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1. [2021] NZEmpC 178 Guan v Jay.Co Ltd [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...Guan was employed by JAY.CO from 12 July to 18 August 2019.2 [7] It also dealt with an issue as to whether he worked for two days prior to this period, on 20 and 21 May 2019.3 [8] It summarised Mr Guan’s evidence that he had received a request from Mrs Lisha He on 19 May 2019 to attend the restaurant the following day at 10.00 am to start work. The Authority referred to a WeChat message4 which Mr Guan received on 20 May 2019, containing contact details of food and other sup...

2. Nelson Standards Committee v Downing and Reith [2022] NZLCDT 21 (27 June 2022) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...NZLCDT 38. 21 Family Protection Act 1980. 13 litigation to a late stage. This would have included, at the least, pleadings, procedural motions, any discovery, and at least two substantive affidavits. That work remained in place and formed the foundations for the trial. The further set of lawyers that assumed the file shortly before trial did not have to start from the beginning and there is no evidence that either Ms L or the Legal Services Agency incurred identifiable...

3. [2022] NZACC 58 – Large v ACC (7 April 2022) [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...Mr Large’s ongoing entitlements, on the basis that Mr Large’s ongoing symptoms were not the result of the covered lumbar sprain. Mr Large applied for review of both this decision and the decision of 20 March 2019. [25] Mr Large’s advocate requested comment from Dr Shaun Xiong, Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist. In a report dated 9 February 2021, Dr Xiong advised that, based on his paper review, he agreed with Dr Robinson that Mr Large’s ongoing symptoms were most likely d...

4. [2021] NZACC 104 - A v ACC (16 July 2021) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...and the lack of research on CRM as a treatment modality. On 15 June 2020 “A’s” wife received an email from ACC saying that the psychology advisor had agreed ACC could backdate funding for “A’s” sessions from the date of the initial request of 5/05/20. (“A” had actually made a request on 27 April 2020.) [16] On 30 June 2020 ACCs Technical Advisor concluded in an internal memorandum that the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (‘the Act’) did not permit A...

5. Subritzky v McLauglin - Subritzky Whanau Trust [2021] Chief Judges MB 849 (2021 CJ 849) [pdf, 486 KB]

   ...Delia Kahupake Subritzky 12.970555 Tatua East 23B2 PF 258/24 Delia Kahupake Subritzky 0.05 Omataroa Rangitaiki 2 CFR SA37D/850 Kahu Subritzky 1563.02000 Note received from Wiremu Subritzky and Delia Subritzky dated 18 April 2008 requesting that the following persons be included in the Subritzky Whānau Trust as beneficiaries: Successors/Beneficiaries Name Address Michael Hay Francis McLaughlin John Reweti Louie McLaughlin c/- 13 Pitiroi Street, Taupō...

6. AMLCFT Statutory Review Summary Document [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...2021. However, if you need more time to respond, please contact us, as we may be able to accommodate you. Submissions will be published on the Ministry’s website, however, you can ask to keep it confidential but make this clear in your submission request. For more information about how we will use your personal information and submission, including release of information under the Official Information Act 1982, see page viii of the Consultation Document. http://www.justice.govt.nz/am...

7. National Standards Committee 2 v Mr Y [2022] NZLCDT 8 (24 February 2022) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...maintaining sobriety. Her knowledge and support took me safely through the post-rehab phase … I trusted her advice and respected her opinion and guidance”. [18] It is also clear that Mr Y became closely connected to the support group and network formed by these regular meetings. [19] Ms T, who had been separated from her husband for approximately two years, was aware that Mr Y was a lawyer. In November 2018 she discussed with Mr Y her “unresolved separation and property di...

8. Boulton v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 135 [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...…; (ii) The contended point of law must be “capable of bona fide and serious argument” to qualify for the grant of leave …; (iii) Care must be taken to avoid allowing issues of fact to be dressed up as questions of law; appeals on the former being proscribed …; (iv) Where an appeal is limited to questions of law, a mixed question of law and fact is a matter of law …; (v) A decision-maker's treatment of facts can amount to an error of law. There will be an...

9. Nga-hapu-o-Kereru-Marae-Koputoroa-Stream-CIA-FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...and whanau hold in high regard, with an ancestral connection. This is rooted in the concept of whakapapa. 13 Raupō - Raupō was traditionally used for making poi. First the pith was scraped from the raupō fibre. The loose pith was then formed into a ball, which was enclosed in raupō and tied above. Tauranga waka - There was a tauranga waka (landing) in the covenant, and a waka was found on the site in the 1940s or 1950s. It is now currently stored on a neighbouring propert...

10. [2023] NZREADT 12 - KD & DX v Donaldson (31 May 2023) [pdf, 214 KB]

    ...of 9 March 2023 from Ms Harkess concerning the adequacy of the complainants’ disclosure which will be addressed at a later stage of the process). THE APPOINTMENT OF AMICUS CURIAE [28] The Tribunal will deal shortly with the Authority’s request to be heard on this first referral seeking compensation. Given the significance of the issues raised, particularly the role of the Authority on referrals, it seeks the appointment of an amicus curiae (also known as standby counsel) to...