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1. LCRO 121/2017 PT v BD (25 July 2018) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...instructed him to act on behalf of MOH Ltd to defend the EFI Ltd litigation. [9] Mr BD advised MOH Ltd that grounds existed for it to file a counterclaim against EFI Ltd. [10] MOH Ltd and Mr BD agreed that Mr BD would review the evidence and prepare a statement of defence to the EFI Ltd litigation, and prepare a counterclaim to be filed and served on EFI Ltd. It was agreed that this work would be completed for a fixed fee of $30,000 plus GST (the fixed fee arrangement). [11] At t...

2. Ngati Pahauwera Letter of Determination 23 August 2016 [pdf, 866 KB]

   ...ownership but rather that it is retained or kept in accordance with tikanga Maori. 6. The Independent Assessor has interpreted the use of the word “hold” as falling well short of legal ownership on the grounds that no iwi is in a position to claim legal ownership of the CMCA. Instead, “hold” is equivalent to saying something is “held” in high regard. 7. I have considered the approach in the Da Silva case. I note that Blanchard J expressed a different view in the Faulkner cas...

3. Proactive-release: Firearms-Registry-Review [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice Proactive release - Phase 3 of the Firearms Reform Programme - Review of the Firearms Registry Date of issue: 7 May 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been not

4. Coote - Estate of Shirley Dawn Quinn (2013) 2013 Chief Judge's MB 1018 (2013 CJ 1018) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...Regulations and would not be legally entitled to harvest Tītī unless authorised by his spouse or adopted parent, who would need to be a beneficiary by definition of the Tītī Regulations. (d) The Rakiura Tītī Committee believes that the statements above at (a), (b) and (c) reflect tikanga and custom which considers that the rights to the beneficial Tītī Islands are conferred in accordance with bloodline. (e) The applicant states that the Tītī Notice and Tītī Regulations...

5. [2016] NZEmpC 74 Tairawhiti District Health Board v NZ Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...was settled. However, the significance of these comments by the DHBs’ negotiators, immediately after settlement had taken place, is not a sure reiteration of what the parties intended in bargaining. It could have been, as the plaintiff now claims, a slip in the written and oral advice given by its representatives. Although that is an exculpatory explanation that is more improbable than probable, the significance of those events does not assist much in determining what the partie...

6. Practice note: Family Court caseflow management [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note March 2011 i INTRODUCTION Many changes in family law have occurred since the first comprehensive Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note was published in 1998. This revised Practice Note is designed to update that document in light of a number of legislative and practice changes that have taken place since that time. The Care of Children Act 2004 brough

7. 19 June 2020 Updated FC Caseflow Management Practice Note [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note March 2011 i INTRODUCTION Many changes in family law have occurred since the first comprehensive Family Court Caseflow Management Practice Note was published in 1998. This revised Practice Note is designed to update that document in light of a number of legislative and practice changes that have taken place since that time. The Care of Children Act 2004 brough

8. Kendal v Sherbourne LCRO 69 / 2009 (19 August 2009) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...fact that occurred in this transaction I have accorded them a weight that is appropriate to such indirect evidence. In reaching the conclusions I have placed greatest reliance on the contemporaneous documents provided and the direct evidence and statements of the parties involved. [6] At the hearing Mr XX (appearing for Mr John Kendal) also sought disclosure of the trust deed of the Trust to establish whether Ms Kendal was a beneficiary of the Trust and if so to what extent. He arg...

9. SV v WT LCRO 21/2013 (26 August 2014) [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...alleged breach of a protection order. Our computer records show that that invoice was also prepared by Mr. GN in his data folders… [43] In an email he had sent to Police dated 3 May 2012, that he provided to NZLS, Mr WT said he was providing a statement in his capacity as Mr GN’s instructing solicitor to assist with the police enquiry into an allegation of perjury he understood Mr SV had made against Mr GN. Mr WT confirmed he was the deponent of the affidavit, and that he rec...

10. [2021] NZEnvC 043 Turner v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...December 2018 that Mrs Barrett's consent had been given effect to. [71] The effect of that assurance is limited: under s 84(2) of the RNIA, "no purported grant of a resource consent, and no waiver or sufferance or departure from a policy statement or plan, whether written or otherwise, shall, unless authorised by this Act, have effect in so far as it is contrary to" the Council's duty under s 84(1) to "observe and, to the extent of its authority, enforce the...