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1. Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 301 & 403) v Tucker [2017] NZREADT 4 [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...former partner) which contained offensive and/or derogatory comments about Ms Mirkin, Mr Wills, and the Agency. Mr Tucker said at the hearing that he had “probably” written this email, and that it could be construed as a threat, but it was a private email to Ms Mirkin which she forwarded to the Agency. He said it was sent in the context of an on-going commission dispute with the Agency, and the breakdown of their relationship and the fact that Ms Mirkin had “kidnapped” t...

2. LCRO 13/2023 DG v PS (26 February 2025) [pdf, 195 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...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - District 13 Part 1 Northern South Island [pdf, 4.1 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI DISTRICT 13 THE NORTHERN SOUTH ISLAND DR G A PHILLIPSON JUNE 1995 WORKING PAPER: FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other reports in the Rangahaua Whanui Series available: District I: Auckland, R Daamen, P Ramer, B Rigby District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh District IIA: Wairarapa, P Goldsmith THE AUTHOR My name is Grant Phillipson and I completed a B.A. Hons. in histo

4. Nicholson v Pene - Tauakira No. 2M No.4 (2023) 477 Aotea MB 140 (477 AOT 140) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...aside the Settlement Agreement reached at mediation? .............................................................................................. [15] He takawaenga matatapu rānei, nō roto o ngā whakaritenga o te Kooti rānei? – Was it a private mediation or part of the Court’s process? ...................................... [20] Kua puta he kirimana hei herea? – Is there a legally binding contract? ............. [42] Are the parties clear? [46] Did the parties intend...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 048 KiwiRail Holdings Limited [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...require use of a pump, and alternative modes (evaporation and soakage) are not suitable given the low rate of evaporation and low soakage potential of the soil. No groundwater data is currently available to confirm soil storage capacity, but further investigation is ongoing. KiwiRail considers this work to be confirmatory – with no material changes expected. Ms Giborees considers that there are no significant adverse effects on the receiving environment. In her opinion, the...

6. OIA-124619.pdf [pdf, 9.8 MB]

   ...in scope of your request and my decision on their release. Some information has been withheld under the following provisions of the Act: • section 6(c) as its release would likely prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial, • section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, and • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advic...

7. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Simes [2012] NZLCDT 28 [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...that showed Ms Simes had adopted a conscientious approach to ensuring proper administration of her practice while out of her office, overseas, for 14 days. That manner of administration had been known to the Standards Committee as part of its investigation into the complaint made, before charges were laid, it was said for Ms Simes. [21] It was also noted for Ms Simes that after hearing the charge involving an allegation of a breach of r 11, the Tribunal had found there was not s...

8. [2007] NZEmpC CC 26/07 Southern Local Government Officers Union Inc v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...allowance, standby allowances (other than that specified in this variation), tea money, meal allowance, first aid allowance, qualification allowance, and overtime for call-outs whilst on standby. [7] The primary role of DCOs is to receive and investigate requests for service usually relating to dogs that are misbehaving, but occasionally they have to deal with wandering stock. Generally, after hours call-outs are in respect of “priority 1” matters where human safety is involv...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 56 Hamon v Coromandel Independent Living Trust [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...contained in the alleged blackmail threat should not have been raised at all and should not in any event have been pursued as they were irrelevant as to whether or not she was constructively dismissed. They were also held to be unnecessary to any investigation of the Authority concerning the remedies available to her in the event that she was found to have been constructively dismissed unjustifiably. [44] Whilst it would be ultimately for the trial Judge to consider the relevan...

10. FINAL-2021-Research-Memorandum-Witness-Familiarisation.pdf [pdf, 300 KB]

    ...& Proof 2017, Vol. 21(1-2) 158–168. 6 COMPARATIVE OVERSEAS PRACTICES United States 16. In the United States, preparing witnesses is considered part of a lawyer’s ethical obligation. The same intensity of preparation given to private witnesses is also provided to complainants in sex crime cases. Prosecutors routinely meet with complainants to explain court procedures, the respective roles of participants and the physical layout of the court:11 The sensitivity with...