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1. [2020] NZSSAA 22 (19 November 2020) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...[7] On 19 November 2019 the Ministry advised the appellant that she had nil dates of entitlement to Supported Living Payment during an absence from New Zealand and this benefit would stop on 20 November 2019. Supplementary Assistance in the form of Accommodation Supplement 3 and Disability Allowance would continue and Supported Living Payments reinstated when the appellant returned to New Zealand. [8] The appellant left New Zealand on 19 November 2019 and returned on...

2. Puriri v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Trust Board (Media Application) [2022] NZHRRT 47 [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...published unless at least 10 minutes has passed (subject to exceptions). The media applicant is required to maintain a copy of all publications or broadcasts using audio recordings taken in court and must supply a copy to the court if a judicial officer requests a copy. [20] The 2016 Guidelines provide that any party or witness in a civil hearing can apply for an order that a witness not be filmed, photographed or recorded (Guideline 11, 2016 Guidelines). Matters relevant to the judici...

3. MVDT Annual Report 2020-2021 [pdf, 360 KB]

   ...notices or documents by post or courier. One option would be to amend s 142(1)(b) of the MVS Act to allow the Tribunal to serve documents by sending those documents to an email address nominated by or on behalf of that person in response to a request by the Tribunal. That amendment would recognise that so much of business and legal correspondence now occurs by email rather than more traditional methods and would also bring the Tribunal’s service requirements in line with other jur...

4. Auckland Standards Committee 4 v Holdaway [2022] NZLCDT 49 (22 December 2022) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...post-hearing timetable. The Minute of the Deputy Chair following a teleconference on 27 October contained this portion: The revised timetable must be fair but firm. We continue to encourage Ms Holdaway to participate fully so the Tribunal can make an informed assessment. She holds herself out as fit to practise law as a sole practitioner. We expect her to manage her preparation in a reasonably practicable time- frame. The revised timetable provides ample time for her to achieve this....

5. 20230413-Dairy-Industry-Restructuring-Fonterra-Capital-Restructuring-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...from discrimination) and section 25(c) (right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty). Our analysis is set out below. The Bill 4. In 2001, the Government passed the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (the principal Act) to enable the formation of Fonterra, known as the new co-op,1 and to manage risks arising from Fonterra’s dominance in New Zealand dairy markets. 5. Subparts 5 and 5A of Part 2 of the principal Act promote the efficient operation of dairy markets in New Z...

6. Tyler - Succession to Pamela Lorna Te Ata Harris (2023) 80 Te Waipounamnu MB 231 (80 TWP 231) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...succession rights through his aunt and through the family ahu whenua trust, his children will already receive interests in the Māori land and Tītī Island interests. However, he said he had not spoken with his children regarding this matter. I requested he file a letter signed by his children confirming they are comfortable with the interests Leonard would have received from Pamela going to three of his siblings only. [8] At the conclusion of the hearing, I made the following order...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 111 The Trustees of Dokad Trust and Successors v Auckland Council [pdf, 993 KB]

   ...this is the objector that Mr Mawhinney represented at the Council hearing. 1 The Council submits that Mr Mawhinney has previously alleged that Dokad Trustees Ltd was the successor to all original objectors.2 [4] I issued a minute on 4 April 2022, requesting that the appellants identify the correct appellants and explain the appellants' relationship to the objector listed in the Council's decision, which was "Dokad Trustees Limited as successor to various previous obje...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 136 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...that: (1) the appeal is allowed in part and Marlborough District Council is directed to: (a) amend the proposed Marlborough Environment Plan as set out 1 Resource Management Act 1991. MCKEECH EC Seal 2 in Appendix 1 attached to and forming part of this consent order; and (b) make any consequential amendments to the numbering of provisions and relevant planning maps resulting from (a) above. (2) the appeal otherwise remains extant. B: Under s285 RMA, there is no orde...

9. [2022] NZACC 6 – Jones v ACC (19 January 2022) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...the appeal. The Authority was not satisfied on the evidence before it that Mr Jones had shown that the Corporation’s calculation to be wrong. [10] In September 2018, Mr Jones filed application for leave to appeal to the High Court. Despite requests by the Authority for Mr Jones to file written submissions in support of his application, these were not forthcoming. On 18 June 2019, the Authority declined leave. [11] On 27 May 2021, Mr Jones filed an application to recall the Au...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 20 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 195 KB]

    HOSEA COURAGE, DANIEL PILGRIM AND LEVI COURAGE v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL sued on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Labour Inspectorate [2022] NZEmpC 20 [11 February 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 20 EMPC 363/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a declaration under s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 AND IN THE MATTER OF an application to require answer to i