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1. [2009] NZEmpC AC 15/09 Air New Zealand Ltd v V [pdf, 95 KB]

   AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD V V AK AC 15/09 3 June 2009 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 15/09 ARC 35/08 AND IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD Plaintiff AND V Defendant Hearing: 2 March 2009 (Heard at Auckland) Court: Chief Judge G L Colgan Judge B S Travis Judge C M Shaw Judge A A Couch Appearances: CH Toogood QC and Kevin Thompson, Counsel for Plaintiff Anne-M...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 30 Austin v Silver Fern Farms Ltd [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...also emphasise that Parliament has imposed a 90 day limit to ensure that employers are notified promptly of alleged grievances. Time should therefore be extended only if exceptional circumstances are truly established and, in addition, the overall justice of the case (which includes taking account of the position of an employer facing a late claim) so requires. [61] In this case, Mr Austin does not rely solely, even principally, upon his union’s advice to him that there was not...

3. Environment Court annual report 2002 [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...of more complex cases through mediation, thereby freeing up more Court time. The Court has noted delays in parties formalising settlements reached at mediations. In future, the Registry will be increasingly persistent with parties in following up matters in a timely fashion. A reputable training provider conducted a two-day training programme on mediation and alternative dispute resolution with all of the Court’s Commissioners in Wellington, in May of 2002. Using Court-based case sce...

4. BORA Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...constitutes a civil liability act [9]. The penalty is payable to the Crown or to any other person specified by the Court. The maximum pecuniary penalty is $200,000 in respect of an individual and $2,000,000 in respect of a body corporate [10]. The matters the Court must have regard to when determining the appropriate penalty include the nature and extent of the act, the likelihood, nature, and extent of any damage to the integrity or reputation of New Zealand's financial system becaus...

5. LCRO 173/2017 ZD YF WP v FH [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...proceeding. [7] Mr FH appealed that decision to the High Court, and in April 2014 [X] J dismissed the appeal. Mr BT did not appear on those applications, which were argued by senior counsel, although he did appear from time to time on procedural matters in the District Court proceeding. The complainants say Mr FH would have been aware of all those matters and should have called a halt to Mr BT’s involvement as counsel. [8] The proceeding came on for trial in late 2016 before Judge...

6. Evidence - Noise - Minister for Children - Rhys Hegley - Final [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 My full name is Rhys Leonard Hegley. I am a partner at Hegley Acoustic Consultants. 1.2 I have been engaged by the Minister for Children (“the Minister”) to prepare and present this statement of evidence addressing matters raised in the Minister’s Notice of Requirement to alter Designation 3800 (“NOR”) in the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) (“Unitary Plan”), which has been directly referred to the Environment Court. 2. QUALIFICA...

7. Ngāti Moerewa o MHKM Māori Inc. v Attorney General of New Zealand - Matatau 5E25F and others (2022) 248 Taitokerau MB 214 (248 TTK 214) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...Pessiman Pehimana Te Whata is a director of both companies. [2] SSKL and TFL have been placed in liquidation due to significant tax debt, for SSKL, and judgment debt, for TFL. There are ongoing proceedings in the High Court concerning these matters. Craig Sanson and Malcolm Hollis are the liquidators for SSKL. There is no current administrator for TFL. [3] In 2021, Mr Te Whata filed an application in this Court on behalf of Ngāti Moerewa o MHKM Māori Incorporation (“MHKM”)...

8. Queensell-Logan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Interlocutory application for orders for proposed witnesses to attend hearing in person) [2024] NZACC 099 (12 June 2024) [pdf, 240 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2024] NZACC 099 ACAR 013/24 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL AGAINST A REVIEW DECISION BETWEEN JEANETTE QUEENSELL-LOGAN Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Determination: On the papers Representatives: Mr Stephen Logan (the appellant’s father) for the appellant Ms J Maslin-Caradus for the respondent Date...

9. Whata v Pryor - Mourea Papakainga 3E9 Māori Reservation (2025) 336 Waiariki MB 261 (336 WAR 261) [pdf, 310 KB]

   ...Meroiti [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 142 (2025 APPEAL 142) at [32]. 336 Waiariki MB 267 (a) The Court must be satisfied that the grant of the injunction would not cause disproportionate hardship. (b) The Court must consider the overall justice of the case, and refrain from granting a permanent injunction that would cause injustice to the respondent. The test is oppression rather a balance of convenience. (c) The general principle is that an injunction should ordinarily...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 115 Dr X v a District Health Board [pdf, 44 KB]

    ...25 July 2012. A telephone conference will then be convened to discuss the way in which the application will be dealt with (either on the papers or after having heard further from counsel). [5] In the circumstances, it is in the interests of justice that interim orders be made pending the hearing and determination of the plaintiff’s application. Mr McBride was content to abide the decision of the Court in this regard. [6] Accordingly I make the following orders: Until heari...