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1. Appearing in court - what you need to know

   ...will be required to stand whenever the judge enters or leaves the courtroom. A judge of the High Court must be addressed as Your Honour, Sir (male) or Ma’am (female).  If you want to refer to another judge: a judge of the High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court is referred to as Justice [Surname] a judge of the District Court is referred to as Judge [Surname] Anyone addressing a judge, or being spoken to by a judge, should stand up. Don’t interrupt when the judge is speaking. It...

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2. Fee system for alcohol licensing

   ...exclusive of GST. Table 4: Fees payable for other applications Application type Total amount payable Amount of total fee transferred/paid to ARLA Manager's certificate application $275 $25 Temporary authority $258 n/a Temporary licence $258 n/a Appeal to ARLA $450 n/a (paid directly to ARLA) Extract of register (ARLA or DLC) $50 $50 of an extract is sought from the ARLA register Permanent Club Charter (annual fee due on 30 June of each year and paid to ARLA) $550 n/a Back to top...

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3. What to expect in the courtroom

   ...also allows evidence to be given by video conference if the judge or registrar agrees and parties consent. Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010 Under section 103 of the Evidence Act 2006, applications can be made to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and any District Court, Family Court or Youth Court for witnesses to give evidence in an alternative way. Alternative ways are outlined in section 105. Video conferencing would be suitable if a witness gives evidence: from an...

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4. LCRO 239/2016 RY v P AN and T AN (25 September 2018) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...scope of review [31] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:5 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 141 Waimakariri District Council [pdf, 501 KB]

   ...in the terms sought. The general inherent jurisdiction of the courts to do so in a civil context is discussed in the Supreme Court decision in Erceg.2 Section 279, 2 Erceg v Erceg [2016] NZSC 135 at [7] citing various cases from the Court of Appeal 5 RMA allows me to make orders in the course of proceedings. I am satisfied this is sufficiently broadly framed to enable the orders sought in this case. I note this was the view of former Principal Environment Judge Newhook in...

6. [2007] NZEmpC WC 20A/07 Gaskin v Grenside [pdf, 32 KB]

   ...and binding on and enforceable by them. The terms may not be cancelled under s7 of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979 and, except for enforcement purposes, no party may seek to bring the terms before the Authority or the Court whether by action, appeal, application for review, or otherwise (s149(3)). The parties must affirm their request to the mediator knowing of these matters. [21] A person who breaches an agreed term of settlement to which subsection (3) applies is liable...

7. [2009] NZEmpC AC 54/08 A v The Internet Company of NZ [pdf, 31 KB]

   ...another person, there is not a requirement that the potential litigant will bring such a claim. They observed that this was addressed in British Steel Corpn v Granada Television Ltd [1981] 1 All ER 417, where Lord Templeman in the Court of Appeal stated at p443: In my judgment the principle of the Norwich Pharmacal case applies whether or not the victim intends to pursue action in the courts against the wrongdoer provided that the existence of a cause of action is establ...

8. CAC 405 v Phillips [2016] NZREADT 39 [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...Ms Phillips did not do this – she simply gave up trying to find Ms Harvey and allowed the unauthorised grazing to continue. Is this serious enough to amount to misconduct? [14] The Tribunal have considered the statement set out by the Court of Appeal in New South Wales in Pillai v Messiter (No. 2) [1989] 16 NSWLR 197 where the Court said: “Departures from elementary and generally accepted standards of which … a practitioner could scarcely be heard to say that he or she was ign...

9. WT Te Manutukutuku Issue 70 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...New Zealand Māori Council in a series of high­profile court cases contesting government policies of the late 1980s. Among other things, this litigation helped establish the current legal status of the Treaty of Waitangi, through the Court of Appeal’s articulation of Treaty principles in its Lands judgment. Later, Sir Graham reflected that up until 1987 ‘the Māori dimension in New Zealand law was understated… After the Appeal Court decision it attained a position of equality...

10. BORA Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill [pdf, 124 KB]

    ...1 R v Oakes (1986) 26 DLR (4th) 200 (Canadian Supreme Court); S v Bhulwana; S v Gwadiso (1995) 2 SACR 748 (South African Constitutional Court) and R v Sin Yau-Ming [1992] LRC (Const) 547 (Hong Kong Court of Appeal) 2 R v Hansen [2007] NZSC 7 3 Important and Significant Objective 14. As noted above, the purpose of the amendment is to restrict the availability of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to make it more difficult for potential m