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1. C Ltd v HL [2025] NZDT 61 (12 February 2025) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...Accordingly, I find HL must pay the commission claimed of $21,337.57 being the amount based on the commission percentage recorded in the agency agreement. Referee: Ms Gayatri Jaduram Date: 12 February 2025 Page 3 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 f...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 150 Prasad v LSG Sky Chefs Ltd [pdf, 492 KB]

   ...relationship is. This is particularly so in cases involving vulnerable workers. [20] The sort of bright-line test advanced on behalf of the defendant runs the risk of obscuring the practical realities of working relationships, and focusing on form over substance. That is not an approach mandated by the Employment Relations Act, and is at odds with the underlying objectives of the legislation (including addressing inherent imbalances in bargaining power).9 [21] The full Court...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 14 Dell v ABC01 Ltd (formerly Primary Heart Care Ltd) [pdf, 75 KB]

   HOWARD DELL V ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) NZEmpC AK [2013] NZEmpC 14 [18 February 2013] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2013] NZEmpC 14 ARC 65/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for compliance order BETWEEN HOWARD DELL Plaintiff AND ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) First Defendant AND JOHN WILLIAM HINCHCLIFF (ALSO KNOWN AS JOHN-WILLIAM: HINCHCLIFF) Second Defendant Hearing: 18 February 2013 (

4. [2015] NZSSAA 036, 18 May [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...22 February 2012. The balance of $6,793.61 (of the $13,160.41) covered payment of rent at $575 per week from 23 February 2012 to 13 June 2012. We note in passing that the documentation from the insurance company suggests that the appellant had informed the insurance company in November 2011 that she had shifted and was now paying $575 per week rent. The appellant now denies this was the case. In any event the appellant received $575 per week from her insurance company to pay her renta...

5. Legal aid funding - Details of proposals [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...taking into account the welfare and best interests of the child. Lawyer for the Child is funded from court budgets rather than from legal aid, but is included here because it is causing similar fiscal pressures and to maintain parity between different forms of government funded legal assistance. In 2009/10, $23.2 million was spent on Lawyer for the Child in care-of-children cases, up 55% from $15.0 million in 2006/07. The growth appears to be mainly due to increased numbers of care-of-ch...

6. Ujdur - Te Kao 86,87,91, and 108 [2016] Māori Appellate Court MB 229 (2016 APPEAL 229) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...the Harawira Ereatara Ahu Whenua Trust in relation to Te Kao 86, 87, 91 and 108; (b) Directing the trustees to pay $1,800 per annum from the income received from the Parengarenga Incorporation to Dolly Ujdur for two years in settlement of her claim in relation to a dwelling on Te Kao 86; and (c) Dismissing Dolly Ujdur’s claim under s 18(1)(a) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (“the Act”). [2] Mrs Ujdur appeals against order 1(b), that the trustees pay to her $1,800 per annum...

7. [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...

8. [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...

9. 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...

10. [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...