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1. Youth Court FAQs for Professionals at Alert Level 2 [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...slowly than a normal courtroom pace and speak as clearly as possible. • Note that audio cues are more important in a remote context – If your remarks are addressed to a particular person, identify them and audibly signal when you expect a response. Note: Youth Court rules still apply regarding confidentiality. Q: Are support people allowed to attend Court during Level 2? Yes – support persons for young people are allowed to attend court, and should apply using the...

2. Mullane v Attorney-General (Request for Documents) [2020] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 621 KB]

   ...explicitly accused Ms Harris of being “instrumental” in the removal of a two-page document which was part of the evidence before the Tribunal. He also “suggested” that HRRT senior management “take a long hard look” at the case manager responsible for Mr Mullane’s file. [14] Finally, by email dated 14 May 2020 (apparently intended as his reply submissions) Mr Mullane asserted that a handwritten document two pages in length which he had filed with the Tribunal had later been...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 139 West Coast Regional Council v Westland District Council [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...counsel, dated 13 August 2019. 8 Affidavit of Martin James Ross, sworn 12 August 2019, at [8]. 9 Affidavit of Martin James Ross, sworn 12 August 2019, at [53]. 6 [ 1 O] The court accepts that the District Council did the best it could by way of response to the extreme weather experienced, which included a declaration of a State of Emergency. The changes in design which required a variation to the resource consent, coupled with the extreme weather events, were clearly not foreseen...

4. [2018] NZSSAA 11 (16 February 2018) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...withdraw his appeal and seeks a hearing on costs and compensation. Mr Tupara then states that on a ‘without prejudice’ basis the appellant is prepared to settle with the Ministry. 4 [13] In reply to the Ministry’s opposition and in response to the direction to address jurisdiction and quantify the claim, Mr Tupara quantified costs as $5,000 plus GST legal costs incurred in defending the application for review and prosecuting the appeal, compensation of $20,000 for t...

5. [2018] NZSSAA 30 (15 June 2018) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...application for a United Kingdom pension until September 2014 when the appellant’s wife 2 applied for NZS. At this time, the Ministry again asked the appellant about his United Kingdom pension. He stated that he had not received a response. The Ministry asked him to complete another application form. [4] On 25 September 2014, the appellant confirmed that he had submitted a claim for a United Kingdom pension as advised and received a letter in return. However, he sa...

6. Brown v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 413) and Slicker [2018] NZREADT 68 [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...the Case Manager if she had any questions. Ms Brown did not contact the Case Manager with any questions. Appeal hearing [17] Ms Brown did not appear at the hearing on 1 October. The appeal was called outside the hearing room, without any response. The Case Manager attempted without success to contact her by telephone. An email was sent to her at 10.05 asking her to advise urgently if she was attending the hearing, and that it was supposed to have started at 10.00 am. [18...

7. 16.-James-Kendrick-Ngati-Kahungunu-Ki-Tamaki-Nui-a-Rua60182469.1.pdf [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...proposed resource consent conditions (as described above). 28. It is my expectation that this tool will provide for pre-works surveys of tuna to be carried out in and around this pond so that Ngāti Kahungunu can effectively discharge our kaitiaki responsibilities in protecting this taonga species. Protection of planting 29. The offset and compensation planting to be provided by the Project is essential to ensuring that the ecological effects of the Project are appropriately add...

8. [2020] NZEnvC 007 CEP Services Matauwhi Limited v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...a new topic. That relating to the general landscape biodiversity topic 11 will need to be separately considered by directions of the court and I will issue directions requiring parties to identify their opposition to any application and then a response from the applicant. Waiver Principles [3] The principles are not largely in dispute. There is a general discretion for the court to consider the introduction of parties later in the proceedings, but this is controlled in terms of s...

9. SC v RG [2020] NZDT 1560 (4 May 2020) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...approve a loan. If other borrowings are over a certain amount the financial institution might not lend the full amount. Lending is more robust for consumer loans (which Mr and Mrs G’s loan from the [bank] would have been) since the introduction of the responsible lending rules under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 in June 2015. 9. Even considering the [bank] letter, the determining evidence for me is the email from Mrs C to Mr G on 24 January 2017 the evening befo...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 045 Auckland Council v Banora [pdf, 249 KB]

    ...That the orders shall apply to the personal representatives, successors and assigns of the respondents to the same extent that they apply to the respondents. ‘Successors’ includes any new purchasers and/or subsequent owners of the Property. Response [13] In their Notice of Opposition dated 17 March 2022 the Banoras accuse the Council and its staff and lawyers of lying. They ask this Court to refuse this 5 application to vary the order dated 12 June 2019 because the Council...