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1. Rafiq v Commissioner of Police [2012] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...Rafiq is that he believes that having instituted the several proceedings, it is now for each defendant to satisfy him (Mr Rafiq) that they are innocent of each and every alleged impropriety (of which there are many) and that Mr Rafiq is to be the sole judge of their “innocence”. The additional cost and inconvenience (to the defendants) of a hearing in Auckland appears to be part of a strategy to “punish” the various departments for their alleged transgressions against Mr Rafiq....

2. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Ravelich [2011] NZLCDT 11 [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...against. [51] The Standards Committee submitted that the “reading in” approach was consistent with principles of statutory interpretation, and referred the Tribunal to McKay v R.16 [52] In McKay the Court was concerned with the effect of a Judge not strictly following the sequence of steps mandated for pre-trial mental health inquiries as to fitness to stand trial. The process in that case which was required to be followed was set out in the Criminal Procedures (Mentally Im...

3. Parohinog v Yellow Pages Group Ltd (Strike-Out Application No 2) [2015] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...relation to Diwa Feck’s complaint about me? No ordinary people can afford to pay people stalking and harassing me, whether I am at home, on the road, the telephone, the internet and even when I am asleep. I know that the Auckland Family Court Judge made an Order for COCA 2004, S77 to be placed since 2005, but I don’t need to be followed around and GANGSTALKED and HARASSED. … 26. IPCA (INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY) – please refer letter dated 11th March 2015 which...

4. Langdon v ACC [2014] NZACA 9 [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...general administrative review of the appeals when Mr Langdon had legal representation, some appeals were withdrawn, some were adjourned sine die, and the three appeals relating to the 2005/2006 relevant earnings decisions were transferred by His Honour Judge Cadenhead to the Authority to determine, and were then amalgamated under ACA 08/08. [8] The appeal languished for a number of years when Mr Langdon was in Australia, but was resurrected through a series of directions conferences i...

5. Curtin v ACC [2012] NZACA 11 [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...qualifying exams and achieved all the necessary milestones. He had no doubt that the appellant would have passed the trade exams, and passed quite easily.21 [31] The Reviewer relied upon the Appeal Authority decision of Kelliher (435/92), in which Judge Blackwood held that the wording of s 62( 1)( d) clearly and explicitly meant that "expressly required" envisages the employee making the requirement a condition of the employment agreement, and dismissed the application as follo...

6. Smith v ACC [2013] NZACA 12 [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...him as he and his wife had both been able to enjoy this sport and he had hoped to teach his children skiing. He also faced 40 years of living with his problem, which would only get worse and cause more frustrations for him and his family. [24] Judge Middleton discussed awards under s 120 ranging between $3,000.00 and $6,500.00 in cases which caused severe loss of mobility, and said that the quantum of awards had not been rising markedly with the rise in inflation and it seemed to him...

7. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v PL [2016] NZLCDT 6 [pdf, 114 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2016] NZLCDT 6 LCDT 007/15 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 3 Applicant AND PL Respondent CHAIR Judge BJ Kendall (retired) MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Ms F Freeman Mr W Smith Mr B Stanaway Mr I Williams HEARING at Specialist Courts and Tribunal Centre, Auckland DATE 14, 15, 16 December 2015 and 25, 26 February 2016 DATE OF DECISION 18 March 2016. Order for non-publicatio...

8. AS v ZI LCRO 71/2012 (21 March 2014) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...demands. I am not prepared to speculate on the reasons for the costs order and note that there is no suggestion by the High Court that the statutory demand process was being used inappropriately. Indeed Mr AS has indicated that the Associate Judge who dealt with the matters acknowledged that the Court had jurisdiction to deal with the undisputed sums.16 [68] Nor is the question of professional conduct to be resolved by subsequently concluding that a different approach might h...

9. Corrections noncustodial forecast for 2015 to 2025 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...sentence starts, but the parole muster must eventually reflect the trend in offenders entering the system. Hence the number on parole falls slightly and then remains broadly flat. Released on Conditions Released on Conditions orders are imposed by judges at time of sentencing on offenders sentenced to terms of imprisonment of 2 years and below. Table 8, Figure 16 and Figure 17 show the starts and muster for prisoners Released on Conditions, along with the forecasts for 2014 and 20...

10. [2017] NZEnvC 181 Titirangi Protection Group Inc and Ors v Watercare Services Limited and Auckland Council [pdf, 10 MB]

    ...PROTECTION GROUP INC & ORS First Applicant K BERMAN & ORS Second Applicants D & J HUTCHINGS Third Applicants (ENV-2017-AKL-121 ) WATERCARE SERVICES LIMITED First Respondent AUCKLAND COUNCIL Second Respondent Environment Judge JA Smith At Auckland on 25 October 2017 DA Cowan for Titirangi Protection Group Inc and D & J Holdings (the Protection Group) KW Berman for second applicants WS Loutit & SJ Mitchell for Auckland Council (the Council) and W...