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1. BC and SO v SH [2012] NZIACDT 63 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...complaint being upheld without necessarily imposing a sanction. It follows that it is not necessary to find a disciplinary sanction should be imposed to uphold a complaint. However, it is important to recognise that not every lapse or manifestation of human frailty should result in an adverse professional disciplinary finding. It follows there will be occasions when advisers are responsible for a lapse from acceptable standards, but that still does not justify upholding a disciplinary c...

2. HE and SD v QXF [2011] NZIACDT 32 (20 September 2011) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...established. [54] Section 50 allows a complaint to be upheld without necessarily imposing a sanction. It follows it is not necessary to find that a disciplinary sanction is required to uphold a complaint. However, not every lapse or manifestation of human frailty should result in an adverse professional disciplinary finding. There will be occasions when advisers are responsible for a lapse from acceptable standards but still not justify upholding a disciplinary complaint. [55] It is...

3. Guidelines: Family Court counsellors [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...conflicted situations; i) Co-counselling/tandem counselling; and j) Record keeping. Knowledge and understanding: a) Understanding of a systemic approach to working with families; b) A range of appropriate therapeutic interventions; c) Human development, life stages; d) Child development and its relevance to day-to-day care and contact issues; e) Attachment and bonding; f) Grief and loss; g) Effect of family/whānau separation on children and adults; 7 Car...

4. Saini v Dua [2016] NZIACDT 61 (26 September 2016) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...breach of duty in a professional setting, by measuring the breach against real world standards where perfection is not attainable. A responsible body of a practitioner’s peers gives weight to the realities of day-to-day professional practice, and human error. Accordingly, a necessary element of the test is to determine whether any lapse is sufficiently serious to warrant upholding the complaint as a 8 professional disciplinary matter. Though the statutory context is qui...

5. Mhatre v Gokhale [2017] NZIACDT 13 (29 August 2017) [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...breached any of the elements of Clause 1 of the Code. She made a mistake and that was as far as it went. [28] To the extent that there is room for criticism of the adviser, it lies not in the original mistake, which was no more than a product of human frailty. The adviser did not respond in the appropriate way when she identified that she had made a mistake. She should have written to Immigration New Zealand, explained the error that she had made when completing the computer form,...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 25 PRI Flight Catering Ltd v Saha [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...of legal rights and obligations. Given such intention, it is sometimes unnecessary, even inappropriate, for parties to be accompanied by lawyers at mediation, especially if legal advice is readily available, for example by telephone. However, human nature being what it is, parties are frequently ‘lawyered up’ (as it is sometimes described colloquially) for mediations and the Court must take account of that reality. Good representation sometimes enables a just settlement to be...

7. Evidence Brief: Three strikes law [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...The effect of imprisonment rates over time. Journal of Qualitative Criminology, 29, 369-397. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-012-9182-x Helland, E. & Taborrok, A. (2007). Does Three Strikes deter? A Non-parametric Estimation. Journal of Human Resource, 42, 303- 330. doi: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.XLII.2.309 Kelly, J., & Datta, A. (2009). Does three strikes really deter? A statistical analysis of its impact on crime rate in California. College Teaching Methods & Style...

8. The Joint Venture e-Newsletter - December 2020 [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...3 Introducing the new Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence What motivated you to want to take on the role of Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual violence? Before coming into politics, I worked at the Human Rights Commission and, for a time, was the chief panellist on the Owen Glenn inquiry into domestic violence and child abuse. The people I met and stories I heard during that inquiry have stuck with me since then and are certainly an ongoin...

9. [2020] NZEmpC 231 Lye v ISO Ltd [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...particular day. Taking planned time off sees a corresponding reduction in the retainer, but the stevedore remains eligible to be allocated to other shifts in the pay period (and the pay for working them). [26] Dean Carter, ISO’s General Manager of Human Resources, explained the rationale for the company’s method of allocating work. There was no significant disagreement between Mr Carter and Mr Lye about how work is allocated. He explained that ISO’s work volumes are dictate...

10. Leaning Rock Cherries Ltd - EiC - E Weaver (5 February 2021) [pdf, 242 KB]

    ...similar understanding of the maintenance requirement of a fruit tree. We note that there is no relationship between livestock support with water to supporting fruit trees with water. With livestock it is the same as the domestic water supply for humans whereby water is the absolute “lifeblood” and nourishment in some form is able to be supplied. Animals are able to be transported to other sites or nutrients are able to be transported to the animals and subsequently the value...