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1. Wall v Malone [2010] NZWHT Auckland 21 [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...the changes. [8] The Council undertook five building inspections during the construction from July 1997 through to February 1998. In February 1998 the Council building inspector issued a Field Memorandum to Mr Malone stating: “Tidy job but handrails to upper level decks too low (only 800) (needs pipes) – ground levels too high concrete touching insulclad and grass levels only 100 below slab. Left site memo 22568.” [9] The following year on 9 November 1999, aft...

2. Argyle v Macdee McLennan Construction Ltd & Ors [2012] NZWHT Auckland 30 [pdf, 361 KB]

   ...to extend the plaster band on the left wall of the entrance, in the same colour, around to the right over the entrance and continuing over to the right hand corner, running under the grey painted fascia board…Gerry has quoted me $200 to do the job. [76] These defects would have been highly visible at different times in 2000 during the course of Council inspections though some would have been covered before the final inspection. [77] Those responsible for the cladding were n...

3. Harland v ACC [2014] NZACA 13 [pdf, 166 KB]

   BEFORE THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION APPEAL AUTHORITY AT WELLINGTON [2014] NZACA 13 ACA 01/05 & 02/05 IN THE MATTER of the Accident Compensation Act 1982 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to s.107 of the Act BETWEEN GRACE NEE HARLAND Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent HEARING 15 April 2014 at Auckland AUTHORITY Robyn Bedford APPEARANCES P Nee Harland, as advocate for the appellant P McBride, couns

4. CP v EH LCRO 19 / 2011 (12 November 2013) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...$53,447.08. The costs reviser had taken into account limited material available and did indicate that in this instance the hourly rate formed the basis of the invoices and the report was based on an assessment of whether the time spent on the job was appropriate. The cost assessor sought the time records so that these could be considered in context of the judgments on the file, the appeal judgment and other attendances. The costs assessor’s report dated 16 June 2010 makes refer...

5. [2017] NZEmpC 87 Below v The Salvation Army New Zealand Trust [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...service is that: 19 There must be a wage or other remuneration. Otherwise there will be no consideration, and without consideration no contract of any kind. The servant must be obliged to provide his own work and skill. Freedom to do a job either by one’s own hands or by another’s is inconsistent with a contract of service, though a limited or occasional power of delegation may not be. [60] Subsequently, in Nethermere (Neots) Ltd v Gardiner, the Court of Appeal reviewed...

6. [2020] NZREADT 34 - Hammond v Real Estate Agents Authority (11 August 2020) [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...your worry, but after talking with SBS he said there is no point looking at any other bank and you won’t get insurance on it with anyone either at this stage till you are in the clear but now he is saying it’s about the whole picture, wages, job, everything. I don’t know what he said to our lawyer. Is he trying to help. I don’t know. … [13] The exchanges between Mrs Hammond and Ms Tafilipepe continued on 28 February: 4.31 pm, Mrs Hammond to Ms Tafilipepe: Hi Soni...

7. Family violence reform paper 1: Context and supporting integrated responses [pdf, 582 KB]

   ...family violence is frequently an immediate cause or precursor to homelessness and housing instability 9 and 55.3. women who experience family violence are more likely to have lower personal incomes, a disrupted work history, often have to change jobs at short notice, and are very often employed in casual or part time work. 10 56. The intergenerational effect of family violence cannot be overstated. 11 For every home where we can prevent or mitigate the impact of family violence,...

8. The Treaty of Waitangi Past and Present Resource [pdf, 21 MB]

   ...William Hobson was born in Ireland in 1792. He joined the Royal Navy before he was eleven. When he was still a teenager and in his early twenties he took part in wars with other countries. He was twice captufed by pirates when he had a navy job trying to stop the activities of pirates and slave ships in the West Indies. Later Hobson went to Australia as the commander of a frigate, the Rattlesnake, where he helped set up the town that is now the city of Melbourne. In may use it...

9. LCRO 162/2018 BQ v XR (29 September 2020) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...unnecessary cost as a consequence of his “own actions and instructions”, and argument that Mr XR’s evidence did not measure up, is argument that diminishes the role Mr BQ played in advancing the case down various paths. [159] Mr BQ’s job was to advise Mr XR. But in providing defence to argument that his fees were excessive by portraying Mr XR as a somewhat recalcitrant client who refused to accept Mr BQ’s sound advice to settle, is to mischaracterise the retainer. [160]...

10. OWRUG - EiC - D A Olsen - Ecology (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 5.1 MB]

    ...policy development, specifically minimum flow setting, including reports on management flows and water quality. I also undertook numerous technical assessments of applications to replace deemed permits and other resource consents. 3. My first job in freshwater ecology was as a summer Research Assistant in the Zoology Department, assisting on a wide range of projects in the field and laboratory in the summers from 1995 until I began my Ph.D. in 1999. After completing my Ph.D. i...