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1. [2023] NZEmpC 181 Henderson Travels Ltd v Kaur [pdf, 296 KB]

   ...extent that the keys were needed to allow the electrician access to the office, there was no connection between that work and requiring the laptop and mobile phone to be left behind. Mr Sikri could not adequately explain why he denied Ms Kaur’s request to take the laptop home and to work from there. He attempted to say it was for security reasons, referring to an unfortunate incident when someone attempted to take Mr Grover’s work laptop from him while he was away from...

2. August 2017 Legal Aid News [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...News is generally published in the last week of every month. IN THIS ISSUE … Changes to Legal Aid News Mileage rate changing to $0.73 per km and $0.81 per km (electric car) for invoices received from 1 September 2017 Criminal application forms – AVL option added in signature section Parole applications Couple of reminders Queries? Changes to Legal Aid News We are making changes to the way legal aid provider news will be delivered in the future. As of next month, new...

3. [2016] NZEmpC 158 Kidd v Beaumont [pdf, 460 KB]

   ...“volunteer” in the book version of Black’s Law Dictionary includes an “officious intermeddler” in relation to the term “mere volunteer”. In turn, an officious intermeddler is: “Someone who confers a benefit on another without being requested or having a legal duty to do so, and who therefore has no legal grounds to demand restitution for the benefit conferred”: hence, I imagine, the equitable principle that ‘equity will not assist a volunteer’. [56] Usual,...

4. Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 106 (25 June 2024) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...at: Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara by AVL Appearances: B Hinchcliff for the Appellant F Becroft for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 25 June 2024 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for personal injury – ss 20, 25, 26, Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 30 October 2023. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of th...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 146 Hally Labels Ltd v Powell costs [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...unreasonable position in opposing the plaintiff’s interlocutory application for leave to amend pleadings prior to trial. The lengthy hearing of that application degenerated into what was effectively a strike-out application by Mr Powell without any formal application having been filed. Leave was granted to the plaintiff extending the time to file the amended pleadings. 4 [8] Counsel for Hally submits in the alternative that, should it not receive an award of costs, then cost...

6. Benjamin v Southern District Health Board (Strike-Out Application) [2020] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...summarised a phone call between Mr Ritchie and Mr Medlicott. The email stated that the Privacy Commissioner requires particular instances of disclosure or use of information to be identified before it notifies a complaint to an agency. Mr Ritchie requested that Mr Medlicott point out to him any instances of disclosure or other information that was particularly important or telling. The email then concluded: I will be in touch once I have reviewed the information you have provided more...

7. Hamblyn v Auckland City Council [pdf, 53 KB]

   ...document that the master bedroom ranch slider was installed in a different position than indicated on the plans. • Failing to carry out inspections with sufficient thoroughness to note the 75% increase in size of the balcony. • Failing to request new drawings and engineering calculations for the increased size of the balcony. • Issuing the final Code of Compliance Certificate although the balcony did not comply with the Building Code. [10] The Hamblyns argue that...

8. Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto [2024] Chief Judge's MB 35 (2024 CJ 35) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...1170-1188 (2021 CJ 1170-1188). 2024 Chief Judge's MB 37 [4] The applicant then had counsel, Kylee Katipo of McCaw Lewis, appointed to represent them in these proceedings. On 7 March 2022, I considered a memorandum filed by Ms Katipo requesting that: (a) The matter be adjourned to allow more time for evidence to be prepared; and (b) A technical researcher or historian be appointed to produce a report confined to the history of the land interests succeeded to Te Ra Te Roor...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 97 Banks v Hockey Manawatu Inc [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...of sch 2 of the Act, which bestows a broad discretion on the Authority to order one party to pay another such costs and expenses as the Authority thinks reasonable. The applicable principles are contained in two full Court judgments: PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz, 4 and 3 Mr Drummond’s scale calculation contained two arithmetical errors; after correction, Mr Drummond’s scale assessment produced a figure of $36,...

10. Lealaiauloto-Saofaileta v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2023] NZACC 209 [pdf, 257 KB]

    ...tunnel syndrome, and had developed CRPS in his distal left upper limb. [18] On 13 July 2015, ACC granted additional cover for CRPS, left upper limb, and an additional injury on the appellant’s left middle finger, crush injury and amputation claim from October 2013. On 2 November 2015, the appellant attended at the Merivale Hand Clinic complaining of pain and numbness in his left arm, particularly the forearm and into the hand. He advised that he was not able to use his left hand...