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1. [2020] NZEnvC 018 Taranaki Energy Watch Incorporated v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Court: Hearing: Appearances: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No [2020] NZEnvC 18 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act TARANAKI ENERGY WATCH INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-WLG-80) Appellant SOUTH TARANAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J E Borthwick Environment Commissioner J A Hodges Environment Commissioner J T Baines...

2. [2019] NZEmpC 47 Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa Inc v New Zealand Post Ltd [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...2019 JUDGMENT OF THE FULL COURT Introduction [1] Delivery agents deliver mail to households and businesses throughout New Zealand. They are employed under a collective agreement, the operative one being the agreement of 2017-2020. Clause O20 of the agreement provides: Delivery Agents may be required to work reasonable overtime in excess of their standard hours (subject to safe operating procedures), provided that work is voluntary on days which are otherwise...

3. 2017 NZSSAA 023 (24 May 2017) [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...years he has worked as a volunteer at the XXXX and used his car to commute to there from his home in XXXX. Mr XXXX is no longer mobile enough to do this weekly duty but does some XXXX work at home. [4] This matter has a long history. In 1995 Mr XXXX appealed the Ministry’s decision to refuse to include any costs associated with using his car in his disability allowance. Mr XXXX’s appeal was upheld because the Authority 2 concluded that he relied on his car fo...

4. CAC 405 v Lockwood [2016] NZREADT 79 [pdf, 81 KB]

   BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2016] NZREADT 79 READT 073/15 IN THE MATTER OF A charge laid under s 91 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BROUGHT BY COMPLAINTS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 405 AGAINST LYNLEY LOCKWOOD Defendant Hearing: 5 December 2016, at Auckland Tribunal: Hon P J Andrews, Chairperson Mr J Gaukrodger, Member Ms C Sandelin, Member Appearances: Ms N Copeland, on behalf of the

5. [2021] NZEnvC 184 Tasman District Council v Awaroa Aerodrome Ltd [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...LOCKER-LAl'vIPSON Fifteenth Respondent CEREDIG MORGAN RICHARDS Sixteenth Respondent DINAH MORGAN DUNAV AN Seventeenth Respondent MARY MORGAN RICHARDS Eighteenth Respondent Environment Judge B P Dwyer Environment Commissioner DJ Bunting on 15 February 2021 at Nelson closing submissions received 17 March 2021 K Mitchell and A Besier for Applicant A Olney and A Dartnall for First to Fourteenth and Seventeenth Respondents No appearance for Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Eigh...

6. BORA Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...questions are answered in the affirmative, we consider that the legislation gives rise to a prima facie issue of "discrimination" under s 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. Where this is the case, the legislation falls to be justified under s 5 of that Act. Establishment and composition of the Board promoting issues of significance for mana whenua and Māori of Tāmaki Makaurau Clause 45 of the Bill inserts five new Parts to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009. Ne...

7. United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in relation to the latest version of the Bill (PCO 24503/3.5). We will provide you with further advice if the final version includes amendments that affect the conclusions in this advice. 3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill...

8. [2011] NZEmpC 43 Hally Labels Ltd v Powell [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...competing with it. The Authority will be investigating the substantive matter on 26 May 2011. The interim injunction is being sought to uphold a restraint contained in an employment agreement made on 11 May 2010, which contained the following clause: 9.0 Restraint on post-employment activities. The parties recognise that the employer has a legitimate proprietary interest in the customers, procedures and practices of the company and agree to the following restraints in recognit...

9. 20240523-Resource-Management-Freshwater-and-Other-Matters-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 97 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 15 May 2024 Hon Paul Goldsmith, Acting Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the Resource Management (Freshwater Management and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet re

10. [2021] NZREADT 37 Watson (20 July 2021) [pdf, 212 KB]

    ...not cancel the contract if there were any issues. The Committee noted Ms Berry’s response that she provided the appellants with a draft ASP, they would then receive their own legal advice, and she played no part in the creation of any special clauses the appellants wished to have in the ASP. The Committee also referred to the email from Ms Berry to the appellants on 16 February (referred to in paragraph [5], above), in which Ms Berry told the appellants of the vendor’s query w...