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1. [2017] NZEmpC 96 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd Interlocutory judgment (No 23) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...to whether LSG Asia, or some other entity but not LSG NZ itself, “controlled the funding, directed and controlled these proceedings” on behalf of LSG NZ. [20] Thirdly, documents are sought that relate to whether Ms Park, Manager of Human Resources (HR) for LSG NZ, was authorised to make affidavits on its behalf. [21] Mr Hay’s application states that the application for further and better discovery should be determined after notices of opposition have been filed, but before...

2. Applying to be a legal aid provider - Selection Committee guidance [pdf, 423 KB]

   ...of the Employment Law Institute of New Zealand (ELINZ). ELINZ members are bound by the ELINZ Code of Conduct. Applicants for employment advocate approval also need to demonstrate experience dealing with mediation, dispute resolution and/or human resources issues. The application should include the following information in the Additional information section: • the applicant’s qualifications • a brief employment history, including the applicant’s experience in mediation, dispute...

3. [2020] NZSSAA 2 (11 February 2020) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...receipts from friends and family where XXXX has agreed to make payments on their behalf; [38.2] repayment of a loan by a family member; [38.3] a loan advanced from or liability met by XXXX’s former husband; and [38.4] funds from XXXX’s own resources already accounted for. [39] We accept XXXX understands she has provided an explanation for the unexplained depositions and provided all the evidence she has to support the explanations. On their face the explanations are plausible,...

4. [2020] NZSSAA 4 (28 April 2020) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...live at Bucklands Beach and the three houses they built on that section were rented. [46] Although the project was protracted, we do not accept that a change of purpose or plans for the site influenced XXXX’s decision to go to Cambodia. The resource consent decision issued on 16 September 2011 approved three new dwellings on the property which have now been built. This resource consent issued over a year before XXXX decided to go to Cambodia. Retention of ordinary reside...

5. 2021-05-21 Appendix 10 to 4-6 May JWS [pdf, 908 KB]

   ...ACTIVITY AND RESTRICTED DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITY RULES, AND OBJECTIVE 10A1.1 4 to 6 May 2021 Witness Party Roddy Henderson Otago Regional Council Simon Wilson Otago Regional Council Sean Leslie Otago Regional Council Ian McIndoe Otago Water Resource Users Group Matthew Hickey Otago Water Resource Users Group Christina Bright Landpro Ltd Lionel Hume Federated Farmers Anthony Davoren McArthur Ridge Vineyard Ltd, Mt Dunstan Estates Ltd and Strathclyde Water Limited This doc...

6. INZ (Foley) v De'Ath [2018] NZIACDT 44 (6 November 2018) [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...role description, for which she is a recipient of public funds given [Ms M’s] inability to address one tangent of a 2 tangent CCRP, and [Ms M’s] brushing over with no substantive response in the first point of the CCRP. … 5 My placing resources into reprimanding three staff from the same branch was not a decision I made lightly, both from a time and resource point of view, and a relationship and vantage point. I disclosed our need to do this Associate Minister of Immigra...

7. [2021] NZEmpC 198 Head v Chief Executive of the Inland Revenue Department [pdf, 388 KB]

   ...important issues. The Court should ensure that parties will continue to be able to bring such proceedings and not be discouraged from doing so. [32] Costs of the magnitude raised by the defendants could become a real barrier to access. Even well-resourced unions would be reluctant to take proceedings if costs of this magnitude were awarded. This was a factor recognised by the Court in Maritime Union of New Zealand Inc v TLNZ Ltd.4 [33] The Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Ac...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 160 Auckland Council [pdf, 609 KB]

   RE AUCKLAND COUNCIL IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 160 IN THE MATTER OF an application under s 314(1)(f) of the Resource Management Act 1991 BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL (ENV-2021-AKL-000123) Applicant Court: Environment Judge MJL Dickey sitting alone under s 309 of the Act Hearing: On the papers in Auckland Last case event: Memorandum from s 274 party dated 12 October 2021 Date of Dec...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 160 Auckland Council [pdf, 609 KB]

   RE AUCKLAND COUNCIL IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 160 IN THE MATTER OF an application under s 314(1)(f) of the Resource Management Act 1991 BY AUCKLAND COUNCIL (ENV-2021-AKL-000123) Applicant Court: Environment Judge MJL Dickey sitting alone under s 309 of the Act Hearing: On the papers in Auckland Last case event: Memorandum from s 274 party dated 12 October 2021 Date of Dec...

10. Turner v University of Otago (Costs) [2021] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 250 KB]

    ...intended declaring herself bankrupt. [6.5] Claims before the Tribunal more often than not involve an unequal, if not asymmetrical contest between the parties. Depending on the circumstances this could be because one party might have limited or no resources while the other (often, but not necessarily, an institution or an agency of the state) might have access to greater resources. In addition, a plaintiff represented by the Director of Human Rights Proceedings has the advantage of not...