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1. LCRO 124/2016 LE v AP and MC (20 August 2018) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...absolute certainty that the lawyers’ files would contain damning evidence and support the serious allegation that the lawyers had misled the Committee, the lawyers were asked to produce their files for consideration on review. The Lawyers’ Response [16] The lawyers provided their entire file and a fulsome response to Mr LE’s complaint. They say that the Disputes Tribunal ordered GDB Ltd to pay the unpaid balance of their fees on 27 May 2016, only days after Mr LE made the c...

2. Hohepa v Cassidy - Waima C30A and Waima Topu B (2018) 182 Taitokerau MB 166 (182 TTK 166) [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...executed properly and that it otherwise meets necessary requirements. However, the Registrar will not assess whether the proposed site is within the boundaries of trust lands. That is outside of the Registrar’s function and expertise. It is the responsibility of the trustees, not the Registrar, to ensure that the licence site is on trust land. [36] The trustees also gave evidence that it was Pihema who chose this site. That was not disputed. However, there is no evidence to...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 12 Stormont v Peddle Thorp Aitken Ltd [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...provision in respect of positive defences contained within Form 4 (“Statement of defence”). This can also be contrasted with various other forms which require a party to expressly draw to the opposing party’s attention any obligation to file a response and the consequences of a failure to do so. Examples include: - Form 6 (“Notice requiring disclosure”), which (under “Notes”) states that any objection to disclosure must be filed within five clear working days and be...

4. Deputy Registrar - Succession to Ngarangi Kapapa Wiari Selwyn Turoa [2017] Chief Judge's MB 172 (2017 CJ 172) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...Turoa/Monga and Mary Tekiriwera Bishop were born prior to the Deceased’s death. Birth certificates would need to be provided to confirm that they are entitled to succeed. Consideration of whether matter needs to go to full hearing 21. The Courts response to the rehearing application set out its interpretation of the Deceased’s Will as the “mokopuna who were aged 21 at the date of death” of the Deceased. 22. At the date of the Deceased’s death, none of the Deceased’...

5. NZCVS 2018 Topline report [pdf, 746 KB]

   ...violence at some point during their lives. With sensitive questions like these, survey respondents may not want to admit that an incident has taken place even when these questions are answered confidentially by respondents entering their own responses. They may choose to put “don’t know” or “don’t wish to answer” as their responses. As such, we have included people who said “yes”, “don’t know” and “don’t wish to answer” in these estimates. Reporting to...

6. Summary of feedback on Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand Discussion document [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...about culture, almost all we engaged with mentioned its importance for the adopted person and the harms faced by adopted people who had lost connection to their birth culture. Most people we spoke to on this subject highlighted that it should be the responsibility of adoptive parents to put effort into helping the adopted person to connect to their culture and that there is a need for support from government to enable this. 24. Almost all people we spoke to about culture thought consider...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 073 Napier City Council v McMillan [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...that an alleged conflict with geotechnical engineers meant they were required to engage T&T in respect of this application. T&T ultimately favoured an alternative design of sediment control. [43] [44] [45] [46] 16 Council response The Council submitted costs should lie where they fall. Its position is that it had no option but to apply for enforcement orders because its attempts at resolving the situation, both before the application was made, and durin...

8. [2022] NZACC 56 – Ajayi v ACC (5 April 2022) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...tendon subluxation; (2) focal osteochondral lesion or early arthritis of right subtalar joint seen on SPECT-CT scan July 2018; (3) a degree of pain sensitisation around the lateral side of his ankle and distal fibula; and (4) no pain relief/response to an ultrasound guided steroid injection into the peroneal tendon sheath. 8 [37] On 12 April 2021, Mr Vasudeva Pai, Orthopaedic Surgeon, provided an overview of the relevant documents and literature. In response to the Corp...

9. [2021] NZEmpC 112 Wanaka Pharmacy Ltd v McKay [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...whether the remaining 12.3 weeks at issue were really holidays. Did Ms McKay work while on holiday? [25] Ms McKay says she was a full-time salaried employee who worked well over 40 to 50 hours per week. She undertook a wide range of roles and responsibilities including: (a) human resources/recruiter (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (b) payroll (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (c) social media manager (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (d) rostering Staff (Wanaka Phar...

10. LCRO 43/2020 SL v DN (29 September 2021) [pdf, 231 KB]

    ...heard nothing further from Mrs BJ. [54] Mr DN instructed Mr CM in 2016. Mr CM left the practice in mid/end 2017. He handed Mr DN’s file to Ms KG who, Mr SL says, works closely with him. I infer from this that Mr SL means he was the person responsible for supervising Ms KG. [55] Ms KG obtained searches of the titles to the units in the development. Mr SL noted that Mrs BJ owned one of the units and that her signature would therefore be required to obtain the new titles....