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1. Jury-Trials-Timeliness-cabinet-material_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...public interest in this issue. Public consultation will also capture views of a wide range of people, including those who have participated in a jury trial, as defendants, victims, supporters, and jurors, as well as views of interested parties such as human rights and civil liberties groups, academics, and the legal profession. 39 As the proposal to enable flexibility in the timing of jury election involves a small, technical change to legislation, I do not expect a significant amount of p...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 101 Otago Regional Council - Urban Provisions [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...Wastewater [12] Part A introduces a new Policy 7.C.125 to reduce the adverse effects of 4 Boyd, SOE dated 17 December 2021 at [42]. 5 Parties agreed at mediation to separate this policy into two: Policies 7.C.12 and 7.C.13. 5 discharges of human sewage from reticulated wastewater systems by implementing a series of actions; the intent being to provide stronger and clearer direction for decision-making on resource consent applications for wastewater discharges. [13] Chapter 12...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 101 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...Wastewater [12] Part A introduces a new Policy 7.C.125 to reduce the adverse effects of 4 Boyd, SOE dated 17 December 2021 at [42]. 5 Parties agreed at mediation to separate this policy into two: Policies 7.C.12 and 7.C.13. 5 discharges of human sewage from reticulated wastewater systems by implementing a series of actions; the intent being to provide stronger and clearer direction for decision-making on resource consent applications for wastewater discharges. [13] Chapter 12...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 237 Mangawhai Matters Incorporated v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   Mangawhai Matters Incorporated v Kaipara District Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2024] NZEnvC 237 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN MANGAWHAI MATTERS INCORPORATED (ENV-2024-AKL-187) Appellant AND KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent AND THE RISE LIMITED Applicant Court: Environment Judge J A Smith sitting al

5. PC8 Urban Common Bundle - Volume 1 [pdf, 10 MB]

   ...[Repealed – 1 May 2014] 7.4 Issues related to non-point source discharges to water [Repealed – 1 May 2014] 7.5 Objective [Repealed – 1 May 2014] 7.A Objectives [Unchanged] 7.B Policies general [Unchanged] 7.C Policies for discharges of human sewage, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, specified contaminants, and stormwater; and discharges from industrial or trade premises and consented dams 7.C.1 – 7.C.4 [Unchanged] 7.C.5 Minimise the adverse environmental effe...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 54 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...unlawfully discriminatory. Mr Goel’s objection to providing such evidence at his own instigation is because neither MPI nor the Authority is entitled in law to discriminate against him on grounds of psychiatric illness pursuant to s 22 of the Human Rights Act; he should not be required to provide such information himself for reasons of privacy; and his discharge notes from Wellington Hospital should be sufficient to assure MPI and/or the Authority that he then returned to...

7. Rafiq v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2012] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 106 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2012] NZHRRT 12 Reference No. HRRT 027/2011 IN THE MATTER OF A CLAIM UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN RAZDAN RAFIQ PLAINTIFF AND COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Dr S Hickey, Member Dr A Trlin, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr Rafiq in person (no appearance) Mr E Child and Mr T Hallett-Hook for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: 11 A...

8. Sansom v Department of Internal Affairs [2016] NZHRRT 17 [pdf, 100 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2016] NZHRRT 17 Reference No. HRRT 030/2014 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN BLYTH SANSOM PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Ms GJ Goodwin, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms B Sansom in person Ms SA Dyhrberg and Ms AK Webster for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 21, 22 and 23 Marc...

9. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...look into any underlying causes of death, including failures of systems or procedures at any level, but the investigation should remain an inquiry about the particular death. Deaths implicating State actors in arguable breaches of protected human rights [46] As noted earlier, where a coronial inquiry follows a Police investigation and criminal prosecution, a Coroner’s decision on scope will need to carefully factor the extent to which the cause and circumstances of death have b...

10. [2018] NZEmpC 154 TUV v WXY [pdf, 512 KB]

    ...parties. [3] The parties did not reach settlement during the course of a mediation. Rather, the settlement arose out of long-distance discussions and communications between counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant’s then Director of Human Resources. The agreement was signed by the parties on 1 December 2015. A mediator (employed by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)) was later contacted and requested to sign the agreemen...