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1. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim supplementary [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...davidbain.counterspin.co.nz and www.scoop.co.nz. 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 Sir Thomas Tho...

2. [2016] NZEmpC 112 Radius Residential Care Ltd v The NZ Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 431 KB]

   ...J Lawrie and S Meikle, counsel for first defendant and for third defendants who are members of the first defendant P Cranney and A-M McInally, counsel for second defendant and for third defendants who are members of the second defendant Judgment: 31 August 2016 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L COLGAN A The gatherings of union members of 26 and 27 March 2015 were not “union meetings” pursuant to s 26 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 or under cl 42 of the rel...

3. Cooper v Wellington City Council [pdf, 237 KB]

   CLAIM NO: 2171 UNDER The Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2002 IN THE MATTER of an adjudication BETWEEN AVIS COOPER Claimant AND WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL First Respondent AND R & I KENNEDY LIMITED Second Respondent AND R TE ONE ASSOCIATES LIMITED Third Respondent AND No Fourth Respondent Master Build Services Limited having been struck out AND TREVOR GASKIN Fifth Respondent AND No Sixth Respondent CSR Building

4. [2018] NZEmpC 91 Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd v First Union [pdf, 431 KB]

   ...Defendant AND E TŪ INCORPORATED Second Defendant Hearing: 24 July 2018 (Heard at Napier) Appearances: M Wisker and J Bates, counsel for the plaintiff P Cranney and O Christeller, counsel for the defendants Judgment: 10 August 2018 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B A CORKILL Introduction [1] Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd (Pan Pac) wishes to restructure the staffing levels of a circular saw centre that it operates at its sawmill on a rotating thr...

5. [2022] NZEmpC 186 Teddy and Friends Ltd v Page [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...costs BETWEEN TEDDY AND FRIENDS LIMITED Plaintiff AND PHILLIP PAGE Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: A Schirnack and E Crowley, counsel for plaintiff E Hartdegen, counsel for defendant Judgment: 17 October 2022 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B A CORKILL [1] This decision resolves a costs application which follows my judgment of 20 July 2022, when I ruled that an in-time dismissal grievance had been raised with Te...

6. Teeuwen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for treatment injury) [2024] NZACC 206 [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 12 December 2024 Held at: Tauranga/Tauranga Moana District Court Appearances: The Appellant is self-represented B Marten for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 16 December 2024 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for treatment injury - s 32, Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated...

7. Comparing NZCASS with Police statistics

   ...offences classified in the same way? As a general principle, offences in the NZCASS are coded: in line with current legal theory in line with current Police recording procedures. Despite this, an exact match is unlikely because Police may make different judgments when deciding: whether to record an incident as an offence which category it should be placed in. This means that some offences may have been placed into a different offence category, which will affect comparability. Are the same t...

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8. E66 Ian Munro - Urban Design - EIC - VHHL [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...often couched in general ‘rules of thumb’ or issues for consideration so as to promote the best possible outcome for any given circumstance. But they are almost always secondary to the relevant statutory planning outcomes to be achieved and the judgement of the decision maker as a means of preventing inappropriate outcomes. 3.2 I consider that this ‘typical’ approach is not relevant to the Panuku proposal because the agreed Design Requirements are intended to be a quasi-reg...

9. [2007] NZEmpC AC 53/07 Hansells (NZ) Ltd v Ma [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...determination BETWEEN HANSELLS (NZ) LIMITED Plaintiff AND LILI MA Defendant Hearing: Thursday, 6 September 2007 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Rob Towner, counsel for plaintiff Simon Mitchell and Timothy Oldfield, counsel for defendant Judgment: 14 September 2007 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS [1] This is a dispute as to whether there is an entitlement to both a severance payment and redundancy compensation under the provisions of a collective agreement....

10. [2018] NZEmpC 19 Kumara Hotel Ltd v McSherry [pdf, 333 KB]

    ...Authority BETWEEN KUMARA HOTEL LIMITED Plaintiff AND JOSEPH MCSHERRY Defendant Hearing: 31 October and 1 November 2017 Appearances: T McGinn, counsel for plaintiff D Carruthers, counsel for defendant Judgment: 15 March 2018 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS Introduction [1] Mr McSherry works in the hospitality industry and has done so for many years, predominantly in Australia. He describes himself as being some...