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1. Screen Industry Workers Bill [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 14 – Freedom of Expression 8. Clause 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form. The right has been interpreted as including the right not to be compelled to say certain things or to provide certain information.1 9. There are broadly three ways in which the Bill engages the r...

2. EN v SQ [2020] NZDT 1442 (27 May 2020) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...commenced in about July 2017, and it has still not been completed (as at the date of the hearing). That is about two years and ten months since the work was commenced. SQ claimed that he had asked EN a question, which he said would provide crucial information, about whether the vehicle was registered or whether the registration was suspended. He claimed that he could not complete the work without an answer to this question, because “it may not have been worthwhile doing the work”....

3. HM v BTO Ltd [2020] NZDT 1385 (4 May 2020) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...wasn’t. Most consumers are lay people who would not be privy to chemical and physical elements of materials. 15. In any event even if it was covered with a tarpaulin the whole time, the wood could still be affected by moisture with condensation forming under a tarpaulin. Ideally the wood should be kept in a dry shed for example. Again, there is nothing in the instructions. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 4 16. MN could not assemble the tub. That was not his fault. The instr...

4. Discussion document diagrams (English) [pdf, 544 KB]

   Adoption law reform Connections to culture Legal effect Child participation Family & whānau involvement Information and identity No defined purpose or guiding principles Child-centred purpose of adoption Guiding principles ensure that children’s rights are upheld Birth parents are replaced with the adoptive parents Adoptive parents get guardianship rights, responsibilities and duties Birth parents and adoptive parents are all legal parents Adoptive pa...

5. United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...and search: a. any place where apples are held or are likely to be held; or b. any place where documents relating to apples are held or are likely to be held; or c. any vehicle, aircraft, or ship. 15. Clause 49 of the bill allows for NZAPI to request and use information from any person, including quota holders, quota applicants, and any other apple exporters. A person must comply with a request as soon as practicable or by the date specified in the request. 16. Additionally, under c...

6. UN v BF Ltd [2022] NZDT 138 (6 September 2022) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...there despite knowing that it required a permit to be in, and that he did not have one. While UN says that he looked for a machine from which to purchase a permit and couldn’t find one, it would have been reasonable for him to search for further information. If he had done this I find that it is more likely than not that he would have found the sign near the entry to the car park which is large, headed up ‘Authorised Paid Parking Only’ and would have been difficult to miss for a pers...

7. SD v IE & DE [2021] NZDT 1588 (5 August 2021) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...undertaking to be clearly articulated. If the parties had intended that the retention fund could be used for reasonable remediation and rectification costs only, with the balance being refunded to when the remediation was complete, this would have formed part of the undertaking. 11. I accept the submission of IE & DE that the purpose of the undertaking was to incentivise prompt completion of remedial works so that they could move in as quickly as possible, at a crucial time of the...

8. HI v TN [2022] NZDT 53 (11 January 2022) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...claims, was found after the sale to have substantial defects. HI alleges that TN misrepresented the condition of the vehicle, and claims compensation for repairs and resulting expenses. [2] HI, a motor vehicle trader of some 30 years experience, was informed in August 2021 by a person he knew that TN had a 2004 Ford Falcon for sale. HI, who was based in [City 1], phoned TN, who was in [City 2], to discuss the car. They agreed on a price of $18,000.00, and the car was delivered to [City...

9. CD v X Ltd [2024] NZDT 262 (26 March 2024) [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...reported that the owner of the car was not a bona fide customer of [shopping centre], and the car had been parked overnight. 14. WI said that request breaches are somewhat different to breaches issued for exceeding the time limits. She says on her information, CD had parked in breach of the terms and conditions of the car park and the initial breach notice was correct. 15. I do not accept that the initial breach notice correctly stated what terms and conditions CD had been in br...

10. D Ltd v BE [2023] NZDT 346 (21 July 2023) [pdf, 113 KB]

    ...of $12,199.21 of the amounts invoiced. 19. While D Ltd claims contractual interest, they have provided no evidence of terms and conditions having been provided to BE or proven that BE agreed to interest on default amounts when the contract was formed. 20. Where there is no contractual rate of interest agreed, interest may be awarded by the Tribunal as per the Interest on Money Claims Act 2016. As discussed at the hearing, when a claim has been first brought some years after the cau...