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1. [2015] NZEmpC 206 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board [pdf, 620 KB]

   ...attendance at a meeting on 16 October 2009 but the plaintiff declined that invitation because the period of notice was too short. [58] On 16 October 2009 a letter was sent to the plaintiff suggesting a meeting during the following week but her response was to say that a number of conditions had to be fulfilled by the Board before she would agree to meet. The Board was unprepared to meet those conditions. [59] On 29 October 2009 the plaintiff’s husband, Dr Fox, emailed Mr Beamis...

2. Robinson Family Trust v Auckland Council [2012] NZWHT Auckland 8 [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...Building Limited. Support for this proposition is readily found in the cases of Riddell v Porteous16 and Boyd v McGregor,17 where the courts rejected the submission that a builder who is engaged on a labour-only basis somehow has diminished responsibility for his defective building work. [68] Based on these authorities, I accept that the law in New Zealand is clear that if a builder (whether on a full contract or labour- only) carelessly constructs a residential building and...

3. LCRO 190/2020 JG v VK (23 March 2021) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...able to board the plane, misrepresentations made by the father to secure temporary travel documentation would have been revealed, and she could have avoided all the difficulties and costs that followed. [21] Ms VK, through her counsel, provided a response to Ms JG’s complaint. Attached to that response was correspondence from Ms VK in which she explained how she had become involved with Ms JG’s case and provided account of the steps she had taken. [22] It was submitted for Ms...

4. Allan v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...lack of ground clearances despite the fact that the experts had unanimously agreed that this was not a cause of water ingress. The Tribunal accepts the experts’ conclusions in this regard. Further, inadequate ground clearances were not the responsibility of the plasterer. Other particulars in the claimants’ allegations against the second respondent were an alleged failure to comply with the Rockcote installation manuals and good trade practice in the following respects:...

5. CD and Anor v GH LCRO 98/2013 (3 August 2016) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...[21] The firm’s letter of engagement was sent out to the [CDs] on 5 December 2011. A file was created, and a client ledger opened in the trust account in the joint names of Ms and Mr [CD]. [22] The New Zealand Law Society Inspectorate is responsible for ensuring that legal firms comply with the Trust Account Regulations. The question of whether Mr [GH] should have opened separate ledgers for each client has been answered in the negative elsewhere in the course of a review by thi...

6. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...with further information. This comprised a memorandum prepared on behalf of the Crown dated 29 July 2019. The memorandum was filed in support of an application for partial strike out of Mr HN’s statement of claim. [12] Mr ZW provided a brief response to Mr HN’s complaint on 16 September 2019. 1 The Agency responsible for administering legal aid grants is described variously in the submissions filed as Legal Services, the Legal Services Agency, and Legal Aid Services. 3...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 233 Baillie v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...phone, making threats to “smash” staff, swearing at staff and throwing property. The consequences were ending the phone call that the young person was still engaged in and losing his behaviour management system points.7 The young person’s response was that he did not care about losing the points but if the call ended he would “smash” Mr Baillie. [19] There was a predictable response. Mr Baillie asked Mr Rowe, who was standing at the room door looking on, to terminate...

8. LCRO 113/2021 VN v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (27 June 2022) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...intention to refer the conduct of both judges to the Judicial Complaints Authority and questioned as to whether the Law Society should not await the outcome of that process, before continuing with its investigation. [9] Mr VN provided a comprehensive response to the complaint on 19 November 2020. He prefaced his response with explanation as to why he had arrived late at the [Town C] Court on the morning of the 16th of September. He explained that he had set out from [Town D] with conf...

9. Human-Rights-Commission-submissions-on-scope-of-inquiry.pdf [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...Royal Commission of Inquiry was never intended to fully discharge the obligation under section 8. The terms of reference of the Royal Commission limited the temporal scope of its factual inquiry to prior events related to the attack itself. The response of the police and other emergency services were therefore out of the Royal Commission’s scope of inquiry.8 8. Furthermore, the Royal Commission intentionally did not attempt to close the door on future legal processes or lines...

10. [2023] NZEmpC 158 Turner v Te Whatu Ora [pdf, 293 KB]

    ...personal behaviour, including when they use social media and electronic forms of communication. [26] Mr McCann also referred to the DHB’s social media policy and to its Code of Conduct. Mr McCann advised that he had considered Ms Turner’s responses at the meeting of 7 April and all the information available to him. He advised that those responses; the circumstances in which the behaviour occurred as explained to him by Ms Turner; the volume of posts; her position, du...