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1. Coroners-Court-Annual-Report-2023-WEB.pdf [pdf, 977 KB]

   ...Coroners Court bench in October 2023, after around 25 years working in private practice, primarily in employment law. As a law student, and then a green lawyer in large firms, employment law had resonated with me because, at its core, it’s about human relationships. As a lifelong observer of human nature, and with an amateur psychologist mindset, employment law offered the opportunity to use my legal skills as well as feed my interest in people. Employment law served up some intrigui...

2. [2007] NZEmpC WC 34/07 Crook v Sovereign Services Ltd [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...must take account of the current state of knowledge and not be made with the benefit of hindsight. Relevant to this assessment is the size and resources of the employer. As Miss Buckett submitted, Sovereign is a large commercial business with a human resources department and is in the business of providing risk assessment to others. 4 Sections 7-10 Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 5 Gilbert at para [83] [14] T...

3. [2011] NZEmpC 125 Angus v Ports of Auckland Limited [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...given and in reliance upon which the order for interim reinstatement is made. [78] This order will also allow an opportunity to POAL to address any issues about its Tuvaluan workforce with the assistance, if appropriate, of a body such as the Human Rights Commission. It will also allow Mr Angus to address the issues of workplace stress, and to reflect upon these events and how he will relate to his supervisors and colleagues in less pressured circumstances than he has to date. [7...

4. [2009] NZEmpC AC 31/09 Ora Ltd v Kirkley [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...was a private institution funded by the Te Wananga O Aotearoa and its business was educating immigrants through settlement programmes it ran. Mrs Kirkley’s responsibilities included internal administration, finance, information technology, and human resources. She was part of the management team. In the first 18 months the plaintiff enrolled some 1,000 students. The student role started to drop off early in 2005. Towards the end of that year the managing director, Rob Picksto...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 74 NZ Aluminimum Smelters Ltd v Weller Ors [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...When those individual employment contracts took effect, staff were working the 8 hour shift pattern of Roster 1. The way in which the new holidays provisions were operated was explained by Barry Simmonds, who had been in the role of Specialist Human Resources at the plant since 1989. He said that holiday entitlements were recorded in days and that statutory holidays were treated as additional annual holidays. Thus, on the occasion of each statutory holiday, employees were credite...

6. Lochead-MacMillan v AMI Insurance [2012] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 109 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2012] NZHRRT 5 Reference No. HRRT 021/2011 IN THE MATTER OF A CLAIM UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN JAMES LOCHEAD-MACMILLAN PLAINTIFF AND AMI INSURANCE LIMITED DEFENDANT AT PUKEKOHE Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Mr R Musuku, Member Mr B Neeson, Member Mr Lochead-MacMillan in person Mr C Hurren for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: 22 February 2012 DATE OF DECISION: 27 March 2012...

7. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka (Whanganui) chapter 1 [pdf, 827 KB]

   ...called Ruruku Whakatupua : Te Mana o te Awa Tupua, sets out a framework for establishing the Whanganui river as a single, indivisible legal entity, from the mountains to the sea. The settlement will also allow for the creation of te pou tupua, the ‘human face’ of te awa tupua, which will act and speak for the river. te pou tupua will comprise representatives of Whanganui Māori and the Crown, symbolic of the treaty relation- ship. It will be supported by a strategy group consisting...

8. Waitangi Tribunal - Whanganui land report [pdf, 827 KB]

   ...called Ruruku Whakatupua : Te Mana o te Awa Tupua, sets out a framework for establishing the Whanganui river as a single, indivisible legal entity, from the mountains to the sea. The settlement will also allow for the creation of te pou tupua, the ‘human face’ of te awa tupua, which will act and speak for the river. te pou tupua will comprise representatives of Whanganui Māori and the Crown, symbolic of the treaty relation- ship. It will be supported by a strategy group consisting...

9. Wakelin and Anor as Trustees for the Get In & Walk Trust v Taupo Texture Coatings Limited [2011] NZWHT Auckland 43 [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...with a guarantee set out in section 29 or section 30 only because of— (a) an act or default or omission of, or any representation made by, any person other than the supplier or a servant or agent of the supplier; or (b) a cause independent of human control. [69] There is relatively little jurisprudence on the interpretation and application of section 29. I have relied upon a number of academic journal articles to distill the following principles:3 a) Section 29 imposes s...

10. McCleery – Waihaha 3D2 Inc (1997) 1 Waiariki Appellate MB 67 (1 AP 67) [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...down. I'm not prepared however at this stage to remove them completely, and when I say that I'm not doing it as any favour to them, I do it as a saving for the people, for the committee of management notwithstanding what has happened are a human resource for the people, it still has a chance to make a contribution. I agree wholeheartedly with Mr Te Rapai that the incorporation is out of control, and I must consider what the best way is to get it back on the rails, and I have decided...