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1. [2024] NZEnvC 176 Waimarino Queenstown Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 942 KB]

   ...Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN WAIMARINO QUEENSTOWN LIMITED (AS SUCCESSOR TO) B PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED (ENV-2023-CHC-1) Appellant AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Environment Commissioner C J Wilkinson Environment Commissioner J T Baines Hearing: at Queenstown on 29, 30 April 2024 and 1, 2 May 2024 site visit on 29 April 2024 Appearances: B Matheson and H Mahon for the appell...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 226 Scaife v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...226 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN M SCAIFE (ENV-2021-CHC-022) Appellant AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Environment Commissioner J T Baines Hearing: at Queenstown on 28 February 2023 Appearances: M Scaife and C Byrch in person M G Wakefield and S L Richardson (via AVL) for the respondent M Holm and L Ford for Mataka...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 141 Nature Preservation Trustee Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 30 MB]

   ...[2023] NZEnvC 141 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN NATURE PRESERVATION TRUSTEE LIMITED (ENV-2022-CHC-42) Appellant AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J J M Hassan – sitting alone under s279 of the Act In Chambers at Christchurch Date of Consent Order: 5 July 2023 _______________________________________________________________ CONSENT ORDER __________________________________...

4. Evaluation of Legal Aid providers survey [pdf, 897 KB]

   ...Māori were estimated to make up around 5.5% of the profession. The information was collected from data about jobs broken down by ethnicity collected by Statistics New Zealand in the 2006 Census. For this purpose, lawyer included barrister, solicitor, Judge, tribunal members, or magistrates: New Zealand Law Society (2011) “Māori under-represented in legal profession”, accessed 19 January 2012 at http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/in_practice/practising_law/legal_profession_statistics/mori_un...

5. Rec-Recap-Q3-2022.pdf [pdf, 691 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July and 30 September 2022 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2022 (3) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a dea

6. Regulatory Impact Statement Civil Fees Review [pdf, 179 KB]

   1 Regulatory Impact Statement Civil Fees Review Agency Disclosure Statement This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options for setting civil fees. The proposed framework delivers on the commitment by the Government in September 2011 to carry out a comprehensive review of civil fees to ensure they are set on a principled, consistent and equitable basis. The options are constrained by legislation. The scope of the

7. Mok v Boyd [2010] NZWHT Auckland 29 [pdf, 264 KB]

   Page | 1 IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI-2009-100-000106 [2010] NZWHT AUCKLAND 29 BETWEEN CHONG HUNG MOK and SHUI HA HO Claimants AND BLAKE BOYD First Respondent (Nicola Boyd removed) AND CRAIG TIBBITS Second Respondent AND ALAN BOLDERSON Third Respondent AND MICHAEL GREGORY MAY Fourth Respondent Hearing: 31 August 2010, 1 and 3 September 2010 Appearances: J Tam and R Potter for the claimants Blake Boyd, First Respondent in person

8. LCRO 196/2013 XM v WG [pdf, 481 KB]

   ...times thankless task of executor of an estate, that they will, in doing so, become embroiled in disputes that bring to them to the door of the High Court. 10 XM v HY [2XXX] NZHC XXXX. 17 [89] The judge considered that he had acquired a good understanding of the history of the matter which had enabled him to form a view as to how Mr HY had met his obligations to the estate. He concluded that in his assessment, Mr HY had carried ou...

9. Recommendations Recap - Issue 13 [pdf, 988 KB]

   ...hydraulic hoses coming from the front-end loader. The driver was wearing gumboots at the time. Mr Newton was struck by the bucket of the tractor and briefly pinned against a building. Mr Newton died from his injuries. COMMENTS MADE BY CHIEF CORONER JUDGE MARSHALL • This tragic accident highlights the importance of securing hydraulic hoses properly by using the retaining clip designed for that purpose. According to Agrowquip, it is not uncommon for tractor operators to fail to use t...

10. 2017 to 2022 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...necessary to support judicial administration of the court system and to support judicial decision-making. Administrative support includes transcription services, finance, ICT, human resources and funding for continuing legal education and development for judges. In delivering services, the Ministry recognises the importance of the constitutional requirements of independence of the judicial function and works with the Judiciary to ensure this is preserved and maintained. The courts must b...