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1. [2017] NZEmpC 58 AFFCO New Zealand Ltd v NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...of that application was a finding that the Court did not have jurisdiction to grant the interim relief which had been sought. The Union’s costs relate primarily to this step. [25] The second relevant factor, however, was the decision not to request the Court to issue factual findings. That decision was made in light of the Court’s observation that there was a great deal of material where each party had been very critical of the other, and that it may be counter-productive fo...

2. Cabinet Minute Strategic Approach to Support the Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...ensure consistency with the principles, the Crown’s legal approach should be exploratory, seeking to balance the Crown’s legal obligations with the principles; 12 directed officials to consider whether the approach to the conduct of current historic claims litigation could better reflect the proposed principles, and report back to SWC by the end of October 2019; 13 noted that, as a first step to demonstrate the proposed principles, the Minister for State Services will proactively rel...

3. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Taupo 20 May 2019 [pdf, 433 KB]

   ...“know-it-all’s” which was demonstrated through the attitude of “we know best about what you can get back”. That speaker suggested this came across as pre-determining the issues and that this way of operating needed to change. Another speaker requested that a ‘protection mechanism for land owned by local authorities’ be put in place – so that land subject to a Treaty claim could not sold or leases could not be extended. That speaker referred to the Motutere Recreatio...

4. National Standards Committee v Shand [2019] NZLCDT 10 [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...[1] In our decision of 25 January 2019, we found Mr Shand guilty of one of two charges at the level of unsatisfactory conduct which involved two discrete issues. Those issues were: (a) failing to timeously provide all documents, upon request, to the new lawyers of his former client; and (b) breaching confidentiality by disclosing to the public at large, confidential information obtained during the client relationship. [2] The Tribunal found that a particular within the o...

5. 2022 NZPSPLA 033.pdf [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...incompetence in terms of business acumen and practice. [7] The CIPU report was sent to the parties in late July 2022. It was accompanied by directions setting down a hearing for 2 September 2022 which was later adjourned to 20 September 2022 at the request of Mr Brown. The directions set out the steps Mr Brown needed to take if he wanted to challenge or question the report and provided a timetable for filing documents in advance of the hearing. . [8] Other than a request to adjour...

6. Williams v Attorney-General [2024] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Hospital, which resulted in her surgery on 5 June 2020 (the health information). [11.2] Her Corrections’ files relating to her complaint of an assault by another prisoner, which had occurred on 27 May 2020 and which was to include her PC.01 forms, incident reports, medical reports and a copy of her Integrated Offender Management System (IOMS) information (the assault information). [12] Ms Williams’ signed authority was stamped at the foot “Hikaka Investigations, Peter Hik...

7. Gardiner v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2025] NZACC 022 (4 February 2025) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...Wellington/Te Whanganui-a Tara by AVL Appearances: S Macann for the Appellant J Maslin-Caradus for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 4 February 2025 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for personal injury – ss 20, 25, 26; Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 24 June 2024. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of WorkAo...

8. Pomare - Estate of Peter Here Pomare (2015) 103 Taitokerau MB 95 (103 TTK 95) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...whāngai” Tilly Pomare. [16] I note that copies of the 1988 and 2003 wills were only located just before the fourth hearing. Prior to that, the whānau were aware that wills had been executed but had been unable to locate copies as Nganeko’s former solicitor, Junior Witehira, had been struck-off and it was not known who held the wills. Accordingly, up until the fourth hearing the whānau assumed that Peter’s estate would be treated as an intestacy. Then, when the 1988 and...

9. [2012] NZEmpC 179 Drader v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...either need to make an appointment or could sit and wait for a case manager. The plaintiff said it would be a long wait as the office was busy and other clients had appointments and had not yet been seen. The plaintiff provided client A with a form to complete and she was not aware when client A left the office. [4] Client A returned on Friday, 4 February and the plaintiff was again acting in the role of receptionist for what was anticipated would be a busy day. Her intention w...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 151 Kang v Saena Company Ltd [pdf, 378 KB]

    ...that Mr Kang was disadvantaged by not being provided with a written IEA, counsel submitted the Authority was not correct to conclude that Mr Kang wanted to put off the signing of an IEA before deciding his job title. The evidence was that Mr Kang requested an IEA in his letter of 23 October 2019 when he commenced his written exchanges with Mr Hwang. Mr Kang made it clear he did not want the document to record a start date of 16 September 2019, the day he commenced work at the rest...