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1. FV Reform Paper 2 Civil Law [pdf, 558 KB]

   1 Budget sensitive In confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair Cabinet Social Policy Committee REFORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW Paper Two: Family violence civil law Proposal 1. This paper is the second of three papers seeking Cabinet agreement to reforms to the law applying to family violence, following the review of family violence legislation. It seeks agreement to changes to the civil law relating to family violence, in particular the Domestic Violence Act

2. 20.-Evidence-of-Mr-Kathryn-Halder-Contaminated-Land.PDF [PDF, 437 KB]

   ...INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 3 Ō2NL Project overview and future consenting processes .................................... 3 Identification of HAIL sites ................................................................................... 4 WORK SINCE LODGEMENT .........................................

3. [2009] NZEmpC AC 47/09 Hyro Services Pty Ltd v Speed [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...involved. [2] The determination recorded that there was no appearance for either the plaintiff or Hyro New Zealand Limited (in liquidation) (“the New Zealand company”) at the investigation meeting and that after the filing of an amended statement of problem neither company lodged any statement in reply. A communication from the plaintiff’s director of human resources stated that the matter would be dealt with by the liquidator of the New Zealand company, which was the sol...

4. WN v BC & BQ Ltd [2023] NZDT 675 (20 November 2023) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...withdrawals. The ‘Builder’ payments, I accept, relate to a texted price of $10,000+GST WN provided from another plumber, R, to finish/redo the waterproofing/building components of the bathroom. The actual costs paid to R/’Builder’ on the bank statements total $7600.00 but I am not persuaded that all of those costs compare to items that were within the scope of BQ Ltd’s contract, since WN also had an original builder contracted for the renovation and his work is also disputed an...

5. RN v QW LCRO 226/2012 (8 September 2016) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...high” return for Mr RN. A term loan agreement and associated security documents were signed in August 2009. Waivers apparently signed by the parties have also been produced although Mr RN subsequently resisted the suggestion that he gave informed consent to Mr QW acting. Mr QW says that Mr RN had ample opportunity and encouragement to take independent legal advice but declined to do so. [7] Mr QW’s handwritten file note dated 20 August 2009 records him having met with both parties...

6. [2014] NZEmpC 77 Rodkiss v Carter Holt Harvey Limited [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...the purposes of the mediation” attract the statutory confidentiality except possibly where public policy dictates otherwise. Documents which are prepared for use in, or in connection with, a mediation come within the ambit of s 148(1) as do statements and submissions made orally at the mediation or a record thereof. Only documents which come into existence independently of mediation are excluded from this confidentiality. The important distinction is that documents or other c...

7. Y v R LCRO 57 / 2009 (9 June 2009) [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...terms throughout and would communicate freely with each other including in respect of the matters in dispute. Complainant Y states that on occasions Lawyer R would take what was in her view a very hard line while at the same time G would be making statements and offers which were inconsistent with him having given instructions for Lawyer R to take an aggressive stance. [5] At the centre of this complaint is a paragraph in an email Complainant Y wrote to her client on 17 December 2...

8. [2011] NZEmpC 73 Snowdon v Radio New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...be discovered could have been directly and conveniently exported to the 5 CD ROMs from the Radio New Zealand SUN accounting system; and 1.23.4 in submissions made to her Honour Judge Shaw at the hearing on 23 rd November 2006 the following statements made by the respondents Counsel Mr Quigg were false and Mr Quigg and/or the Radio New Zealand Chief Financial Officer Mr Law knew or should have known they were false; namely – … [three references to the transcript omitted]...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 227 Te Mana Moana o Ngati Irapuaia Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   Te Mana Moana o Ngāti Irapuaia Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2024] NZEnvC 227 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under section 120 the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN TE MANA MOANA O NGĀTI IRAPUAIA TRUST (ENV-2023-AKL-000079) Appellant AND BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent AND ŌPŌTIKI MARINA AND INDUSTRIAL PARK LIMITED Applicant AND NGĀI TAMAHAUA NGĀ

10. LCRO 149/2020 WM v VE and DP (14 December 2021) [pdf, 361 KB]

    ...intended laying a complaint with the Law Society. [13] On 16 October 2019, Mr VE and Mr DP referred the company to an independent law firm. Two weeks later, on 1 November 2019, the four [Z] directors resolved that the company provide its informed consent to Mr VE and Mr DP acting for them on the sale of the company’s [Z] practice. [14] In December 2019, the four [Z] shareholders/directors and Dr WM resolved their dispute at mediation. Complaint [15] Dr WM lodged a complai...