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1. Legal aid fixed fee schedules for public safety public Protection Orders [pdf, 603 KB]

   ...For  taking instructions, attending the client  preparing application for legal aid  contacting the client  closing the file  reporting to client  reporting to and invoicing Legal Aid Services. Note: This fee can only be claimed where initial instructions are not carried through and the file is closed prior to the completion of stage one of any proceedings. It cannot be claimed in conjunction with any other schedule. Application(s)/Order(s) Activity Fe...

2. Legal aid civil public Protection Orders fixed fee schedule [pdf, 672 KB]

   ...For  Taking instructions, attending the client  Preparing application for legal aid  Contacting the client  Closing the file  Reporting to client  Reporting to and invoicing Legal Aid Services Note: This fee can only be claimed where initial instructions are not carried through and the file is closed prior to the completion of stage one of any proceedings. It cannot be claimed in conjunction with any other schedule. Application(s)/Order(s) Activity Fee...

3. Public Protection Orders updated 29 Sep 22 [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...For • taking instructions, attending the client • preparing application for legal aid • contacting the client • closing the file • reporting to client • reporting to and invoicing Legal Aid Services. Note: This fee can only be claimed where initial instructions are not carried through and the file is closed prior to the completion of stage one of any proceedings. It cannot be claimed in conjunction with any other schedule. Application(s)/Order(s) Activity Fe...

4. Kaur v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlements) [2024] NZACC 25 [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...December 2022 suspending Ms Kaur’s entitlements. 2 Background [2] Ms Kaur, born 1987, worked as a packer and freight handler. [3] On 7 March 2020, Ms Kaur suffered an injury when lifting a heavy box. [4] On 10 March 2020, an ACC injury claim form was filed by Dr Vandana Rasela, GP, for Ms Kaur, for an elbow/forearm sprain and wrist ligament sprain on the right side, said to have occurred on 7 March 2020. Ms Kaur was certified unfit for anything other than light duties fo...

5. [2020] NZEmpC 62 Gibson-Smith v Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 388 KB]

   ...when he was employed, bond queries were dealt with by Bond Officers. [3] In 2008, his employer agreed that he would not be required to assume responsibilities for bond queries, notwithstanding that this was the case for some advisors performing tenancy work. This meant his primary focus would continue to be on work generated by the tenancy line. [4] In early 2018, Mr Gibson-Smith, now a Client Service Advisor, was requested to attend training about bond queries because M...

6. [2014] NZEmpC 44 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board No3 interlocutory [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...is a memorandum from Superintendent Sam Hoyle to Kevin Kelly, Chief Police Legal Adviser dated 7 January 2010. This document may be privileged (the privilege being Superintendent Hoyle’s and/or the Commissioner’s) in the sense that it is a request for legal advice. Just how this has come into the possession of ACL is not clear and that may indicate a waiver of privilege on the part of Superintendent Hoyle and/or the Commissioner. The memorandum deals with the complaint by Mrs...

7. GQ v M Ltd [2015] NZDT 1499 (30 April 2015) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...DN asked GQ to sign up for a twelve-month contract for a Marketplace listing and Google AdWords campaign, while GQ asked if he could have a one- month trial. Eventually GQ signed his name on the screen of an iPad and also signed a paper direct debit form. 2. Within twenty-four hours, M Ltd set up a basic Marketplace listing for the business. On 12 July 2014 when DN rang, GQ said he did not wish to go ahead with the advertising. DN had copied bank details from GQ’s phone onto the direct...

8. BX v DD [2022] NZDT 42 (23 May 2022) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...was the offer that DD made to BX? (b) Did BX accept the offer within a reasonable time? (c) If so, is BX entitled to the costs of the new toilet seat and the cost to install it? What was the offer that DD made to BX? 3. A contract is formed when parties exchange promises that they intend to be legally bound by. BX agreed DD pointed out the crack in the ensuite toilet seat. He said that she told him she would replace it, but did not say exactly what she would pay for. He t...

9. Hagar v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 040 [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...could not obtain certification required under the Dog Control Act 1996, Judge Spiller found that the Corporation correctly concluded that the rehabilitation outcome of using the dog for support in public places could not be achieved, and so the request for funding for training was correctly declined. [11] Judge Spiller also found that because the inability to obtain certification of the applicant’s dog continued up to and beyond the review proceedings, the reviewer correctly fou...

10. IB v ED [2024] NZDT 95 (21 February 2024) [pdf, 140 KB]

    ...conversion of the tent poles being 25% of $5,288.00 $ 1,322.00 b. Less arrears for payment of container storage facility - $ 150.00 $ 1,172.00 Referee: L Thompson Date: 21 February 2024 Page 4 of 4 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a...