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1. [2017] NZEmpC 74 Speed v Board of Trustees of Wellington Girls College [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...Employment Relations Authority (Authority) in its determination 1 and in Mallon J’s judgment on judicial review proceedings issued by Mr Speed, reported as S v New Zealand Teachers Council. 2 [4] While those decisions were relied on to provide information, and therefore context, to these applications it is apparent that if this proceeding reaches a trial there is likely to be a substantial dispute between the parties about what happened and why. [5] A convenient summary of the...

2. Worker-Exploitation-in-NZ-Enforcement-and-Commentary-Paper.pdf [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...conditions can be employees for the purposes of Aotearoa New Zealand’s employment law. II Worker exploitation A Background Worker exploitation has been described as non-minor breaches of employment standards.3 One of the more extreme forms of worker exploitation is slavery. However, all forms of worker exploitation are considered in this paper. Although it is thought that the number of workers in Aotearoa New Zealand who are exploited is high, the data is not entirely c...

3. LCRO 180/2022 HB v UC and JW (26 November 2024) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...client may incur because of this, together with other remedies. [9] [Law Firm A] instructed [Law Firm C] to act for the firm and to respond to [Law Firm B]. [Law Firm C] advised that [Law Firm A] would not be providing them with the indemnity requested or any other of the remedies sought. That resulted in a complaint by [Law Firm B] to the Lawyers Complaints Service on behalf of Mr HB. Mr HB’s complaints [10] Mr MG3 lodged a complaint on behalf of Mr HB against “Mr UC and Mr...

4. Greenslade v Commissioner of Police (Human Rights Act) [2021] NZHRRT 53 [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...claims that: [2.1] He was qualified to be admitted to Police College, but he was declined entry by reason of his dyslexia (which is a disability) and because of an assumption by the Police that he had difficulty with processing and recording new information accurately, which would also be a disability. [2.2] He has therefore been discriminated against by reason of a prohibited ground of discrimination, being a disability. [3] In response, the Police say that: [3.1] Mr Greenslade was...

5. Trustees of Te Ngae Farm Trust v Trustees of the Ngāti Rangiteaorere Koromatua Council - Te Ngae Farm Trust (2015) 118 Waiariki MB 92 (118 WAR 92) [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...mailto:felix.geiringer@terracechambers.co.nz mailto:curtisbidois@eastbrewster.co.nz mailto:mmckechnie@xtra.co.nz 118 Waiariki MB 93 Introduction [1] Ngāti Rangiteaorere settled part of their Treaty claims in 1993 by way of an agreement with the Crown. Land which formed part of that agreement was vested in the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Rangiteaorere and eventually transferred to the Te Ngae Farm Trust (“the Trust”). A further deed of settlement was subsequently entered...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 1 Singh v Eric James & Associates Ltd [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...premium payments. Mr Singh had an accountant who produced annual accounts for him as a sole trader and in which his business expenses were deducted from his income and Mr Singh was taxed accordingly. The commissions paid to Mr Singh were able to be claimed back from him by EJAL if a policy did not subsist for a set minimum period. [15] Mr Singh operated his business from his home and provided his own motor vehicle for travelling to appointments with customers and to sales meetings...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 13 Carter Holt Harvey Ltd v EBIIWU [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...Authority Member has erred in law. The approach adopted fails to take into account the guidelines set out in Da Cruz. In particular, it has not taken into account this Court’s guidance to the effect that costs [awards] should be modest, which formed the basis for its finding that the Binnie approach was not a proper one. 5.8. It is submitted that the Authority should instead have adopted the approach approved in Da Cruz and applied consistently since then of awarding costs ba...

8. Staite v Greenville - Paeroa East 4B2C2 (2002) 264 Rotorua MB 132 (264 ROT 132) [pdf, 711 KB]

   ...landlord has a right of action where there is damage to the land or a reduction in its value. (See Cousins v Wilson [1994]1 NZLR463 and also Lockwood Buildings (Supra) referred to earlier). Here there is clear damage to the reversion in that a fixture forming part of the land is damaged, and as I deal with later in this judgement, there is clear evidence of loss of value in that the land will not return as much now for rental as it did before. Much more than the tenant1s right of po...

9. Crozier - Succession to Molly Crozier [2023] Chief Judge's MB 531 (2023 CJ 531) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...estate of the deceased in the above proportions and severally waive any rights or claims they may have whether against the estate or any one or more of them. 3. Each of them the principal beneficiary and the remaining beneficiaries severally request the executors to distribute the residuary estate of the deceased the proportions above mentioned and waive any rights or claims they may have against the estate of the deceased or the executors. 4. The executors will distribute the res...

10. Kaituna River WT Resource Set One [pdf, 5.4 MB]