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1. [2009] NZEmpC AC 2A/09 Lewis v Howick College Board of Trustees [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...to do his best with the evidence that he can call. Potential witnesses contacted by him and subject to undue pressure to give evidence or in respect of whom Mr Lewis simply predicts carelessly what he hopes they will say, deserve a measure of protection from the Court. [39] Whether the Board did or did not receive confirmation of a protected disclosure made by Mr Lewis before determining to dismiss him, based on evidence of whether a letter allegedly posted to the school by the Min...

2. [2016] NZSSAA 084 (29 August 2016) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...children. They had not reconciled. The appellant said, on the one hand she permitted him to stay because she wanted her children to have a relationship with their father. On the other hand, she said she was not happy about him staying as she was scared of him. She went so far as to suggest that she often asked her husband to leave, in fact almost as often as every week, but he always had an excuse for not leaving and she eventually gave up asking. [10] The financial arrangemen...

3. [2022] NZACC 97 – Gimenez v ACC (19 May 2022) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...requires clinical examination. Without actually examining the patient, I cannot be more specific. [20] An ACC employee had a conversation with Mr Gimenez on 18 May 2018. The note of that conversation is as follows: Snowboarding was with wrist protection. It was hard on ice and he felt travelling about 100 km/h before falling putting his hands out. He has to stop. At first he can’t move his right hand. Pain was immediate and thought he broke something. After a while, the...

4. Reducing residential burglary: what can police do? [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...example from the public, Police, manufacturers and the insurance industry. • Technological advances offer the possibility of developing ‘smart goods’, incorporating anti-theft features such as unique markers, security coding, and password or PIN protection for electronic goods that make the items usable only by owners. Property-focused interventions 14 Good practice in location-focused interventions Location-focused interventions are aimed at increasing the guardianship of vu...

5. [2016] NZEmpC 13 Adams t/a Untouchable Hair & Skin v Brown [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...it would be simplistic to simply adopt a figure based on time incurred, without having regard to the modest amounts involved. He referred to “reasonable fee factors” in cl 9.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. [19] Those factors are directly relevant to any charge that might be invoiced by a lawyer to his or her client, but that is not the issue here. Rather, I am required to consider what would constitute a fair and reasonable c...

6. Prakash v Zhou [2014] NZIACDT 117 (28 November 2014) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...identified potential difficulties with the application. Ms Zhou notified Ms Prakash and responded to Immigration New Zealand on 24 August 2011. [6.6] Immigration New Zealand declined the application on 26 August 2011 and wrote to the Practice, care of Ms Zhou. She did not inform Ms Prakash of her response to Immigration New Zealand’s queries or tell her that Immigration New Zealand declined her application. [6.7] Ms Prakash ascertained that Immigration New Zealand had declined her a...

7. Lewis v New Zealand Law Society [2018] NZLCDT 33 [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...verifying arrangements by email) and the letter from Mr Coumbe that he is willing to assist you when he can, but it did not consider this was enough to allay the Committee’s concerns as outlined in my letter of 26 January 2016, or to ensure public protection. The Committee was not currently satisfied that you met the required standard of a fit and proper person for the following reasons – 4 • You had demonstrated a lack of competence to such a degree that it had twice re...

8. LCRO 70/2020 FL v TP (8 October 2020) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...her review application, however, as the time frame engaged by her application traverses in part a time of most uncommon circumstances, being the time during which New Zealand was subject to lockdown as a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis, a more careful assessment as to whether Ms FL’s application is able to proceed is required. Legislative response to COVID-19 [12] The need for a more attentive consideration is rendered more critical, as a consequence of Parliament passing of an...

9. Justice Matters - issue 16 - October 2019 [pdf, 4.6 MB]

   ...them from reporting what’s happened, or leaving them feeling like it wasn’t worth going through a trial. That’s why we’re going to change the law to: • tighten the rules around evidence about a complainant’s sexual history, to better protect against unnecessary and distressing questioning • make specialist assistance available for witnesses who need it to understand and answer questions • give victims the right to choose how they give their evidence and undertake cros...

10. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Leach [2024] NZLCDT 19 (3 July 2024) [pdf, 271 KB]

    ...this is a fundamental failing”. We also accept the submission that these sorts of trust accounting breaches have always been regarded as very serious by the Tribunal. [15] Client funds held in a trust account are separately identified and protected and may only be disbursed in particular circumstances. [16] In contrast, these funds were intermingled with other funds in Ms Leach’s account and were at least theoretically at risk, in contrast to the safety attached had they...