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1. Moonen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 069 (30 April 2025) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...construed or interpreted and applied to the facts is a question of law … . [25] Even if the qualifying criteria are made out, the Court has an extensive discretion in the grant or refusal of leave so as to ensure proper use of scarce judicial resources. Leave is not to be granted as a matter of course. One factor in the grant of leave is the wider importance of any contended point of law … . [9] In Gilmore,3 Dunningham J stated: [55] I accept that, for the purposes of leave,...

2. Walters v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 169 (7 October 2025) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...[25] Even if the qualifying criteria are made out, the Court has an extensive discretion in the grant or refusal of leave so as to ensure proper use of scarce 2 O’Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation [2008] NZACC 250. 6 judicial resources. Leave is not to be granted as a matter of course. One factor in the grant of leave is the wider importance of any contended point of law …. Mr Walter’s Grounds for Appeal [26] Mr Walters filed submissions dated 1 September 202...

3. Auckland Standards Committee v Rohde [2016] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...of a third drink-driving offence and driving while disqualified. He had behaved responsibly when apprehended. After consideration of the same three cases, and allowing for his obligations to clients in the specialised and (professionally) under-resourced area of law, he was suspended for 2 months. Having regard to the additional conviction in the Pou case, and the mitigating features in the present case, we are comfortable that the penalty imposed on Mr Rohde is not inconsistent....

4. Employment Court

   ...Mahi o Aotearoa/the Employment Court of New Zealand are acutely aware that the courtroom environment is an unfamiliar and daunting place for many of our Court users.  We have been working to improve access to the Court, including through on-line resources.  On this website you will find information about how to bring a case to the Employment Court, what to expect when you come to court and some useful links.  You do not need to have a lawyer or person  representing  you...

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5. [2025] NZEmpC 231 DSJ Joinery Limited v Da Silva [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...the Court must balance the interests of the parties and generally has regard to the following non-exhaustive list of 2 Above, n 1, at [83]. 3 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 180. 4 Employment Court Regulations 2000, reg 64. 5 Bathhurst Resources Ltd v L& M Coal Holdings Ltd [2020] NZCA 186, (2020) 25 PRNZ 341 at [19]. factors: whether the challenge will be rendered ineffectual if a stay is not ordered; whether the challenge is brought for good reasons and being...

6. E96 Phillip Ware - Contaminated Land & Groundwater - RE – Applicant [pdf, 9 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ENV-2018-AKL-000078 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND IN THE MATTER of the direct referral of applications for resource consent for the necessary infrastructure and related activities associated with holding the America's Cup in Auckland BETWEEN PANUKU DEVELOPMENT AUCKLAND Applicant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Regulatory Authority REBUTTAL EVIDENCE OF PHILLIP...

7. Advice on consistency of Bills with the Bill of Rights Act

   ...Sections 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24(c), 25(a) and 25(c) Government 2025 Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill Section 14 Government 2025 Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill Sections 14, 18, 19 and 25(c) Government  2025 Resource Management (Duration of Consents) Amendment Bill Sections 19, 20, 27(1) Government 2025  Planning Bill Sections 14, 18, 19, 21, 25(c) and 27 Government 2025 Natural Environment Bill Sections 14, 19, 21, 25(c) and 27 Gover...

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   3. The Bill of Rights Act

8. Roberts - Te Touwai B19A1 (2015) 114 Taitokerau MB 131 (114 TTK 131) [pdf, 702 KB]

   ...whim of an adjoining owner” or dependent on the “courtesy and goodwill” of the adjoining owner is not reasonable access. (d) What is reasonably necessary to use and enjoy the land “in accordance with any right ... [or] consent under the Resource Management Act” is concerned with existing uses, not potential uses for which a land owner could apply for consent. (e) Reasonable access is not necessarily the same as the best access that could be achieved. Other access may be...

9. [2014] NZEmpC 134 Booth v Big Kahuna Holdings Ltd [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...to any conclusion reached about the seriousness of his conduct. [74] Mr Bowling concluded that the text messages were unwelcome and amounted to harassment, and that Mr Booth had lied about the telephone calls. The company was sufficiently well resourced to enable it to obtain legal advice, and it did. It could reasonably have been expected to carry out a full and fair inquiry. It fell well short in this regard. [75] Mr Cleary submitted that s 103A(3) simply requires the raisin...

10. Iwi panels technical appendix [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...iwi panels. The iwi panel team in Manukau comprises the manager, 7 panellists and 2 facilitators. Manager The manager of MUMA’s restorative justice project was seconded to manage iwi pane s’ development. Their facilitation skills and resources great y contribute to the pi ot’s success in Manukau. They knew tikanga Māori and practice, and had existing relationships within Māori communities which enabled them to engage and facilitate with offenders. Panellists There a...