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1. LT Ltd v ON & NN [2022] NZDT 137 (15 August 2022) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...and NN cause damage to the storage units? 10. The contract provides, at clause 4(b), that ‘the owner may require the payment of all recovery costs for damage to the unit’. 11. I find, on the balance of probabilities, that ON and NN are responsible for the cost of the damage to the storage unit caused by the milk spilled across the floor and into the neighbouring unit. This is because the photos provided by LT Ltd clearly show a leaking bottle of milk on its side in the fridge,...

2. MOJ0610-Responding-to-a-Notice-of-Application-Samoan.pdf [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...Mafaufau i le faiga e te tali atu ai E mafai na e filifili pe e te manao e fai sau tali i le talosaga ma e aafia ai i le mataupu ua ave i le faamasinoga. Afai e iai se vaega o le talosaga e te le o malie i ai, e mafai na e faia se ‘Notice of Response.’ O le faasilasilaga lea e te faailoa atu ai i le Faamasinoga o lena e te manao e: • toe iloilo ou manatu na e faaalia a o lei faia se faaiuga aloaia • avatu se avanoa e te tulai ai i le faamasinoga mo le fia fofogaina i se...

3. OIA-106760.pdf [pdf, 5.1 MB]

   ...confirmed that your request could be clarified to the following: Average duration of a sentence resulting in imprisonment is correct. If it's possible to calculate the means, I'd like that too. Calendar year data is fine. In response to your request, please refer to tables 1 to 3, appended to this letter. These tables provide the average duration of a sentence resulting in imprisonment (excluding life and preventive detention imprisonments) for the calendar years 20...

4. Osborne v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late filing to the District Court) [2024] NZACC 195 (27 November 2024) [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...Initial Minute which directed that Ms Osborne, by 8 November 2024, formally apply for leave to file the appeal out of time and set out the reasons why the appeal was filed late. [3] On 14 November 2024, Mr Dixon-McIver, for Ms Osborne, accepted responsibility for the delay in submitting Ms Osborne’s appeal in proper form. He notes that he lodged Ms Osborne’s appeal on 18 October 2024, but the notice of appeal was not accompanied by the required Authority to Act form. The req...

5. 2024 NZPSPLA 122 pdf [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...the security ID must contain as set out in s 68 of the Act is on the front of the ID badge and it is this information that needs to be visible. [13] Mr Brunell has been working in security since the Act came into force and should be aware of his responsibilities as a security guard. I also accept the police evidence that they have previously advised Mr Brunell that he should not be wearing his ID back to front or obscured by clothing. I therefore conclude that Mr Brunell’s breach of s...

6. LCRO 11/2024 GD and CZ v BO (30 May 2025) [pdf, 429 KB]

   ...contrary, the executors should support the decision they had already reached within their discretion unless this was revoked; (f) if it was revoked, the executors should then define a process for making further enquiries. [70] The respondent’s response, paraphrased, was that: 5 This comment did not accurately reflect the firm’s advice. 12 (a) the other executors had refused to provide him with the information relating to the PA’s employment; (b) the lawyer executor ha...

7. Final Process Evaluation for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court 2016 [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...Instead of being a neutral assessor, CADS staff view referred defendants as clients and become their advocates. Further, if CADS staff undertakes clinical groups with AODT participants within other treatment provider premises, the line of clinical responsibility for the participant is ambiguous. In prison this is less of an issue as the prison takes clinical responsibility. CADS also notes an ongoing clinical risk in the assessment process. CADS is primarily tasked with assessi...

8. Rec-Recap-2024-Q1-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

   ...safety campaigns directed at the factors I have identified in this event. For example, the Boating Safety Code states:1 Wear your lifejacket. Take two waterproof ways to call for help. Check the marine weather forecast. Avoid alcohol. Be a responsible skipper. III. Maritime New Zealand’s publication Safer Boating Guide contains plain English, detailed information about boating safety which includes references to the factors at issue. IV. In these circumstances, I do not...

9. [2015] NZSSAA 026, 20 April [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...appellant said that he did the dishes, swept up, and fed the chooks and the ducks, while XXXX primarily did the cooking (otherwise they would not eat). XXXX, on the other hand, said that they both did the cooking and the appellant took particular responsibility for the work outside. At the end of 2013 the appellant arranged for solar panels to be installed at the property at a cost of approximately $2,600. XXXX [15] In the period up to August 2012 both the appellant and confirmed th...

10. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v Hancock [2011] NZLCDT 39 [pdf, 221 KB]

    ...The practitioner acknowledged the false certificates were to avoid detection by the inspectorate.  There is no suggestion that the practitioner could be excused by unfamiliarity or inexperience, having practiced for some 36 years and been responsible for a trust account for many of those years.  The disclosure of wrongdoing was not made until the Law Society inspector arrived to see the practitioner and remedial action to restore the trust account to its proper level was...