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1. [2023] NZEmpC 131 Downer New Zealand Ltd v King [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...a hearing beginning at 11 am on Thursday 17 August 2023. (d) In all other respects the orders made on 2 August 2023 were unaltered. [4] By joint memorandum dated 17 August 2023 the parties applied for an adjournment of today’s hearing and requested further orders by consent. The application is granted. The orders made on 2 August 2023 and renewed on 11 August 2023 are further renewed subject to the following: (a) Paragraph [8] of the orders is amended to read: The freezing...

2. 20240523-Resource-Management-Freshwater-and-Other-Matters-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...a. removing the requirement for a consent authority to consider specific obligations contained in clauses 1.3(5) and 2.1 of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPSFM); b. removing the ability for a consent authority to request information from resource consent applicants about, or commission reports in relation to, the NPSFM clauses specified above; and LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 c. requiring resource consent applicants to exclude an assessment agai...

3. HRRT-Panel-Members-Position-Profile-2025 [docx, 29 KB]

   ...However, a member's name is not removed from the Panel until the conclusion of any hearings (and the subsequent decisions) in respect of which he or she was appointed prior to the expiry of the member's term. The same applies if a member submits a request to be removed from the Panel. Location Members of the Panel can be based anywhere in New Zealand and may be required to travel to the site of hearings. The Tribunal usually holds hearings at the place where the alleged breach of the...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 88 Hurrell v Menopaws Ltd t/a Number 8 Café [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...to $1,912. Confirmation has been provided that the plaintiff’s costs exceeded the sum sought. [3] In response the defendant has accepted that costs calculated on a 2A basis come to $1,912. However, the disagreement lies in the defendant’s request for the Court to exercise its discretion to decrease the amount that might be ordered to be paid. The reason for seeking a reduction in any award is the defendant’s contention that the plaintiff’s conduct put it to unnecessary ti...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 95 Victoria Jeon (AKA Jong Ai Park) as Trustee of the Jesus Aroma Church Trust v Labour Inspector [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Victoria Jeon has challenged a determination of the Employment Relations Authority.1 [2] The parties have reached a full and final settlement of all matters between them in relation to the challenge and have requested that their agreement be recorded in a judgment. [3] After discussion with Counsel, the following orders are made by consent: 1 A Labour Inspector v Victoria Jeon (aka Jong Ai Park), Joseph Jeon and Misun Leem, as trustees...

6. [2025] NZEmpC 104  ACG Education Limited v Jennison [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...$15,701.52; and (e) Five per cent of the lost benefit of the G shares.2 [3] On 12 May 2025 the plaintiff paid to the defendant the remedies awarded to him by the Authority at [2](a) and (b) above, and interest on those amounts. These remedies do not form part of the challenge. [4] The remaining remedies awarded by the Authority at [2](c), (d) and (e) above are being challenged. [5] By consent, the parties seek orders from the Court to stay execution of the Authority’s determi...

7. Affidavits & statutory declarations

   Affidavits and statutory declarations are examples where you set out your evidence in a written form and sign in front of a person who is authorised to take declarations and administer oaths. An affidavit, setting out your evidence, may be either sworn on oath or by way of affirmation before an authorised person.  An oath is sworn on a religious book such as the Bible or Qur’an. An affirmation is an oral statement declaring that the written contents are true, instead of taking an oath A statu...

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8. Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture

   The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) seeks to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment through the establishment of a system of regular visits to places of detention carried out by independent international and national bodies. International and national bodies work together to conduct regular visits to all places of detention in all States Parties and make recommendations to the relevant authorities...

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9. The hearing

   ...the hearing. These should be placed in a page numbered and indexed bundle ready to be presented to the tribunal. Time and place We’ll tell you the day and time your case is set down for hearing. You’ll be given at least 10 days' notice. Unless you request a private hearing in advance, hearings are formal and held in public. If both parties agree, hearings can be heard 'on the papers'. This means the chairperson will make a decision based only on written submissions, without the parties bein...

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