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1. [2017] NZEnvC 129 Invercargill City Council v McGavin & Mortimer [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...registered. 14 [10] Due to the issues outlined in Mr Watson's affidavit, he and his wife have experienced sleep disturbance for the past two years.15 The couple work from home and are regularly disrupted in their ability to concentrate on their jobs. The couple have sought medication from the doctor to enable them to deal with the stress. Mr Watson says he and his wife have lost the feeling of security in their home and have had to install a security camera. Mr Watson attaches...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 83 Fuimaono v Houia [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...and expenses, which verifies some discretionary spending. She says that she is unable to make any “substantial contribution at this time” to the amounts for which she has been found liable. [8] Mahia Fuimaono is currently in receipt of a job-seekers benefit of $255.13 per week. She has modest assets and significant debt. She also says that she cannot make any “substantial contribution at this time” to repay the amounts for which she is liable. [9] In his supporting su...

3. [2021] NZACC 9 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...opinion the misdiagnosis by Dr Inglis on 8.5.14 of the severe disc bulge at the L4/5 disc, pressing on Ivan’s spinal cord and Dr Inglis’ medical advice of no medical treatment or MRI lead to Ivan trying to carry on working in his very physical job as a labourer, landscaper, fencer, gardener for 18 months with incapacitating lower back pain and possibly further permanent damage to his spinal nerves … it is my medical opinion that Ivan had a misdiagnosis of a severely bulged/pro...

4. FR v TI [2019] NZDT 1145 (12 April 2019) [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...required to enable the building to retain its warrant of fitness. [2] The contract specified a price for the services of $986.24 + GST. Additional callouts (e.g., for actual or false alarms) were to result in extra fees at quoted prices ($25.00 per job for mileage, $125.00 plus $85.00 per extra hour during normal business hours, or $175.00 plus $105.00 per extra hour outside normal business hours). [3] The company attended two callouts for false alarms. The first occurred on 12 June...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Mason [2020] NZLCDT 38 (1 December 2020) [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...that he owns no assets other than a motor vehicle, clothing, personal effects and furniture. He and his wife lost their home in Whangarei. They live in rented accommodation in Christchurch. Aged almost 69, he has New Zealand Superannuation, a job with a disability care organisation and part-time work with an immigration consultant. He is paying a debt to IRD over time and he pays $40 per week to the Law Society in reduction of a debt. We find there is no room to make any substa...

6. IACDT annual report 2017 [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...personnel will often be providing professional services beyond regulated immigration services. For example, some countries require a local licensee to vet offshore employment offered to their nationals; and, those persons may also provide offshore job-search services. The scope of supervision and responsibility for services provided through it needs definition. Allowing unlicensed personnel to provide services under the supervision of a licensed immigration adviser who is personally...

7. IACDT annual report 2018 [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...personnel will often be providing professional services beyond regulated immigration services. For example, some countries require a local licensee to vet offshore employment offered to their nationals; and, those persons may also provide offshore job-search services. The scope of supervision and responsibility for services provided through it needs definition. Allowing unlicensed personnel to provide services under the supervision of a licensed immigration adviser who is personally...

8. Sandra Barns - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...assessed, and quantified if practicable. Quantification is not monetisation. Some effects are able to be monetised. Other quantification might include the population size affected by a proposal, the number of hectares in a proposal, the number of jobs created or lost, or number of fishers affected. Providing information on the distribution of costs and benefits would also be part of the s32 evaluation.1 14. Professor O’Connor states that ‘where “sustainability” and fairness in...

9. [2021] NZACC 9 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...opinion the misdiagnosis by Dr Inglis on 8.5.14 of the severe disc bulge at the L4/5 disc, pressing on Ivan’s spinal cord and Dr Inglis’ medical advice of no medical treatment or MRI lead to Ivan trying to carry on working in his very physical job as a labourer, landscaper, fencer, gardener for 18 months with incapacitating lower back pain and possibly further permanent damage to his spinal nerves … it is my medical opinion that Ivan had a misdiagnosis of a severely bulged/pro...

10. II v XQ Ltd [2021] NZDT 1610 (6 July 2021) [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...parameters. Thus, I do not accept II’s argument that XQ Ltd cannot lawfully charge him $65.00 for failing to pay for parking his car in on its premises. Decision [11] XQ Ltd did not appear at the hearing and, as I explained to II, it is not the job of a Tribunal referee to argue the case of an absent party. However, II, as the applicant, was still required to prove his case. As I consider that he has been unable to do so for the reasons I have given above, his request for a declarat...