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1. [2007] NZEmpC WC 12D/07 Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Ltd v Wilson & Anor [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...indemnity costs against the first and second defendants in relation to each of the hearings to a total of $141,057.38. It makes no claim for costs in respect of an earlier hearing by the full Court concerning jurisdictional issues. [3] In response, the first defendant asks the Court to disallow the claim for indemnity costs and instead to order costs in his favour of $7,104 in reliance on a Calderbank offer dated 10 April 2007. [4] The second defendant also relies on th...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 118 Hamon v Coromandel Independent Living Trust [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...cases are Te Ao v Chief Executive of the Department of Labour 2 and Rose v Order of St John, 3 both decisions of the Chief Judge. [22] It was agreed that the defendant’s counsel would have 21 days within which to file further submissions in response to these matters and that the plaintiff is to have 30 days within which to reply following receipt of those submissions. [23] In the meantime, it was agreed between the parties that an order should be made suppressing all references...

3. [2012] NZEmpC 37 Anto v Planet Spice Ltd [pdf, 68 KB]

   ...in connection with the case but he went on to explain: “Time spent by current counsel comprises some six hours, plus some four hours research and preparation by a law clerk.” [7] Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr Vincent, filed a memorandum in response stating that the plaintiff did not accept that the costs claimed by the defendant were reasonable. Mr Vincent went on to submit that, in the particular circumstances of this case, no award of costs should be made. He made the follo...

4. Regulatory Impact Statement Interest on money [pdf, 17 KB]

   ...cabinet paper and appendix H of NZLC R 28. During the period of updating its recommendations in NZLC R 28, in August to October 2007, the Law Commission has consulted The Rt Hon Justice Peter Blanchard of the Supreme Court, who was a Law Commissioner responsible for NZLC R 28 in 1994, the Government Actuary, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Parliamentary Counsel Office, the Inland Revenue Department, the Ministry of Justice, the Treasury, the Department of Labour, the Ministry of Econo...

5. EMPC Guidelines for scale of costs [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...6 Filing opposition to application for special leave to remove matter 0.5 1 2 7 Application for rehearing 0.5 1 2 8 Filing opposition to application for rehearing 0.5 1 2 9 Notice of objection to jurisdiction 0.3 0.6 1 10 Pleading in response to amended pleading (payable regardless of outcome except when formal or consented to) 0.6 0.6 1 Case management 11 Preparation for first directions conference 0.2 0.4 0.5 12 Filing Memorandum for first or subsequent...

6. [2009] NZEmpC AC 7/09 Pacific Palms International Resort & Golf Club Ltd v Smith [pdf, 22 KB]

   ...as to the delays in complying with the Authority’s orders and that the delays might allow Mr Cribb to cause the plaintiff’s affairs to be arranged so as to render it judgment proof. Mr Steele’s affidavit traces the history of the various responses from the plaintiff asserting that new funding lines had been established and stating that the draw down of funds was only a matter of weeks away, which I have summarised above. Mr Smith claims to have been put to considerable costs...

7. [2012] NZEmpC 174 Haig v Edgewater Developers Ltd [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...its first interlocutory judgment on 20 January 2012, the defendants filed and served their second amended statement of claim and counterclaim. The counterclaim against the plaintiff, Mr Haig, alleges breaches by him of his contract. Mr Haig, in response, asserts that this counterclaim is out of time and, therefore, cannot be sustained. This is one of the limitations questions which needs to be decided. It was not, however, addressed expressly in the Court’s first interlocutory...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 139 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...have its case presented properly. [11] Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr O’Brien, submitted in essence that Mr Nathan was being required to attend the Court with regard to funding of the present litigation, which was a costs issue. [12] In response to a question from the Court, Ms Meechan stated that there may be an issue as to the genuineness of the plaintiff’s terms and conditions at the time of transfer, and in bringing the present claim, so that questions as to why she was...

9. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - list of issues 5th report [pdf, 38 KB]

   ...their children. 23. Please provide information on the extent of child abuse in the State party and on the measures taken to eradicate this phenomenon. 24. Please indicate whether the State party envisages raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility for murder and manslaughter, currently at ten. Right to take part in the conduct of public affairs (art. 25) 25. According to information before the Committee, a review of electoral law has been initiated in the State part...

10. ENVC paper New Horizons Environ Court AAMINZ 2015 [pdf, 157 KB]

    ...sciences; (d) Architecture, engineering, surveying, minerals technology and building construction; (da) Alternative dispute resolution processes; (e) Matters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi and kaupapa Māori. In addition to their sitting responsibilities, Commissioners undertake almost all of the ADR. I will shortly talk about the different kinds of ADR on offer, but note at this juncture that there are two broad classifications, ADR amongst parties, and facilitated confe...