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1. Williams v Accident Compensation Corporation [2017] NZHRRT 26 [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...breach of principle 8 and the injury to feelings, humiliation and loss of dignity spoken of by Mr Williams. It is accepted he is not naturally eloquent or forthcoming when describing his feelings and emotions. He impressed as a reserved, quiet and private individual who has limited ability to speak freely about himself. Nevertheless we do not believe there can be much doubt he has experienced the emotional harm of which he spoke. As mentioned his credibility is not in issue. [35]...

2. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence- John Craig [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...18. The relatively recent emphasis on developing wind farms as a sustainable and economically viable form of renewable energy generation has resulted in planning for a large increase in wind farms in many countries. This has prompted a number of investigations into actual and potential effects of wind farms on birds (e.g. Drewitt & Langston 2006; Madders & Whitfield 2006; MacIntosh & Downie 2006, Powlesland 2009). In addition, there is considerable information from indiv...

3. Te Manutukutuku issue 75 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...Ōtautahi. She attended the University of Canterbury, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Psychology and Māori and Indigenous Studies. Since graduating, she has worked with iwi, the community and in private practice as a lawyer, providing a range of advice and support to her clients.  Prior to joining the unit, Jamie- Lee was in private practice at the firm Brandts-Giesen McCormick. She appeared regularly in court on a range of...

4. 2010 to 2013 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 498 KB]

   ...the operation of other tribunals supported by the Ministry of Justice. These changes include the Copyright Amendment Bill, the review of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989, the Residential Tenancies Act Amendment Bill, the Unit Titles Act 2010 and the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill. 10 Strategic Direction The justice system is characterised by a range of interdependent agencies and participants, increasing volumes and rising service expectations. The strateg...

5. Nelson Standards Committee v Grey [2023] NZLCDT 33 (4 August 2023) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...the Government’s Covid response and indeed, an assessment of the efficacy and safety of the vaccine itself. Clearly, this is not a matter for a lawyers’ disciplinary body with no expertise in those matters. As to the requests for further investigation and research, these can hardly be labelled misleading. [39] As to the suggestion that the words were inflammatory of public disorder, we do not consider that this would be able to be established. The worst examples provided in...

6. OIA-116775 [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...from the AML/CFT statutory review. 24. These recommendations were co-designed with agencies involved in the AML/CFT regime, as well as external industry stakeholders in the Industry Advisory Group. This means there has been cross- government and private sector agreement to these recommendations. 25. This means the substantive policy work for the amendments included in the Bill and SAB has already been done as part of the development of the statutory review recommendations. As these...

7. Cost Benefit Analysis: AML Phase 2 [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...in regulation and supervision creates an environment in which greater money laundering can be detected and prosecuted. For example, if lawyers, accountants, bankers, and real-estate are captured virtually all of the real-estate value chain is being investigated making it proportionally more likely that money laundering through those sectors will be identified and restrained. In this sense, the modelling is based on the premise that broad coverage of multiple money laundering avenues has t...

8. E87 Fiona Knox – Corporate – RE – Applicant [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...car parking and re-arranging the Queens Wharf entrance way to facilitate pick up and drop offs. POAL also looked into moving the current fence between Captain Cook apron and Queens Wharf to facilitate access for the Daldy. 3.11 Through further investigation, with Panuku’s project manager, Mr Ingram and POAL, it became apparent that having to move the Daldy when major cruise vessels came in to berth on Queens Wharf East, was operationally challenging. 3.12 Further options there...

9. [2020] NZEmpC 60 Noble v Ballooning Canterbury.com Ltd [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...Mr Noble’s attention. d) The application should be considered under the provisions as to substituted service contained in HCR 6.8, which requires “reasonable efforts” to be made to serve a document. BCL had suggested GRL should engage a private investigator to locate Mr Noble for service purposes, but such a step would be unduly onerous. [21] For BCL, Ms Toohey submitted in summary: a) Insufficient steps had been taken to serve the withdrawal application. All that had...

10. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Katui Early Childhood Learning Centre Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 55 [pdf, 193 KB]

    ...trial. She was awarded four weeks salary in lieu of notice of her dismissal. 4 [15] On 26 March 2015, Ms Gin-Cowan complained to the Privacy Commissioner about the disclosures that had been made about her by Katui to MUMA. The Certificate of Investigation released on 11 April 2016 recorded that Ms Gin-Cowan’s complaint had been investigated under Principle 11 and that the Commissioner’s opinion was that there was a breach of Principle 11 and an interference with Ms Gin-Cowan...