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1. MOJ0501 Childrens Guide to Separation booklet [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...don’t feel safe or aren’t being cared for properly. 15 Skylight. Phone 0800 299 100 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. email info@skylight.org.nz www.skylight.org.nz/children Helps and supports kids dealing with trauma, loss and grief. Lots of great resources for kids on their website. Children’s Commissioner. Phone 0800 A CHILD (0800 224 453) Mon-Wed 9am-5pm, Thurs 9am-4pm. email advice@ occ.org.nz www.occ.org.nz Advice about your rights and welfare. Chinese Lifeline. Phone 0...

2. [2021] NZREADT 39 - Lee (29 July 2021) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...documents requested by the Committee on multiple occasions; and [c] A failure to participate in the disciplinary process, including failure to respond to the charges against him, causing the Committee and the Tribunal to expend unnecessary time and resources. [18] Ms Wisniewski advised that Mr Lee’s licence has recently been cancelled on the grounds of his failure to pay annual fees. Accordingly, she submitted, cancellation or suspension of Mr Lee’s salesperson’s licence is...

3. Guide to virtual meetings - Behavioural Science Aotearoa [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...meeting’) Why do people get ‘Zoom fatigue?’ The short answer is that we don’t know for sure, since research on Zoom fatigue is in its infancy. However, there are at least two potential reasons. 1. Virtual meetings use a lot of mental resources. When you are in a virtual meeting with 10 people staring back at you, your brain is automatically trying to process everyone’s facial expressions and body language. This intense mental effort can lead you to feel exhausted,...

4. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Costs) [2021] NZHRRT 28 [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...make the point that it is a charitable and not- for-profit organisation which receives funding from the Crown as well as revenue from fundraising and donations. Defending these claims has resulted in the diversion of a significant amount of time and resource over a number of years away from its core objective relating to the provision of disability services and advocacy and support for people with disabilities. [18] We have found that from the outset IDEA Services has been a responsible...

5. [2022] NZEmpC 236 TPT Forests Ltd v Penfold [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...TPT loss and damage. TPT seeks declarations, damages, and compliance orders. The proceedings are strongly defended. [2] It is anticipated that approaches the defendants made to Manulife Investment Management (formerly Hancock Natural Resource Group Inc) (Manulife) will be a focus of the proceedings. Manulife is the agent for client entities that had log marketing sales agency agreements with TPT entities. The defendants say that breaches of those agreements have caused...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 222 Gumbeze v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...Relations Act 2000, s 189. [22] Assuming Mr Gumbeze knew that the relationship had ended, or was to end, on 14 June 2022 that leaves for consideration what steps he took from then until the end of the month. Mr Gumbeze has limited financial resources. He struggled to find a replacement lawyer in that time who was able to undertake work for the fee he could afford to pay. He did not, however, remain idle. He approached Waitematā Community Law Centre for advice and attemp...

7. Large v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal) [2022] NZACC 203 [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Walker [1963] NZLR 339, 353-354 (CA); Edwards v Bairstow [1995] 3 OER 48, 57. [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 properly use of scares 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: e.g. Jackson and Kenyon above. [4] An error of law will also arise where a decision is...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 51 Halse v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...proceedings and those determinations are likely to be determinative of substantial issues to be resolved in the proceedings at hand. The argument is often that the parties would incur unnecessary expense and it would be a potential waste of judicial resources if the current proceedings were to proceed prior to the delivery of the Court of Appeal’s judgments.8 [17] Mr Halse has said that he will be filing proceedings in a separate (but similar) case.9 He says that in that case he...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 60 The Chief of New Zealand Defence Force v Darnley [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...the Court noted that those factors did not preclude her from engaging in job-seeking activities from as early as 27 March 2019 and attending various job interviews (within the 90-day period). It was also noted that she was an experienced Human Resources practitioner and would have been well aware of the 90- day time period for raising a grievance. In view of those considerations, the Court found that the delay was not occasioned by exceptional circumstances and that it was not appr...

10. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Revell [2022] NZLCDT 40 (9 November 2022) [pdf, 99 KB]

    ...client funds without authority. [7] Mr Revell commenced sole practice in October 2018. The irregular transactions (June to August 2019) occurred after he had been in sole practice for about eight or nine months. His practice was not substantially resourced financially. He had no office. At the hearing he accepted the proposition that his practice was running on a shoestring. [8] The irregular transactions comprised, thirteen payments transferred by Mr Revell from his trust acc...