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1. Teina Pora compensation claim innocence report [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...in Criminal Cases (1998) (the Cabinet Guidelines). 2. By letter dated 4 June 2015 the Minister asked me to provide advice on Mr Teina Anthony Pora's claim for ex gratia compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. 3. Mr Pora had appealed successfully to the Privy Council against conviction on charges of murder, sexual violation and aggravated burglary. The Privy Council ordered that he should not be retried. On 13 April 2015, Mr Pora appllied for compensation. The M...

2. [2015] NZEnvC 050 Ngati Kahungunu v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND Decision [20 IS] NZEnvC ENV-2013-WLG-0000SO of an appeal under cl 14 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 NGATI KAHUNGUNU IWI INC Appellant THE HAWKES BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent COUli: Environment Judge C J Thompson Environment Commissioner ACE Leijnen Environment Commissioner K Prime Hearing: at Hastings 3 and 4 December 2014 Counsel and Representatives: N J R Tiuka for Ngati Kahungunu Iwi I...

3. LA Terms of Reference - quality and value audits [pdf, 531 KB]

   ...filed, served, or issue on file. 30) Overall, was the work done effective in achieving the client’s reasonable objectives. 31) Did the provider do everything reasonable to assist the client? 32) Where issues, (bail, venue, guilt, appeal etc…) were contested, were the outcomes achieved: (a) better than expected, (b) as expected, (c) worse than expected? 33) In your view, was there any risk that the client was prejudiced in any way by the work done or not don...

4. Waal v Accident Compensation Corporation [2016] NZACA 05 [pdf, 291 KB]

   ACCIDENT COMPENSATION APPEAL AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND [2016] NZACA 5 ACA 07/2015 Peter de Waal Appellant Accident Compensation Corporation Respondent Before: D J Plunkett Counsel for the Appellant: J P Miller Counsel for the Respondent: A D Barnett Date of Hearing: 7 September 2016 Date of Decision: 7 October 2016 __________________________________________________________________ DECISION __________________________________________...

5. Quality and Value Audit Terms of Reference 2018 [pdf, 560 KB]

   ...filed, served, or issue on file. 30) Overall, was the work done effective in achieving the client’s reasonable objectives. 31) Did the provider do everything reasonable to assist the client? 32) Where issues, (bail, venue, guilt, appeal etc…) were contested, were the outcomes achieved: (a) better than expected, (b) as expected, (c) worse than expected? 33) In your view, was there any risk that the client was prejudiced in any way by the work done or not don...

6. [2016] NZEmpC 112 Radius Residential Care Ltd v The NZ Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 431 KB]

   ...the employee is acting as a representative of the union. [45] Halsbury refers to Luce v Bexley London Borough Council, where a teacher was refused time off by the teacher’s employer for the purpose of lobbying Parliament. 8 The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the Industrial Tribunal’s declaration that her “time off” was “intended to convey only political or ideological objections to legislation” and held it was not within the statutory right to time off for union a...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 212 Kristin School Charitable Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   Kristin School Charitable Trust v Auckland Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2022] NZEnvC 212 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN KRISTIN SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST (ENV-2022-AKL-000107) Appellant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent AND BEI GROUP LIMITED Applicant Court: Environment Judge MJL Dickey sitting alone under...

8. AU v ACC (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 098 [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...AND ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT IDENTIFY THE APPELLANT IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2024] NZACC 098 ACR 117/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN AU Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 6 June 2024 Held at: Wellington by AVL Appearances: The Appellant is self-represented J Su...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 88 Rittson-Thomas t/a Totara Hills Farm v Davidson [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...detail of his actual legal costs to enable an assessment to be made of their reasonableness and, thereby, to determine a contribution to such reasonable costs. This is the longstanding approach to costs’ questions, both directed by the Court of Appeal and followed by the Employment Court in practice. [8] In late November 2012, that is about three months before the hearing, Mr Davidson proposed a settlement of the proceedings for the sum of $6,000. This was rejected by Mr Rittson...

10. Ellis v CAC 10069 & Reedy [2012] NZREADT 63 [pdf, 26 KB]

    ...- Member Ms J Robson - Member APPEARANCES J Donovan, Solicitor for the appellant Mr Clancy/Ms MacGibbon for First Respondent No appearance for Second Respondent HEARD at AUCKLAND on 4 October 2012 Introduction [1] This is an appeal by Mr Ellis against the Complaints Assessment Committee decision of 22 December 2011 and the Penalty Decision dated 16 April 2012. Summary of Complaints [2] The second respondent Dr William Reedy was one of three trustees at a proper...