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1. SM v QN & FM [2024] NZDT 398 (14 June 2024) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...off work to attend). These costs were unable to be awarded to either party due to the limitation on this in s43 of the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988. Referee: J Robertshawe Date: 14 June 2024 Page 3 of 3 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 for a re...

2. [2007] NZEmpC CC 8/07 Employee v Employer [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...the employment relationship problem which has existed between them for the last several years not be made public. These proceedings will therefore be subject to an order prohibiting the publication of the names of the parties or of any other information which might tend to identify them. Consistent with that order, this judgment will simply refer to the parties as “the applicant” and “the respondent”. [3] The applicant lodged an initial statement of problem wit...

3. National Standards Committee 1 v Young [2020] NZLCDT 20 (10 July 2020) [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...settled law that conduct of a practitioner pursuing payment of fees is treated as falling within the realm of provision of regulated services because it is sufficiently connected with the provision of regulated services.23 [72] Mr Young made two requests to Mr Z to withdraw his complaint to the Law Society. A timeline context for these requests is as follows. Mr Z’s subsequent lawyers asked Mr Young for the relevant client file about 1 September 2017. After some exchange of co...

4. Auckland District Law Society v Dorbu [2010] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...Brown’s refusal, during this time frame, to enter into correspondence with Mr Dorbu who patently had no instructing solicitor, cannot possibly relieve the second defendant of his s 92(4)A obligations. Furthermore, the relevant statutory provisions and forms relating to caveat’s especially provide for a caveator’s address for service. In this instance the plaintiff stipulated address for service on the caveat was the offices of his solicitor Castle Brown in Newmarket.” [76] It...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 133 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...defendant’s original description of the documents to be disclosed to, and available for inspection by, the defendant as follows, using a similar but modified indexing system. a) Any and all relevant documents between Ms Alim and representatives of her former employers operating the business of Pacific Flight Catering through the companies of either Pacific Flight Catering Limited or PRI Flight Catering Limited including: (i) Any document, including emails, letters, file notes...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 195 Harrisons Fine Art Ltd v Carrothers [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...Carrothers’s dismissal and had in fact ceased trading some time previously. Finally, the defendant is legally aided and is required to account to the Ministry of Justice for monies expended on her behalf. [6] On 24 January 2013 the company’s former solicitors wrote to the Employment Relations Authority stating: The Respondent [the company] is insolvent and has ceased trading. The respondent has closed the Gallery business and is in the process of winding up. … The Re...

7. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka - letter of transmittal [pdf, 491 KB]

   ...mārama Level 7, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. Postal : DX Sx11237 Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Te Whanganui-ā-Tara, Aotearoa. Pouaka Poutāpeta : DX Sx11237 Phone/Waea : 04 914 3000 Fax/Waea Whakaahua : 04 914 3001 Email/E-mēra : information@waitangitribunal.govt.nz Web/Ipurangi : www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz xliii The Honourable Te Ururoa Flavell Minister for Māori Development The Honourable Christopher Finlayson Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations The Hono...

8. [2016] NZSSAA 104 (9 December 2016) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...decision. [4] Appeals from the Authority’s decisions are limited to appeals by way of case stated on a question of law. There is no general right of appeal. [5] In accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act 1964, the appellant was requested to lodge a draft case stated which includes the questions the appellant would like to put to the High Court. [6] The appellant first lodged a draft case stated with the Authority on 11 March 2015. In August 2015, the appell...

9. GT v TJ LCRO 10 / 2011 (20 January 2012) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...the Applicant did not agree with the Practitioner‟s view that the Board was the employer. The Practitioner‟s involvement with any employment matters was minor and peripheral, although it appears that he was present when the Applicant was requested to hand over his keys etc when his employment was terminated. [6] The Applicant filed complaints against several lawyers from the Practitioner‟s firm, including the Practitioner. He argued that he was a client of the Practitioner...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 180 Emmerson v Northland District Health Board [pdf, 209 KB]

    ...mistreated by the NDHB when it was her employer, and then wrongfully dismissed. She had sought substantial remedies. [7] NDHB vigorously denied all her assertions, stating it had acted in a fair and reasonable way at all times, and that all her claims were misconceived. Further, if the Court were to get to the point of considering remedies, NDHB argued that none should be awarded in light of her egregious misconduct. [8] I found that two of four of Dr Emmerson’s causes of acti...