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1. BORA Armed Forces Law Reform Bill [pdf, 557 KB]

   ...of the offence. This provision acts as a safeguard for young members of the Armed Forces and does not give rise to discrimination under section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. 12. Several provisions of the Bill set mandatory retirement ages for Judges. These provisions appear to be justified because Judges may only be removed from office for misbehaviour or incapacity, and mandatory retirement age helps ensure that issues of incapacity rarely arise. Section 21 13. We have considered...

2. LCRO 188/2021 MC v JK and UV (19 August 2022) [pdf, 355 KB]

   ...send funds to Ms M’s lawyer on 31 July 2018. (e) Mr JK did not prepare him for cross-examination during the hearing. (f) Mr JK failed to properly cross-examine Ms M during the hearing. 4 (g) Mr JK failed to explain to the Family Court Judge how the sum of $345,000, transferred to Ms M’s lawyer, had been made up. This resulted in the Judge not understanding that it had come from separate property, and she wrongly applied it towards relationship property. (h) In submis...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 40 Ritchies Transport v Merennage [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...KEERITIHI MERENNAGE Defendant Hearing: By consent memorandum filed on 30 March 2015 Appearances: G Mayes and K Amodeo, counsel for plaintiff H White, counsel for defendant Judgment: 31 March 2015 CONSENT JUDGMENT OF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS [1] Counsel have filed a joint memorandum in relation to the plaintiff’s application seeking leave to file an amended statement of claim and for a stay. The defendant consents to the making of the orders s...

4. [2016] NZEmpC 51 Stewart t/a Loughnans v Richardson [pdf, 12 KB]

   ...LOUGHNANS Defendant Hearing: (Judicial Settlement Conference held on 4 May 2016) Appearances: C McGuinness, counsel for B A Stewart S Dyhrberg, counsel for M Richardson Judgment: 4 May 2016 CONSENT JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B A CORKILL [1] Each party brought a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) dated 9 December 2015. 1 1 Richardson v Stewart t/a L...

5. [2018] NZEmpC 122 The Order of St John Northern Region Trust Board [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...AND JAMES HILFORD Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: C Parkhill, counsel for plaintiff MJ Thomas, counsel for defendant Judgment: 16 October 2018 CONSENT INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for a stay of execution of the determination of the Employment Relations Authority) [1] The parties have filed a joint memorandum, seeking a stay of execution of a determination of the Employment Relati...

6. [2019] NZEmpC 78 Surplus Brokers Ltd v Armstrong [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...AND JOHN NEIL ARMSTRONG Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: S-J Neville, counsel for plaintiff L Anderson, counsel for defendant Judgment: 1 July 2019 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 2) OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for stay of execution) [1] The plaintiff seeks orders staying execution of two determinations of the Employment Relations Authority.1 The plaintiff is content for the application to be granted on condi...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 237 De Sousa v Dehlsen [pdf, 112 KB]

   ...Second Defendant Hearing: By judicial settlement conference Appearances: S Mitchell KC, counsel for plaintiffs JM Roberts and S Houliston, counsel for defendants Judgment: 19 December 2022 CONSENT JUDGMENT OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK [1] The plaintiffs have challenged a determination of the Employment Relations Authority.1 [2] The parties have resolved all matters between them in relation to these proceedings and the determination and have reached a fu...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 203 IDEA Services Ltd v Wills [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...Plaintiff AND CHRISTINE WILLS Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: P McBride, counsel for plaintiff L Hansen, counsel for defendant Judgment: 20 November 2023 CONSENT INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK (Application for stay of execution) [1] These proceedings are the subject of a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority.1 In its determination the Authority ordered the plaintiff to pay...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 218 Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited v Holroyd [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...HOLROYD AND OTHERS Defendants Hearing: On the papers Appearances: T Clarke and G Service, counsel for plaintiff P Cranney and G Liu, counsel for defendants Judgment: 15 November 2024 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK (Application for a stay of execution) [1] These proceedings involve a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority.1 A directions conference was scheduled for 9.30 am today. Counsel for the pa...

10. Evaluation of New Zealand court-referred restorative justice pilot [pdf, 181 KB]

    ...Questionnaires were sent to around 100 key informants during the first year of the evaluation and a follow-up questionnaire was sent out 12 months later. • Various documentation and other data was examined (for example, the conference reports, judges’ sentencing notes, and costs). • Ninety offenders and 90 victims whose cases were dealt with in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Porirua District Courts (and who did not take part in a restorative justice process) were interviewed after t...