v Radich-Chaytor [2020] NZHC 409, at [46]. 28 Rihari v Auckland - Takou...

4. E64 Angela Bull - EIC - VHHL [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...am the Chief Executive Officer of Tramco Group, which is responsible for three significant property portfolios, including Viaduct Harbour Holdings Limited (VHHL). I was appointed to my current role in February 2016. 1.3 I graduated from the University of Auckland in 1998 with Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees. I have extensive experience in the property investment, development and infrastructure fields. Between 2008 and 2015 I was the General Manager – Property...

5. Making Aotearoa Safer and more Inclusive Summary of engagement [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...hui throughout Aotearoa, including hui with Māori, Pasifika and ethnic communities, disability, rainbow and faith-based communities. Hui were conducted between 13 July and 6 August 2021. We completed four general hui General hui were held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and online. The Ministry of Social Development emailed 210 organisations and individuals, inviting them to attend a general hui. The Ministry of Justice, Department of Internal Affairs and the Department of Prime...

6. Five complainants v Kumar [2015] NZIACDT 82 (17 August 2015) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...advocate for Mr Kumar. She contends she has ample experience and skill to take on the role of counsel in an oral hearing before this Tribunal. She points to having worked in a law office as an unqualified clerk, and completing three law papers at university. [11] Her work in the law firm was confined to the firm’s immigration practice. In this role, she appeared as an advocate on at least two occasions before the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in 1999 and 2000. This was prior to the...

7. Vikashwarjeet v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 27 (17 March 2014) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...NZHC 1069, and reflected in section 3 of the Act. [40] It is evident the legislative scheme has been constructed in a manner designed to exclude unlicensed people being engaged in the delivery of professional services, to a degree that is far from universal in the regulation of professional service delivery. [41] It was foreseeable that some people who had formerly provided immigration services, and failed to gain a licence, would seek to have a licensed person “rubber stamp” thei...

8. Apostolakis v Public Trust (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...survey of the case law interpreting the term “vexatious”. It is well-established that a vexatious proceeding is one which contains an element of impropriety. See 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: [27.1] 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 g...

9. [2024] NZSSAA 01 (30 January 2024) [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...“received”, within s 188. 23 [2018] NZSSAA 24. 24 [2018] NZSSAA 24, at [20]. 25 Bryan A Garner (ed) Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed, West, St Paul, United States of America, 2009) at 649; and Oxford English Dictionary (online ed, Oxford University Press, 2023) at “entitled”. 26 Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson (ed) Concise Oxford English Dictionary (11th ed, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008) at 1199. 12 63. As Ms Marks pointed out, “entitled to r...

10. [2013] NZEmpC 150 McConnell v Board of Trustees of Mt Roskill Grammar School [pdf, 155 KB]

    ...interpretation. The meaning of an enactment must be ascertained from its text and in the light of its purpose. Even if the meaning 2 [2013] NZEmpC 55. 3 Central Clerical Workers IUOW v Victoria University Students’ Association [1990] 2 NZILR 294 at 300 and New Zealand Public Service Association v Electricity Corporation of NZ Ltd, Marketing Division [1991] 2 ERNZ 365 at 376-377. 4 Interpretation Act 1999, s 5. 5 [2007] 3 NZLR...