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1. LCRO 034/2017 TC v DM (30 April 2019) [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...scope of review [20] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:2 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

2. LCRO 240/2016 HM v NL (28 November 2018) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...scope of review [26] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:5 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

3. LCRO 203/2017 HI v JK (6 August 2020) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...scope of review [38] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

4. LCRO 162/2018 BQ v XR (29 September 2020) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...scope of review [31] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:2 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

5. LCRO 194/2017 MA v NB, OC and PD (20 September 2019) [pdf, 344 KB]

   ...scope of review [23] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

6. [2020] NZEmpC 73 Waste Management NZ Ltd v Jones [pdf, 361 KB]

   ...Shipley. [16] Before discussing why Ms Jones considered she was constructively dismissed it is appropriate to discuss what that means. Constructive dismissal [17] In Auckland Shop Employees’ Union v Woolworths (NZ) Ltd the Court of Appeal accepted constructive dismissal arose in situations such as where:3 (a) an employer had given an employee an option of resigning or being dismissed; (b) an employer had followed a course of conduct with a deliberate and dominant pur...

7. [2019] NZEmpC 113 Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Ltd v Scott [pdf, 576 KB]

   ...and confidence, but also on a legislative requirement for good faith behaviour; and by acknowledging and addressing the inherent inequality of power in employment relationships. [68] In NZ Tax Refunds Ltd v Brooks Homes Ltd, the Court of Appeal confirmed interim injunction principles as follows:5 The approach to an application for an interim injunction is well established. The applicant must first establish that there is a serious question to be tried or, put another way...

8. LCRO 80/2021 A LN and B LN v QG (9 November 2021) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...scope of review [24] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:10 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

9. LCRO 42/2021 JKL Limited v HC and GD (30 August 2021) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...scope of review [62] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:12 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. 12 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZHC 158, [2012] NZAR 209 at [39]–[41]. 13 The Review Officer has broad powers t...

10. LCRO 40/2021 PT v UT and RL t/a Law Firm A (28 April 2022) [pdf, 266 KB]

    ...represented by Ms CZ. [42] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:2 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. 2 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZHC 158, [2012] NZAR 209 at [39]–[41]. 11 The Review Officer has broad powers...