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1. LCRO 39/2019 Yuri Lukas v BW and CV (29 November 2019) [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...never asked any questions reading this whatsoever. The first version of my terms of engagement had been provided to him in 2014. I am attaching the terms from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. [50] He also submits that [AB] would have obtained Mr BW’s consent for the payment of his fee before making payment to Mr Lukas. [51] He asserts that Mr BW specifically instructed him to lodge the application for residency as prepared by them and with the birth certificate provided on the basis tha...

2. LCRO 283/2014 AD v FR and OR (31 August 2018) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...threat. The word “threat” is defined in Black’s Law Dictionary as “a communicated intent to inflict harm or loss on another or on another’s property, especially one that might diminish a person’s freedom to act voluntarily or with lawful consent”.13 [78] The definition of “threaten” in the Oxford English Dictionary is “to press, urge, try to force or induce: especially by means of menaces”.14 [79] Central to the element of a threatening comment, is suggestion t...

3. Application for a Protection Order [pdf, 887 KB]

   ...an organisation that is supporting you. Affidavit This is when you write out in detail about why you need a Protection Order. This is your evidence. The Affidavit is a legal document and everything you write must be true and you have to get your statement signed off by someone who has the legal authority to do so – such as a lawyer or a Justice of the Peace (JP) or Court Registrar. The Respondent receives your Affidavit when they’re served. For more information refer to the Affidavit...

4. Tuwhangai v Boon - Kawhia U2B [2022] Maori Appellate Court MB 347 (2022 APPEAL 347) [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...to joint tenancy was intentional, however this changed when he gave evidence that the parties did not use such legal terms in their discussions. [61] Ultimately, it was open for the Chief Judge to take into account Mr Tuwhangai’s hindsight statements. They were relevant to the Chief Judge’s inquiry. They were certainly not irrelevant considerations. However, those views must be balanced against the other evidence as to whether a mistake occurred before the Court in 1992. Th...

5. Tana v Mahanga - Pukahakaha East 5B (2022) 254 Taitokerau MB 174 (254 TTK 174) [pdf, 310 KB]

   ...allegations in my view that require intervention by the Court. The bulk of the evidence filed by Mr Tana comprising in excess of 120 pages are prolix and frankly irrelevant. [72] Further, Mr Tana seems to have a view that the trustees must obtain the consent or agreement of beneficiaries before they are entitled to make a decision. This view is also incorrect and misguided. I had hoped that with the assistance of counsel, this view might be better informed. Unfortunately, that has...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 104 Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand v New Zealand Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...been met; and (b) an injunction against the defendant restraining the notified strike. [13] As previously mentioned, the plaintiff applied for an interim order to restrain the strike. The grounds of that application repeated elements of the statement of claim, and relied on ss 84 and 100 of the Act. Section 100 provides the Court’s jurisdiction to prevent unlawful strikes or lockouts that are occurring or that are threatened. [14] The union defended the plaintiff’s cl...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 77 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 422 KB]

   HOSEA COURAGE, DANIEL PILGRIM AND LEVI COURAGE v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUED ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR INSPECTORATE [2022] NZEmpC 77 [10 May 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 77 EMPC 363/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a declaration under s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 BETWEEN HOSEA COURAGE, DANIEL PILGRIM AND LEVI COURAGE Plainti

8. Taukamo v ACC [2014] NZACA 12 [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...horrific circumstances. [37] Ms Taukamo said she was housebound except for a period in 1988, when a friend, Rudy Verhoff, came and rescued her and took her shopping for food and paying bills. When questioned about Ms Cabral’s evidence in her statement that she helped transport her for food and that the children had to carry her into her car in dreadful and difficult circumstances, Ms Taukamo said that she had a car for three years and she agreed that she and the children travelled i...

9. RIA Terrorism Suppression Act part 2 [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...Cabinet agreed to the first tranche of amendments to improve the current legislation (widening the scope of the terrorist financing offence, and a new offence for international travel for terrorist purposes) in November 2019. This Regulatory Impact Statement covers the second tranche of amendments. Notably, as detailed further under section 1.1, reviewing and strengthening counter- terrorism legislation is only one part of the work the government is doing to strengthen counter-terroris...

10. Evaluation of Parenting Hearings programme pilot [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...survey of Family Court lawyers involved in PHP, and discussions with a small number of key PHP stakeholders. Statistical analysis of Case Management System (CMS) data was also undertaken. The statistical analysis report does not include definitive statements on the effects of PHP versus non-PHP because the small number and variability of PHP cases meant that a robust non-PHP comparison group could not be identified. The PHP process The PHP process has generally been implemented as desc...