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1. [2011] NZEmpC 7 Smith v Life to the Max Horowhenua Trust [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN MARGARET SMITH Plaintiff AND LIFE TO THE MAX HOROWHENUA TRUST Defendant Hearing: by memoranda filed on 3 and 22 December 2010 Judgment: 8 February 2011 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A D FORD [1] I concluded my judgment in this case, dated 15 November 2010, with the following statement in relation to costs: 1 [35] In all the circumstances, my preliminary view is that the justice of the case can best be met t...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 114 Air New Zealand v Kerr [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...at Auckland by telephone conference call) Appearances: Jennifer Mills and Christie Hall, counsel for plaintiff Peter Chemis and Jennifer Howes, counsel for defendant Judgment: 21 June 2013 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L COLGAN [1] This interlocutory judgment, heard and decided urgently, deals with the question whether the Employment Relations Authority properly removed this proceeding to the Court for hearing at first instance. 1 [2] The plaint...

3. Deputy Registrar - Taheke 23A and Taheke 23B (2012) 39 Taitokerau MB 264 (39 TTK 264) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...56(1)(c) and 332, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Taheke 23A and Taheke 23B BETWEEN DEPUTY REGISTRAR Applicant Hearing: 23 May 2011 (Heard at Kaikohe) Judgment: 3 May 2012 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D J AMBLER 39 Taitokerau MB 265 Introduction [1] In this judgment I issue a preliminary determination and a direction to the surveyor appointed by the Court to complete a survey plan. [2] The reason I have taken this approach is t...

4. Putataua Bay Holdings Ltd v Pere - Lot 189 DP 393664 (2014) 82 Taitokerau MB 139 (82 TTK 139) [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...AND FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL Second Respondent AND PROPRIETORS OF MATAURI X INCORPORATION Third Respondent Counsel: Wayne Wesley Peters for the Applicant Judgment: 04 July 2014 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D J AMBLER 82 Taitokerau MB 140 Introduction [1] On 26 June 2014 Putataua Bay Holdings Limited (“PBH”) filed two applications with the Court. [2] First, an application under ss 18(1)(a), 18(1...

5. Auckland Standards Committee v Garrett [2011] NZLCDT 29 [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...NZLCDT 29 LCDT 009/11 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1 OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY Applicant AND DAVID ARTHUR GARRETT Respondent CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr P Radich Ms C Rowe Ms S Sage Mr W Smith HEARING at AUCKLAND on 14 October 2011 APPEARANCES Mr S Moore SC and Mr M Treleaven for the Applicant Mr G King for the Respondent...

6. Tawhi - Estate of Te Autu Nick Tawhi (2016) 143 Waiariki MB 115 (143 WAR 115) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...MATTER OF Te Autu Nick Tawhi (deceased) BETWEEN BELLA TAWHI Applicant Hearing: 7 June 2016, 141 Waiariki MB 263-267 (Heard at Whakatāne) Appearances: B Tawhi, in person Judgment: 29 June 2016 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C T COXHEAD 143 Waiariki MB 116 Introduction [1] Te Autu Nick Tawhi died, intestate. He is survived by three children from his marriage to Bella Tawhi....

7. The Māori Trustee v Smith - Waipaoa 5A2 (2017) 65 Tairawhiti MB 215 (65 TRW 215) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Third Applicant Hearings: 63 Tairāwhiti MB 38-52 dated 14 November 2016 65 Tairāwhiti MB 81-87 dated 7 February 2017 65 Tairāwhiti MB 170-172 dated 2 March 2017 (teleconference) Judgment: 9 March 2017 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE M J DOOGAN 65 Tairawhiti MB 216 Introduction [1] Counsel for Mr Bruce Smith and Digga Bygum Limited has applied for a stay of the order granting the Māori Trustee possession of Waipaoa 5A2. 1 An appeal has been filed. [2] Th...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 127 AlKazaz v Deloitte (No. 3) Ltd [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...Appearances: Plaintiff in person J Hardacre and D Findlay, counsel for defendants Judgment: 9 August 2021 Reasons: 10 August 2021 REASONS FOR ORAL JUDGMENT (INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 5)) OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK (Application to cross-examine witness) (Application to set aside witness summons) [1] Mr AlKazaz has brought de novo challenges to two determinations of the Employment Relations Authority. The first challenges a deter...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 158 Thames-Coromandel District Council v Hopwood [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...IN THE MATTER OF an application for enforcement orders under s 316 of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL (ENV-2021-AKL-150) Applicant AND R T HOPWOOD Respondent Court: Chief Environment Court Judge D A Kirkpatrick, sitting alone under s 279(1) of the Act Hearing: On the papers Last Case Event: 18 August 2022 Date of Decision: 22 August 2022 Date of Issue: 22 August 2022 DETERMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT GIVING CONSENT T...

10. [2022] NZACC 6 – Jones v ACC (19 January 2022) [pdf, 164 KB]

    ...IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN CRAIG RICHARD JONES Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: On the papers Judgment: 19 January 2022 DECISION OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Leave to appeal] Introduction [1] This is an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of Her Honour, Judge A A Sinclair, delivered on 11 August 2021. [2] At issue in the appeal was an application by Mr Jones fo...