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1. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Redactions) [2019] NZHRRT 53 [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...was whether IDEA Services breached HIPC, r 6. [5] The alleged breach (as articulated in the amended statement of claim dated 15 February 2019) is that IDEA Services redacted parts of two emails before those emails were provided to Mr Marshall in response to a request by him dated 9 November 2017 made in relation to a report completed for IDEA Services by Dr Olive Webb in 2016. The request was for: A copy of all documentation/communications (internal and external) that IDEA Services h...

2. Media Information Guide COVID-19 [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...under COVID 19 alert levels Purpose The statutory rights of news media to attend and report on the courts is unchanged during the current pandemic. However, the courts, like other branches of Government, have had to adapt their processes in response to the public health emergency. This information is intended to assist media perform their vital role while the courts are operating under various COVID-19 alert levels. It provides guidance only and should be read in conjunction...

3. Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...resources or forest land; b. compulsory registration of entities seeking to purchase, process, or export logs grown in New Zealand; LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 c. the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to act as the Forestry Authority responsible for administering the registration system, with some delegable powers to a suitable industry body or person outside the Public Service; and d. regulated parties to meet certain requirements and codes of practice to become reg...

4. Benjamin v Southern District Health Board (Strike-Out Application) [2020] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...the investigation relates of: [25.5.1] The details of the complaint (if any) or, as the case may be, the subject-matter of the investigation; and [25.5.2] The right of that person to submit to the Commissioner, within a reasonable time, a written response in relation to the complaint, or as the case may be, the subject- matter of the investigation. [9] The Tribunal must determine whether it has jurisdiction to hear this claim. That will depend on whether the Privacy Commissioner did or...

5. LCRO 222/2017 RD v LC and BT (31 July 2019) [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...advised Mr LC she had given them another chance. [21] Her next approach to Mr LC seems to have been in late February 2016 when she advised they were paying regularly. [22] There was then a considerable delay (for which the practitioners were not responsible) in obtaining the mortgage transaction file from the legal office that had originally acted for Ms RD. [23] On 15 April 2016, before the file had arrived at his office, Mr LC wrote to Ms RD recording her instructions in detail,...

6. Buchanan - Riwaka-Matiu-Mātana Whānau Trust (2018) 51 Te Waipounamu MB 269 (51 TWP 269) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...were incompatible with the proposed sale of the house to a single beneficiary. She noted the possibility of winding up the trust to allow the sale to go ahead and sought the Court’s guidance in this regard. [4] The Court has not received a response from Nick Riwaka. [5] I am prepared to sanction the proposed sale of the property to Alan’s daughter Mahana Vardy at an agreed “whānau price” of $320,000. The proposal is similar to that made in my provisional determination, an...

7. [2018] NZSSAA 53 (19 October 2018) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...chose to have limited contact when the appellant visited. The appellant did not want that outcome. She went to see him, and was rebuffed. He made it clear that he preferred to be with his mother, rather than his wife and children. His equivocal response to the 5 discussion on divorce further supports the view that he has no commitment to the marriage. [20] The appellant did not seek the geographic separation, or the lack of financial and emotional support. However, we ar...

8. [2018] NZSSAA 57 (31 October 2018) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...statements the appellant’s former wife made in 2004. She was being interviewed about a fraud she apparently perpetrated on the Ministry. The tenor of the interview was to claim lack of knowledge of the significance of the overseas benefit, and place responsibility on others, including the appellant. However, she also claimed another former partner provided false information to the Ministry. [19] In the absence of the opportunity to cross-examine the appellant’s former wife,...

9. [2018] NZSSAA 61 (3 December 2018) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...and NZ$14,455.42 for the male appellant. 6 Orders [30] The appeal is dismissed. [31] Costs are reserved. The Ministry may apply for costs within 10 working days. If the Ministry applies for costs, the appellants are to file any response within 10 working days from the date of the Ministry’s application. The costs application will then be decided on the basis of the written submissions. We do not intend to indicate what the outcome of any application would be....

10. [2020] NZREADT 13 - Beatson - Ruling on costs (1 May 2020) [pdf, 97 KB]

    ...which apply between solicitor and client and which are part of Rule 9.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act Client Care Rules. Factors which are relevant to this case would include the time and labour expended, the skill, specialised knowledge and responsibility required; the importance of the matter to the client and the results obtained; the complexity of the matter and the difficulty of the questions involved; the experience reputation and ability of the lawyer; the reasonable co...