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1. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Wellington Advkit Services Ltd (Joinder of Second and Third Defendants) [2015] NZHRRT 11 [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...about his medical condition. This process might take some two to three weeks. He said because of frequent periods of hospitalisation and the unpredictability of his health status any timetable set by the Tribunal would need to make allowance for his disability. Joinder – the law [18] Neither the Human Rights Act 1993 nor the Privacy Act 1993 make explicit provision for the striking out or addition of parties but Regulation 16 of the Human Rights Review Tribunal Regulations 2002 all...

2. 2017 NZSSAA 069 (5 December 2017) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Pension (private sector) or the Mutual Aid Pension (government employee). [15.3] Category 3 insured persons are partners of category 2 persons. [16] Some category 1 persons are exempt from having to pay premiums (such as a person receiving a disability pension); otherwise, they pay a specified annual premium whether or not they are in paid work at the time. [17] Category 2 persons pay a percentage of their employee/employer contributions. [18] Category 3 persons are not req...

3. Gratton - Estate of Elizabeth May Henson (2003) 131 Aotea MB 230 (131 AOT 230) [pdf, 607 KB]

   ...administration of this estate, given its particular characteristics. That section states: liTo enforce the obligations of this trust (whether by way of injunction or otherwise) against any person appointed by the Court as the trustee of a person under disability, or against the executor, administrat00 or trustee of a deceased Maori, or against any other trustee in respect of any Maori freehold land [or General land owned by Maori] or any interest therein or the proceeds of the alienation...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 080 Cossens v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...in the United Kingdom the right of a lay person to apply for and recover costs is enshrined in statute. More recently there has been recognition by the courts and New Zealand Government in relation to unpaid family carers and residential care, disability and home support services in that "like for like" work should be acknowledged as the same time and effort undertaken i.e. in this case the same time and effort of a lay litigant should be recognised as that of counsel repr...

5. Protected person TPO Information Pack [pdf, 560 KB]

   ...Physical: Someone hitting, slapping, kicking, or using a weapon or an object. Someone strangling, choking, suffocating, or burning you. Breaking your things, breaking into your home. Taking away things you need because of your age, health condition, or disability. Sexual: Pressuring you to do something you don’t want to do sexually. Forcing you to have sex, touching or forcing you to perform sexual acts or watch pornography. Emotional and Psychological: Putting you down, making...

6. Respondent TPO Information Pack [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...Physical: Hitting, slapping, kicking, or using a weapon or an object. Strangling, choking, suffocating, burning someone. Breaking their things, breaking into their home. Taking away things they need because of their age, health condition, or disability. Sexual: Pressuring someone to do something they don’t want to do sexually. Forcing someone to have sex, touching or forcing someone to perform sexual acts or watch pornography. Emotional and Psychological: Putting someone down...

7. COVID-19 Justice Sector Survey - Report 3 for the period 28 April to 4 May 2020 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...included: loss of independence, being separated from the rest of the family, not very clear about bubble rules, having to keep children at home, and observing those who violate the rules. Some people mentioned difficulties related to their physical disability. Experiencing crime and reporting to Police  An overwhelming majority of respondents did not experience property crime and personal non-violent crime. Experience of crime by specific offence types is presented in the chart...

8. [2018] NZSSAA 32 (11 July 2018) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...case for the appellant [12] The parties agree that the French pensions are administered by the Humanis Group, a provident institution, which conducts two main activities — managing the AGIRC and ARRCO pension schemes and providing health and disability insurance.6 Ms Urquhart argues that Humanis is a private company acting as social partner with the pension schemes. She does not accept that Humanis administers the French pensions on behalf of the French Government because, she...

9. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - summary document - large print [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...Current incitement provisions only apply to speech that targets a group because of their colour, race, or ethnic or national origins. Other groups are also targeted by hateful speech, including groups based on their religion, gender, sexuality and disability. This proposal would change the law to also apply if hatred was incited against a group of people due to a wider range of characteristics. This could include some of, or all, the other prohibited grounds of discrimination in...

10. Maori Reservations.pdf [pdf, 348 KB]

    ...total includes absent trustees, deceased trustees and resigning trustees who have not been replaced, or where the number of trustees has not been reduced by the MLC. Where there are more than three 7. In its legal use, this means physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of the Court, results in a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage their affairs in relation to their property. 8. A person who has not yet reached the age of 20. 9. Owner(s) of shares of lan...