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1. Y v Secretary for Justice [2023] NZRA 005 (17 May 2023) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...counsel, he did not provide that further reference with his review application, or with his reply submissions (notwithstanding that the issue of his competence to operate at PAL 4 remained in issue2). [7] The Applicant made detailed submissions in response to the Secretary’s submissions, on 8 March 2023. He therefore had approximately three weeks from the date of the Secretary’s submissions to address the two PAL 4 cases and to may be unfortunate, but in my view nothing i...

2. Form-38_ACC.pdf [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...reasonably incurred • No other payment, remuneration or benefit has been or will be received in respect of this work (unless authorised by Legal Aid). • Any non-lawyer or supervised provider performed his or her work under my supervision and I am responsible for it. I acknowledge that: • If this case is subject to a user charge, the total approved payment may be reduced by the amount of the user charge where the total approved is more than the user charge. Signature of lead...

3. 2023 NZPSPLA 058 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...workmanship on one of the security jobs he completed without a licence. [4] Mr Mulock-Houwer contests the assessment of his workmanship on the security job. I accept that some of the complainant’s criticisms of this job was not Mr Mulock-Houwer’s responsibility. I also accept that the positioning of the cameras was agreed to in consultation with the clients. Therefore, I do not accept that there is sufficient evidence of any shortcomings to show that Mr Mulock-Houwer is not com...

4. Te-Au-Reka-and-Family-Court-Rules-Consultation-Paper-Questions-270923-v2.pdf [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...Proposals for Family Court Rule changes to enable Te Au Reka to be implemented in the Family Court September 2023 This document sets out all the questions which are contained in the consultation paper for ease of reference. Please email your responses to Lucy Saunders, Principal Advisor lucy.saunders@justice.govt.nz. Please refer to the information about submissions set out on page 5 of the consultation paper. I. Overview Objectives for the rule changes to enable Te Au Reka...

5. Form-23D-Fixed-Fees-A-C.pdf [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...confirm that: • No other payment, remuneration or benefit has been or will be received in respect of this work (unless authorised by Legal Aid). • Any non-lawyer or supervised provider performed his or her work under my supervision and I am responsible for it. • I have advised Legal Aid of all charges I am aware of against the customer named above. • If claiming hearing time, I have records of all hearing time covered by this claim. Signature of lead provider Date...

6. IT v LL [2023] NZDT 620 (2 November 2023) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...against LL for $12,000.00 for loss of the enjoyment of looking at vegetation that he had nurtured. The sum of $12,00.00 represented $1000.00 per year for the next twelve years. 3. There were other matters in dispute the parking of cars and who is responsible for a garden area. 4. It was pointed out to IT during the initial hearing that he would not succeed in his claim and the parties were encouraged to settle their differences. 5. The parties did agree to settle their differenc...

7. MOJ0569_FEB22_WEB.pdf [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...you’re surrounded by lots of people who love you.” Question: “What will mum/dad do now?” “Is mum/dad OK?” Children often worry about whether or not their parents are OK when they’re not with them. Make it clear your children aren’t responsible for their other parent. Try something like: “I understand you’re thinking about mum/ dad and you’re worried about them. It’s OK though, mum/dad’s an adult and they can look after themselves. Do you want to give them a c...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 156 Labour Inspector of MBIE v ZAQ Ltd [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...freezing orders were due to expire at 4 pm today (18 September 2023). At 10 am today, the matter was called for review. [3] Before the hearing, each respondent filed and served a statement of means, and the Labour Inspector filed an affidavit in response. [4] The Labour Inspector seeks a continuation of the freezing orders for a further two weeks as she remains concerned that the respondents have an intention to dissipate assets. She also is concerned about the completeness an...

9. [2023] NZEmpC 176 Carrington Resort Jade LP v Roy [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...suggests it may have gone into a junk mail folder but provided the Court with no evidence to support that suggestion. In any event, Ms Roy’s advocate, Mr Anderson, responded both to the Authority and to the Court, copying Mr Tan into his responses, which should have reminded Carrington and Mr Tan of the need to respond. Carrington therefore missed not one, but two opportunities to comment on the good faith issues. [10] Ms Roy has already been put to effort and delay in hav...

10. [2023] NZEnvC 218 Te Kotahitanga o te Atiawa Trust v New Plymouth District Council [pdf, 205 KB]

    ...strongly about upholding our mission as an organisation dedicated to advocating for preservation; however, we are also cognisant of the ambitions of mana whenua. Therefore, there were two rounds of discussions with our committee which delayed our response. Additionally, this is our first time filing as an interested party in an appeal and it wasn’t clear what some of the deadlines were and what we were requesting. We are an all volunteer committee. While we did seek limited legal...