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1. EMPC Retirement of Judge Travis [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...course most famously in our world is for the wharfies in this city. It might be too political for me to talk too much about that today but, your Honour, it is not too much for me to say that you saw that case for what it was and you saved the jobs of hundreds of hard-working men and women who did not deserve the treatment being meted out to them. And in fact if it weren’t for the Court as an institution, these workers would now be day labourers down on that Port. I think the t...

2. Hall v Auckland Council [2012] NZWHT Auckland 6 [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...installation was not part of his contract.9 This quote was dated 31 December 2000 and excluded gib and Harditex fixing but gave a separate price for these items. However this quote is not for the claimants‘ dwelling. It is a quote for another job at 96 Main Highway, Ellerslie. On the date this quote was issued, Mr Black had already been working on the claimants‘ dwelling at Harrison Road for some months as is apparent from the invoices that he produced. His first invoice...

3. Huang v Leung [2010] NZWHT Auckland 16 [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...Leungs were the builders as well as the developers and project managers of the dwelling‟s construction. [33] In his brief of evidence Mr Chen stated that he worked on the claimants‟ property on a labour-only basis doing only the specific jobs he was contracted to do; and although he had two hammerhands working for him, Mr Chen stated that the Leungs did not want him to do anything more than the work agreed upon. Indeed, Mr Chen pointed out that aside from purchasing the...

4. OWRUG - EiC - K L Scott - Planning (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...‘approved provisional auditor’ for ISO140001 – Environmental Management Systems. 13. My experience in community led environmental change projects also extends to a number of voluntary roles, including as a Trustee of Wai Wanaka, where I chair the Jobs for Nature Project, helping to deliver environmental outcomes through on ground actions such as farm environment plans and riparian planting, biodiversity and freshwater monitoring and pest control.1 14. I am also the Deputy Chairman...

5. [2019] NZEmpC 172 Cowan v Idea Services Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...could reasonably have been expected to be conversant and would comply with IDEA’s non-aversive approach. That meant that any physical contact such as hitting or slapping a SU would be regarded as completely inappropriate. [7] Ms Cowan’s job description included an obligation to work in line with the values, standards and principles of IHC, and to follow IHC policies and principles. One such was the “Protection of Vulnerable Children and Adults Policy”. This policy sta...

6. [2021] NZEmpC 146 Gafiatullina v Propellerhead Ltd [pdf, 394 KB]

   ...understood to be in recognition of the change she had achieved in her brief time in that role. [40] On 18 July 2017 she was allocated the further role of Delivery Lead Link. Propellerhead noted that her employment agreement erroneously recorded the job title as “Delivery Lead”. It says there was never a Delivery Lead role within the business. I agree that the evidence establishes that this role was the Delivery Lead Link role. I will refer to it as such throughout this judgm...

7. BMN v Stonewood Group Ltd [2024] NZHRRT 64 [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...consistent with it being causally connected to the collection of his personal information. [72] Stonewood suggested that because the medical certificate referred to “employment issues”, the health conditions were caused by the loss of his job, not by the breaches of the collection principles. The loss of his job may have contributed to BMN’s acute anxiety and depression, but the wrongful collection of his personal information does not need to have been the sole cause of the...

8. National Standards Committee 2 v Mulligan [2025] NZLCDT 18 (24 March 2025) [pdf, 353 KB]

   ...there were “so many hot bitches there and way better than here”. [25] At another time, he told a group of people, including Ms D, that he loved going to a particular [redacted] bar because “I can always guarantee I’m going to get a blowjob there”. Both statements were initially denied by Mr Mulligan. However, the denial was not firmly advanced at the hearing. [26] A further action, arising under Charge 3 related to Mr Mulligan’s treatment of Ms D when he, in a grou...

9. [2007] NZEmpC WC 32A/07 Port of Napier Ltd v Maritime Union of NZ Inc [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...previously held by a company called Omniport Ltd. The best evidence of relevant events at that time is that SCSL engaged a mixture of stevedores experienced in container movements by crane at Napier and inexperienced employees who had to train on the job. [7] Unlike at larger container ports, containers at Napier are moved on and off ships and perhaps also around the waterfront by large and completely mobile cranes. These cranes can lift and carry two cargo containers simultaneous...

10. [2015] NZEmpC 190 Brown v Adams t/a Untouchable Hair & Skin [pdf, 144 KB]

    ...letter which was produced to the Court. g) On the issue of whether she sent the abusive text on 12 February 2012, the contextual evidence might suggest that she did so because she was acutely concerned as to the possibility she would lose her job. However, Ms Redmond was not called as a witness and I have only hearsay evidence that she indeed was the recipient of the abusive text. Furthermore, the evidence obtained from the third party discovery order at the request of the pl...