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1. Martin, G N - EiC (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Change has been drafted as a new stand-alone section to be inserted into the operative Water Plan. This approach to the drafting also promotes ease of understanding and was endorsed by the Consents Team. [28] The plan change also includes a number of consequential amendments to the operative Water Plan – updating page numbers, footers, the title page, the Chronical of Events, and the section entitled “Process of plan preparation”. [29] Particular attention is drawn to the language...

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Civil Fees Review [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...tribunals. Fees are currently charged in all courts and some of the tribunals administered by the Ministry. Civil fees were last comprehensively reviewed between 2001 and 2003. Other than a GST increase in 2010 and an adjustment in line with the Consumers Price Index in 2011, most fees have not changed since 2004. The 2011 CPI adjustment did not apply to fees in specialist courts. First principles review In 2011, the Government agreed to a first principles review of civil fees in...

3. [2014] NZEmpC 23 Greenslade v Jetstar Airways Ltd [pdf, 293 KB]

   ROBERT RICHARD GREENSLADE v JETSTAR AIRWAYS LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2014] NZEmpC 23 [14 February] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2014] NZEmpC 23 ARC 91/12 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN ROBERT RICHARD GREENSLADE Plaintiff AND JETSTAR AIRWAYS LIMITED Defendant Hearing: Court: 6-7 May 2013 Chief Judge G L Colgan Judge Christina Inglis Judge M E

4. Taylor v Orcon Ltd [2015] NZHRRT 15 [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...Baycorp and the Privacy Commissioner. THE LEGAL ISSUES [41] In view of these findings of fact, there are two primary legal issues. First, whether Principle 8 was breached and second, whether in terms of s 66(1) of the Privacy Act there was a consequential interference with Mr Taylor’s privacy. Principle 8 [42] Information Privacy Principle 8 provides: Principle 8 Accuracy, etc, of personal information to be checked before use An agency that holds personal information shall no...

5. 3.0-W-RIS-Family-Court-Associate-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...2014 family justice system reforms, p29. Available at: www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/family-justice-reforms-main- report.pdf. The UMR report showed that going to Court was a “highly emotional time (with high stress) that is time consuming and unfair “. 33 Buchanan et al, 2001; Freeman and Hunt, 1998; Lindley, 1998; Perry and Rainey, 2006. 34 the Te Korowai report, p 55. Regulatory Impact Statement | 15 relationships.35 Children exposed to ongoing...

6. RIS - Abortion Law Reform [pdf, 750 KB]

   Impact Statement: Abortion Law Reform | 1 Abortion law reform Advising agencies Ministry of Justice Decision sought This analysis has been prepared to inform decisions by Cabinet in its consideration of the Law Commission’s briefing paper about options to take a health approach to abortion law. Proposing Ministers Minister of Justice Summary: Problem and Proposed Approach Problem Definition What problem or opportunity does this proposal seek to address? Why is G

7. Humphries v CAC 10070 & Anor [2013] NZREADT 103 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...complainant went into the 1 December 2010 auction with the belief that the sale was in respect of a “going concern” and would be zero-rated for GST purposes. The complainant was the highest bidder with a bid of $130,000. [6] Mr Shin prepared the consequential sale and purchase agreement based on the Conditions of Sale at Auction. The sale price of “$130,000 (plus GST if any)” was crossed out by Mr Shin and he changed the price to $149,500 stating that the sale attracted GST....

8. AQ v UD LCRO 188/2013 (10 August 2013) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...Court in the guise of an expert witness. [53] I note however that the Committee observed that Ms CR had been engaged by Mrs AQ to provide counselling support for C, and I agree with the Committee that Ms CR’s role as counsellor for C, with the consequential duties of privacy and likely partiality for C which inevitably arose from that relationship, may well have been incompatible with the role of an independent expert witness. [54] The Standards Committee concluded that Mr UD shou...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 097 Handley v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...for the use of PWA processes for road /~ / {\.; .~/., .,wYO \ stopping over those of the LGA (on the basis that the latter process is "cumbersome" and ! ~ ( '(';'.:.' i'\J"';; 1 ;1 potentially "time consuming"). The court has no capacity to give any such direction in the I "'" I :' '. .. J" \4~~ .. \ ~ ~~ c.X:" .. · //~:;.> \ .: " \, 'l-,~I , , ". :';~,,'.l>'...

10. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

    ...This would require him to particularise the specific conduct and circumstances which would establish and support Mr HN’s contention that his rights had been breached. [98] The work involved in laying this foundation would be significant and time consuming. But Mr ZW had the benefit, as he himself acknowledges, of a client who was experienced and proficient in arguing for prisoners’ rights. This was not the first occasion Mr HN had challenged the Corrections Department. He was a...