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1. OIA-114187.pdf [pdf, 6.2 MB]

   ...information for release. In response to your request, please see the document table below which details the information being released to you. Some information has been withheld under the following provisions of the Act: • section 9(2)(a) to protect privacy of natural persons, • section 6(a) to prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand, • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that prot...

2. ENVC paper Guizhou Province Judges 2015 [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...of legislation, with a strong, holistic environmental emphasis. Most environmental regulation in New Zealand comes from this Act. Sustainable management [6] Essentially the approach of the RMA is to provide for a balance between environmental protection, and development and human use of land, air, water and soil. [7] The “environment” includes things natural, physical, and people, and includes: (a) Eco-systems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 56 Hamon v Coromandel Independent Living Trust [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...the Act and without these rights persons may be reluctant to become mediators. He concluded: 7 The law should not allow such unintended draconian consequences of a strict interpretation. The objective of confidentiality under s 148(2) is to protect parties and the integrity of the mediation process and not to protect or advantage mediators personally. [57] A purposive interpretation of s 148(2) will produce a different result than a purely literal interpretation of what might...

4. LCRO 22/2019 HT v MK (29 May 2020) [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...which allows a Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) to conduct the review on the basis of all information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. [59] I record that having carefully read the complaint, the response to the complaint, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review, there are no additional issues or questions in my mind that nece...

5. Director of Proceedings v Platz [2021] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 500 KB]

   ...defendant has breached the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 (“the Code”) in respect of Right 4(1) by failing to provide services to the aggrieved person with reasonable care and skill; and 2(b) A final order prohibiting publication of the name and identifying details of the aggrieved person in this matter (Mr A (deceased)). [4] Having considered the Agreed Summary of Facts the Tribunal is satisfied on th...

6. LCRO 140/2020 AB v RP (27 November 2020) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...submissions, the Committee decided to set the following matters down for a hearing on the papers:4 Fees: a) Did Mr AB fail to comply with r 3.4 (provision of information about fees) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 [the Rules]? b) Did Mr RP request, and was he provided with, an estimate of fees? If so, did GHJ inform him promptly when it became apparent that the estimate was likely to be exceeded? (r 9.4) c) Did Mr AB provide any i...

7. Fish & Game - EiC - J W Hayes - Ecological Flow (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...29 “Safeguard”, “protect” and “maintain”, without qualification, by definition, assume a binary or threshold relationship between an ecological response and the physical environment. For example, safeguarding literally means “protecting” or “keeping safe from harm”; it implies an element of “precaution”. And from an ecological perspective it could be argued that “life-supporting capacity” refers to the capacity of a water body to support life in all i...

8. Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Limited & Ors [2025] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...effective immediately. [2] Ms Doria claims this was discrimination on the basis of her sex (pregnancy) and in the alternative, disability.2 The defendants maintain they were entitled to put her on early leave under the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 (PLEPA) and, for that reason, no discrimination occurred. BACKGROUND [3] Ms Doria qualified as a beauty therapist in 2014 and was offered a job by Ms Blakeney-Williams at Diamond Laser in January 2016. Ms Doria...

9. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 plus appendices [pdf, 720 KB]

   ...necessary to preserve such confidentiality, the inquiry must be held, in whole or in part, in private. In addition, the RCOI was required to restrict access to inquiry information where it considered it necessary to do so for reasons including protecting New Zealand’s security or defence interests, protecting the identity of witnesses or other persons, avoiding prejudice to the maintenance of the law, and ensuring protection of fair trial rights. The RCOI was expressly prohibited...

10. Rec-Recap-2024-Q1-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

    ...O’Malley [2024] NZCorC 6 (17 January 2024) ....................................................................... 25 Ormond [2024] NZCorC 31 (16 February 2024) ..................................................................... 29 Medical Care ............................................................................................................................ 30 Farrelly [2024] NZCorC 36 (26 February 2024) ........................................................................