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1. [2022] NZACC 84 – Olliver v ACC (10 May 2022) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 22 April 2022 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau By AVL Appearances: B Hinchcliff for the appellant F Becroft for the respondent Judgment: 10 May 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for treatment injury - s 32, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 5 May 2021. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of: (a) the Corporation’s d...

2. TD v SS & UU [2023) NZDT 318 (20 July 2023) [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...enquiries about progress. He said that he was told by UU that plans would be completed and provided to the [council] before Christmas. This did not happen. In response to his further enquiries in January and February 2021, TD said that he had been informed that the [council] had requested more information, and that its progress was slow. TD then called the [council] himself, and learned that no plans had been submitted at that point. At a subsequent meeting, UU told TD that he, UU, had lear...

3. HB Ltd v NH & KX [2017] NZDT 1452 (11 April 2017) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...account with BB because he knew KX had no money. NH, in giving an example, said he had noticed that when KX first started he had not had any lunch to eat, because he said he had no money. NH also said he had given KX an advance on his wages in the form of groceries in his first fortnight. f. Mr G of BB gave evidence that when he approached KX, after Mr G had discussed the invoices with NH, KX assured him that he accepted the invoices were his, and that he had paid NH in full. How...

4. Brown v TPL 4 Limited - Motatau 1B5B5 (2017) 158 Taitokerau MB 88 (158 TTK 88) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...were sold. The question is whether this was an assignment prohibited by the lease, or is otherwise an alienation requiring approval by the Court. [9] When CHH divested its forestry assets in 2006, it sold shares in other lessee companies which formed part of its forestry assets. One of those was NZ Forestry Products Limited, which held a lease over land administered by the Maraeroa C Incorporation and other Maori land trusts. In The Proprietors of Maraeroa C Block v NZ Forest Pro...

5. MBL v Shadforth [2016] NZIACDT 26 (18 May 2016) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...conduct that is often significant in terms of professional disciplinary matters may fall outside the course of providing immigration advice. For example, a licensed immigration adviser could be dishonest outside of their practice. [14] The Tribunal requested responses on the issue. The Registrar’s view is that the grounds of Mr MBL’s complaint fall within the broad definition of “immigration advice”, and accordingly are within the scope of section 44(1). However, her posit...

6. AF v FG & TI [2024] NZDT 347 (24 April 2024) [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...When the family member visited to collect [the dog] at the time AF had specified no one was home. 14. FG and TI then transferred the $3,384.00 back to AF. On 18 February 2024 FG and TI sent AF the following message: “…We are emailing to inform you that we have been speaking with a lawyer about the ownership of [the dog], and under the Dog Control Act 1996, section 2, a dog owner means a CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 6 person who has the dog in his or her possession, whe...

7. AODT Operational Policy - DELETE [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...depending on the numbers of appearances. A 'whole day' in AODT Court is calculated on attendance at the Court for at least 8 hours. If the Court day is actually shorter than 8 hours, that should be reflected in a lesser time recorded and claimed on the 'Record of attendance/ invoice' form. • attendance at any whānau hui, which are required on occasion at the direction of the presiding judge • other attendances or preparation if required between court sittings �...

8. [2020] NZEmpC 236 Maheta v Skybus New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...time he had been away from that work.14 Skybus relied on the terms of the employment agreement to make this decision. [12] The Authority found that Mr Maheta refused to undertake retraining.15 Instead he wrote a lengthy letter to Skybus making requests for information about minutes of 8 At [27]. 9 At [26]. 10 At [28]. 11 At [30]. 12 At [31]. 13 At [44]. 14 At [44]–[45]. 15 At [46]. the meetings he had attende...

9. LCRO 099/2016 IJ v KL (28 July 2017) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...review are whether Mr KL settled the matter contrary to Mr IJ’s instructions and authority, whether he overcharged Mr IJ, and following settlement 2 whether he withheld from Mr IJ copies of correspondence and information on Mr KL’s fee as requested by Mr IJ. Complaint [5] Mr IJ lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service on 9 December 2014. The substance of his complaint was that Mr KL: (a) Did not keep him informed or act in his interests....

10. [2009] NZEmpC AC 2A/09 Lewis v Howick College Board of Trustees [pdf, 60 KB]

    ...system to deal with complaints against Members of the Employment Relations Authority. The Chief of the Authority has put in place an informal system that such complaints about other Authority Members are made to him. The Chief of the Authority requested my predecessor as Chief Judge to consider any complaints that may be made against the Chief of the Authority. My predecessor agreed, and I agreed, to continue this informal practice upon assuming office in 2005. As I have indicat...