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1. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Mark Walrond [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   CFH-309448-3-441-V4 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY ENV-2016-CHC-47 IN THE MATTER of an appeal under Section 120 Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN BLUESKIN ENERGY LIMITED Appellant AND DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL Respondent EVIDENCE IN CHIEF FOR MARK TAPIO WALROND ____________________________________________________________ GALLAWAY COOK ALLAN LAWYERS DUNEDIN Solicitor on rec

2. Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review 2017 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review 2017 1 Contents Calendar year 2017: an overview by Principal Environment Judge .................................................... 3 Profile of the Court ............................................................................................................................... 4 The Court’s place in the New Zealand Court system ...................................................................... 4 Progress of th

3. [2014] NZEmpC 60 Walker v Firth Industries [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...push harder than you.” 8 Mr Charteris said that he could not remember what else was said after that but accepted that Mr Walker never threatened him verbally. [49] There was no reason why another manager from Firth could not have conducted the investigation and disciplinary process. Firth is a large organisation with ample resources. The obvious person would have been Ms Creagh who agreed in her evidence in chief that there was no particular reason why she did not go to Dunedi...

4. Family Court rewrite submission: Backbone Collective [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...Zealand Family Court as that is the part of the system women asked us to look at first. What we have discovered is so alarming that we have felt unable to start looking at other parts of the system until somebody makes the decision to intervene and investigate and remedy the harm being done. We are hoping that the Review Panel will be that body. Over the course of the last 19 months we have heard from hundreds of New Zealand women about their experiences with the Family Court. Very...

5. [2023] NZEmpC 173 Pact Group v Robinson [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...employer who seeks to change a long-standing permitted practice must be prepared for a thorough educative process before the new rule is fully enforced. 15 Waste Management NZ Ltd v Jones [2020] NZEmpC 73. However, the use of GPS data for those investigative purposes was not in issue; the Court was concerned with Ms Jones’ allegation she had been constructively dismissed and her issues with other elements of the investigative process. https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1e...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 130 Butterbee Childcare Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 972 KB]

   ...Acoustics - Construction Noise. Implementation of Construction Traffic Management Plan 14. All construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Traffic Management Plan required by condition 8. Maintain access to public and private assets 15. There shall be no obstruction of access to public footpaths, berms, private properties, public services/utilities, or public reserves resulting from earthworks activity on the site. All materials and equipment shall be...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 063 Wayfare Group Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 861 KB]

   ...controlled, restricted discretionary or discretionary activity. P 25.4.1A Earthworks for the removal and deposition of material deposited by a natural hazard event from within: a. 10m either side of the edge of the formed carriageway of a road or private road, or b. 10m of a structure, utility or a building, measured from the external walls, edge of roof, or edge of footprint as relevant. The standards for the maximum total volume of earthworks within the Rural Zon...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 035 Beachlands South Limited Partnership v Auckland Council [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...has jurisdiction, if it is considering the core issues, to consider that there could be consequential or other changes elsewhere. Those almost always lead to a notification requirement and the Court has proven reluctant to undertake this broader investigation unless it is clearly signalled by the submissions and cross-submissions themselves. Outcome [65] We have concluded that the Court has jurisdiction to hear this appeal and that we should focus the attention of the Appellant...

9. RIS - Amendments to the Administration of Justice (Reform of Contempt of Court) Bill [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...The only submission in support of the offence was the Chief Justice submitting on behalf of the Senior Courts. She supported the offence (but with some modifications) to protect the rule of law. She commented that judges should not be left to act privately to protect the rule of law. 14 What options are available to address the problem? Three options were considered to address the problems identified with the current provision in the Bill: Option 1 - Abolish the common...

10. Chief Coroner 2019-20 Annual Report [pdf, 2 MB]

    ...Annual Report is to provide a summary of the mahi undertaken by coroners in the last financial year. This mahi includes responding to the Whakaari White Island mass fatality incident and the ongoing receipt of reports of deaths and the subsequent investigations. This report also contains a summary of the provisional suicide statistics released by me every year. This year, the suicide rate decreased slightly from a rate of 13.93 deaths per 100,000 people, to 13.01 deaths per 100,00...