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1. [2021] NZEmpC 3 Morgan v Tranzit Coachlines Wairarapa Ltd [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...NZEmpC 169. [2] A contribution to Mr Morgan’s costs of $18,140.10 is sought. The company submits that costs should lie where they fell. [3] The Court has a discretion as to costs. The discretion must be exercised in the interests of justice and in accordance with established principles. The Court has adopted a Guideline Scale to assist parties and the Court, and to promote predictability, expedition and consistency. As the Guidelines make clear, principles applying to...

2. 2021-07-12 Minute [pdf, 62 KB]

   ...would be difficult for there to be engagement among all parties. Mr Pinnell expressed the view that a procedurally unfair process is being used that is at odds with the intent of the Act. [4] The Court must always seek to ensure that access to justice is available on reasonable and fair terms and that its processes support participation in accordance with the principles which underpin the Act. I accordingly direct the Wailrnto Regional Council to set out the framework within which i...

3. 31 October Legal Aid News [pdf, 195 KB]

   justice.govt.nz LEGAL AID NEWS October 2016 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. IN THIS ISSUE … Legal aid provider contract renewal Update on changes to the administration of legal aid Electronic signature requirements Pre-hearing matters Complying with the Court of Appeal ‘Criminal Electronic Document Protocol’ Del...

4. [2011] NZEmpC 145 Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa Trust Incorporated v Allen [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...employed by the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed that the individuals in question had been the subject of adverse findings by the Authority but as they had not been heard in the course of the investigation, they had effectively been denied natural justice. [2] The matter was not finally resolved at the JSC. Subsequently, the parties of their own volition agreed to make a joint application to the Authority to have the 1 Selliman v T...

5. [2019] NZEmpC 111 Ward v Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 160 KB]

   SAM WARD v CONCRETE STRUCTURES (NZ) LIMITED [2019] NZEmpC 111 [27 August 2019] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2019] NZEmpC 111 EMPC 82/2019 IN THE MATTER OF an application for leave to extend time to file a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs BETWEEN SAM WARD Applicant AND...

6. Proactive-release: Firearms-Registry-Review [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice Proactive release - Phase 3 of the Firearms Reform Programme - Review of the Firearms Registry Date of issue: 7 May 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been not

7. Pickering - Waima D8 [2018] Chief Judge's MB 820 (2018 CJ 820) [pdf, 710 KB]

   2018 Chief Judge’s MB 820 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TAITOKERAU DISTRICT A20130003053 CJ 2013/19 UNDER Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Waima D8 Block CONCERNING RITA ELIZABETH PICKERING Applicant Hearing: 19 September 2018, 2018 Chief Judge’s MB 578-585 (Heard at Whangārei) Judgment: 29 November 2018 DECISION OF DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE C L FOX

8. LCRO 124/2017 RG v XP (4 December 2018) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...December 2015 as deposed by the husband. There are other significant areas of dispute between the parties which would have been important for me to know when I was deciding whether or not to issue an injunction. 4 7. Having regard to the above matters I believe the interests of justice require that the injunction is discharged but that all other orders and directions remain in place. This means there will still be a half day submissions only hearing to determine whether the notice...

9. OIA-120238.pdf [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 28 April 2025 Ref: OIA 120238 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Crimes Act reform and citizen’s arrest Thank you for your email of 12 March 2025 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding proposed reforms to the Crimes Act to allow greater citizen arrest powers. Specifically, you re...

10. [2023] NZREADT 11 - CAC 2103 v Lieven (15 May 2023) [pdf, 263 KB]

    ...that the Committee sought to rely upon the evidence of the decisions as a basis for their charges and that this placed the Tribunal in a position of compromise. Mr Hayes submitted that the charges should be dismissed on the grounds of natural justice. He further submitted that the TT and [court] decisions are hearsay. [38] Ms Nizam for the Committee submitted that the Committee did not seek to admit the decisions in order to prove the existence of any fact in issue in the proceeding...