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1. 2021-03-24 OWRUG - DOC v ORC (C28-2002) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...the parties could not agree - Method 1 follows: 15.9 [38] Q u i t e simply, the Minister’s position on this is that both these clauses are 5.9.1. This relates to the gathering of information and reads as Gathering of information 15.9. I Resource investigations 15.9.1.1 The Otago Regional Council will co-operate with water user groups, water allocation committees and other water users to assist with the gathering of information that supports future management decisions. 15.9.1.2 The Otag...

2. Family legal aid pre-proceedings steps - December 2007 [pdf, 632 KB]

   ...resolve the matter by legal proceedings. • The hours claimed will be reduced from the guideline hours under Step 1 to reflect any efficiencies arising from the services already provided. Family Proceedings Steps – June 2018 Page 2 Private Mediation December 07 Step: Private Mediation Activity Guideline Hours Tasks normally covered by Guideline Hours Preparation for mediation up to 1.5 hours For • Taking instructions, attending the client • Identifying legal...

3. Legal Aid Family Proceedings Steps [pdf, 632 KB]

   ...resolve the matter by legal proceedings. • The hours claimed will be reduced from the guideline hours under Step 1 to reflect any efficiencies arising from the services already provided. Family Proceedings Steps – June 2018 Page 2 Private Mediation December 07 Step: Private Mediation Activity Guideline Hours Tasks normally covered by Guideline Hours Preparation for mediation up to 1.5 hours For • Taking instructions, attending the client • Identifying legal...

4. [2006] NZEmpC WC 22/06 South Taranaki Free Kindergarten Association v McLennan [pdf, 59 KB]

   ...the final warning. In spite of that her registration was renewed. [18] In September 2005 STKA received complaints from a relieving teacher and support worker at Avon about Ms McLennan’s behaviour and practices. She was suspended pending an investigation into two allegations: (a) That she had forcibly and inappropriately handled a child. (b) That she regularly allowed her dog to be at the kindergarten in breach of regulations. [19] Following investigation, she was dismissed...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 178 Twentyman v The Warehouse Ltd interlocutory [pdf, 116 KB]

   ...Compensation Corporation, it meets many of the Corporation’s (as well as its own as employer) obligations under the legislation and is, I imagine, therefore exempt from the payment of levies. Ms Swarbrick confirmed that the defendant is not privately insured for its accident compensation obligations, at least in respect of workplace accidents. [26] Ms Twentyman says that she has been paid, and continues to be paid, an earnings-related weekly sum equivalent to 80 per cent of h...

6. LCRO 8/2019 GM v NK (25 June 2019) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader tha...

7. LCRO 195/2016 AJR v BKT (29 October 2018) [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader th...

8. Watson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 110 (2 July 2024) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...been lodged: 5 [45] First, for Ms Watson to qualify for deemed cover for CRPS, she needs to have made a claim for this injury. This is revealed in case-law such as in Thomas, where the Court was clear that the Corporation was required to investigate having received a claim for cover. It is the responsibility of Ms Watson to lodge such a claim, and there is no obligation on the Corporation, in the absence of a claim, to carry out investigations as to cover for CRPS. In...

9. LCRO 171/2023 PF v DS (1 February 2024) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader t...

10. NE v Accident Compensation Corporation (Reviewable Decision) [2025] NZACC 060 (8 April 2025) [pdf, 265 KB]

    ...It is this review decision which the appellant challenges in this appeal. The appellant’s submissions [38] In her written submissions, the appellant says she was reluctant to lodge her first sensitive claim. It was only after two years of private psychotherapy before she felt able to disclose the schedule 3 events. [39] At hearing, the appellant spoke to the wider context to her claims. The appellant’s submissions included the following points that: (i) Her claims were...