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1. KT v U Ltd [2024] NZDT 731 (17 September 2024) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...2. KT has claimed the insurance excess she paid and compensation for the loss of her possessions. She believes that U Ltd is liable for the losses under Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) provisions. She believes that she was not adequately informed by U Ltd of the danger of fuel escaping if the generator tipped over. She said that she understood from her previous generator instruction manual that it must always be stored in an upright position but did not understand that this was be...

2. Planning (dated 22-26 May 2017) [pdf, 762 KB]

   ...site over the existing road formation, albeit with some upgrading of works within legal road reserve. 22. We agree that for the transport truck to travel to the subject site, the vehicle will traverse over Mr Mursa’s property which functions as formed road. We recognise the road formation is long established and that historically all vehicles on the formed road will traverse the property of Mr Mursa. We agree that any issues of access while using the formed road are a civil matter....

3. 2021-05-24 NPSREG Implementation Guide [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...policies and plans, and current trends in policy making at regional and city/district levels. Therefore, the guidance has been designed so that local authorities can use and adapt the examples provided in Section 4 to suit the particular structure and format of their planning documents. The structure of the remaining sections of this guidance is: • Section 2 provides background information on some key aspects of the NPS REG and its relevance to policies, plans, resource consents, her...

4. Guidelines-for-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-Courts-and-Tribunals-for-lawyers.pdf [pdf, 503 KB]

   ...rule of law, to facilitate the administration of justice1 and the overriding duty of a lawyer as an officer of the court.2 As officers of the court, lawyers must not mislead the court.3 They must take all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of information (including legal citations) provided to the court, and to avoid any risk of breaching suppression orders. In addition, lawyers have obligations to their clients, opposing parties and opposing counsel, including obligations to preserv...

5. Guidelines-for-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-Courts-and-Tribunals-for-non-lawyers.pdf [pdf, 489 KB]

   Page 1 of 6 GUIDELINES FOR USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COURTS AND TRIBUNALS Non-lawyers 7 December 2023 These guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots (such as ChatGPT, Bing Chat or Google Bard) in court/tribunal proceedings have been developed to assist non-lawyers (including self-represented litigants, McKenzie friends and lay advocates) who represent themselves or others. This guidance applies in relati...

6. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Easy Read [docx, 11 MB]

   [image: A picture containing text Description automatically generated][image: Text Description automatically generated] Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand [image: ] Have your say about adoption laws July 2021 What you will find in here [image: A person holding a sign Description automatically generated with medium confidence]Page number: What is this document about?..................2 [image: ]What is adoption? 5 What is adoption used for? 7 [image: A picture containing tex...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 209 Manawa Energy Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 944 KB]

   ...affect the resolution of any other appeal or topic. The consent memorandum records the parties' assurance that there are no issues of scope or jurisdiction.1 Direction and conclusion [6] On the question of whether r 3.1.60 is to be deleted as requested, leave is resetved to parties to file a further joint memorandum within 15 working days to assist the court on matters of jurisdictional scope. In the meantime, the making of a consent order is reserved. Unless the court is so s...

8. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Ltd v Dunedin City Council - Application [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...--l.,.h;s:S~!::::;.:l::::§;~;;:::::!C:=..=------- Date: 1 //0/1) ~ 7 Privacy - Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 You should be aware th.t Ihis document becomes a public record once submitted. Under the above Act. anyone can request to see copies of application5 lodged with the Council. The Council is obliged to make available the information requested unless thell! are grounds under Ihe above Act that justify withholding it. While you may request that il be with...

9. EU & Ors v I Ltd [2024] NZDT 594 (19 July 2024) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...dangerously, configured). CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 5. I Ltd have not disputed that the set-up of the generator supplied was inappropriate for its purpose, rather they argue that their terms and conditions exclude any liability. On the information supplied to me, I find that the supply by I Ltd was not carried out with reasonable care and skill and/or was negligent, because while a configuration with no neutral connected is necessary for some uses, it should not have 5-pi...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 262 Manawa Energy Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 932 KB]

    ...RMA, such order being by consent, rather than representing a decision or determination on the merits pursuant to s297. The court understands for present purposes that: 2 (a) all relevant parties to the proceedings have executed the memorandum requesting this order; Consent memorandum dated August 2022 at [7]-[8], [10]. 4 (b) all relevant parties are satisfied that all matters proposed for the court's endorsement fall ·within the court's jurisdiction, and conform to t...