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1. BORA Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 115 KB]

   4521478_BORA VET LETTER (002) 26 March 2018 Attorney-General Tēnā koe Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill (v 5.0) - Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Our Ref: ATT395/280 1. We have considered the above Bill for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (“the Bill of Rights Act”). We advise that the Bill appears to be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act. 2. The Bill will effect a final settlement of the Ng...

2. CW v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for cover for mental injury) [2025] NZACC 057 (7 April 2025) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...Hearing: 3 March 2025 Submissions: B Hinchcliff for the Appellant F Becroft for the Respondent Judgment 7 April 2025 ____________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D L HENARE Claim for cover for mental injury s 26(1)(c) Accident Compensation Act 2001 ____________________________________________________________________ Introduction [1] In 1980, CW received an injection into her supraspinous/interspinous ligament a...

3. [2019] NZEmpC 167 Bradley v Ngāti Apa Ki Te Rā Tō Charitable Trust [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...actions, Mr Wilson’s letter stated: However, that was only the approval sign off function and was not a removal of your authority as CEO for the spending by the organisation in relation to the budget. [46] The letter queried Mr Bradley’s statement that he was not responsible for setting the budget because work on it had been almost completed by him before his sick leave began. The letter concluded that the Board’s previously-stated concerns still needed to be considered a...

4. X Ltd v K Ltd [2019] NZDT 1339 (19 December 2019) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...meets defined regulatory standards. In fact, the gel is not a product that requires approval or registration, and if it did, the supplier would need to the registered with the FDA. In that sense, the product is technically “compliant”, but the statement is misleading. It gives a sense of regulatory approval that is not valid. (b) The statement is therefore a breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986, and could also lead to fines or prosecutions by the FDA. (c) I accept that the g...

5. Smith – Nikora Whānau Trust (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 302 (2013 CJ 302) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...the applicant’s mother who was alive and present in Court and consented to all her shares being included in the trust. [3] The applicant did not consent to the shares she was entitled to from her father being included in the trust and she now claims that she is affected by the trust order as it relates to her mother’s shares upon the following grounds: (a) The shares of her mother which were transferred to into the trust have taken away her rights of any entitlement she would...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 37 Gapuzan v Pratt Whitney Air NZ [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...Engine Centre v Gapuzan [2014] NZERA Christchurch 115. a) The Official Assignee was correct with regard to conclusions he had reached as to the vesting of property in respect of certain rights pleaded by Mr Gapuzan in his fourth amended statement of claim. I held that those rights of action vested in Mr Gapuzan’s estate upon his bankruptcy; and that since the Official Assignee had determined he would not pursue those claims, they were dismissed. b) I was satisfied th...

7. Taylor v Corrections (Jurisdiction) [2019] NZHRRT 17 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...to personal information. The Commissioner found IPP 6 had been breached by the Department of Corrections (Corrections) and that there had been an interference with Mr Taylor’s privacy. [4] On 13 February 2015 Mr Taylor and Mr Hunter by joint statement of claim commenced proceedings before the Tribunal alleging Corrections had breached not only IPP 6 but also IPP 1 (purpose of collection of personal information), IPP 4 (manner of collection of personal information), IPP 9 (agency not...

8. NE v QB Ltd [2022] NZDT 135 (6 September 2022) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...for a bonnet scoop). QB Ltd say this is the final contract for sale of the car because by this time it had been registered, E had obtained a LHDP from VTNZ and had finance in place to fund the purchase; f. A copy of a Credit Contract and Disclosure Statement from [Finance Company] in E’s name signed on 24 May 2019. This records that $20,020.00 was advanced to E to fund the purchase of the [N Vehicle] to be secured by a security interest over the [N Vehicle] in favour of [Finance Compan...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 179 George v Auckland Council [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...handwritten notes of each interview and then typed them into a Word document. Each of the witnesses was given an opportunity to review the notes of interview and make edits to them. Two witnesses appear to have taken up this opportunity and their statements were amended accordingly. This process concluded in early 2010. [37] Ms George emailed Mr Bremner on 7 December 2009 advising that she had been informed that she was entitled to the “case and the evidence against [her]...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 145 WN v Auckland International Airport Ltd [pdf, 182 KB]

    ...Appearances: A Fechney, advocate for plaintiff K Dunn, counsel for defendant Judgment: 7 September 2021 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for stay of proceedings) [1] The plaintiff has filed a statement of claim in the Court challenging an alleged determination of the Employment Relations Authority. The claim is coupled with a number of interlocutory applications, being an application for urgency; an application for a stay; an...