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1. [2016] NZEmpC 62 Harlow v Western Property Management Ltd [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...Management Ltd is in liquidation and was in liquidation prior to the freezing orders being made, the freezing orders should remain in force to enable Ms Harlow to either now persuade the liquidators to pursue the claims in view of the further information available, or alternatively to seek the leave of the High Court to continue with the proceedings. In addition the order should remain to enable her legal counsel, Mr Turner, to attend to some proposed amendments to the pleadings in...

2. [2018] NZEmpC 52 Smith v Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...McKenzie’s submission that the disbursement was unnecessary because of the defendant’s in-house resources. The defendant incurred the expense of having copying and binding undertaken by an external source and there is no basis to decline its request for reimbursement merely because it could have produced the bundle itself. [17] That leaves for assessment Mr Smith’s claim of an inability to pay. Ability to pay [18] Mr Smith has raised his ability to pay as a reason...

3. [2022] NZACC 35 – Stryder v ACC (10 March 2022) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...sustained. He subsequently lodged a number of review applications against various decisions of the Corporation. These applications included cases where the Corporation refused to pay the costs of assessments and treatment undertaken at Mr Stryder’s request. 2 [3] On 12 January 2021, Judge McGuire allowed Mr Stryder’s appeal in respect of the Corporation’s decision declining to pay him weekly compensation between 16 April 2014 and 11 October 2015. Judge McGuire directed...

4. Van Wey Lovatt v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 150 (24 September 2024) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...vindication, the obligation of the courts may be to provide a direct remedy in public law, as Baigent recognised. Although in that case monetary remedy was considered to be the only practicable response, in other cases the direct remedy may take another form, such as a declaration. Outcome [93] Whatever the difficulties with cases at the margin, I consider that Mr Chapman’s claim is within the scope of the direct public law liability of the State for breach of rights. [14] Dr v...

5. Greensmith v Auckland Council [2025] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...HEARING: 29 November 2024 and 2 December 2024 DATE OF LAST SUBMISSIONS: 11 February 2025 for defendant 25 February 2025 for plaintiff DATE OF DECISION: 18 July 2025 2 [1] In September 2016 Ms Greensmith made an information privacy request to Auckland Council (Council) for an independent report (Report) it had commissioned regarding matters concerning properties she co-owned with her husband. Council initially refused to provide Ms Greensmith the Report. However, over t...

6. [2021] NZACC 74 - Brown v ACC (17 May 2021) [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...Her back locked up when she was in the car. The G.P. noted “13 years since hurting it in the Gym, hurts more when she tried to stand up from sitting position”. She took Gabapentin but it had not made any difference to the pain. An ACC claim form was filled out on the same day and it noted a diagnosis of Lumbar Sprain. [6] On the same day Ms Brown saw David Bullen a physiotherapist at Back in Action. He noted that the pain was worse in the mornings. A diagram in h...

7. Ram v Tan [2016] NZIACDT 39 (9 August 2016) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...Mr Tan accepted instructions to assist the complainant to deal with his immigration affairs after his colleague Ms Aasa had been representing the complainant. [2] There is no dispute that Ms Aasa represented the complainant poorly and failed to inform him of what had happened. Mr Tan was engaged in the instructions from an early stage, as he personally met with the complainant when Ms Aasa first accepted instructions. However, this was in his capacity as a proprietor of the practice. He w...

8. [2020] NZREADT 34 - Hammond v Real Estate Agents Authority (11 August 2020) [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...works completed. She submitted that the fact that they had not been completed was withheld from her, as she did not see the David Jones letter until she received the Bundle of Documents for the appeal. She submitted that despite repeated requests, the appellants were never provided with the full EQC documentation, or sign- off documents. [51] Mr Todd submitted that the evidence before the Committee was that at the time she advertised the property in January 2019, Ms Tafilipepe...

9. Talanoa v Tangilanu [2015] NZIACDT 40 (15 April 2015) [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...DECISION Introduction [1] The Registrar of the Immigration Advisers Authority referred this complaint to the Tribunal. [2] The complaint is that Ms Tangilanu accepted instructions and received an initial fee to assist the complainants with a request for a visa. The allegations are that she: [2.1] Failed to comply with the requirements for commencing a professional relationship, as she had no written agreement, and did not attend to the various disclosure requirements. [2.2] She al...

10. Ringwood v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 44 [pdf, 170 KB]

    ...Wiemann. This revealed deteriorated timber, damp and brittle plaster, wet and mouldy fibre cement and an absence of building paper. [24] Another significant defect identified by Messrs Wiemann, Paykel and Gill was absent or incorrectly formed control joints in the plaster. They considered that the amount of cracking in the plaster layer on the house was beyond what would normally be expected and was excessive for a building of its age. The three experts considered that...