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1. Alternative Dispute Resolution: general civil cases [pdf, 675 KB]

   ...and Face-to-Face Interviews 7 2.3 In-depth Interviews with Disputants 10 3 The Use and Provision of ADR in New Zealand 13 3.1 ADR Techniques 13 3.2 Types of Disputes Amenable to ADR 14 3.3 Use and Trends in ADR Take-Up 16 3.4 Provision of ADR Services 17 3.5 A Profile of ADR Practitioners 21 3.6 Experience and Training in ADR 22 3.7 Delivering ADR Services 24 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of ADR 25 4.1 Benefits of ADR 25 4.2 Disadvantages of ADR 30 5 ADR Impact on Settlement,...

2. Alternative Dispute Resolution: General Civil Cases [pdf, 675 KB]

   ...and Face-to-Face Interviews 7 2.3 In-depth Interviews with Disputants 10 3 The Use and Provision of ADR in New Zealand 13 3.1 ADR Techniques 13 3.2 Types of Disputes Amenable to ADR 14 3.3 Use and Trends in ADR Take-Up 16 3.4 Provision of ADR Services 17 3.5 A Profile of ADR Practitioners 21 3.6 Experience and Training in ADR 22 3.7 Delivering ADR Services 24 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of ADR 25 4.1 Benefits of ADR 25 4.2 Disadvantages of ADR 30 5 ADR Impact on Settlement,...

3. MT & Anor v NK & Ors [2024] NZDT 798 (12 November 2024) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...probabilities I am unable to find that F Ltd said that it was. 34. Accordingly, I do not find that F Ltd have breached the FTA. For these reasons, I dismiss the claim against F Ltd. As against T Ltd 35. Where a supplier in trade supplies services to a consumer, the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (“the CGA”) implies various guarantees including that the services will be carried out with reasonable care CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 6 of 7 and skill (s28 of the CGA); that the...

4. [2010] NZEmpC 80 Willis v Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...get out of work. On 8 February Mr Clement decided to go into that area to confirm or deny his suspicions. He checked under “Powder 4 milk silos” and while doing so found the plaintiff sitting underneath silo 3, playing games on his mobile phone. The plaintiff claimed that he was carrying out silo agitator checks, but the agitators are not located under the silos. Mr Clement asked for the plaintiff’s worksheets to confirm this and the plaintiff passed them out through an in...

5. [2013] NZEmpC 81 Brake v Grace Team Accounting Ltd [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...this strange because when Mr Lindsay Grace spoke to her at the previous Wednesday meeting, he had claimed that he first thought about the redundancies over the prior weekend. Mr Michael Grace corrected Ms Macphail who agreed that she had been phoned by Mr Lindsay Grace on Saturday 10 April, only nine days before. [30] The plaintiff stated that she could not put forward comments and suggestions about the restructuring proposal as, other than the fact that she was about to be di...

6. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Privacy Act) [2020] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 353 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 13 Reference No. HRRT 015/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL PLAINTIFF AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED DEFENDANT AT NAPIER BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia JP, Member Mr MJM Keefe QSM JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Marshall as agent for his son Ms I Reuvecamp for defe...

7. Domestic violence programme evaluation report [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   An Evaluation of the Ministry of Justice-funded Domestic Violence Programmes Judy Paulin Elaine Mossman Nan Wehipeihana Michele Lennan Hector Kaiwai Sue Carswell with Rob Lynn Emmy Gauper November 2018 i Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge with thanks the women and men who shared with us their views and experiences of family violence programmes. We thank the providers who assisted with the recruitment of programme users and who

8. Auckland Standards Committee v Murray [2015] NZLCDT 6 [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...defence advanced by her and evidence was called from the prisoner to support this allegation. Throughout, Ms Murray knew this to be completely untrue, because as established by the evidence, and later acknowledged by her, she had purchased the cell phone and other items herself and had supplied them to the prisoner. [14] As an officer of the Court, to allow false evidence to be knowingly put before the Court is a very serious breach of ethics. It is probably one of the most repr...

9. LCRO 238/2015 NS v LO (28 September 2018) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...no further action in respect of his complaint concerning conduct on the part of Mr LO. Background [2] Mr NS and his former wife, Mrs NS, operated as a partnership from the late 1980s after they separated. Over the years, Mr LO provided legal services to Mrs NS, Mr NS and both of them as partners. [3] In 2012, Mr NS became concerned about the partnership accounts and drawings Mrs NS had made on partnership funds. He wanted the records checked. The partners agreed to an indepe...

10. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Easy Read [pdf, 3.6 MB]

    ...parents of the child. Stopping an adoption can: • be hard to do • cost a lot of money. We want to hear about when you think an adoption order should be able to be stopped. 39 8. Adoption support services We know that adoption affects everyone who is part of an adoption. People who are part of an adoption often need: • support • information. People may need this support / information: • b...