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1. Mr D v REAA [2013] NZREADT 36 [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...public knowledge that he has been charged and fined nor what were the details of the incident making up the charge. However, it is also put that various media reports have led to speculation about the above situation which has attracted a community response very difficult for the applicant’s family to deal with. 3 [9] A number of affidavits in support of the application for non-publication have been filed with us. [10] A counsellor for the defendant and his wife express...

2. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v Monckton [2014] NZLCDT 51 [pdf, 35 KB]

   ...careful practitioner who generally refers to other lawyers, matter which are beyond her area of expertise. When necessary she takes advice from senior practitioners. She is 5 also a practitioner who works hard for her clients and takes her responsibilities to them seriously. Issue 3 - Is suspension required? [16] We consider that the level of negligence in this case was so serious that any penalty short of suspension would not properly fall within the principles of pena...

3. [2015] NZSSAA 99 (11 December 2015) [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...from Australia to attend a Benefits Review Committee meeting in person. The letter notes that clients living in Australia have the option of attending by teleconference or having their representative attend the meeting. This letter was written in response to communications from the appellant dated 4 and 7 May 2015 in which he requested reimbursement of his costs for attending the hearing. This correspondence all took place before the hearing. Although it is possible the appellant had...

4. Adoption Action Inc v Attorney-General (Non-Party Access to File) [2013] NZHRRT 4 [pdf, 53 KB]

   ...sought for a matter of public interest, rather than for personal advantage. Position of the plaintiff and defendant [5] On receipt of Ms Ryan’s letter dated 18 January 2013 the Secretary sent a copy to Mr Ludbrook and Ms Coleman and sought their response. [6] By email dated 24 January 2013 Mr Ludbrook advised that Adoption Action is agreeable to the Office of Human Rights Proceedings being provided with a copy of the statement of claim and other pleadings as well as information as t...

5. Media release and annual provisional suicide figures for 2011/12 [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...compared to employed people. Students and retired people also continue to have a high rate of suicide. 2 “I continue to believe we need to gently bring the issue of suicide from out of the shadows,” Judge MacLean said. “Coroners have a responsibility to encourage the informed public discussion about how best to reduce the rate of suicide. To have that discussion we need up-to-date and complete information.” Note: The CSU suicide figures for 2010...

6. CAC 20006 v Azimi [2014] NZREADT 97 [pdf, 33 KB]

   ...approach these aspects of their profession with scrupulous care and honesty; and, in this, Ms Azimi has been found seriously wanting. He therefore submits that the protection of the public and the maintenance of standards requires no less firm a response than cancellation. [11] In addition to cancellation, the prosecution submits that it would be appropriate to fine Ms Azimi. [12] Mr Hislop (as counsel for the defendant) also referred to the above case authorities and then added:...

7. Threshold REAA CAC 20005 v Drever [2014] NZREADT 41 [pdf, 36 KB]

   ...that the agency invoiced the vendors, paid the marketing money, and recouped the money owed from the vendors; [c] She only became aware that the licensee was personally invoicing clients when anomalies as to payment, or complaints, arose. [6] In response to statements made by Ms Hedgman, the licensee has stated: [a] that he considered it reasonable to bank these funds into a separate account pending a proper accounting exercise to ascertain the correct financial position between him...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 3 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union v Sealed Air (NZ) [pdf, 38 KB]

   ...[15] In his submissions, Mr Lloyd raised a number of arguments against such an award of costs being made. The first was that he says the bargaining dispute arose out of a flawed bargaining process agreement, a document for which both parties were responsible. While that may be so, the fact remains that the parties have now concluded an effective collective agreement. This demonstrates that it was the parties’ positions, not the bargaining process agreement, which formed the barri...

9. [2014] NZEmpC 94 Lund South Limited v Low [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...dates. However, the Authority also indicated to the parties that if the disclosure issue was not able to be dealt with within the time frames directed, the August hearing dates could be moved by two to three weeks. [14] The plaintiff submitted in response: a) It was not accepted that the defendant would be injuriously affected by a stay due to the delay in the claims being heard, because the claims were essentially about money, and this issue could be dealt with by an award of...

10. Taylor v Orcon Ltd (Costs) [2015] NZHRRT 32 [pdf, 51 KB]

    ...to take account of the fact the Tribunal requested post-hearing submissions on remedies. See the Minute dated 20 April 2015. An uplift of $500 is justified. [23] As to the disbursements, they can only be described as modest given Ms Taylor had responsibility for preparing the common bundle of documents and in addition had to travel a considerable distance. The “absence of proof” point is not one to which we are prepared to give weight bearing in mind the minimal amounts claimed and...