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1. [2024] NZEmpC 224 Kongbang v Lotus Touch Ltd [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Woodhouse “Strengthening enforcement of employment standards” (Ministry for Workplace Relations and Safety, 2015) at [47] and [119](15). can recover money rather than before they can take a case to the Authority. Further, the Court of Appeal has, in the context of this specific Cabinet paper, expressed significant reservations about relying on such documents.13 Therefore, the paper is also of limited use. Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the claims against Mr J...

2. [2024] NZLVT 059 – Westphal v Auckland Council (18 November 2024) [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...terms and conditions as a bona fide seller might be expected to impose; and (b) no improvements had been made on the land. Value of improvements means the added value which at the date of valuation the improvements give to land. The Court of Appeal quoted from the High Court in Bushmere Trust v Gisborne District Council:3 … capital value and market value are not identical concepts. The High Court, however, did not say that capital value and market value were indistinguishable...

3. Mahanga v Mahanga - Taiharuru 2C (2025) 286 Taitokerau MB 172 (286 TTK 172) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...application for a rehearing will not be allowed merely for the purposes of preparing omissions in the presentation of an earlier case or for reshaping that case.4 2 Henare v Māori Trustee – Parengarenga 3G [2012] Māori Appellate Court MB 1 (2012 APPEAL 1) at [14]. 3 At [19]. 4 Henare v Māori Trustee, above n 2, at [20]. 286 Taitokerau MB 176 [16] Further, even where it is established that there has been a miscarriage of justice such that a rehearing is justified,...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 3 Singh v McKee [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...other purposes: (b) if copies of any documents have been made available by any party,— (i) those copies must be returned to that party within 28 clear days after the conclusion of the proceedings or after the conclusion of any related appeal, whichever is the later; and (ii) copies of any of those copies must not be retained by the party to whom those copies were made available: (c) the information contained in any document so disclosed but not used in evidence in the pro...

5. What to expect in the courtroom

   ...also allows evidence to be given by video conference if the judge or registrar agrees and parties consent. Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010 Under section 103 of the Evidence Act 2006, applications can be made to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and any District Court, Family Court or Youth Court for witnesses to give evidence in an alternative way. Alternative ways are outlined in section 105. Video conferencing would be suitable if a witness gives evidence: from an...

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6. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v Woodroffe [2025] NZLCDT 21 (9 April 2025) [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...during a radio broadcast, and spoke about her client in disrespectful terms; • and she failed to treat him with respect and courtesy when she threatened to sue him unless he retracted what he had told the Samoan Court. [2] Mrs Woodroffe has appealed our liability decision. Nonetheless, our task at this penalty hearing involves considering the gravity of the misconduct as we found it in our earlier decision, weighing it against comparable cases and adjusting for aggravating and...

7. Waitangi Tribunal - The Whanganui district [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI DISTRICT 9 THE WHANGANUI DISTRICT SUZANNE CROSS AND BRIAN BARGH APRIL 1996 WORKING PAPER: FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other reports in the Rangahaua Whanui Series available: District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 11A: Wairarapa, P Goldsmith District 13: The Northern South Island, Dr G A Phillipson FOREWORD The research report that follows is one of a series of historical surveys commi

8. ORC - Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd - 3 September 2021 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...discussed further in paragraphs [84] to [98], [105] to [109] and [112] to [116] respectively. (c) At the time that PC8 was developed, Chapter 3 of the PORPS 2019 (which contained the primary freshwater and land management provisions) was under appeal and had not been made operative. Chapters 5 (Land) and 6 (Water) of the Regional Policy Statement for Otago 1998 (RPS 1998) were therefore still operative and had to be given effect to. In March 2021, most of the PORPS 2019 was made...

9. Justice Sector forecast 2012 to 2022 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...framework and operational delivery settings could have a significant impact on current and future forecasts. Justice Sector Forecast 2012-2022 Page 13 4. Forecast results 4.1. Prosecutions requiring a Crown Solicitor Crown prosecutions and appeals are mainly undertaken by Crown Solicitors (under the oversight of the Solicitor-General) or lawyers from Crown Law and are funded by Vote Attorney-General. Crown prosecutions tend to be the more serious cases and, though small i...

10. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government reply to issues 5th report [pdf, 458 KB]

    ...inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act. Such declarations are possible under the Human Rights Act in the context of discrimination law. One declaration has been made to date in respect of age discrimination. That decision is currently under appeal. However, once the appeals process has been exhausted, and if the declaration of inconsistency is upheld by the appellate courts, the Government is obliged to make a formal response in Parliament within four months. Question 3. R...