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1. National Standards Committee 2 v Mr Y [2023] NZLCDT 1 (12 January 2023) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...Standards Committee [2017] NZHC 1824. 10 Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Tregenza [2016] NZLCDT 31. 11 Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Horsley [2014] NZLCDT 47. 6 [21] In relation to the second charge, the Jefferies matter, on appeal, resulted in a suspension of four months. We accept Mr Napier’s submission that the mitigating features present in this case were not present in Jefferies and we note that Mr Jefferies also misled the Police at the time of his...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 125 Bay of Islands Maritime Park Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 436 KB]

   pNRP – Topic 14 – confidentiality order IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 125 IN THE MATTER OF appeals under clause 14(1) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for confidentiality orders under section 277 of the Act BETWEEN BAY OF ISLANDS MARITIME PARK INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-000117) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (...

3. Team Leader AODTC PD 2023 [doc, 131 KB]

   ...Service Delivery Group is responsible for the Ministry's operational services, including the courts, tribunals, Legal Aid, centralised national services and provider and community services. The services we deliver support access to the Court of Appeal, High Court, 58 District Courts, Coroner’s Court, Environment Court, Employment Court and Māori Land Court. We want the judiciary to receive quality, effective support, wherever they are. We also operate 29 tribunals, authorities and com...

4. NZBORA-advice-AP-Education-and-Training-Amendment-Bill-final-for-publication-v2.pdf [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...enter a consensual arrangement with others and promote common interests of the group. By protecting the right of individuals to decide freely whether they wish to associate with others, it also includes the right not to associate. 18. The Court of Appeal has previously said that while the right to collective bargaining arises out of the right to freedom of association, it is generally not regarded as an element of freedom of association.9 However, more recently the Canadian Supreme Court...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 140 Sharma v Prolife Foods Ltd [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...intervention, which was unsuccessful. [20] At no point did her immigration advisors suggest that she take any steps against Prolife Foods, and she did not seek or obtain employment advice. It was only in June 2023, after she had unsuccessfully appealed her deportation order, that she understood that she could take action against Prolife Foods. Two requirements for leave to be granted [21] Under s 114 of the Act, leave may be granted to raise a personal grievance outside the presc...

6. Poutu v McDonald - Kaipakopako 2C2 (2024) 487 Aotea 78 (487 AOT 78).pdf [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...or refusal to act must be more than a one-off instance. What constitutes repeatedly is to be judged in context with a focus on the nature of the refusal. 3 Henderson v Brooking – Wharekahika A47 [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2023 APPEAL 17) at [28]. 4 Nikora v Trustees of Tuhoe - Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua Trust (2021) 252 Waiariki MB 157 (252 WAR 157) at [69]. 5 Above n 3, at [28]. 487 Aotea MB 81 Kua tāruarua whakakahoretia a Mr McDonald i ngā mahi? Has Mr...

7. [2023] NZEmpC 175 Carrington Resort Jade LP v Maheno [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...in the suggestion that the proceedings may be in some way an abuse of the Court’s processes for the purposes of r 15.1(1)(d) of the High Court Rules. However, the right to access justice is an important human right.16 Therefore, the Court of Appeal has 15 Attorney-General v Prince [1998] 1 NZLR 262 (CA) at 267; and Couch v Attorney-General [2008] NZSC 45, [2008] 3 NZLR 725 at [33]; see also Carrington Resort Jade LP v Maheno [2023] NZEmpC 78 at [13]. 16 Faloon v The Plann...

8. Re Dunstan (Rejection of Statement of Claim) [2023] NZHRRT 34 [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...with the agency concerned; or (b) there is an alternative dispute resolution process available to resolve the complaint because of the agency’s membership of a particular profession or industry; or (c) there is an adequate remedy or right of appeal, other than the right to petition the House of Representatives or to make a complaint to an Ombudsman, that it would be reasonable for the complainant to pursue; or (d) the complaint relates to a matter in respect of which a code of prac...

9. Expression of Interest High Court Judge 2022 form [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...turn consult, on a confidential basis, Presidents of relevant District Law Societies and/or respected and trustworthy practitioners. I consent to my name being passed to the Chief Justice, Chief High Court Judge or the President of the Court of Appeal and others deemed appropriate by them, or by the Attorney-General or Solicitor-General as part of the consultation process. I understand that my Expression of Interest form, my curriculum vitae, and any other material supplied and held...

10. Equal Pay Amendment Bill [pdf, 303 KB]

    ...c. prevents a person from commencing proceedings in the Authority or the court to the extent that those proceedings concern a review clause ( or a term or condition of an employment agreement based on such a clause); d. requires any challenges or appeals underway relating to a decision of the Authority or court on a review clause to be decided under the amended pay equity framework. 22. I have considered whether these provisions engage the right to judicial review and the right to bring...