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1. Wellington Standards Committee 1 v King [2024] NZLCDT 46 (18 December 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...awarded $8,786 against Mr H. [16] To make matters worse, Ms King did not inform Mr H of the outcome and he was unaware of it until his former partner contacted him seeking payment. When Mr H questioned Ms King, she did not provide any satisfactory response. Instead, in February 2023, she made application for a rehearing, which the Court described as “essentially targeted at relitigating the substantive matter, which is completely inappropriate and raises issues around breach o...

2. Wellington Standards Committee v Manktelow [2012] NZLCDT 30 [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...The practice maintained a Trust Account where at any one time the volume of client funds was relatively small. The Trust Account was operated using a manual handwritten system and this system was operated by the Practitioner. It was he who was responsible for the observance of correct practices in relation to the Trust Account and for the giving of accurate and truthful reports to the New Zealand Law Society (“the Society”) concerning the Trust Account. 3 The Charges...

3. [2025] NZSSAA 02 (22 January 2025) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...applicable repayment rate would be sustainable, or whether exceptional circumstances exist which could increase the amount of an advance above six times the main benefit payable or allow recovery over a longer period. However, in 8 response to the information provided by the parties, we note the following. (a) In the absence of exceptional circumstances, repayment of the sum of $22,280 across a period of 24 months would have been unsustainable. This situation i...

4. BORA Iwi and Hapii of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...(10) By 2001, nearly 90 percent of the iwi and hapii lived outside Te Rohe o Te Wairoa. Many of those who remain suffer from serious socio-economic depri­ vation. Crown regulato1y regimes left the iwi and hapii unable to exercise their kaitiakitanga responsibilities in relation to rivers, wetlands, and other signifi­ cant areas in Te Rohe o Te Wairoa. Despite this, the iwi and hapii of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa have a long history of service in New Zealand's aimed forces. The people also c...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 025 Greater Wellington Regional Council v Adams [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...is likely to impact allotment 6 most acutely due to the nature of the development activities performed thereon (construction of the skid site, access track and drainage). (footnotes omitted) [13] It is apparent from the Regional Council's response that if the enforcement order application is successful lots 1-7 will become retrospectively subject to a series of controls/ restrictions which were not in the contemplation of the City Council when it granted the subdivision appro...

6. [2011] NZEmpC 68 Army Surplus Disposals Ltd v Reed [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...then recorded three further sales so that his record balanced but he probably did not need to do that if he had corrected the sum received from sale of the air beds to the true amount. That, of course, is not an ideal situation but it was the responsibility of Mr Doyle and his company, not Mr Reed, to establish proper business methods for Mr Reed to record sales. They failed to do so. They have to accept the consequences. Certainly there was insufficient evidence to sustain Mr D...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 148 Service and Food Workers Union PSA v Pact Group [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...was unlawful because the requirements of s 91 of the Act had not been met. (g) Otherwise, the proposed lockout was lawful. [56] The issues involved in this case are not easy and open to genuine differences of opinion. The parties have behaved responsibly and appropriately in bringing those differences to the Court for resolution. Guided by the conclusions I have reached in this decision, I expect that the parties will be able to ensure that their future actions are lawful withou...

8. [2008] NZEmpC WC 18/08 Arthur D Riley & Co Ltd v Wood [pdf, 67 KB]

   ...objectionable/pornographic or offensive because the decision-maker did not advance any objective criteria in support of his conclusions and relied on his and his colleagues’ personal views. [4] The Authority found that Miss Wood had to accept some responsibility for the situation that gave rise to her personal grievance and reduced her remedies by 25 percent. She was awarded wages lost from 18 September 2006 until January 2007 less 25 percent and compensation for humiliation of...

9. [2008] NZEmpC CC 13/08 ANZ National Bank Ltd v Svensson [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...addressed variation of the agreement and advised that Mrs Svensson was entitled to seek independent advice before accepting the offer. [48] The bank was neither misleading nor deceptive. Similarly the bank did not breach its obligation to be responsive and communicative in relation to the presentation of the IEA as required under section 4(1A)(b) of the Employment Relations Act 2000. [49] I do not accept that the bank acted in such a way as to render the provisions of the 2006...

10. [2008] NZEmpC WC 15/08 Weston v Fraser [pdf, 59 KB]

    ...under the impression that Sportscar World Ltd was trading as Francis Weston trading as Sportscar World Ltd. I was always under the impression that the business was called Sportscar World. Q. So let me just make sure I understand you, is it your response that you thought Mr Weston was running a business - A. Called Sportscar World trading as - Q. Trading as what? A. Trading – Francis Weston trading as Sportscar World. Q. Now didn’t you just say earlier that your unde...