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1. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Wong [2025] NZLCDT 22 (14 April 2025) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...by an opposing lawyer.1 The proceedings were fictitious; the document was never prepared by the other lawyer; Mr Wong copied and added the other lawyer’s signature to the document. He created a document that appeared to be a District Court Judge’s Minute;2 the apparent court file was a falsity; the signature of the Deputy Registrar was a forgery. He also created a document that appeared to be an email from a person at the High Court advising of a Minute from an Associate Judg...

2. Auckland Standards Committee v RDM [2015] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 100 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2015] NZLCDT 26 LCDT 045/14 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 3 of THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY Applicant AND RDM Respondent Judge BJ Kendall (retired) CHAIR Ms J Gray MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr G McKenzie Ms C Rowe Mr W Smith HEARING at Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre, Chorus House, Auckland DATE 6 and 7 July 2015 DATE OF DECISION 13 August 2015 Mr M Hodg...

3. CN & KN v F Ltd [2025] NZDT 188 (7 May 2025) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $260 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than...

4. BQ v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 902 (7 November 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $260 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than Di...

5. Auckland Standards Committee v Morahan [2015] NZLCDT 29 [pdf, 459 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2015] NZLCDT 29 LCDT 002/15 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 4 Applicant AND ANTHONY BERNARD JOSEPH MORAHAN Respondent CHAIR Judge BJ Kendall (retired) MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr W Chapman Ms C Rowe Mr W Smith Mr I Williams HEARING at Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre, Chorus House, Auckland DATE 3 August 2015 DATE OF DECISION 21 August 2015 COUNSEL...

6. U Ltd v UH [2025] NZDT 220 (3 June 2025) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than...

7. [2014] NZEmpC 25 Law Ors v BOT of Woodford House Ors [pdf, 518 KB]

   ...before the High Court of Australia as portrayed in the film “The Castle”, where the case for the appellants was “all about the vibe”. of a judge deciding it more difficult, which thereby delays decision making. In such circumstances judges are loath simply to refuse to admit in evidence, and thereby not have regard to, very belatedly disclosed and presented documentation, especially if a party not responsible for that situation agrees to, or even acquiesces in, their...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 6 Edwards v Board of Trustees of Bay of Islands College [pdf, 821 KB]

   ELGIN EDWARDS v THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE (FORMERLY CAROL ANDERSON, LIMITED STATUTORY MANAGER OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE) NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 6 [3 February 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 6 ARC 64/13 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN ELGIN EDWARDS Plaintiff AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE (FORMERLY CAROL

9. [2019] NZEmpC 34 Emmerson v Northland District Health Board [pdf, 908 KB]

   ...Defendant Hearing: 1, 3, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 and 26 October 2018 Appearances: S Henderson and C Martin, counsel for plaintiff S Hornsby-Geluk, counsel for defendant Judgment: 28 March 2019 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B A CORKILL Table of contents Introduction ………………………………………………………………………...... [1] Background .....................................................................................

10. [2024] NZEnvC 182 Beresford v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

    ...Māori where appropriate.11 The RMA defines tikanga Māori as Māori “customary values and practices”. We are guided by the Higher Courts in these matters, including in the following observation by the Supreme Court in Ellis v R:12 … while judges must increasingly work with tikanga, they have neither the mandate nor the expertise to develop or authoritatively declare the content of tikanga … those roles belong in another place. Evaluative matters [18] We evaluate the v...