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1. [2007] NZEmpC CC 26/07 Southern Local Government Officers Union Inc v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...in the relevant collective agreement (the CA) and set at the rate of $104.61 per day while on standby. [6] These arrangements were reflected in the CA, which provided that in addition to their salary the DCOs would receive a daily payment of $101.07 gross per person for each day while on standby. The CA then stated that the following payments and allowances would not be applicable to DCOs: … penal payments, cash handling allowance, residential telephone allowance, standby...

2. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...life-time wellbeing and chances of success. One in seven children report being exposed to family violence, and family violence accounts for nearly half of all referrals received by Oranga Tamariki. Violence affects children and young people’s: 10.1 ability to learn: they have poorer educational outcomes; 1 The term ‘family violence’ encompasses all types of violence between family members. Sexual violence is often one of t...

3. INZ (Calder) v Ahmed [2019] NZIACDT 18 (2 April 2019) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...carry out the informed lawful instructions of the client, … 5 Section 50. 6 Section 51(1). 7 Section 53(1). 8 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [101]–[102] & [112]. 9 Legislative requirements 3. A licensed immigration adviser must: … c. whether in New Zealand or offshore, act in accordance with New Zealand immigration legislation, including the Immigration Act 2009,...

4. [2017] NZEmpC 30 Lumsden v Skycity Management Ltd [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...2015 Chilton v Rutherford Street Kindergarten Inc [2015] NZERA Christchurch 141 $3,000 Breach by employer –certificate of service provided late and was defective. 20 October 2015 Bidvest New Zealand Ltd v Vivian [2015] NZERA Wellington 101 $3,000 Breach by employee – breach of confidentiality through Facebook post. 22 October 2015 Taylor v First Aid Specialists Ltd [2015] NZERA Wellington 103 $500 Breach by employer – non-payment of settlement sum. 20 May 2016 Lav...

5. Family violence reform paper 3: Prosecuting family violence [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...‘family violence offence’ will be ‘flagged’ by Police when charges are filed. The flag will signal the use of a differentiated approach throughout the court process. Subject to proposals in paragraphs 40 to 57 in this paper being agreed: 10.1. decisions on bail will be influenced by the presence of a family violence flag, highlighting the need to ensure victim safety 10.2. family violence specific aggravating factors will apply when judges decide the sentence, and 10.3. fa...

6. LCRO 152/2017 CS v GB (22 May 2018) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...discourteous, and unprofessional.28 (b) Discussion [100] Ms TC claims that Mr GB spoke to her and Mr CS during the meeting on 23 March 2017 in “a very abrupt, heated way”. She says Mr GB did not treat Mr CS “fairly or respectfully”. [101] For his part, Mr GB says he was “angered” by Ms TC’s “accusation that [he] was colluding with Ms PH” which he regarded as “impugn[ing] his integrity”. He says he then “terminated the meeting” and “could no longer...

7. LCRO 122/2018 ZQ v VX (30 October 2018) [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...the client to provide the instructions, and the lawyer to follow them. If Mr VX was doing more than providing firm advice and, as Mr ZQ suggests, “strong- arming” him into doing something he didn’t want to do, that would be unacceptable. [101] But I am not persuaded that Mr VX’s advice to Mr ZQ, considered in the context of what has been described, overstepped the boundary of firm advice to that of forceful directive that had compromised Mr ZQ’s ability to make his own decis...

8. FV Reform Paper 3 Prosecuting [pdf, 521 KB]

   ...‘family violence offence’ will be ‘flagged’ by Police when charges are filed. The flag will signal the use of a differentiated approach throughout the court process. Subject to proposals in paragraphs 40 to 57 in this paper being agreed: 10.1. decisions on bail will be influenced by the presence of a family violence flag, highlighting the need to ensure victim safety 10.2. family violence specific aggravating factors will apply when judges decide the sentence, and 10.3. fa...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 184 Straayer v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...45, [2008] 3 NZLR 725, at [33]. 4 Watts & Hughes Construction Ltd v Buyzer (No 2) [2019] NZEmpC 18 at [28] citing Attorney- General v Prince & Gardner [1998] 1 NZLR 262 (CA) at 267. 5 Interpretation Act 1999, s 5; Legislation Act 2019, s 10(1). [27] In determining purpose the Court may have regard to the immediate and general legislative context as well as a social, commercial, or other objective, of the enactment.6 [28] I begin with a focus on provisions in pt 1...

10. LCRO 109/2023 W and F JM v EB and MK [pdf, 221 KB]

    ...response from the respondents appeared to have been prompted by the NZLS advice that no response was required from them. Consequently, and although I have come to a different view about that, I intend no implied criticism of the respondents. [101] The second reason was the manifest uncertainty, by reason of the respondents’ silence in response to the complaint and the form of the caveat itself, about the basis on which they honestly believed that there was reasonable cause for the c...