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1. [2025] NZEmpC 178 Lopez v Kariki Pharma Ltd (in liq)(no 2) [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) Second Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: E Butcher and T Preston, counsel for Ms López S Langton and RL White, counsel for Ms Seton and Mr Seton No appearance for Kāriki Pharma Ltd Judgment: 18 August 2025 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 2) OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK (Application to participate at a hearing via audio-visual link) [1] These proceedings are scheduled to be heard on 27–29 August 2025. [2] On 1...

2. BORA Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...together, the Bill enacts a policy package to address complex social and economic issues. The Bill targets assistance based on an assessment of levels of poverty and relative disadvantage, which may differ over time depending on “overall political judgment”.4 4 Child Poverty Action Group Inc v Attorney-General [2013] NZCA 402, [2013] 3 NZLR 729 at [149]. 29. For the reasons outlined above, and having regard to the degree of defere...

3. TH v BG Ltd [2019] NZDT 1515 (12 August 2019) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...with reasonable care and skill, and that the building work will comply with all laws and legal requirements. If the contract states the particular purpose for which the building work is required, so as to show that the owner relies on the skill and judgement of the other party to the contract, the building work must be reasonably fit for that purpose. 6. Section 40 of the Building Act provides that a person must not carry out any building work except in accordance with a building consent...

4. LCRO 68/2018 TY v HG (29 November 2019) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...and its exercise of discretion as to whether the complaint process should continue. 23 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZHC 158, [2012] NZAR 209 at [39]–[41]. 16 Review Officer to exercise some particular caution before substituting his or her own judgment without good reason. [68] More recently, the High Court has described a review by this Office in the following way:24 A review by the LCRO is neither a judicial review nor an appeal. Those seeking a review of a Committee determina...

5. Raumati - Urenui Pā (Lot 2 of Part Subdivision 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara Survey District) (2017) 374 Aotea MB 252 (374 AOT 252) [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...UNDER Section 338(1)(a) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Urenui Pā (Lot 2 of Part Subdivision 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara Survey District) JOHNSON RAUMATI Applicant Hearing: On the papers Judgment: 28 August 2017 INTERIM JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Introduction [1] Johnson Raumati seeks an order to amend the gazette notice setting apart Urenui Pā as a Māori Reservation, dated 15 December 1932, to correctly reflect the...

6. Kiriona v Groot - Kawerau A Section 13 and others (2022) 273 Waiariki MB 182 (273 WAR 182) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...HOHEPA-WATENE, BLANCHE KIRIONA AND RAYMOND PATIHANA TOLLEY AS TRUSTEES OF THE TUKUAHAU WHĀNAU TRUST Ngā kaiurupare Respondents Nohoanga: Hearing 7 July 2021, 258 Waiariki MB 110-121 (Heard at Rotorua) Whakataunga: Judgment date 20 April 2022 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ C T COXHEAD Judgment of C T Coxhead 273 Waiariki MB 183 Hei kōrero tīmatanga Introduction [1] The Tukuahau Whānau Trust...

7. [2021] NZACC 192 - Beban v ACC (2 December 2021) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...ANNETTE BEBAN Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 25 November 2021 Held at: Rotorua/Rotorua-Nui-A-Kahumatamomoe Appearances: A Carlyle for the appellant F Becroft for the respondent Judgment: 2 December 2021 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for funding for social rehabilitation - s 81, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 29 March...

8. UV Ltd v MB Ltd [2023] NZDT 81 (11 November 2022) [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...set out in section 138 to 141. 10. Section 138 applies if the buyer, expressly or by implication, makes known to the seller the particular purpose for which the goods are required, so as to show that the buyer relies on the seller’s skill or judgement, and the goods are of a description that it is in the course of the seller’s business to supply (whether or not the seller is the manufacturer). If s 138 does apply there is an implied warranty that the goods are reasonably fit for t...

9. [2021] NZACC 162 – Murray v ACC (18 October 2021) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...HARRIET MURRAY Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 27 September 2021 Heard at: Wellington/Te Whanganui-A-Tara Appearances: Ms M Howard for the appellant Ms L Hansen for the respondent Judgment: 18 October 2021 ____________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C J McGUIRE [Causation – Injury or Gradual Process] _____________________________________________________________...

10. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim amended [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...davidbain.counterspin.co.nz and www.scoop.co.nz. - 4 - 13. For guidance on particular points of New Zealand law I consulted with Professor Paul Rishworth of the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland. 14. I have, of course, been attentive to the several judgments of the Court of Appeal and the 2007 Privy Council. In addition, I reviewed a number of reports from the Ministry of Justice, the Joint Report of the Police/Police Complaints Authority (1997), a report from Si...