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1. River Oaks Farm Ltd & Ors as Trustees of Ingodwe Trust v Olsson [2010] NZWHT Wellington 17 [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...placed reliance on the expert evidence of Mr Eaves. In fact Mr Eaves’ own criteria were applied by the Tribunal in determining whether there had been any breach of duty of care on the facts of the case. [15] All the following relevant matters were facts known to the claimants well before the hearing, and were not disputed. The certifier issued a Code Compliance Certificate certifying the house was code compliant only six months prior to Mr Still’s inspection on behalf of...

2. [2021] NZREADT 05 - Ogilvie (22 January 2021) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...(that is, would have had an important influence on the outcome).4 [13] The Tribunal may also give leave for witnesses to be cross-examined on the evidence they gave to the Committee, if it sees fit to do so: that is, if it is in the interests of justice to do so.5 Ms Ogilvie’s application and submissions [14] Ms Ogilvie has sought leave to cross-examine Ms Abel, Mr Morton, Ms Meo, Ms Domney, and Mr Fraser Holland, the manager of Sotheby’s Napier. The grounds for the applica...

3. What to expect in the courtroom

   ...called, you must tell the court your name. Addressing judges A judge of the High Court must be addressed as Your Honour, Sir (male) or Ma’am (female).  If you want to refer to another judge: a judge of the High Court and above is referred to as Justice [Surname] a judge of the District Court and below is referred to as Judge [Surname]. You must stand up when you are speaking to the judge or the judge is speaking to you (unless you are unable to). Only one person should be standing at a...

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4. 2015 Decisions of public interest

   ...2015). FRIVOLOUS AND VEXATIOUS – REVISITING FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS - claim of breach of settlement agreement – whether challenge to settlement containing “full and final settlement” clause was frivolous and vexatious – part of a matter cannot be dismissed on such grounds – meaning of ‘frivolous’ considered – not the same as lacking legal merit – must be impossible to take seriously – in some circumstances full and final settlement may be revisited – Authori...

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5. Evaluation of the Te Hurihanga pilot [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   Te Hurihanga Pilot: Evaluation Report Prepared for the Ministry of Justice by Julie Warren, with Lydia Fraser Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) October 2009 Te Hurihanga Pilot: Evaluation Report Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) Ltd 2 Disclaimer This evaluation was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The report has been prepared by the authors a...

6. INZ (Calder) v Tian [2019] NZIACDT 48 (19 July 2019) [pdf, 387 KB]

   IMMIGRATION ADVISERS COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL Decision No: [2019] NZIACDT 48 Reference No: IACDT 031/17 IN THE MATTER of a referral under s 48 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 BY THE REGISTRAR OF IMMIGRATION ADVISERS Registrar BETWEEN IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND (DARREN CALDER) Complainant AND QING TIAN Adviser SUBJECT TO SUPPRESSION ORDER DECISION Dated 19 July 2019

7. [2025] NZEmpC 118 Airways Corporation of NZ Ltd v Small [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED v JARED SMALL [2025] NZEmpC 118 [16 June 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZEmpC 118 EMPC 255/2024 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN AIRWAYS CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Plaintiff AND JARED SMALL Defendant Hearing: 3 April 2025 Appearan...

8. People charged and convicted of family violence offences December 2018 [xlsx, 719 KB]

   Contents Family violence offences Family violence offending can be covered by a range of different offence types that are not easily identifiable as involving family violence, or could involve a non-family violence situation. To be able to produce statistics which are robust over time the Ministry of Justice has used three specific offence types to represent family violence. These are 'breach of protection order', 'common assault (domestic)' and 'male assaults

9. RIA Terrorism Suppression Act part 1 [pdf, 949 KB]

   Impact Statement Template | 1 Coversheet: Options to strengthen counter terrorism legislation (terrorist financing and terrorism travel offences) Advising agencies Ministry of Justice Decision sought This analysis has been prepared to inform Cabinet decisions regarding law reform for terrorism travel and terrorist financing offences Proposing Ministers Minister of Justice Summary: Problem and Proposed Approach Problem Definition What problem or opportunity d...

10. Foreman v Sanders – Estate of Rachel Ngeungeu Zister (2013) 63 Waikato Maniapoto MB 286 (63 WMN 286) [pdf, 191 KB]

    ...Rachel Zister appointed as a trustee pursuant to clause 2.2 of her Will. Ms McKenzie deposes at paragraph 28 of her affidavit that whenua has a deep meaning. She attaches as exhibit “I” to her affidavit a publication from the Ministry of Justice. In a section intituled “The Relationship of Māori with the Land” the following extract appears: The land is a source of identity for Maori. Being direct descendants of Papatuanuku, Maori see themselves as not only of the land, b...