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1. The Registrar of Immigration Advisers v Niland [2018] NZIACDT 52 (21 December 2018) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...admitted by her and she has ceased operating in this way. [3] The essential issue to consider is whether Ms Niland set up a business practice to deliberately circumvent her professional obligations or whether, as her counsel contends, she was careless in permitting staff of the company to perform immigration services which only a licensed adviser can undertake. BACKGROUND [4] Ms Niland is a licensed immigration adviser. Her company is Visas NZ Ltd. She is based in New Zealan...

2. Lethbridge v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 403) & Fenton, Fenton v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 403) & Lethbridge [2018] NZREADT 58 [pdf, 506 KB]

   ...had in fact been initialled by the vendor, Mr Fenton. While the Committee found that two copies of the Agreement had been initialled by Mr Fenton, it still considered that the practices adopted by Ms Lethbridge had been characterised by a lack of care.1 The Committee expressed the view that the breach that occurred amounted to conduct in breach of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules) “at a very low level”. A fine of $1500 was i...

3. LCRO 130/2021 TF v SM (8 May 2025) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...doubled at that point. [28] Also in May 2018, the liquidator advised the applicant that she had suffered a major medical event requiring emergency surgery, that she was taking leave of absence to convalesce and that the respondent would “take care of the liquidation” in her absence. [29] In July 2018, the respondent advised the applicant by email that another company (Company D) had expressed interest in buying the land. The respondent set out his view of the essential lega...

4. [2019] NZEmpC 34 Emmerson v Northland District Health Board [pdf, 908 KB]

   ...Background Overview of facts [3] Dr Lynda Emmerson1 worked as a junior doctor for the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) from 2012 until 2015. For much of this time, she worked on the Tumanako Inpatient Unit (the Unit). It provided mental health care for adult inpatients, at Whangarei Hospital. [4] Dr Emmerson did well on the whole as a house officer when working in the Unit in 2014. On becoming a registrar in the same Unit in December 2014, problems arose. [5] First,...

5. CAC20009 v Li [2015] NZREADT 48 [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...because of his early guilty plea. This has been recognised by the Courts where the Supreme Court has said a reduction of about 30% of the proposed tariff is a reasonable reduction in penalty for an early plea of guilty. [23] The Tribunal have carefully considered this case. They consider that Mr Li’s deception was significant. As outlined in the facts, on numerous occasions, he continued to deny the association with his niece Ms Li Li. While there does not appear to have been any...

6. BORA Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2) [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...correspondence or otherwise. There are two limbs to the s 21 right. First, s 21 is applicable only in respect of those activities that constitute a “search or seizure”. Secondly, where certain actions do constitute a search or seizure, s 21 only protects against those searches or seizures that are “unreasonable” in the circumstances. 17.Various provisions in the Bill appear to engage s 21. We will address each of these provisions in turn below. Requiring biometric informat...

7. Sharing information safely: Summary of feedback [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...is safe and appropriate to do so. The Act provides clear authorisation for the sector to collect, use, request and share personal information for permitted purposes. It also clarifies that the sector has a duty to consider sharing if it may help protect a victim, or if it receives a request for information for a permitted purpose. Draft guidance on sharing personal information To assist the sector in implementing the new provisions, the Ministry of Justice developed three draft doc...

8. [2025] NZEmpC 189 Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa New Zealand Nurses Organisation Inc v Health New Zealand [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...case that the notices of deduction did not meet the requirements of s 95B of the Act, and that the balance of convenience favours NZNO. [47] In addition, I accept the point made by Mr Cranney, that wages are a special type of contractual payment protected by statute, and that deductions are generally constrained.9 Making deductions from wages for partial strikes, while now permitted, is a serious departure from that general position. 8 The New Zealand Fire Service Commission...

9. OIA-97846.pdf [pdf, 14 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 19 September 2022 Our ref: OIA 97846 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: non-discrimination in the Human Rights Act Thank you for your email of 23 July 2022, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), documents regarding non-discrimination in the Human Rights Act. Specifically, you requested: “…all infor

10. [2019] NZEnvC 189 508 Chapel Road Partnership Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

    ...activities, which is to provide for the community's social, economic and cultural wellbeing, while being compatible with the scale and intensity of development anticipated by the zone so as to contribute to the amenity of the neighbourhood and the protection of residential character and amenity. 5 [17] The JWS goes on to identify that although the noise issues were not the reason for refusal, they were satisfied with some amendments to the conditions and the noise management ....