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1. [2022] NZEnvC 085 Lee & Rochwalski v Buller District Council [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...May 2022 Date of Issue: 24 May 2022 _______________________________________________________________ DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ON APPLICATION FOR WITNESS SUMMONS _______________________________________________________________ A: The requests to issue witness summonses for the following persons are declined: (a) John Strange; (b) Kylie Huard; 2 (c) Andrew Maughan; (d) Chris Wrathall; (e) Ingrid Cooper; (f) Helen Graham; (g) Garry Howard; (h) Keith Marshall; (i)...

2. LCRO 32/2024 MP v LG (21 January 2025) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...legal advice if there is anything different I can do to progress the matter with greater efficiency. [8] Just before sending her 28 October response to the respondent’s 27 October email, the applicant sent the respondent 27 court documents in PDF format by Google Drive link stating: “Please let me know if there is a problem with access to the files. It is too large to send over email”. [9] Also on 28 October 2022, the respondent’s assistant sent the applicant an email about ne...

3. [2009] NZEmpC WC 14/09 NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...that the employer has altered the Beef Boning department so as to provide for a different method of processing the same or similar product as that processed on the 2006-07 season. As a consequence of this the employer party to this agreement has requested and the union has agreed, that a trial be entered into commencing on Monday the 26 of November 2007 and ending on the 1st of February 2008. Such trial shall be relevant to the Beef Boning and Beef Slaughter departments at AFFCO Wairo...

4. [2015] NZSSAA 026, 20 April [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...that because her whanau regard the appellant as her partner, he will have a life interest in the house at XXXX Road if she were to die. (viii) Neither party went to the Ministry and advised that they were living apart during the period concerned or requested that they be paid a single rate of benefit. (ix) The appellant said he and XXXX remained good friends during this particular period and continue to be good friends. 9 [46] We accept that XXXX ceasing to live full-time at...

5. CM v EC LCRO 295 / 2011 (17 October 2013) [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...provided a detailed response to it on 25 January 2012. The Practitioner’s response to the application was forwarded to the Applicant, using the Post Office box address he supplied when he filed his review. [3] After an initial assessment I formed a preliminary view that the review might properly be determined on the papers. On 5 March 2012 both parties were written to by this Office and asked to indicate, by 20 March 2012, whether they would consent to 2 this pr...

6. MBL v Shadforth [2016] NZIACDT 37 (3 August 2016) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...concern, namely Ms Shadforth’s ability to participate in the Tribunal’s processes. The doctor expressed a view regarding Ms Shadforth’s health a month earlier and said she was not fit to attend the hearing the following day. Her doctor also wrote requesting that the Tribunal state why it required information. The inability to attend was expressed like an employment medical certificate; not the reasoned professional opinion required by the interim decision. 4 [11] Many...

7. Kristina-Lorraine Brook v Complaints Assessment Committee 403 & Jason Hynes [2017] NZREADT 48 [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...aspect of the complaint that it had upheld: the failure to identify and disclose structures that were not within the title, and were not legal. [13] The Committee also stated that it did not have jurisdiction to make the order for compensation requested by the complainants,8 and noted mitigating factors.9 In ordering Mr Hynes to pay a fine of $1,500, the Committee stated that it considered that the finding of unsatisfactory conduct, and the fine imposed, were appropriate to the l...

8. LCRO 195/2018 KW v LQ (26 June 2020) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...would cease acting. – he had advised her parents that she faced “4 life imprisonment sentences” putting stress on her parents, particularly as she maintained her innocence. – LQ had not provided her with any of the invoices, despite her requesting them. – LQ did not have a current practising certificate, and this was why he had been asking for adjournments of the bail hearing. – overall, his service was “unfair, worthless, and very unprofessional”. The Standard...

9. Director of Proceedings v Ramsden [2022] NZHRRT 25 [pdf, 624 KB]

   ...position. Principle 10 – Keep accurate records and use technology effectively and safely 53. Principle 10 states it is the social worker’s responsibility to set and maintain clear and appropriate personal and professional boundaries in all forms of communication, including text messages. 13 ANZASW Code of Ethics 54. The Code of Conduct complements other relevant applicable standards and guidelines including the Code of Ethics and practice standards published by Aote...

10. LCRO 3/2019 YR v OS (20 July 2020) [pdf, 207 KB]

    ...February 2013. Their signatures to the document were witnessed by a solicitor in Mr OS’s office. [15] The couple separated in December 2014 and AF was removed as a Trustee by Deed on 25 March 2015. AF was not, however, advised of this, or requested to sign an Authority & Instruction form to transfer ownership of the property until she herself raised the issue with Mr OS in June of that year. [16] As the family home and other assets2 were owned by the Trust, they did not...