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1. Karetai v Sollart - Estate of George Grey Huriwai te Ruatukihiki Karetai [2018] Chief Judge's MB 219 (2018 CJ 219) [pdf, 566 KB]

   ...application. 2018 Chief Judge’s MB 223 Details of payments made as a result of the Order 13. On 12 December 2013, letter were sent to the Māori Trustee Office (now Te Tumu Paeroa), Waitutu Incorporation and the Rakiura Māori Lands Trust, requesting that a hold be placed over the client accounts for the George Percy Huriwai Te Ruahikihiki Karetai Whānau Trust, pending the outcome of this application, and to provide what payments (if any) have been made to date. 14....

2. ID v SD Ltd [2021] NZDT 1509 (4 February 2021) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...timing of their cleaning at School 1 to fit around his father’s new cleaning contract with School 2. On 1 May 2018, School 1 gave SD Ltd thirty days’ notice to terminate its cleaning contract with SD Ltd. SD Ltd accepted the termination and informed ID. 3. ID now claims $15,000.00 in damages for the termination of the School 1 contract from SD Ltd and School 1. 4. The issues to be determined are: a) What is the nature of the contracting arrangement between the parties? b) Was Sc...

3. TX v V Ltd [2023] NZDT 227 (22 May 2023) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...contract? (b) Did the sales become unconditional within 6 months of TX leaving V Ltd? (c) Is TX entitled to any commission? What were the relevant terms of the contract? 4. The law of contract applies. Once a legally enforceable contract is formed, the parties are bound by the terms they have agreed to, and those terms are enforceable by one party against the other. This means that if one party breaches a term of the contract, the other party may seek a remedy. 5. TX and V...

4. Kotahitanga Log Haulage Limited v Forest Distribution Limited - Mangaroa (2015) 121 Waiariki MB 149 (121 WAR 149) [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...tortious interference with contractual arrangements. The evidence shows that on 3 November 2014, PF Olsen directed FDL to terminate the then existing contractual arrangements with the Plaintiff. This directive appears to have been given at the request of the Committee of Management for Mangaroa & Other Blocks Incorporation. If as the Respondents’ assert, the contractual arrangements between the Plaintiff and FDL did not involve PF Olsen (contrary to the evidence) then PF Ols...

5. [2012] NZEmpC 93 Marshment v Shaeppard Industries Ltd [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...for defendant Judgment: 14 June 2012 COSTS JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE GL COLGAN [1] In its substantive judgment delivered on 30 July 2010, 1 the Court concluded at [79] that Mr Marshment was entitled to his costs on the challenge. He claims a global award covering the Employment Relations Authority’s investigation and determination 2 (as a result of which costs were determined in that forum) and the challenge in this Court. [2] Included in the claim for costs is a con...

6. [2025] NZEmpC 115  Otira Stagecoach Hotel Limited v Wright  [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...Mr Wright claimed that he was dismissed by Otira Stagecoach following an incident in the hotel on 14 November 2018. He claimed that he was assaulted by Otira Stagecoach’s shareholder and director, Lester Rowntree. [2] The alleged assault formed the basis of Mr Wright’s claim of constructive dismissal in the Employment Relations Authority. The Authority agreed that Mr Wright was unjustifiably dismissed and ordered Otira Stagecoach to pay him compensation.1 1 Wright v...

7. [2013] NZEmpC 165 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...questions of law proposed, which had not previously been before the Authority or the Court. These related primarily to issues arising under pt 6A of the Employment Relations Act (the Act). Urgency was granted for a hearing. [6] Mr Matsuoka was formerly an employee of PRI. That company traded under the name of Pacific Flight Catering (Pacific). PFC is a subsidiary of PRI and was incorporated simply for the purposes of protecting the Pacific Flight Catering brand name and does no...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 192 Johnson v Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 394 KB]

   ...1 Johnson v New Zealand Defence Force [2019] NZERA 267. staffed. Despite relevant directives, a year and a half later, the capability was less than one quarter staffed and losing personnel faster than it was possible to train them. Requests for staff continued unanswered or were ignored. [10] The author stated that over 20 million dollars had been spent on the project, and it was well on the way to being declared operational. However, lack of staff would torpedo the ca...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 165 Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Toanga [pdf, 554 KB]

   ...and Ngāti Maniapoto, or by the public authorities involved in the granting of the Authority and related resource consents. When First Gas applied for a resource consent from the New Plymouth District Council to remove the pipeline, it was informed that Ngāti Tama were tangata whenua and that Poutama were not tangata whenua in the area affected. First Gas sought and obtained written approval from Ngāti Tama in relation to both the Archaeological [1 O] [11] [1 2] [13]

10. [2021] NZEnvC 165 Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Toanga [pdf, 554 KB]

    ...and Ngāti Maniapoto, or by the public authorities involved in the granting of the Authority and related resource consents. When First Gas applied for a resource consent from the New Plymouth District Council to remove the pipeline, it was informed that Ngāti Tama were tangata whenua and that Poutama were not tangata whenua in the area affected. First Gas sought and obtained written approval from Ngāti Tama in relation to both the Archaeological [1 O] [11] [1 2] [13]