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1. [2018] NZEnvC 131 Grattan Investments Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...for this zone is not intended to change, that is the appropriate process for determining whether it should and, if so, how and to what extent. [5] The appellant lodged an appeal against the Council's decision on 2 February 2018. Mr Koppens filed a notice to become a party to the appeal under s 274 of the Act on 21 February 2018. [6] The parties attended Court-assisted mediation on 11 April 2018. As a result of discussions at mediation, the Council now supports the grant of co...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 202 Cruickshank v CE of Unitec Institute of Technology [pdf, 446 KB]

   ...Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN GARRY WAYNE CRUICKSHANK Plaintiff AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF UNITEC INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Defendant Hearing: 3-4 and 6-7 May, 6-7 July 2010, 27 February 2012 And by written submissions filed on 30 August, 13 and 17 September 2010, 11 and 25 November 2011 and 17 February 2012 (Heard at Auckland) Counsel: Lorne Campbell, counsel for plaintiff Sherridan Cook, Stephanie van der Wel and Alexandra Stuart, counsel for d...

3. The Māori Trustee v Smith - Waipaoa 5A2 (2017) 72 Tairāwhiti MB 57 (72 TRW 57) [pdf, 546 KB]

   ...respect to the application to transfer the shares of Digga-Bygum Ltd to the trustees and executors of the estate. Ms Feint advised the Court that she has received an indication from Dr Gilling that an application for leave to withdraw would be filed shortly. This situation is unfortunate. The issues to be resolved in relation to this estate are longstanding and complex. Bruce and Roland Smith would benefit from legal representation. [6] I decided to proceed with the hearing no...

4. 3.0-W-RIS-Family-Court-Associate-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...It can prevent a family from moving on and starting new relationships as the dispute remains a live issue that requires ongoing time, attention, and maintenance. Changing valuations over time and the cost of the dispute itself (e.g., lawyers’ fees) impact each party’s assets following the dispute. This can in turn have ongoing implications for family life; eg the family home needs to be sold, due to the parties no longer being able to afford it. There are a number of key assump...

5. Notification of Applications Over 6 months old that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) - 31 August 2019 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 31 August 2019 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 being applications which are 6 months or older as at 31 August 2019, and which are currently held by the Registrar in the District set out, or, in the case of applications to the Chief Judge of Māori Land Court or those to the Māori

6. [2007] NZEmpC AC 51A/07 Maritime Union of NZ and ors v TLNZ Ltd and anor [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...witnesses qualify as expert witnesses able to give opinion evidence and, therefore, the admissibility of some of the evidence intended to be given by those witnesses as signalled in their briefs of evidence that have been exchanged and filed. [2] As against the need for a very prompt decision to enable accepted expert witnesses to confer before trial, this is the first case in this Court addressing the relevant sections of the Evidence Act 2006 that came into force only ab...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 54 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...that at an earlier stage he took professional legal advice and may have incurred the costs thereof. If that is so, he may apply for reimbursement, or a contribution towards reimbursement, of these. Mr Goel is entitled to an order that his court filing fee be paid by the defendant and I make that direction. GL Colgan Chief Judge Judgment signed at 2.00pm on Thursday 30 th April 2015

8. LCRO 207/2018 PC v FM (10 September 2019) [pdf, 499 KB]

   ...successful in Court where there has been a finding of a breach of fiduciary duty on the part of the defendants. The Court found that the defendant’s omission was the cause of Ms PC’s loss. 7 Application for review [34] Through Mr ZL, Ms PC filed an application for review on 9 November 2018 The outcome sought is some limitation on Mr FM’s field of legal work, re-education in fiduciary duty, or a fine. [35] Mr ZL’s submissions are not always particularly easy to follow bu...

9. IPT 2020-21 Annual Report [pdf, 520 KB]

   ...improvement in timeliness is that the average time taken by members, from allocation of file or last hearing to the decision, is now only 18 days. The progress in timeliness has been assisted by the work of the case managers who ensure that all files are fully prepared prior to allocation. The Tribunal has at times been delayed in finalising appeals where it has considered the grant of residence status and therefore required police clearance certificates for the appellants concerned....

10. Proactive-release-of-political-donations-consultation-materials-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 12 MB]

    Proa cti ve R ele as e Ministry of Justice Proactive release of material related to submissions on proposed changes to political donation rules Date of issue: 20 January 2023 Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.