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1. [2007] NZEmpC AC 15/07 Gates v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 35 KB]

   ...seeks that the proceedings be stayed until such time as the order for costs, earlier made by the Employment Relations Authority in a determination dated 8 March 2005, has been complied with by the plaintiff. As a further alternative the defendant requests a stay on condition that the plaintiff pay the amount of the costs order into Court. [2] The grounds for the application are that there is reason to believe that the plaintiff will be unable to meet the costs of the defendant if...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 182 Fletcher v Sharp Studhope Lawyers [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...minute dated 13 January 2014 the Authority member required STL to provide the Authority with an unredacted version of the contested documentation in order to assist her in determining whether it was relevant to Mr Fletcher’s personal grievance claims. STL complied with the request. By minute dated 4 February 2014 the Authority declined to order full disclosure. Mr Fletcher filed a challenge. STL applied to strike out the challenge, primarily on the basis that it is precluded by...

3. XL v FJ [2021] NZDT 1618 (22 June 2021) [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...need to consider and evaluate all the evidence presented to me, including any oral evidence given at the hearing. I must weigh up this evidence to decide what is more likely than not. I would like to assure the parties that all the evidence and information presented has been considered, but this order refers only to the essential evidence and information that I consider material to the issues and it is not intended to be a full record of the hearings or of the evidence and information pres...

4. [2025] NZLVT 13 - Northview Capital Ltd v Hamilton City Council (21 March 2025) [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...[6] The specified date agreed between the parties is 23 December 2019 (specified date). Following the specified date construction of the roundabout proceeded so that by 2022 it was complete. Approximately 150 m of Whatukooruru Drive has been formed as a stub road which provides access to the remaining 17 ha of the claimant’s land (the remaining land or balance land). The claimant is in the process of developing the balance land as a residential subdivision. [7] HCC says that...

5. [2016] NZEmpC 20 Roy v Board of Trustees of Tamaki College [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...education. [20] The plaintiff says that on 30 August 2010 he sent an email to the Principal stating his belief that the defendant had acted unfairly and unlawfully in the course of its investigation of the complaints against him on 4 August 2010, and he requested that the Principal apologise to him. The plaintiff says that on 16 September 2010, the Principal, Mrs Pamaka, wrote to the Chairperson of the Board setting out her complaints against the plaintiff under the heading “Matt...

6. Family Legal Advice Service operational policy version 1.4 [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...Policy for providing early legal advice for disputes under the Care of Children Act 2004 Family Legal Advice Service Operational Policy v1.4 August 2016 Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency, or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and fully exclude...

7. LCRO 240/2017 O & B HN v JJ Lawyers (22 June 2018) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...trading as JJ Lawyers [(JJL)]. [2] They made the complaint with the aim of recovering from [JJL] the sum of $8050 they paid in advance to Mr FT, trading as [LV] Law Specialists, for employment dispute services for Mrs HN which they say were never performed. [3] In their complaint, they submitted that [JJL] should be ordered to compensate them in that amount because, by permitting Mr FT to use a room in or adjacent to their office premises that was not differentiated from those by si...

8. [2022] NZACC 2 - Brooks v ACC (6 January 2022) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...advised: This is a clinical picture of established osteoarthritis (OA) of the right ankle joint symptomatically aggravated by the claim accident but not caused by it. A direct causal link of the right ankle OA, now requiring treatment, to the claimed personal injury by the accident of 16 October 2018 cannot be established. [9] On 16 April 2019, Mr Fong provided further comment in relation to whether or not Mr Brooks had suffered a fracture of the right talus as a result of his acc...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 15 TradeZone Industrial Group Ltd v Stanton [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...invoices to Supplier A. [25] On 20 January 2025 Ms Mitchell received a call from Supplier A seeking payment of their January invoice. When she advised that she had made the payment, Supplier A advised that they had not received any payment and requested proof of payment. Ms Mitchell emailed proof of payment, which included the bank account number into which the payment was made. Ms Mitchell also sought confirmation of Supplier A’s email address on TradeZone’s system. Suppl...

10. LCRO 124-2014 SM v TK [pdf, 236 KB]

    ...wife. [3] Ms SM rendered an account for her services in July 2012. [4] Her account was not paid. 2 [5] Ms SM claimed a lien over Mr TK’s file on account of unpaid fees. Included on the file was Mr TK’s passport. [6] Mr TK made repeated requests to Ms SM to have his passport returned. Ms SM refused to provide the passport. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [7] Mr TK lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (the Complaints S...