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1. People involved in the Coronial Inquiry

   ...predominantly representing the Crown across all courts and tribunals. He has been a crown prosecutor and worked in the Crown Law Office. His principal areas of practice are criminal law, public and administrative law, professional regulation and disciplinary matters, and Health and Safety-related offending.  Ian gained his law degree with honours from the University of Otago in 1993 and was admitted to the bar in 1994.   Wendy Aldred KC Wendy is a barrister practising in public law...

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   2. Christchurch Masjidain Attack Inquiry

2. [2025] NZSSAA 16 (27 May 2025) [pdf, 76 KB]

   Reference no: SSAA 54/25 [2025] NZSSAA 16 UNDER the Social Security Act 2018 IN THE MATTER of a late appeal by XXXX of Auckland against a decision of the Chief Executive that has been confirmed or varied by a Benefits Review Committee. DECISION DECLINING EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE LATE APPEAL Background [1] XXXX wishes to appeal against a Benefits Review Committee decision dated 2 April 2024. [2] The proposed appeal concerns a decisi...

3. Regulatory Impact Assessment relating to a cannabis regulatory model [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   Context to the Regulatory Impact Assessment: Cannabis regulatory model 1. A Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) accompanies a Cabinet decision-making paper regarding regulatory change. It typically provides a high-level summary of the problem being addressed, the options, their associated costs and benefits, the consultation undertaken, and the proposed arrangements for implementation and review. 2. This RIA was produced by the Ministry of Justice in May 2019. It was provided to Cab

4. 2025 NZPSPLA 040 pdf [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...The decision is of limited public interest. 7 c) After taking into account the presumption in favour of publication the Licensing Authority considers the decision should not be published because it would be contrary to the interest of justice. [32] None of the above apply to this decision. There is a public interest in this decision being released and it is not contrary to the interest of justice for it to be published. Accordingly, no suppression orders are made in res...

5. Baigent v ACC [2014] NZACA 18 [pdf, 58 KB]

   ...of law must be capable of bona fide and serious argument; (iii) care must be taken to avoid allowing issues of fact to be dressed up as questions of law; (iv) where an appeal is limited to questions of law, a mixed question of law and fact is a matter of law; (v) a decision-maker’s treatment of facts can amount to an error of law. There will be an error of law where there is no evidence to support the decision, the evidence is inconsistent with the decision or the true and only r...

6. BORA National Animal Identification and Tracing Bill [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...privacy interests should be taken [...]."1 9. The Bill provides for a wide range of inspection, search and seizure powers (with or without warrant), many of which duplicate those contained in the Search and Surveillance Bill as reported by the Justice and Electoral Committee. The overall purpose of these powers is to ascertain, secure and enforce compliance with obligations under the Bill. 10. The Bill contains the following inspection, search and seizure powers: • to require...

7. Cooney and Dempsey TRI 2022-100-001 Procedural Order 6 [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...fact that the wrongs were separate but caused the same damage to the claimants (being economic loss) is sufficient to provide a route to relief against Mr Milne as a contributor or indemnifier to the Council. [45] In Hotchin, the learned Chief Justice observed that the “same damage” need not be “substantially or materially similar”, nor need it arise out of the same circumstances or fault, nor be the same measure. Nor does it turn on the cause of action. 5 Hotchin...

8. Hawke v ACC [2013] NZACA 5 [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...the proceeding is to be heard under Part 5 of the 2001 Act or Part 9 of the 1982 Act, which involves the proper construction of s 391 of the 2001 Act. The public interest/general importance component is that it is in the interests of 3 justice that the effect and operation of s 391 is determined by the High Court, as a litigant must have clarity over the process of litigation. [6] The question of law argued by Mr Hlavac in later submissions and pursued at the hearing r...

9. [2023] NZEmpC 74 Nelmac Ltd v Reunited Employees Assoc Inc [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...REUNITED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED v NELMAC LIMITED [2023] NZEmpC 74 [16 May 2023] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2023] NZEmpC 74 EMPC 468/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN REUNITED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Plaintiff AND NELMAC LIMITED Defendant EMPC 137/2022 AND IN THE MA...

10. [2013] NZEmpC 141 2Air NZ Ltd v Kerr [pdf, 88 KB]

    ...authorities need to be considered with some degree of caution, in Framus Ltd v CRH plc, 5 the Supreme Court of Ireland was called upon to consider the requirement that documents sought on discovery must be relevant, directly or indirectly, to the matters in issue between the parties in the proceedings. In doing so, the Supreme Court endorsed the following statements of principle: (1) The Court must decide as a matter of probability as to whether any particular document is relev...