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1. [2011] NZEmpC 63 Hally Labels Ltd v Powell [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...Hearing: 7, 8 and 10 June 2011 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Chris Patterson and Shelley Kopu, counsel for plaintiff Andrew Gallie, counsel for defendant Judgment: 13 June 2011 Reasons: 16 June 2011 REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS Introduction [1] On 13 June 2011, I issued two declarations and a permanent injunction enforcing a restraint. These are my reasons for so doing although they were issued in draft form to the parties on 13 June 2011. [...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 215 NZ Language Centres Ltd (formerly GEOS NZ Ltd) v Page [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...August 2012 Affidavits for plaintiff filed 27 April and 17 May 2012 (Heard at Auckland) Counsel: Dean Kilpatrick and Alice Lysaght, counsel for plaintiff Garry Pollak, counsel for defendant Judgment: 14 December 2012 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS [1] The plaintiff company has challenged a determination 1 of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) which found that it had unjustifiably demoted the defendant, David Page, gave him an unjustified final warn...

3. [2012] NZEmpC 207 Hutton and Others v Provencocadamus Ltd (in receivership) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...Hearing: 30 July to 3 August 2012 (Heard at Auckland) Counsel: Mr P Skelton and Ms A Borchardt, counsel for plaintiff Mr T Clarke and Ms Maxfield, counsel for the first and second defendant Judgment: 6 December 2012 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS Introduction [1] The key issue for determination in this proceeding is the identity of the plaintiffs’ employer and whether, as at the date of receivership of the first and second defendants, the plaintiffs were...

4. [2015] NZEnvC 050 Ngati Kahungunu v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...MATTER BETWEEN AND Decision [20 IS] NZEnvC ENV-2013-WLG-0000SO of an appeal under cl 14 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 NGATI KAHUNGUNU IWI INC Appellant THE HAWKES BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent COUli: Environment Judge C J Thompson Environment Commissioner ACE Leijnen Environment Commissioner K Prime Hearing: at Hastings 3 and 4 December 2014 Counsel and Representatives: N J R Tiuka for Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc N F Jones for Hawkes Bay District...

5. CAC 10007 v Wallace [2012] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...34 READT 050/10 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under s.111 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BETWEEN REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY (CAC 10007) Complainant/Prosecutor AND JANINE WALLACE Defendant MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Judge P F Barber - Chairperson Ms J Robson - Member Mr G Denley - Member HEARD at AUCKLAND on 27 and 28 March 2012 DATE OF DECISION: 18 June 2012 COUNSEL Mr S Wimsett, for complainant Mr D G Collecutt, for defendant DECISION OF...

6. Goode v CAC 20002 & Ors [2014] NZREADT 64 [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...CAC 20002) First respondent AND JULIA ASHMORE-SMITH Second respondent AND JOHN McFADDEN (GOLD REAL ESTATE GROUP LTD) Third respondent AND JO CLIFFORD (HARCOURTS GROUP LTD) Fourth respondent MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Judge P F Barber - Chairperson Mr J Gaukrodger - Member Mr G Denley - Member HEARD at CHRISTCHUCH on 4, 5, 24 and 25 March 2014 (with subsequent series of written submissions) DATE OF THIS DECISION 13 August 2014 REPRESENTATION The...

7. Ryang v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 21 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...what the 11 HC Auckland CIV 2006-404-2589, 29 March 2007 at [71] – [72]. Page | 15 reasonable builder, Council inspector, architect or plasterer would have done. This is to be judged at the time the work was done, i.e., in the particular circumstances of the case in the overall assessment, as was said in Fardon v Harcourt – Rivington (1993) 146LT391; [1932] ALLERREP81 (HL) at 83, what amounts to negligence i...

8. Hill v Whimp [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...terms of the fundamental argument put forward by the Claimants that the First Respondents were the builders/developers of the subject dwelling I conclude that I can deal with that issue without needing to consider the recent decision of Associate Judge Doogue in Body Corporate No. 178820 v Auckland City Council – CIV 2004-404-6508 (High Court Auckland); I am satisfied that the First Respondents entered into a “turnkey”-type building contract with the Second Respondents Akita C...

9. B v ACC [2012] NZACA 5 [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...Corporation considered both reports and on 16 April 1988, the Claims Officer made two specialist referrals for the appellant, the first being to Dr Laurie Gluckman, the psychiatrist who was later to become the subject of investigation and report by retired Judge Peter Trapski CBE, into the Corporation’s procedures for obtaining specialist medical reports and the use of Dr Gluckman in some 84 claims over the period from 1980 to 1989, particularly in cases of chronic back pain that were r...

10. 2014 to 2018 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 2.4 MB]

    ...consuming to schedule and cause delay for all involved. To address this, the Ministry has a project underway to improve the rostering and scheduling of cases. We only want people to have to come to a courthouse when they need to appear before a judge. We will continue to move simple services online, and we will investigate other ways to use technology to provide customers with what they need more quickly and conveniently. We will also make sure it is easier for people who use the cour...