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1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 19 Reference No. HRRT 011/2013 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN KEVIN ALLAN WATERS PLAINTIFF AND ALPINE ENERGY LIMITED DEFENDANT AT TIMARU BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms DL Hart, Member Hon KL Shirley, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr KA Waters in person Ms AL Keir for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 6 May 2014 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL ORDERING STAY OF DE...
...Action Plan”. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19(1) – Freedom from discrimination 6. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination on the prohibited grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 (‘the Human Rights Act’). 7. The key questions determining whether legislation limits the freedom from discrimination are:1 a. does the legislation draw a distinction on one of the prohibited grounds of di...
...imposed by the Bill are justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 19(1) – Freedom from discrimination 12. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination on the prohibited grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 (‘the Human Rights Act’). 13. The key questions determining whether legislation limits the freedom from discrimination are: 2 1 Hansen v R [2007] NZSC 7 [123]....
...Policy, and Drug Alcohol and Substance Procedure. [5] In her judgment granting leave to bring a challenge out of time, Chief Judge Inglis noted that the dispute raises important legal questions, including as to the intersection of employment and human rights law.3 She observed that whilst workplace drug testing had previously been considered by the Court, that was in 2004.4 [6] The matter has been set down for hearing in mid-November 2021. The Chief Judge has constituted a full C...
...seriously. He therefore filed his complaint with the PSPLA around the time he tendered his resignation. [4] His complaint relates outlines two key incidents, one on 6 October when he alleges Ms CD harassed two vulnerable people and breached their human rights. The other occurred on 22 October when Mr PR alleges Ms CD breached section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act by unlawfully searching a girl’s bag. [5] The issues I therefore need to decide are whether Ms CD has breached her...
................................................................................................................ 8 2 E matea ana e Te Tāhū o te Ture (Te Tāhū) ō urupare ki ngā uakitanga e ono mō te panonitanga o te ture e hāngai ana ki te tuketuke o te māhie me te toihara. E rāhuitia ana e te Human Rights Act 1993 te kōrero e tuketuke ana (e tutū ana) i te whakatetenga mātāwaka. E rāhuitia ana hoki te toihara ki tētahi tangata nā tētahi āhuatanga ōna....
Reference No. HRRT 041/2020 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN AFFRICA MORGAN PLAINTIFF AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms PJ Davies, Member Ms SM Kai Fong, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms A Morgan in person Ms E Watt and Mr J Trevella for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 8, 9 June 2022 DATE OF DECISION: 25 October 2022 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 INTRODUCTION [1] Ms A...
...his own business designing wireless networks. He is not specifically looking for work at the present time but hopes to be able to do so in the future. [11] The appellant submits that the United Nations regards access to the internet as a basic human right. Following the hearing, he provided a variety of information from the internet which he says supports his claim. [12] A further matter affecting his finances is the cost of travel to Masterton. The appellant says that petrol and...
Reference No. HRRT 086/2016 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN MALVERN GWIZO PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL (ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT) DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr JAG Fountain, Member Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr M Gwizo in person Ms HM Carrad for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the Papers DATE OF DECISION: 15 April 2021 D...
...freedom of expression affirmed in s 14 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 19(1) – Freedom from discrimination 21. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination on the prohibited grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 (‘the Human Rights Act’). 22. The key questions determining whether legislation limits the freedom from discrimination are: 3 a. does the legislation draw a distinction on one of the prohibited grounds of d...