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1. BORA Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act. In reaching that conclusion, we have considered the consistency of the Bill with s 19(1) (freedom from discrimination), s 21 (unreasonable search and seizure) and s 27 (right to justice). Our analysis is set out below. Summary 4. The Bill proposes changes as part of the legislative reform package for the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki (‘the new Ministry’). This includes a range of legis...

2. Ngawhika v Nepia - Pukehina M Section 1B No 3 (2025) 339 Waiariki MB 127 (339 WAR 127) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...Pimara have a right of possession capable of being enforced? 1 190 Waiariki MB 219-223. 2 As above. 339 Waiariki MB 130 (b) Was there an agreement between Pimara and Jacob, and if so, what are the terms? (c) Considering the overall justice of the case, should an injunction be granted? Te Ture The law [15] I have jurisdiction to grant a permanent injunction per s 19(1)(a) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act) to protect Māori freehold land, Māori reservations...

3. [2023] NZEmpC 190 (Judgment of Judge M S King 6 November 2023) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...alleged to have been taken by Mr Liu constitute prima facie breaches of the expressed and implied terms of his employment agreement with SFL, his statutory duty of good faith and his common law duty of fidelity to his employer. [28] Those are all matters within the jurisdiction of the employment institutions. [29] At this stage, SFL has estimated its damages to be is $2,856,538.42, which is the approximate cost price of the misappropriated stock, not including lost profits whi...

4. [202] NZEmpC 73 A Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment v Dao [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...See for example Borsboom v Preet PVT Ltd [2016] NZEmpC 168 at [25]; and A Labour Inspector of Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment v Jeet Holdings Ltd [2019] NZEmpC 188 at [5]. (d) the balance of convenience and interests of justice require the grant of interim relief. [18] I turn now to consider those requirements. Discussion Good arguable case [19] The Labour Inspector has filed an affidavit in support of her without notice application. It contains vario...

5. [2011] NZEmpC 132 Kaipara v CHH Ltd [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...[4] I heard the submissions for and against the strike out of those paragraphs. I have concluded that at no point was Ms Firth holding herself out as an expert other than referring to her employment as human resource operations manager. The matters to which she deposed set out the defendant’s view of those matters. There was no suggestion that her evidence had been given on the basis of expert testimony. I was therefore satisfied that the plaintiff had not provided grounds for...

6. Evaluation of Wellington District Court criminal list pilot [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...(NZLC PP52) December Evaluation of the Criminal List Pilot – Wellington District Court _____________________________________________________ 6 • reduce the amount of waiting time and visits to court for defendants and others by ensuring that matters are dealt with minimal delay and credible appointment times are given for subsequent appearances • ensure that administrative matters are dealt with prior to the defendant appearing before a judge. Administrative matters include determi...

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

   ...occurred 20 years before. [9] Mr Moore SC submitted to the Tribunal that it would never be known what influence the lack of information about the Tongan matter might have had on the sentencing outcome in 2005. Whilst he accepted that there were many matters to be taken into account in the sentencing exercise, including the length of time since the offending had occurred and the fact that the passport had never been used, it could not be known whether the outcome might have been dif...

8. Guidelines for Parties to Review [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...Committee. If you are applying for a review you should identify in your application the error or errors that you consider the Standards Committee to have made. The LCRO may examine how the Standards Committee dealt with the complaint, including matters not raised by, or identified in the review application. Issues of law, fact and credibility may be revisited. 8. The LCRO is not limited to a review only of whether the Committee conducted itself in accordance with proper procedure an...

9. LCRO Guidelines for parties to review [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...Standards Committee. If you are applying for a review you should identify in your application the error or errors that you consider the Standards Committee to have made. The LCRO may examine how the Standards Committee dealt with the complaint, including matters not raised by, or identified in the review application. Issues of law, fact and credibility may be revisited. 8. The LCRO is not limited to a review only of whether the Committee conducted itself in accordance with proper procedur...

10. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – concluding observations 18th-20th reports [pdf, 191 KB]

    ...inflammatory remarks by a Member of Parliament vilifying persons from Central Asia or the Middle East based on their skin colour and country of origin as well as their religion, but welcomes the strong criticism of such statements by the Minister of Justice and Ethnic Affairs and the Race Relations Commissioner, among others, as well as the unanimous resolution passed by the Parliament reaffirming the State party’s commitment to preserving an inclusive multi-ethnic society (arts....