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1. [2010] NZCA 563 CA500/2010 Melville v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...grievances must be raised with the employer, unless the employer otherwise consents, within 90 days of the triggering event. Here that was the dismissal on 24 March 2009. That period expired on 21 June 2009. Ms Melville did not file and serve a statement of problem until 27 July 2009. Employees may apply to the Authority for leave to raise a personal grievance after that period,2 but the Authority may only grant leave if it is satisfied that the delay was caused by exceptional c...

2. ENV-2016-AKL-000TBA Transpower New Zealand Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...NPSET, which requires, following consultation with Transpower, the Council to “identify an appropriate buffer corridor within which it can be expected that sensitive activities will generally not be provided for in plans and/or given resource consent”. 12 The Council’s decision to limit the National Grid Corridor Overlay to 24 metres (12 metres either side of the centreline of National Grid lines) fails to give effect to or to implement these Policies of the NPSET. Fai...

3. Establishment of Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal (2) [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal (“the Tribunal”), for your review, and, if you agree, for Ministerial, coalition and support party consultation; 1.2. seeks your direction on three aspects of the new Tribunal; 1.3. attaches a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for your information; and 1.4. indicates timeframes for lodging the Cabinet paper and RIS for consideration by the Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee on Wednesday 21 February. Executive Summary 2. You have indicated th...

4. Dotcom v Crown Law Office (AVL) [2017] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...at a District Court (particularly the District Court at Auckland). [3] Mr Dotcom and his legal representatives are Auckland-based while Ms Casey QC and the defendants’ witnesses are located in Wellington. [4] Mr Dotcom has filed one witness statement (his own) and the defendants have filed two witness statements. The Common Bundle of documents comprises 37 volumes. [5] By joint memorandum dated 3 April 2017 counsel advised the parties are agreed that all documents in the Common...

5. Establishment of Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal 30 January 2018 [pdf, 412 KB]

   ...Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal (“the Tribunal”), for your review, and, if you agree, for Ministerial, coalition and support party consultation; 1.2. seeks your direction on three aspects of the new Tribunal; 1.3. attaches a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for your information; and 1.4. indicates timeframes for lodging the Cabinet paper and RIS for consideration by the Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee on Wednesday 21 February. Executive Summary 2. You have indicated th...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 140 ITE v ALA [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...continue to be bound by his duties of confidentiality and fidelity, which duties [the plaintiff] agrees survive the termination of his employment pursuant to clause 14 of his IEA (refer clause 11 herein). Clause 6 ... [the parties] agree that no statement will be made to staff at [the defendant] or any other third party about the reason for termination or [the plaintiff’s] employment until his employment end date ... and from that date any statement will be limited to terminatio...

7. [2023] NZEmpC 63 Hilford v Board of Trustees of Whangarei Boys’ High School [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...been sent to a defunct email address which he had formerly operated. [6] It is submitted for Mrs Hilford that in these unusual circumstances, there was a short period of approximately a week within which her application for leave and proposed statement of claim were drafted and filed, and that she thus raised the challenge in a timely way once she became aware of the Authority’s determination. Background [7] The present application relates to an investigation meeting which was he...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 122 Reunited Employees Assoc Inc v Nelmac Ltd [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...Nelmac’s costs if it is unsuccessful. 20 At [109]–[111]. [22] The application was supported by an affidavit from a Personal Assistant employment by Nelmac’s lawyers. The evidence was confined to producing REA’s financial statement for the year ending 31 March 2021, information from its 2020 Annual Report, and copies of the law firm’s invoices and memoranda submitted to the Authority relating to costs.21 [23] REA is opposed to security for costs being order...

9. Ngatai - Tokata B8 Trustees (2015) 50 Tairawhiti MB 175 (50 TRW 175) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...those directions. Counsel were subsequently obtained. [7] On 19 August 2014, a telephone conference was held with counsel for the applicant (Mr Anthony Sinclair) and counsel for the respondent trustees (Mr Webb). A timetable, for the filing of any Statement of Claim or further particulars, a statement of defence and evidence for both parties, was agreed to. During the conference, Mr Sinclair advised that the applicant filed the current application before the Court on behalf of David...

10. LCRO 154/2023 FH and NH v WA, BF and DT Limited (28 February 2024) [pdf, 347 KB]

    ...by the trustees for a substantial sum for her fees. [26] A judicial settlement conference (JSC) was held in July 2022, five years after the firm had first been instructed and four years after proceedings had been issued. Witness “will-say” statements were prepared for the purposes of the JSC. [27] For the purposes of achieving a settlement at the JSC, the insurer put aside in advance the arguments about alleged construction defects and pre-existing damage so that the principal a...