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1. [2020] NZEmpC 109 McCook v Chief Executive of the Inland Revenue Department [pdf, 333 KB]

   ...44(3) specifies the three grounds of objections to disclosure. If the TAA submission is correct, the applicable ground is that of reg 44(3)(c), that disclosure would be injurious to the public interest. It is well established that this immunity protects from disclosure information the secrecy of which is essential to the proper working of the government: Science Research Council v Nassé.3 [29] In BNZ Investments Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue, the Supreme Court held that t...

2. Fehling v Ministry of Health [2017] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...information privacy principle. [24] The HIPC was the first code of practice of this kind. Its twelve health information privacy rules replace the general information privacy principles with respect to “health information”. Their purpose is to protect the privacy of health information about identifiable individuals as far as possible without frustrating other legitimate aims. They cover the following subjects:  Rule 1 - Purpose of collection of health information.  Rule 2...

3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report (continued) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...an asylum claim alone. People were detained only when there were concerns about the safety and security of New Zealand or if they posed a risk to the integrity of the immigration system. The Immigration Act specifically provided that refugees and protected persons who could not be deported could not be detained. New Zealand was not reluctant to grant visas to persons with disabilities: its screening policy was in place to protect public health, largely from communicable diseases. Decis...

4. National Standards Committee v Orlov [2013] NZLCDT 45 [pdf, 390 KB]

   ...comply. Mr Orlov had appeared before Judge Smith in the Family Court at Tauranga on 28 July 2005 resulting in a judgment dated 29 July 2005 in which the Judge directed Child Youth & Family to uplift the child from Ms R and return him to Mr C’s care, on directions that Mr C lived with such persons as directed, as a protective measure for the child, but maintaining that Ms R could have shared custody. Justice Harrison on 29 August 2005 granted orders by way of Habeas Corpus to...

5. Advantage Realty Limited v CAC303 & Ors / Gambino & Anor v CAC303 & Anor [2015] NZREADT 83 [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...or civil union partner: (e) the licensee's de facto partner: (f) a child, grandchild, brother, sister, nephew, or niece of the licensee or of any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e): (g) any other child who is being, or is to be, cared for on a continuous basis by the licensee or any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e): (h) a grandparent, parent, uncle, or aunt of the licensee or of any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e): (i) an entity that has an inte...

6. LCRO 36/2018 AA v SM (19 December 2018) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...acting for, or attempting to act for Ms LO on estate matters as well as performing his duties as executor and trustee of the estate, Mr SM was not independent, and had contravened r 5 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the rules) which constituted unsatisfactory under s 12(c) of the Act. 4 Preparation of will [17] The Committee noted that on 15 December 2009, when Mrs RS signed her will, Mr SM “was absent from his office for me...

7. LCRO 177/2021 FA v LL (14 March 2022) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...and secondly, she challenges the adequacy of the penalties imposed and the orders made by the Committee against Ms LL. 1 More formally, the issue is whether Ms LL breached r 8.7.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) by acting against Ms FA in circumstances where there was a risk of breaching the duty of confidentiality owed to her as a former client. I set out the rule more fully, later in this decision. 2 [3] Ms LL ha...

8. NZ Core document [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...economic, social and cultural characteristics .......................... 1–139 5 B. Constitutional, political and legal structure .................................................... 140–171 41 II. General framework for the promotion and protection of human rights .................. 172–240 46 A. New Zealand’s acceptance of international human rights norms ................... 172 46 B. General legal framework for protecting human rights at the national level ... 173�...

9. Supplementary Regulatory Impact Statement: A New Trusts Act - Commercial and Financial Trusts [pdf, 957 KB]

   ...commercial and financial trusts (discussed further below). 6. The RIS finds that for the family trust situations these recommendations are intended to apply to, the status quo best meets the needs of commercial and financial trusts. Additional protections, such as some of those the Law Commission recommends, that would apply only because the contracts also create trust arrangements, are not necessary. 7. Applying the seven classes of the Law Commission’s recommendations to commercial...

10. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert Dennis Scott [pdf, 364 KB]

    ...that landscape and its integrity. This includes an assessment of the significant (positive) existing and emerging landscape character of the Matiatia gateway and the associated Matiatia Bay seascape and the long-term land-use management and protection provisions. 24. In this regard I describe the long-term public and private community partnership that was ‘envisioned’ over 25+ years ago. This ‘vision’ remains as the fundamental framework (with refinements) of the Auc...