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1. Glossary of terms

   ...questions in court to support their case. Expert witness A person who is a specialist in a subject who may present his or her expert opinion, without having witnessed the actual criminal event. File To file a document with a registry of the High Court. First appeal The first time you appeal a decision of a court. First appeal court The level of court that decides the first appeal. Further appeal When you appeal the decision made by the court that heard the first appeal. For example, if you appe...

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2. LCRO 8/2020 PA v ZN (21 December 2022) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...at [6]. 3 [10] Mr ZN’s position throughout the various litigation between himself and [Company A] has been that Mr PA was his lawyer in various matters over a long period of time. [11] In one instance, during June 2014, Mr PA filed an appeal on Mr ZN’s behalf in connection with proceedings in which Mr ZN had been involved in the Family Court. Mr PA had not acted for Mr ZN in the Family Court. [12] Mr PA terminated the appeal retainer within a matter of days after filin...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 254 G I Finlay Trustees Ltd v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 299 KB]

   GI FINLAY TRUSTEES LTD v WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT COUNCIL IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 254 IN THE MATTER of an appeal under s 325A(7) of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN GI FINLAY TRUSTEES LIMITED, BETH MARY DANIEL and BARRY CARE DANIEL (ENV-2022-AKL-000189) Appellants AND WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge L J Semple Enviro...

4. CPA Form 8 Notice of application for leave to refer question of law by Solicitor-General [pdf, 13 KB]

   Form 8 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO REFER QUESTION OF LAW BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL Subpart 11, Part 6, Criminal Procedure Act 2011 In the Court of Appeal of New Zealand Solicitor-General reference Proceeding in which the question of law arose: ………………….…………………..………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Court i...

5. [2015] NZSSAA 028, 22 April [pdf, 40 KB]

   [2015] NZSSAA 028 Reference No. SSA 167/14 IN THE MATTER of the Social Security Act 1964 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal by XXXX of XXXX against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee BEFORE THE SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL AUTHORITY Mr R D Burnard − Chairperson Mr K Williams − Member Lady Tureiti Moxon − Member HEARING at WELLINGTON on 13 April 2015 APPEARANCES Mr G Howell – for the appellant Ms E Kirkman for Chief Executive of the Mini...

6. Bratton v Le Lievre - Muriwhenua Incorporation [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 351 (2017 APPEAL 351) [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...ON COSTS Copies to: J Kahukiwa, Corban Revell Lawyers, DX DP92558 K Dixon/W Rihaka, Dixon & Co Lawyers, PO Box 10 081 2017 Māori Appellate Court MB 352 Introduction [1] This appeal was dismissed on 8 June 2017. Counsel were invited to exchange submissions on costs and these were filed on 8 August and 6 September 2017 respectively.1 [2] The appellant is legally aided.2 Pursuant to s 45(2) of the Legal Services Act...

7. [2016] NZEmpC 64 McIvor v Saad [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...today in court to renew Mr Saad’s application for adjournment, Mr Saad is not here as the Court would have expected. [4] The judgment from which these various applications emanate was delivered on 19 August 2015. 1 Mr Saad is attempting to appeal that judgment but was initially out of time to do so and must therefore seek the leave of the Court of Appeal. [5] Ms Moncur has advised me today that, although she is not entitled to appear for Mr McIvor as she has in this Court as an...

8. BL v DQ [2020] NZDT 1303 (12 November 2020) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...having been made. If you are applying outside of the 20 working day timeframe, you must also fill out an Application for Rehearing Out of Time. PLEASE NOTE: A rehearing will not be granted just because you disagree with the decision. Grounds for Appeal There are very limited grounds for appealing a decision of the Tribunal. Specifically, the Referee conducted the proceedings (or a Tribunal investigator carried out an enquiry) in a way that was unfair and prejudiced the result of the...

9. Kemp v Kemp - Margaret Marata Kemp [2010] 2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 7 (2010 APPEAL 7) [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...(in person) Hearing: 12 February 2009 at 14 Takitimu Appellate MB 99 (heard at Hastings) Judgment: 26 February 2010 JUDGMENT OF THE APPELLATE COURT Introduction [1] At the conclusion of the hearing of this matter we dismissed the appeal and confirmed that written reasons for our decision would be provided in due course. [2] The essential question in this appeal is whether the Māori Land Court had jurisdiction to make orders under s242 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act...

10. NS v T Ltd [2021] NZDT 1593 (23 June 2021) [pdf, 214 KB]

    ...having been made. If you are applying outside of the 20 working day timeframe, you must also fill out an Application for Rehearing Out of Time. PLEASE NOTE: A rehearing will not be granted just because you disagree with the decision. Grounds for Appeal There are very limited grounds for appealing a decision of the Tribunal. Specifically, the Referee conducted the proceedings (or a Tribunal investigator carried out an enquiry) in a way that was unfair and prejudiced the result of the...