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1. Justice Sector forecast 2011 to 2021 update quarter ending June 2012 [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...entirely replaced the pre-existing full and short reports, and will be the basis for the forecast from now on. Number of oral pre-sentence reports is a count of the number of such reports completed in the given month. An oral report occurs when a judge requests information to be provided immediately. 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 N u m b e r o f re p o rt s Monthly data Number of written pre-sentence reports Written reports Written reports forecast...

2. [2011] NZEmpC 140 Gwilt v Briggs Stratton NZ Ltd [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...Defendant Hearing: 26-29 July and 10 August 2010 (5 days) (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Garry Pollak, counsel for the plaintiff Margaret Lewis and Moira Macnabb, counsel for the defendant Judgment: 27 October 2011 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A A COUCH [1] Mr Gwilt was employed by Briggs & Stratton New Zealand Ltd from June 2004 until he was dismissed in April 2008. The broad issues in this case are whether that dismissal was justifiable and, if it was not, wha...

3. LA - Provider manual - Part 1 [pdf, 523 KB]

   ...wills, other types of commercial agreements, conveyancing work, and acting only as an instructing solicitor1 Legal work where litigation is not undertaken . Legal work such as an in-house legal adviser, law clerking, lecturing, and working as a judge’s research counsel or clerk. Non-legal work Some work has a legal element but for the Ministry’s purposes is not litigation experience, for example policy advice work.

4. [2017] NZEmpC 70 Edminstin v Sanford Limited [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...Invercargill, in Chambers in Auckland on 27 January, and at Auckland on 2 and 3 February 2017) Appearances: J Katz QC, counsel for plaintiff P Wicks QC and K Dunn, counsel for defendant Judgment: 6 June 2017 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L COLGAN A The plaintiff’s “marks” with which the defendant was required contractually to provide the plaintiff, are navigational records (paper and electronic) of the location of dredge-oyster beds and related nautical...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 110 Western Bay of Plenty District Council v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...COUNCIL (ENV-2015-AKL-000127) Appellant BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent PORT BLAKELY LIMITED, CARRUS CORPORATION LIMITED, TKC HOLDINGS LIMITED, NGATI MAKINO HERITAGE TRUST and MA TAKANA HAPO Section 27 4 parties Environment Judge D Kirkpatrick Maori Land Court Judge S Clark Environment Commissioner K Edmonds Environment Commissioner D Bunting on the papers J Caldwell and M Gribben for Western Bay of Plenty District Council M Hill for Bay of Plenty Region...

6. [2020] NZEmpC 230 Arachchige v Rasier New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 398 KB]

   ...Second Defendant Hearing: 14 and 15 July 2020 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: G Pollak and M Pollak, counsel for plaintiff K Dunn and E Peterson, counsel for defendant Judgment: 17 December 2020 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE J C HOLDEN [1] Mr Arachchige was an Uber driver in Auckland from 15 May 2015 until 20 June 2019. He now applies for a declaration that he was an employee of the first defendant, Rasier New Zealand Ltd (Rasier NZ) and/or the se...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 001 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...MALF: • 10% for outstanding rivers • 30% for coastal rivers • 40% for small rivers 17 • 50% for large rivers [63] There was no disagreement in principle that the 7-day MALF should be the mechanism by which minimum flows would be judged. The adoption of a percentage of this figure, depending on the Freshwater Management Unit (FMU), was again not the subject of any significant dispute. It follows closely upon the approach adopted in other Plans and is for the most pa...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 84 A Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment v Jeet Holdings Ltd [pdf, 555 KB]

   ...AMAR DEEP SINGH Seventh Defendant Hearing: 2–3 November 2020 (Heard at Christchurch) Appearances: G La Hood, counsel for plaintiff No appearance for defendants Judgment: 9 June 2021 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] These proceedings were issued following an Inspector’s investigation into a complaint about the treatment of eight employees employed by one or more of the defendant companies.1 The Inspector’s claim was that...

9. Proactive-release-Better-Outcomes-for-Victims-Work-Programme_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...what happens if they breach bail. These concerns can be alleviated if victims are consistently asked and provided the opportunity to communicate their views on bail so they can share their concerns, and any information only they know, to help the Judge make an informed decision about the safety of the community. 38 This pilot will increase victim safety by improving the process of collecting s.29 victims’ views on bail. Currently, this may not happen at all, or the Police prosecutor m...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 10 Shaw v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [pdf, 376 KB]

    ...Hearing: 15–17 June and 2 July 2021 (Heard at Tauranga) Appearances: SR Mitchell and J Lynch, counsel for plaintiff M Beech, CL McGregor and A Pearce, counsel for defendant Judgment: 4 February 2022 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Ana Shaw was employed as a cardiac physiologist by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board on 10 February 2010 and began work in August that year. The DHB’s conclusion that she collected and kept patient informati...