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1. [2010] NZSC 218 CA780/2009 Parker v Silver Fern Farms Ltd [pdf, 32 KB]

   ...apparently with the consent of the employees. Cannabis was found in Mr Parker’s vehicle as well as in some of the other vehicles. [4] Mr Parker was asked to remain on site, not to begin his duties and to meet with management. Despite this request, and advice from his union delegate that he should stay, Mr Parker said he was stressed and immediately left the works. By contrast, the other employees identified in the search remained on site and cooperated with management. They...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 14 Disabilities Resource Centre v Maxwell [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...communications between her and Disabilities Resources in the course of the disciplinary process. [15] She says that, if the letter was not sufficient, there were exceptional circumstances, being her full reliance on her representative as to the form the grievance letter should take, and that it is just for her to be permitted to pursue her grievance. [16] Disabilities Resources says that the letter of 17 May was insufficient to raise a personal grievance and that there were no...

3. MVDT Annual Report 2020-2021 [pdf, 360 KB]

   ...notices or documents by post or courier. One option would be to amend s 142(1)(b) of the MVS Act to allow the Tribunal to serve documents by sending those documents to an email address nominated by or on behalf of that person in response to a request by the Tribunal. That amendment would recognise that so much of business and legal correspondence now occurs by email rather than more traditional methods and would also bring the Tribunal’s service requirements in line with other jur...

4. [2022] NZACC 6 – Jones v ACC (19 January 2022) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...the appeal. The Authority was not satisfied on the evidence before it that Mr Jones had shown that the Corporation’s calculation to be wrong. [10] In September 2018, Mr Jones filed application for leave to appeal to the High Court. Despite requests by the Authority for Mr Jones to file written submissions in support of his application, these were not forthcoming. On 18 June 2019, the Authority declined leave. [11] On 27 May 2021, Mr Jones filed an application to recall the Au...

5. LCRO 175/2020 PM obo MNO Limited v FS and BL (22 April 2021) [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...Comment by Mr PM [29] In a letter to the Complaints Service dated 28 July 2020, Mr PM provided a response to Mr BW’s submissions, and articulated his complaint in the following terms: (a) The payment made in the reconciliation letter “included a request to confirm the amount paid/received as being correct”. (b) No response was received one way or the other. (c) [CAT]’s legal fees could not be paid because no invoice had been provided. (d) The Notice was served prematurel...

6. Nisha v South Auckland Muslim Association Incorporated [2024] NZHRRT 68 [pdf, 631 KB]

   ...other woman nominated for the executive withdrew her nomination. Ms Nisha also found out subsequently that after the call, Mr Khan wrote to the then president of SAMA, the then secretary, the incoming president, and incoming secretary as well as the former treasurer. In that email Mr Khan stated he was writing in his capacity as “a current SAMA delegate & incoming vice president of SAMA and on behalf of the chacha Farouk Khan”. Mr Farouk Khan was the incoming president. Mr Khan explain...

7. Armfield v Naughton [2014] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...living spaces together with their children’s play area were now being watched and filmed by a neighbour who had not spoken to them about what he was doing and who seemed unconcerned if not pleased at their reaction to his actions. 4 The request for access to personal information [12] On observing the installation of the cameras Mr Armfield and Ms Halls on 31 March 2012 approached Mr Naughton and asked why he was pointing the cameras into their property. He replied that “t...

8. LCRO 162/2015 and 66/2016 IA v CMR (31 July 2017) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...be funding (H)’s defence. It appears (H) had decided to declare himself bankrupt, so Mr and Mrs CMR had decided not to contribute further to his fees. [50] The parties were unable to resolve the question of Mr IA’S unpaid fees. [51] Ms AG requested a full refund and compensation as well as a referral of Mr IA to the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) to protect the public. The CMRs considered Mr IA should be struck off. [52] Mr IA objec...

9. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Application for Interim Non-Publication Orders) [2019] NZHRRT 52 [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...(other than Eamon Marshall) mentioned in the evidence in these proceedings is prohibited. [42.2] There is to be no search of the Tribunal file without leave of the Chairperson or of the Tribunal. The plaintiff and defendant are to be notified of any request to search the file and given opportunity to be heard on that application. [42.3] Leave is reserved to both parties to make further application should the need arise. ............................................. Mr RPG H...

10. TG v NP LCRO 190 / 2011 (1 February 2013) [pdf, 139 KB]

    ...[and] there was no such requirement under the previous Act. 2. Even under the present Act, there [was] no obligation for [NP], as barrister receiving instructions from a solicitor, to provide a letter of engagement, unless this [was] specifically requested. There was therefore no breach of the former or the current legislation. [17] As a result of its conclusions, the Standards Committee determined pursuant to section 152(2)(c) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act to take no further a...