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1. LCRO 5/2017 QU v JP, YE and KJ (31 March 2017) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...case. (f) Mr JP was not a party to the District Court proceedings. (g) The Committee had failed to consider the possibility of members of the public accessing the Court file. (h) The District Court had a genuine interest in not receiving the information contained in the decisions. [10] Mr YE provided response to Mr QU’s application. He submitted that: (a) Discovery is an exception to the rule about confidentiality. 4 (b) There are many situations where confidential docume...

2. LCRO 174/2014 VS v DH [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...“section 16 of the Wills Amendment Act 1955 implies a children’s substitution clause into all wills”. [7] A month later on 14 April 2005, having been made aware of Mr NG’s advice, Mr DH informed Mr K by letter that he acted for Mrs TS. He requested that Mr K obtain independent advice. [8] Mrs TS died in January 2006. Her will provided that Mrs L, and Mrs CN would each receive “a one-half share in … [the [Town] land] subject to a life tenancy for Mrs L in respect...

3. 2017 NZSSAA 040 (20 July 2017) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...who were managing to care for their adult daughter ceased to have that capacity, and high costs have been imposed on the health system which now provides fulltime care. [35] Given the potential to avoid such a costly outcome for the State, we requested that counsel for the Chief Executive report on whether there were any alternatives to provide alternative support. The Chief Executive’s duty [36] The Chief Executive provided submissions claiming that this appeal could not dete...

4. Haretuku - Succession to Pirihira Te Whatu [2020] Chief Judge's MB 142 (2020 CJ 142 [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...Report. Copies of the objections were distributed to parties on 17 May 2019 and set down for hearing in Whangārei. All parties were notified of the hearing together with a copy of Ms Haretuku’s objections. [7] On 17 May 2019, Ms Haretuku requested a hearing in Rotorua and, an adjournment for six months to prepare. I declined the request. [8] The application was heard before me in Rotorua on 14 June 2019 where I heard evidence from Ms Haretuku expressing her views about the b...

5. [2018] NZSSAA 25 (25 May 2018) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...long-term residential care; but, if they are not able to do so, funding is provided under the Social Security Act 1964 (the Act). In this case, the appellant is receiving care, and the dispute concerns whether her assets include the value of her former home. That affects whether she is required to pay for her own care. [2] The appellant first went into long-term care in early 2016, and in March of that year moved to a facility catering for a higher level of care. About that time, s...

6. Te Manutukutuku 74 [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...report in paral­ lel with a series of conferences to get the parties’ views on additional matters. ӹ Applications from a number of Wairarapa ki Tararua claimants were granted urgency in 2018. The Tribunal is conducting two sets of hearings on requests for binding recommendations. One is on the return of former SOE land on the Pouākani 2 block, which the Crown vested in Wairarapa Moana Māori in 1916 and which includes the site of the Maraetai Hydro Power Station owned by Mer...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 5 VMR v Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 519 KB]

   ...to avoid the effect of the applicable legal requirements, or to redeploy them. [2] Subsequently, the plaintiffs raised an employment relationship problem in the Employment Relations Authority. They then sought interim reinstatement to their former positions based on a dismissal grievance. That application was declined.1 [3] The plaintiffs then brought a challenge on a de novo basis. They say that there are serious questions to be tried due to their dismissals, and that the bala...

8. LCRO 148/2023 ZJ v PE (16 June 2025) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...respondent provided a false or misleading certificate to the Family Court. The applicant’s evidence was that: 1 Defined terms (the applicant, the respondent, etc.) are used in this decision to facilitate its anonymised publication. 2 (a) his former partner applied without notice for a protection order against him; (b) the respondent acted for the former partner on that application; (c) the application was unsuccessful; (d) later, the respondent also acted for the applica...

9. Forms & fees

   If you want to make an appeal to the Immigration & Protection Tribunal (IPT), you should use the appeal forms below.   The appeal forms have guides to help you to make an appeal, including whether or not you are able to appeal.  The guides also provide information on what happens after you file your appeal.  Appeals to the Tribunal must be lodged within specific timeframes. Each of the guides contains information on how to calculate the timeframe in which you can appeal. ...

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10. [2012] NZEmpC 17 Transpacific Industries Group (NZ) Ltd v Harris & Others [pdf, 90 KB]

    ...agreement. It also alleged that, by actively soliciting business from Transpacific’s customers on behalf of Smart, Mr Harris was in breach of clause 7.2. [5] In addition to that interim relief, Transpacific also sought permanent relief in the form of a declaration that Mr Harris had breached the terms of the employment agreement and penalties for those breaches pursuant to s 134(1) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act). Transpacific sought to have penalties imposed on...