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1. Hart v Auckland Standards Committee 1 of the New Zealand Law Society CIV 2012 404 5076 5528 [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...the Tribunal and should have been dealt with by the Standards Committee. (3) The Tribunal should not have found the first charge proved in circumstances where the complainant did not appear at the hearing. (4) The Tribunal erred in failing to request that Mr Daniel Gardiner appear before it in connection with charge one, and in failing to request that Mr Alistair Haskett appear before it in connection with charge four. Both were legal practitioners who had sworn affidavits for...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 13 NZ Post Primary Teachers Assn & Gray v Cambridge High School & Secretary for Education [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...2011, the NZPPTA wrote to the Ministry requesting a meeting of the Issues Committee about several issues concerning the calculation of salaries of overseas-trained teachers. 24.2. The result of the meeting was that the Secretary for Education requested that Ms Borrell and an advocate from the NZPPTA meet to attempt to resolve the issues of disagreement that led to the meeting. 24.3. Ms Borrell’s 15 July 2011 email set out a proposal for a way forward regarding these issues....

3. Otago Standards Committee v Rayner [2014] NZLCDT 62 [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...Ms Anderson drew from what the practitioner said, but was asking for what he actually said, she responded that she didn’t know why else she would have put that in her notes. [42] During oral evidence the Tribunal asked Ms Anderson if she had formed a view as to the reliability and accuracy of statements and responses made to her by M. She responded that there were consistencies in some things that were said with what the practitioner acknowledged and that she thought the statemen...

4. 2017 NZSSAA 026 (12 June 2017) [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...which he did not declare as income when providing the information required by the Ministry to establish his eligibility for benefits. Conclusions [62] Mr XXXX failed to provide evidence to directly determine his income for the 2012 period as requested by the Ministry, either at the time it was requested or at the hearing. The financial records for the 2011 and 2013 years are the best indication of the results for 2012. Mr XXXX neither provided evidence of the actual income, n...

5. CR v TN LCRO 54/2014 (23 November 2016) [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...withdrawn this Office must complete the review. him. Review [20] Mr CR provided comprehensive written submissions in support of his application for review and I considered the review could be completed on the material to hand. Both parties were requested to consent pursuant to s 206(2)(b) of the Act to this review being completed on the papers.5 [21] This Office has been endeavouring to schedule the hearing for this review since March 2015 and for various reasons, including Mr CR...

6. Employment Court Practice Directions [pdf, 492 KB]

   ...of documents). Back to front 3 | P a g e 2. Applications to and communications with the Court 1) If a party or a party’s representative applies to the Court for an interlocutory order or other direction, an application in proper form, accompanied by a memorandum and/or supporting affidavit, should be made unless there are extraordinary circumstances (such as extreme urgency) which preclude compliance with this direction. In such cases the Court will accept a less fo...

7. LCRO 122/2015 NP v AO (21 May 2018) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...they cost a lot of money”. [10] She and others met Mr AO at Ms T’s home later that day, obtained a key from the neighbour, and undertook “a brief perusal of her effects”. [11] Mrs NP says that when she asked Mr AO later for further information to assist her and her siblings in Australia in possibly making a claim, he did not respond and continued not to return her calls. 3 [12] Mrs NP and her siblings engaged a lawyer who corresponded with Mr AO in October 2014. M...

8. [2020] NZEmpC 194 Samuels v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...were not put to him for comment and which have caused damage to his reputation. [9] The claim as originally drafted has been substantially whittled down, and three questions are now in focus: (a) Did the Authority have jurisdiction to request the contract between Mr Samuels and his client and to take it into account when determining an appropriate award of costs to Ms Lang? (b) Did Mr Samuels have the right to natural justice on the question of costs payable to Ms Lang?...

9. Territorial Authorities - JS McGirr - Supplementary - 12 May 2021.pdf [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...a representative of Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) a territorial authority holding responsibilities relating to the provision of water supply infrastructure in the Otago Region. 4. The purpose of my evidence is to provide further information to inform the Court about the nature of water use within the QLDC community supplies that may be subject to Plan Change 7 (PC7). 5. QLDC does not have any water take permits expiring within the likely operative time frame of PC7....

10. LCRO 221/2016 FN v SB (10 December 2019) [pdf, 130 KB]

    ...in funds to address the overdue rent. Request was made to amend the term of the lease to a period of two years, and for clarification as to the commencement date. Mr SB noted in his 22 June 2015 correspondence that apart from the amendments requested, and a need to clarify the description of the premises, the form of the lease was acceptable. [68] On 23 July 2015, Mr SB wrote further to the landlord’s lawyer advising that he’d had further discussions with Ms FN and was in a p...