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1. Add or Remove a Class Individual Licence or COA [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...under section 65 of the Land Transport Act 1998, or an earlier equivalent provision?  Yes  No Have you ever been ordered by a court to be imprisoned following conviction for an offence and that conviction or order has not been quashed on appeal?  Yes  No In the last 7 years, have you ever been convicted by a New Zealand court of an offence under the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 or Private Investigators and Security Guards Act 1974 for worki...

2. Zhang v The First Org Ltd (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 11 [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...condition, or requirement shall be unlawful under that provision unless the person whose conduct or practice is in issue, or who imposes the condition or requirement, establishes good reason for it. [18] That section has been described by the Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General in the following terms: 9 [119] Indirect discrimination under s 65 of the Human Rights Act can arise when a criterion in a law or policy, which is not on its face discriminatory, correspon...

3. [2025] NZEmpC 22 Menzies v Corrigan [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...well as the company. [26] On the other hand, I do not consider that there is any basis for a stay of execution of the Authority’s costs award in Mr Corrigan’s favour. That sum remains 12 Although dealing with an application to bring an appeal out of time, the Supreme Court made helpful observations about the necessarily superficial nature of any consideration of the merits of cases at an interlocutory stage in Almond v Read [2017] NZSC 80, [2017] 1 NZLR 801 at [39]....

4. OIA-Use of rough sex defense in court [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...incorrect judicial directions about NSW consent laws. In the retrial, the judge acquitted the defendant; the judgment included an observation that the complainant did not verbally protest or ‘take any physical action to move away.’ The prosecutor’s appeal was successful and the acquittal was set aside, but a retrial was not ordered on the basis it would be unfair to try the accused for a third time. • NSW’s laws were last amended in 2007. They currently contain: o a positive...

5. B-Application-for-an-Individual-Licence-form_Updated_PDF_Final.pdf [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...section 65 of the Land Transport Act 1998, or an earlier equivalent provision?  Yes  No Have you ever been ordered by a New Zealand court to be imprisoned following conviction for an offence and that conviction or order has not been quashed on appeal?  Yes  No In the last 7 years, have you ever been convicted by a New Zealand court of an offence under the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 or Private Investigators and Security Guards Act 1974 for...

6. Pillot - Part Tokaanu B2L(2024) 488 AOT 32 (488 AOT 32) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...King1: “In Brown v Māori Appellate Court 2, the High Court set out the approach to considering an application for partition. That approach has been adopted by this Court, by the Māori Appellate Court, and was recently endorsed by the Court of Appeal 13. This approach is helpfully summarised in Hammond – Whangawehi 1B3H13: The Court has exclusive jurisdiction to grant partition orders in relation to Māori freehold land in accordance with Part 14 of the Act. That jurisdict...

7. [2025] NZEmpC 172 South Pole IP Holding (NZ) Limited v Hao [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...convenience/interests of justice [26] Turning to consider the balance of convenience, on balance I am not satisfied that South Pole has established a basis for a stay. Mr Hao is entitled to the use of all 11 Although dealing with an application to bring an appeal out of time, the Supreme Court made helpful observations about the necessarily superficial nature of any consideration of the merits of cases at an interlocutory stage in Almond v Read [2017] NZSC 80, [2017] 1 NZLR 801 a...

8. [2025] NZLVT 34 - Ovens v Dunedin City Council (4 August 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...evidence of expert valuers on matters relating to the valuation of land according to the standards and methodologies which have been developed over time, both in practice and through decisions of the Land Valuation Tribunal and higher Courts on appeal. [34] In this case, we are satisfied that Mr Gibson’s valuation is thorough and 11 satisfactory in its scope and reasoning. [35] We did not receive any comparable expert evidence from Mr Ovens, but we are satisfied that the con...

9. LCRO 122/2025 MA v HP (30 September 2025) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...2013) at [4]. 3 For an example of a provision in an enactment empowering a judge to extend a time limit, see s 281(1)(a)(ii) of the Resource Management Act 1991. In short, in proceedings under that enactment a judge may waive the time within which an appeal may be lodged. 4 See Jindal v LCRO and A Law Firm [2025] NZHC 2369. 4 Notice of review rights [14] The Committee’s decision, as with every decision or determination issued by a Standards Committee, concludes with the followin...

10. BORA Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill [pdf, 235 KB]

    ...right has been interpreted as including the right not to be compelled to say certain things or to provide certain information.1 1 For example, Slaight Communications v Davidson 59 DLR (4th) 416; Wooley v Maynard 430 US 705 (1977). The Court of Appeal has confirmed that every person has a general common law right to refuse to answer questions posed by an official: Taylor v New Zealand Poultry Board [1984] 1 NZLR 349 (CA); Paul Rishworth et al. The New Zealand Bill of Rights (Oxford...