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1. Friesen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Issue estoppel) [2025] NZACC 134 (25 August 2025) [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...caused by the accident. [10] Also on 3 July 2024, the Corporation declined weekly compensation. [11] Also on 3 July 2024, Ms Kulkarni for the Corporation, sent an email to Mrs Watson. 3 [12] On 6 July 2024, Mrs Watson sent an email in response to Ms Kulkarni's email asking if the Corporation would cover post-traumatic osteoarthritis, which Mrs Watson said was due to a lack of treatment over five years and the injury of a severe meniscus tear. [13] On 9 July 2024, Ms...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Jindal [2024] NZLCDT 45 (24 December 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...the same document to be placed in the letterbox of the complainant’s home where it was viewed by his wife and daughter. Additional copies were placed in the letterboxes of his neighbours. Mr Jindal denies that this was intentional but accepts responsibility for it. [22] The spread of these allegations against the complainant did not stop there. Mr Jindal, who has some skills from his former occupation in information technology, set up a website in which he stated that he was publ...

3. Trustees Executors Ltd as trustee for the Simpson Family Trust v Wellington City Council [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...(Second) Report dated 18 February 2008 [127] Five procedural orders were issued relating to the management of the case. The timelines for providing details of the claim and briefs of evidence by the claimant were not kept leading to problems with responses. Details of the claim were still being introduced during the hearing. There were consequential delays in the supply of defence briefs and reply briefs. [128] Prior to the hearing the first respondent gave notice that there w...

4. [2016] NZEmpC 177 Go Bus Transport Ltd v Hellyer [pdf, 421 KB]

   ...money from his till for any reason” because Go Bus had not reached a conclusion that taking money from the till (borrowing or theft) was the explanation for the shortfall. The notes of this meeting show that Go Bus stopped short of attributing responsibility for this shortfall to Mr Hellyer’s taking money from his till without permission. The warning for “theft” and “serious misconduct” can only, therefore, have related to what was described as the ‘borrowing’ of $...

5. [2018] NZEnvC 122 Lee Valley Limestone v Tasman District Council [pdf, 4.6 MB]

   ...excavator operation and truck movements. Accordingly, Dr Trevathan's predicted noise levels at neighbouring dwellings could be considered as worst case and actual levels are likely to be somewhat lower. This was confirmed by Dr Trevathan in response to questions from the Court when he stated that as the operation gets deeper into the ground the lip of the quarry will provide screening that will result in a five or 10 decibel reduction in noise from the levels predicted in his e...

6. 2021-03-08 ORC - Opening Subs (Philip Maw) [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...in the NPSFM that affects a plan. Those amendments must be made either as soon as practicable, or within the time specified within the NPSFM (if applicable), or before the occurrence of any event specified in the statement. That provision is responsive to the NPSFM, as is s 65(3)(g) which provides that a regional council is to consider the desirability of preparing a regional plan when the implementation of a NPSFM arises, or is likely to arise. [99] It is also important to bear...

7. [2023] NZEmpC 56 Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand v Public Service Association, Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi [pdf, 471 KB]

   ...Commission. [18] After the nursing and midwifery claims were raised, the necessary assessment took place. This entailed the parties gathering data on the claimant and potential comparator workforces. They then worked together to compare the skills, responsibilities, efforts and working conditions of the claimant and comparator groups, using a gender-neutral work assessment tool. This took place from 2019 to 2021. The data thus gathered was then analysed, followed by negotiations...

8. Horrell v Banyan Pacific Capital Ltd [2023] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 361 KB]

   ...marketing to Amanda Birch, the dummy entry entered into the Cancer Society database for quality control mail monitoring purposes. As noted earlier, the address for Amanda Birch was that of Amanda Derrick who worked for the Cancer Society and who was responsible for the compilation of the Cancer Society database. As Amanda Birch is fictitious no warranty card for prosthetic purchases would ever have been received by Medivex or Naturalwear in the name of Amanda Birch. 12 [70] Mr Br...

9. [2019] NZEnvC 203 Director General of Conservation v New Zealand Transport Agency [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...maintenance and operations, in accordance with this Act and the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 ... [3] In meeting its objective and undertaking its functions under the L TMA the Agency must, among others, exhibit a sense of social and environmental responsibility. 2 The Agency must also use its revenue in a manner that seeks value for money.3 [4] As part of its improvement programme the Agency has identified that the existing 7.4km long Mount Messenger section of the state highwa...

10. Waitangi Tribunal - Part III Te Urewera [pdf, 6.7 MB]

    ...commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 (3) The commission and self-government in the Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 13 .6 .3 What was the Crown’s responsibility, once the extent of delay was evident ? . . . . 42 13 .6 .4 In what circumstances was the General Committee finally established in 1909 ? .46 (1) Political change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....