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1. DD v B Ltd [2024] NZDT 644 (5 November 2024) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...boarding passes were not sufficiently clear. 23. I find that it falls upon B Ltd to display accurate and clear information to passengers, so they have clarity around expectations. On this occasion, the information supplied through various B Ltd resources was ambiguous due to being open to interpretation and not fit for purpose for passengers like DD. What, if any, compensation is DD entitled to? 24. As the T&Cs were not clear, I find that there is a breach of contract by B...

2. TN v KI & QI [2025] NZDT 62 (25 February 2025) [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...token of gratitude. It may be given to acknowledge a specific contribution or service, but what is to be given is not stipulated or pre-determined. It is therefore distinct from an expected payment for services rendered. The giver can give whatever resources they have, but as it is intended CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 3 of 4 as a respectful token of gratitude, the gift should be of an appropriate value to avoid offending the receiver. (e) I note that KI acknowledged that a further p...

3. BORA - Adoption Amendment Bill [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...DLR (4th) 1, [1995] 3 SCR 199 at [160]. A different approach was taken in Make It 16 Inc v Attorney-General [2022] NZSC 134, because that case was said to concern core democratic rights: at [51]. 6 UNCROC arts 19, 21. 7 ICCPR art 8. 8 Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya [2020] SCC 5. 6 8773134_3 29. The evidence underpinning the Bill includes: 29.1 29.2 29.3 The Cabinet Paper contains detailed illustrative examples of the types of harm that ha...

4. 10.7 Appendix G: Reporting Restrictions Statutory Prohibitions on Publications for Media as at November 2014

   ...Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003; Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; Property (Relationships) Act 1976; and Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. See also the Ministry of Justice resource Restriction on Publishing Judgments. link to - https://www.justice.govt.nz/family/about/restriction-on-publishing-judgments/ 3. Immigration Section 151 of the Immigration Act 2009 provides that: The fact that a person is a claimant...

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5. Carroll v Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices’ Associations Inc (Strike Out) [2025] NZHRRT 29 [pdf, 351 KB]

   ...Judicial Justices of the Peace, included: I direct that no JJP is to be rostered following the JJP’s 75th birthday, effective immediately. Until 30 June 2021, however the Royal Federation may, in exceptional cases, roster a JJP where sufficient resources are not immediately available to roster in accordance with this direction. [10] That Direction was varied on 15 June 2021, extending the 30 June 2021 expiry date to 31 January 2022, enabling rostering after 75 years of age in except...

6. MC v IS [2025] NZDT 145 (24 March 2025) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...the use of their land, without “undue subordination” of one neighbour’s interests to the interests of the other.6 24. While there is no evidence that IS raised the level of her driveway, I note that even if she had, this would probably be a resource consent matter rather than constituting an actionable nuisance. Nuisance law is not designed to resolve every conflict between neighbours, and there are other laws over which the Tribunal has no jurisdiction such as planning law and Cou...

7. FMI v Accident Compensation Corporattion (Leave to appeal to High Court) [2025] NZACC 128 [pdf, 208 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 … . [13] In Gilmore,4 Dunningham J stated: [55] I accept that, for the purposes of leave,...

8. KX v Accident Compensation Corporation (Entitlement to Loss of Potential Earnings) [2025] NZACC 108 [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...appellant had worked intermittently from 2008 through to 2015 in various roles including Kitchenhand and as an Assistant Teacher. The report also noted the appellant had undertaken a hairstylist certificate and commenced both a Bachelor in Human Resource (2015) and a Bachelor of Arts (in 2022) and identified a range of job options that were vocationally suitable for him. [9] On 30 August 2022, an initial medical assessment (IMA) was completed by Dr Nightingale who identified ongoi...

9. Countering foreign interference

   Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Act 2025 In November 2025, Parliament passed the Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Act 2025 to strengthen New Zealand’s criminal justice response to foreign interference and espionage.  The Act came into force on 27 November 2025, the day after it received Royal Assent.  The Act added new offences to the Crimes Act 1961 and modified and extended existing offences related to espionage and the wrongful communication, r

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10. Mota v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to High Court) [2025] NZACC 102 (19 June 2025) [pdf, 190 KB]

    ...4 O’Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation [2008] NZACC 250. 5 [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 … . [10] In Gilmore,5 Dunningham J stated: [55] I accept that, for the purposes of leave, it...