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1. E39 Rob Van de Munckhof - Risk and NES Soil - EIC - Council [pdf, 727 KB]

   ...NES Soil aspects of the Application contained in my Risk Report and NES Report; (Assessment of the Application); c) An overview of the outcome of expert witness conferencing, referring to the Risk JWS and NES JWS where appropriate, and a brief response to the Applicant’s evidence (Update Following Expert Witness Conferencing / Response to Applicant’s Evidence); d) Comments on proposed conditions (Conditions); and e) Conclusions. 6. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6.1. I have undert...

2. GK v ZR LCRO 192/2013 (13 December 2016) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...purpose of publication is to protect the public. [49] Legal aid is administered by the Secretary for Justice through the LSA. A copy of the decision is provided to the Secretary for Justice. That enables the public purse to be protected if those responsible for it consider that is the proper response. [50] The circumstances of the present matter, including its isolation and somewhat unusual features, are not such as to render publication of Mr ZR’s name necessary or desirabl...

3. Calder v Bharani [2017] NZIACDT 6 (6 April 2017) [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...complaint relates to Clause 18(a) of the 2014 Code. It requires a written agreement which must include particular information. The Authority had written to the adviser after receiving the complaint, requiring him to deliver his full client file. In response, he had only sent the documentation Immigration New Zealand received with the application. It did not include a written agreement relating to professional services. The Registrar, accordingly, considered that it appeared Mr Bhar...

4. Beach - Poike 11 (2006) 84 Tauranga MB 2 (84 T 2) [pdf, 523 KB]

   ...April 2005 which is recorded at 81 Tauranga Minute Book 55-70. Judge Milroy indicated to Julie Beach that it would be in her interest to consult her solicitor and gave her two weeks to advise the Court whether or not she had retained a lawyer. No response was received from Julie Beach and the application was set down for hearing on 27 July 2005. On 22 July 2005 Julie Beach rang the Court office indicating that she could not attend the hearing as she was looking after a sick relative in...

5. Tai Rakena v Corrections [2017] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...been inadvertently given to another prisoner. Ms Shand acknowledged this was a breach of Mr Tai Rakena’s privacy and offered a full apology for what had occurred. Ms Shand believes Mr Tai Rakena accepted the apology at that time as he said in response “That’s okay”. [5] At that meeting Ms Shand gave to Mr Tai Rakena a copy of the two pages in question. She further advised him that she had modified the Health Centre’s processes for dealing with requests for medical notes s...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 119 Pickering v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...Council has passed the "threshold of blameworthiness".25 [31] Mr Pickering has been critical of the Council on a number of levels, mostly concerning matters not part of the Environment Court proceeding. I find the Council has acted responsibly and respectfully in its interaction with Mr Pickering. [32] That said, the decision of Commissioner appointed by the Council to hear and determine the resource consent application records the Commissioner's unease with the noi...

7. Family Court Rewrite Submission AMINZ [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...submission and that made in tandem with Resolution Institute on the issue of mandatory mediation. This submission builds on both those submissions. We have only responded to issues that we have expertise in and that we feel need our further response. There is much to commend the Panel’s consultation document. It is particularly pleasing to see the approach of the Panel is to form a korowai – a joined-up approach to family justice that is accessible and responsive to diffe...

8. Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal - Further Decisions [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...Tribunal 5. Cabinet agreed to create a specialist Tribunal with the objective of providing access to speedy, flexible and cost-effective procedures for the resolution of disputes between policyholders, the Earthquake Commission (EQC), Southern Response and other insurers (CAB-18-MIN-0065 refers) involving residential land and residential property.1 6. These objectives have guided the development of the Bill, and the careful balance between maintaining natural justice, and providin...

9. FFNZ - EiC - M L Lord (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...the effects are usually short term. Every day with a drought you wake up in the morning to a sunny day and hope for rain. Water is not just critical for growing grass and crops, it is critical to keeping stock alive and in good condition, the responsibility of providing the necessary sustenance for the animals in your care weighs heavily on farmers. Having access to the necessary water becomes all-consuming. The forecast might show that you have rain the following week – but...

10. FFNZ - EiC - P W Hunt (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 307 KB]

    ...this with what has happened in urban areas where the realisation amongst councils and councillors that things are going to have to start to happen in the next LTP. Much of the urban community I believe still think that water quality is a sole responsibility of rural. They fail to understand that especially their storm water drains feed essentially underground rivers that end up untreated in another natural waterbody. The contrast is very distinct. 5 There is currently estimate...