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1. Family Court rewrite submission: Backbone Collective [pdf, 295 KB]

   1 Submission to the Review into the Family Court 2014 Reforms Prepared by The Backbone Collective P.O. Box 078 300 Grey Lynn AUCKLAND www.backbone.org.nz info@backbone.org.nz November 2018 Introduction Please find here a written submission to the Family Court Review Panel from the Backbone Collective. We ask that the Review Panel read this submission along with notes taken from our face to face meeting with the Panel on 19 September 2018, the submissions

2. [2012] NZEmpC 63 Rooney Earthmoving Ltd v McTague Whiting and Bartlet [pdf, 304 KB]

   ROONEY EARTHMOVING LTD V KELVIN DOUGLAS MCTAGUE NZEmpC CHCH [2012] NZEmpC 63 [23 April 2012] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2012] NZEmpC 63 CRC 21/07 IN THE MATTER OF a de novo challenge BETWEEN ROONEY EARTHMOVING LTD Plaintiff AND KELVIN DOUGLAS MCTAGUE First Defendant AND CLARENCE HENRY WHITING Second Defendant AND KERRY WAYNE BARTLETT Third Defendant Hearing: 21-24 and 29 June 2011 (Heard at Ashburton) And by submissions

3. Evaluation of Victim Support Services [pdf, 810 KB]

   1 Evaluation of Victim Support services Alison Chetwin, Trish Young, Elaine Mossman, Sue Carswell with Sue Triggs Final report July 2018 2 Acknowledgements The evaluators would like to give special thanks to Victim Support’s clients and others who took part in interviews for this evaluation. We’d also like to thank the Victim Support staff in Christchurch, Hutt Valley, Lakes Hub/Bay of Plent

4. 2025 NZSSAA 01 [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...can be recognised as a “reasonable funeral expense” within the context of a funeral grant. 2. Ms XXXX’s former husband, Mr XXXX,1 passed away in October 2022. Mr XXXX was of limited financial means and in the days following his death his family applied for a funeral grant to assist with the cost of his tangihanga. A modest sum of $1,963.64 was sought. This covered the casket ($775), petrol ($162.39) and $1,026.25 for kai. 1 Ms XXXX referred to herself as Mr XXXX’s...

5. BORA - APEC 2021 Bill [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...radiocommunication that is a private communication or personal information, unless required by another Act, or for the purposes of prosecution under the Bill (cl 97(2)-(3)). Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Democratic and civil rights affected by the Bill (ss 14, 16, 17, and 18(1)) 41. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of...

6. Beauchamp v B & T Co (2011) Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 10 [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...time the letter was written, had completed two years’ study towards a Bachelor of Commerce from Massey University and for many years has operated Adzuki Café, interacting with customers and staff in English on a daily basis. Further, it was undisputed that Ms Du had around this time tried to get Ms Beauchamp to sign a contract (that she said she gave all casual employees), that included the following term “Termination of employment may be made at any time, by either party, for any r...

7. Chalecki v Accident Compensation Corporation (Strike out application) [2025] NZACC 163 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...in order to prevent an abuse of process. [10] Inherent powers are generally discussed in conjunction with ss 19 and 108 District Court Act 2016. Those provisions state: 19 Powers of Judges (1) A Judge has the power— (a) to exercise the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the court in accordance with his or her warrant of appointment; and (b) if applicable, to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by a warrant to sit in the Family Court or to conduct jury trials, or conferred by...

8. LCRO 185/2018 GT v NE (16 July 2019) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...determination of the Committee is confirmed. Comment [63] It is surprising and puzzling that Mr GT has complained about conduct which occurred some nine years previously. It is also noted that Mr GT entered into a business relationship with Mr NE’s family interests in 2012 and it is surprising that Mr GT should have entered into such a relationship if he had concerns about the quality of the advice received from Mr NE. This again raises the question as to Mr GT’s motivation fo...

9. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v M [2013] NZLCDT 1 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...dismissed, and costs are reserved. [46] We should also note that Mr M made some criticism of the Standards Committee regarding its discovery/disclosure process, suggesting that sworn lists of items should be provided by it as is the norm in civil proceedings. The Tribunal does not consider that necessary or appropriate in this jurisdiction. The duty on the Standards Committee is to fully and fairly disclose matters relevant to the case against a practitioner, and, if a practi...

10. David Bain interim report of Hon Robert Fisher QC on compensation claim [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    Robert Fisher QC INTERIM REPORT FOR MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON COMPENSATION CLAIM BY DAVID BAIN 13 December 2012 Hon Robert Lloyd Fisher QC, LL.D, FAMINZ; Bankside Chambers, Level 22, Lumley Centre, 88 Short/and Street, Auckland 1140. New Zealand. PO Box 3107, Short/and Street, Auckland 1140, New Zealand. Phone: 64-9-307 8780 Fox: 64-9-377 0997 Emalf: rf@roberrfisher.co.nz. Website: www.robertfisher.co.nz , EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ••..• � .......... . " ............ "