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1. Nelson Standards Committee v Downing and Reith [2022] NZLCDT 7 (17 February 2022) [pdf, 241 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2022] NZLCDT 7 LCDT 017/21 and 018/21 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN NELSON STANDARDS COMMITTEE Applicant AND GRAEME MARK DOWNING AND ALEXANDER ALAN REITH Practitioner CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr F Pereira MNZM Ms G Phipps Mr T Mackenzie Dr D Tulloch HEARING 16 December 2021 HELD AT Tribunals Unit, Well

2. [2022] NZEmpC 56 Urban Décor Ltd v Yu [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...relied on in order to facilitate the employer’s response, the letter itself was not equivocal, made it clear that there was a grievance to be addressed, and invited the employer to respond.9 8 Urban Décor, above n 1, at [55]. 9 Disabilities Resource Centre Trust v Maxwell [2021] NZEmpC 14, [2021] ERNZ 47 at [22]. [37] The phrase quoted by the Authority falls into a similar category. While it could have provided more detail, it was not equivocal and on its own, or at...

3. [2022] NZACC 30 – Estate of Su v ACC (3 March 2022) [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...laboratory confirmation that the issue was cancer and the cancer mutations had been identified. Failure to apply targeted chemotherapy before this level of certainty had been achieved, is not to be criticised. It ensures that the health systems finite resources are used in the most appropriate way. [113] It follows from the foregoing that I therefore must dismiss this appeal. 7 Adlam at para [54]. 8 See Cumberland n6. 9 Adlam at para [52]. ACR 150-20-Du Xiang Su Jud...

4. Legal-Aid-lawyer-Provider-Manual.pdf [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...(legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz). mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz 8 Providing legal aid Grants Handbook The Grants Handbook is a useful resource that sets out our policies relating to legal aid in detail. Use the grants handbook to learn more about legal aid applications, eligibility, assignment, reassignments, fees, payments and more. We encourage you...

5. Phillips - Ahipara A4 (2021) 438 Aotea MB 10 (438 AOT 10) [pdf, 333 KB]

   ...meetings of trustees and no accounts. It appears no demands were ever made for Lorraine to pay rent although she has made offers to do so more recently as issues have arisen about her occupation. (j) Lorraine has relatively limited financial resources and has carried out modest repairs and maintenance on the home as she has been able. All parties agree that the homestead is now in need of significant work including repiling. In the more recent period Lorraine’s daughter and mok...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 200 Stewart v AFFCO New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...2019, by Richard Rudman, on 16 July 2019, which was forwarded to him on or about 22 July 2019. [61] He said that he had been aware for many years that his IEAs included clauses that required availability, but it was only after obtaining this resource that he understood how these particular clauses were deficient and that there was a statutory basis for raising a personal grievance on the subject. It was in that context that he raised his personal grievance on 20 August 2019, wh...

7. Whariki Haumaru Full Report [pdf, 805 KB]

   ...were able to influence people who police have found difficult to reach: “One of the people contacted by Josie has an extensive criminal history with police and in the past has evaded police at every opportunity, which resulted in many police resources being utilised to apprehend him. When contacted he advised Josie that he would head into the Napier courts to sort his warrant out. On checking this morning, this person made a voluntary appearance yesterday arvo as per his agreement w...

8. HM v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 004 [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...treatment. (2) Treatment injury does not include the following kinds of personal injury: (a) personal injury that is wholly or substantially caused by a person's underlying health condition: (b) personal injury that is solely attributable to a resource allocation decision: (c) personal injury that is a result of a person unreasonably withholding or delaying their consent to undergo treatment. [14] Section 54 provides: The Corporation must make every decision on a claim on...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 104 Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand v New Zealand Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...[38] The reasons for those policy restraints were summarised by the Supreme Court as:22 [T]he importance of the adversarial nature of the appellate process in the determination of appeals, secondly, the need for economy in the use of limited resources of the appellate courts and, thirdly, the responsibility of the courts to show proper sensitivity to their role in our system of government. In general advisory opinions are not appropriate. [39] Mr Cranney and Mx Hornsby-Geluk di...

10. Progression-of-reported-sexual-assaults-through-the-criminal-justice-system-2024.pdf [pdf, 500 KB]

    ...were sexually assaulted. 1 In the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey, 24% of adults who were 15 and older had experienced sexual assault in their lifetime: https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6- resources-and-results. https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6-resources-and-results https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6-resources-and-results 3 Ter...