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1. Legal aid grants June 2021 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...is available at www.justice.govt.nz/courts/going-to-court/legal-aid/ Criminal grants Legal aid may be granted in respect of the following criminal matters: (a) criminal proceedings in the District Court, the Youth Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court: (b) appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal proceedings, where the Attorney-General certifies that a question of law of exceptional public importance is involved and that the grant of crimina...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 120 Lye v ISO Ltd [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...the company that s 161(2) precluded considering claims about compliance with s 69OJ, despite the potential difficulty presented by the breadth of the definition of bargaining, [81] In reaching its conclusion the Court drew heavily on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Canterbury Spinners Ltd v Vaughan.38 In that case the Court of Appeal dealt with whether the Authority had jurisdiction to determine the amount of redundancy compensation payable under a clause in an individual emplo...

3. Karaitiana - Runanga 2E [2022] Chief Judges MB 454 (2022 CJ 454) [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...(Emphasis added) 12. Therefore, an order pursuant to section 44 made by the Chief Judge is not capable of being reheard under s43 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act. The only avenue available for seeking the review of an order of the Chief Judge is via an appeal to the Māori Appellate Court. Neither party to the earlier Chief Judge’s application exercised a right of appeal within the prescribed statutory two month timeframe following release of the judgment at 2005 Chief Judge’s MB...

4. [2021] NZACC 174 - Crockford v ACC (5 November 2021) [pdf, 420 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2021] NZACC 174 ACR 226/19 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN PAUL CROCKFORD Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 26 August 2021 Heard at: Via telephone conference Appearances: Mr M Darke, advocate for the appellant Mr I Hunt for the res...

5. Legal aid grants June 2022 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...is available at www.justice.govt.nz/courts/going-to-court/legal-aid/ Criminal grants Legal aid may be granted in respect of the following criminal matters: (a) criminal proceedings in the District Court, the Youth Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court: (b) appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal proceedings, where the Attorney-General certifies that a question of law of exceptional public importance is involved and that the grant of crimina...

6. [2022] NZACC 1 - Namana (6 January 2022) [pdf, 275 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZACC 001 ACR 256/19 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN ELIZABETH NAMANA aka IRIHAPETI KING Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION First Respondent AND ISS FACILITY SERVICES Second Respondent Hearing: 13 December 2021 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau...

7. [2024] NZEmpC 28 Keighran v Kensington Tavern Ltd [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...a teenage co-worker who worked with Mr Keighran at the Tavern. The incident led to Police involvement. Mr Keighran was subsequently charged with indecent assault and he was convicted sometime later, well after his employment came to an end (an appeal against conviction has not yet been determined). [6] The complainant (who I will refer to as Ms A) talked to her manager following the incident. The manager raised the issue with Mrs McLean-Woods. In the meantime, members of Ms A...

8. Interim regulatory impact statement - jury trial timeliness [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...prominent. Jury trial elections affect category 3 cases, most of which are heard in the District Court. If the number of jury trials in the system is reduced, resulting in an increase in the number of JATs, we expect there will be an increase in appeals heard by the High Court (appeal court for JATs), but a lower number of appeals being heard in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court (appeal courts for jury trials). The impact of the options in this paper on the senior courts (High Cou...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 127 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 333 KB]

   ...claimed privilege over a number of documents; b Litigation privilege lapses upon the conclusion of the proceeding in question, which means that the defendant cannot claim litigation privilege in respect of documents in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court proceedings between PRI and LSG (refer LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd v Pacific Flight Catering Ltd & Anor [2014] NZSC 1528). The plaintiff claims that documents that detail the defendant's approach to th...

10. [2014] NZEmpC 206 Gapuzan v Pratt & Whitney Air New Zealand Services t/a Christchurch Engine Centre [pdf, 230 KB]

    ...rights of action and liabilities which are personal to the bankrupt, such as defamation and assault, do not vest in the assignees. 20 [31] A yet more recent example of this principle is found in Cork v Rawlins where the English Court of Appeal considered sums paid under two assurance policies effected by Mr Rawlins with Abbey Life Assurance Co Ltd before he became bankrupt. 21 The issue was whether a Whole of Life Policy which provided for earlier payment on receipt of pr...