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1. Justice of the Peace

   Find out the functions of Justices of the Peace (JPs), their role and responsibilities, and the process for being appointed as a JP. In New Zealand, JPs are involved in an ever-increasing multitude of matters including both Ministerial and Judicial duties. Ministerial functions of a Justice of the Peace Justices of the Peace have no inherent jurisdiction and may exercise only those powers given to them by legislation. Other duties of a Justice of the Peace include the: witnessing of documents t...

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2. [2024] NZEmpC 174 A Ifraz Investments Ltd v Jamal [pdf, 202 KB]

   A IFRAZ INVESTMENTS LIMITED v MOHAZAM JAMAL [2024] NZEmpC 174 [17 September 2024] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2024] NZEmpC 174 EMPC 238/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN A IFRAZ INVESTMENTS LIMITED Plaintiff AND MOHAZAM JAMAL Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: A Ifraz,...

3. Hunter v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late filing to the District Court) [2025] NZACC 28 (18 February 2025) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...unconscious bias to those who suffer from that mental illness, which may explain why he could not get legal representation. (c) Mr Hunter needs to have his day in court for the issue of abatement to be clarified, if only for him to be satisfied that justice will be done. Relevant law [6] Section 151 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (the Act) provides: (1) An appellant brings an appeal by sending a notice of appeal to, or filing a notice of appeal in, a specified registry....

4. [2015] NZEmpC 10 Graeme’s Service Centre v Stalker [pdf, 110 KB]

   GRAEME'S SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED v CATHERINE STALKER NZEmpC CHRISTCHURCH [2015] NZEmpC 10 [10 February 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2015] NZEmpC 10 EMPC C323/2014 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for a stay of execution BETWEEN GRAEME'S SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED Plaintiff AND CATHERINE STALKER Defendant Hearing...

5. Te Puia v Cork - Succession to Guy Gerald Kau Kau [2025] Chief Judge's MB 129 [pdf, 444 KB]

   ...facts of the case to the Court or the Registrar, cancel or amend the order or certificate of confirmation or make such other order or issue such certificate of confirmation as, in the opinion of the Chief Judge, is necessary in the interests of justice to remedy the mistake or omission. 1 2024 Chief Judge’s MB 1916-1924 (2024 CJ 1916-1924). 2025 Chief Judge's MB 137 [11] In Ashwell – Rawinia or Lavinia Ashwell (nee Russell), the principles to be applied in determi...

6. [2023] NZEmpC 164 F & B Remuera Ltd v A Labour Inspector [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...consideration and in a case in which the claim has little chance of success. Access to the courts for a genuine plaintiff is not lightly to be denied”.12 [29] Overall, having balanced the factors above, I consider that it is in the interests of justice for security for costs to be awarded. However, in light of the risk of the order preventing the challenge from being heard, I consider that it would not be in the interests of justice for the full sum of $18,403 claimed by the Labou...

7. OIA-123938.pdf [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...GST should not impact or delay the processing of payments, as filing and paying GST remains solely the contractor’s responsibility. I would also like to note that similar delays were previously attributed to WHT (Withholding Tax) discrepancies. These matters need to be revisited urgently to ensure that payments are processed promptly, particularly given the challenges posed by the upcoming holiday period. I trust the Finance team will take proactive steps to resolve this issue and implement m...

8. [2013] NZEmpC 210 MAS Zengrange (NZ) Ltd v HDT Ltd [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...determination of the Authority. This is for the following reasons. [27] Section 174(a) requires that a “determination” state relevant findings of fact, state and explain findings on relevant issues of law, express the Authority’s conclusions on matters or issues it considers require determination in order to dispose of the matter, and specify what orders (if any) it makes. In Morgan the Court wrote with respect to s 174(a) that: 3 To decide whether an utterance of the Aut...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 160 MZHZ v Chief Executive of Ministry of Social Development [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...that it did not have jurisdiction to investigate the plaintiff’s claims.3 [4] The Authority declined to make a permanent non-publication order.4 It concluded that the plaintiff’s evidence fell short of displacing the presumption of open justice as discussed in Erceg v Erceg.5 Nevertheless, an interim order was made to enable the plaintiff to challenge the determination and, in the meantime, the Authority anonymised his name and the name of a company he incorporated. [5]...

10. 2013 to 2016 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    Statement of Intent 2013–2016 E.64 SOI (2013) http://www.justice.govt.nz/ Table of contents Introduction from the Minister of Justice 1 Introduction from the Chief Executive 2 Who we are 4 Our responsibilities 4 Sector leadership 5 What we want to achieve 7 Sector-wide goals 7 Ministry goals 9 Our performance framework 10 What we will do 11 Making communities safer 11 Maintaining the integrity and improving the responsiveness of the justice system 13 Maintaining the civ...