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1. 2016 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...l R ep or t 2 01 5– 16 2 More than 192,000 cases handled across all courts and tribunals 137,000 NEW DISTRICT COURT CRIMINAL CASES RECEIVED 59,500 NEW FAMILY COURT CASES RECEIVED 16,000 52,400 customers granted legal aid 460,000 requests for criminal histories processed 1.4 million phone calls answered by our contact centres OVER $50 million 3rd party services purchased from 163 COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS $191 million COLLECTED IN FINES AND REPARATIONS NEW CAS...

2. [2010] NZEmpC 48 DAS Transport Ltd v Kirkwood [pdf, 26 KB]

   ...had been instructed about a month previously, he was unable to attend the Authority’s investigation meeting on 12 November 2009 because of his involvement in another case for another client on that day. The Authority declined Mr Gwilliam’s request for an adjournment and declined to direct the case to further mediation. It proceeded with its investigation meeting on 12 November 2009 in the absence of the company or any representative of it. [5] The evidence in support of the co...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 159 2013 Lin v Zhou [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...failure to comply with an earlier compliance order made by the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority). 1 The plaintiff also seeks a compliance order in relation to non-payment of a costs award in this Court. [2] The plaintiff brought a claim against the defendant relating to unpaid wages. The claim succeeded, for reasons set out in the Authority’s substantive determination (dated 31 January 2012). 2 The Authority ordered the defendant to repay the sum of $5,000 to...

4. [2020] NZEmpC 153 Ceres New Zealand LLC v DJK [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...DJK’s defence to the opposition and an alternative application to be dealt with at the same time. [20] Second, there is correspondence before the Court (dated June and November 2019) identifying a number of concerns from DJK’s perspective and requesting that the company work to resolve those concerns. The statement of problem, which DJK drafted (having concluded that she could no longer afford to engage a lawyer), makes reference to these concerns. Ultimately, only a claim of...

5. LCRO 132/2018 PY v SD (15 February 2019) [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...others, a fact which is reinforced when the rule specifically refers to “self-represented persons”. 8 Duncan Webb “Are Lawyers Regulatable?” (2008) 45(5) Alta L Rev 233 at 253. Mr Webb was a former professor of law at Canterbury University and co-author of the text Ethics, Professional Responsibility and the Lawyer; Letter of complaint, above n 1, at [21]. 9 At [22]. 10 PY v SD LCRO 217/2017 (26 March 2018). 11 At [34]. 5...

6. 2023 NZPSPLA 011.pdf [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...to roster him to roles that required a COA. In addition, Watchmen Security continued to employ Mr Awa when they knew his application for a COA had been declined. [6] CIPU noted that Mr Hunt and Watchmen did not provide them with the records requested to show the period during which Mr Awa was engaged or confirmation that other guards they employed all had COAs. [7] Before the hearing I sent CIPU’s investigation report to Mr Hunt and set a timetable for Mr Hunt and Watchmen S...

7. [2022] NZACC 53 - Stewart v ACC (4 April 2022) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...part heard as the Corporation did not attend. [12] On 2 June 2020, the Corporation provided written submissions to Fairway. [13] On 3 June 2020, Mr Stewart’s advocate emailed Fairway and the Corporation. The advocate referred to the code of claimants’ rights and complained that the claim had been “dragged out” and delayed by the Corporation’s non-attendance and late filing of submissions. The advocate also referred to the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”...

8. [2024] NZEmpC 58 Cunningham v HealthAlliance NZ Ltd. [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...He has been in permanent employment since September 2021 and is only now recovering financially from being without work for such a period of time. He claims that his current income is fully committed. In his affidavit, he provided financial information in the form of: (a) Inland Revenue Department annual income statements for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022; (b) a transaction summary for one bank account covering the period 14 December 2023 to 23 February 2024; and...

9. [2020] NZEnvC 129 W J Allison v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...Appellant) filed an appeal against an abatement notice dated 7 August 2019 issued to him by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (the Council). The notice required him to remove all building waste and demolition material, including the material used to form an unauthorised flood protection bank adjacent to the Mangoane River, at Puketitiri Road, Rissington, Napier. [2] The Council’s position has been that the abatement notice was appropriate until such time as the stopbank was removed...

10. [2015] NZEmpC 198 Ritchies Transport Holdings Limited v Merennage [pdf, 297 KB]

    ...Ritchies has challenged the Authority’s substantive and costs determinations. 2 [3] This judgment cannot and does not decide whether Mr Merennage sexually assaulted Ms T. It is focussed on the actions of Mr Merennage’s employer, based on the information reasonably available to it at the time; whether it followed an appropriate process and whether it was justified in dismissing him according to applicable employment laws. [4] Various issues were raised by Ritchies in suppo...