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1. Steele v Board of Trustees of Salisbury School [2012] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...instantaneously. Neither Mr Heal nor Mr Steele at any relevant time told the School that Mr Heal was not acting in the Privacy Act matter. 9 [45] We are not prepared to accept Mr Steele’s evidence on this point. His evidence relied on an affidavit (the first affidavit) sworn by Mr Heal on 20 October 2011. At paragraphs 3 and 4 Mr Heal then deposed: 3 It has come to my attention that Salisbury School is the defendant in these proceedings has informed the Human Rights Review T...

2. LCRO 73/2019 LM v NO (27 July 2020) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...(h) At the most, his involvement with S lasted from approximately February/March 2018 until approximately late June 2018. (i) Neither PQ nor S has expressed any concern about Mr NO’s conduct. [48] In support of his position, Mr NO provided affidavits sworn by PQ and by his Practice Manager [WX]. Both have said that Mr NO did not act for S. I refer to this evidence further below. 10 Analysis Preliminary: [49] Both Ms LM and Mr NO have raised preliminary issues, which I...

3. [2020] NZEnvC 157 Hawthenden Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council.pdf [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...a 25 working day time period would be set for the filing of s274 notices to join as parties; (d) those who give s274 notice would be required to provide "written feedback" to QLDC and file this with the court together with any landscape affidavit evidence in support or opposition to what QLDC proposes; (e) QLDC would provide an updated position on the mapping alteration in light of this feedback and, unless that updated mapping is not opposed, file associated rebuttal landscape...

4. Blaikie v Lawless - Lake Taupo Forest Trust (2022) 450 Aotea MB 247 (450 AOT 247) [pdf, 333 KB]

   ...2019 Trust Order. That is as far as I can take this issue, based on the application before me. Ngā meka The facts [25] The facts are not in dispute and are critical in determining this application. 450 Aotea MB 253 [26] The two affidavits of Trust Chairperson Mr Ellis, filed on behalf of the Trust, helpfully set out the facts relevant to the issues I must determine. I summarise these below:9 [27] The Trust is an Ahu Whenua Trust constituted by Court order on 1...

5. Andrews v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2025] NZACC 17 (29 January 2025) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...Reviewer. Ms Hannan issued a decision on 15 May 2024 dismissing the review application. She was satisfied that the evidence supported an incapacity from July 2014. [44] A Notice of Appeal was filed thereafter. Mr Andrews has also provided an affidavit in which he sets out that he could not have done his 2005 work, in 2014. [45] I set out Mr Andrews affidavit in full – 1. On 12 March 2005, I had a rugby injury. 2. I was 32 years old at the time of the injury. 3. That injury...

6. Witana v Tau - Omapere Taraire E (2019) 191 Taitokerau MB 1 (191 TTK 1) [pdf, 535 KB]

   ...The valuation obtained by the trustees 6 “Setting Apart Māori Freehold Land as a Māori Reservation” (17 October 2002) 154 New Zealand Gazette 3925 at 3961, see Title Notice 15 TNTOK 44. 7 Affidavit of T Wihongi, sworn 5 July 2018, exhibit A, schedule 5. assessed compensation at $10,108.00. The valuation obtained by Top Energy assessed compensation at $20,000.00. [27] On 28 September 2017, Mr Tau sent an email to the o...

7. LCRO 175/2022 OP v VN (10 October 2023) [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...files on request; (c) Mr VN undertook legal work not covered by legal aid without instructions to do so; (d) Mr VN undertook legal work on a possible appeal of Mr OP’ss 2013 criminal convictions when he had been instructed not to do so until an affidavit had been obtained from a court bailiff and, if the affidavit had been obtained, legal aid would have covered Mr OP’ss costs of representation; 4 (e) Mr VN failed to take reasonable care in that he had made errors in the prepa...

8. LL v Sun [2019] NZIACDT 3 (30 January 2019) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...Following a telephone conference on 23 June 2017, the Registrar and the adviser agreed that the matter could be heard on the papers. The Tribunal advised in its minute of that date that it would give notice if it did not accept parts of Mr Sun’s affidavit without hearing from him. [46] A further minute was issued on 20 November 2018 stating that while the Tribunal accepted Mr Sun believed the company was merely performing clerical work, there remained a legal issue as to whethe...

9. MZ v Sun [2019] NZIACDT 12 (4 March 2019) [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...agreed to cooperate on importing New Zealand products into China. [21] Immigration New Zealand approved the visa on 13 March 2014. A work visa was issued to the complainant on about 8 April 2014. 2 Affidavit Mr Sun, 30 August 2016, at [26]. 5 [22] Following his arrival in New Zealand, the complainant says that he found the business plan did not match what he had approved. A request to Immigration New Zealand on 2 December 2014 (th...

10. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Holland [2022] NZLCDT 9 (3 March 2022) [pdf, 216 KB]

    ...net assets under $15,000. That notional position was achieved by distributing the proceeds of term deposits proximate to her mother’s death, and by ignoring a debt of $53,000 owed by Ms Holland to her mother’s estate. 4 Ms Holland’s affidavit 27 May 2021, Ex A at [20]. 5 Ms Holland’s affidavit 27 May 2021, Ex A at [21]. 6 NoE p 86, lines 10 – 18. 7 “That’s not what I recall” NoE 90, line14. 8 NoE p 94, line 16. 6 [16] Ms Holland was adjudicated ban...