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1. CEIT Chair's practice notes [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal Act 2019 (“the Act”). These Practice Notes have been prepared by the Chair in accordance with clause 2 of the First Schedule to the Act. 3 Commencing Claims Applications An application must be in the approved form and filed directly with the Tribunal, at the Christchurch District Court (Law Courts), by email or by completion of an online form. The application must contain sufficient information to fully inform the other parties and the Tribunal of...

2. Sparks [2018] NZIACDT 24 (18 June 2018) [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...Other redress At the complainants' request, the Adviser has also agreed to write to Immigration NZ in relation to the files it holds for each of the complainants, acknowledging that he erroneously checked the box on their work visa application forms saying that immigration advice had not been provided by the Adviser when it had been provided. The Adviser will further acknowledge, in the same letters, that he did not directly/personally speak with any of the complainants before he...

3. 2023-06-16-Memorandum-of-Counsel-for-the-Applicant-Pre-Hearing-Conference-v2.pdf [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...Proposed process steps, including timetable, mediation, evidence deadlines, expert conferencing, the hearing (and providing for tikanga and kawa at the hearing); and (c) Any other issues. Section 274 parties 5. The 39 submitters that filed Form 33 notices with the Court are noted in Appendix A to this memorandum, along with their positions on the Project and a high-level summary of their issues. 6. There are 39 section 274 parties, all of whom were submitters on the notices...

4. [2012] NZEmpC 52 Maritime Union of NZ Inc v Ports of Auckland [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...proposal to make the plaintiff’s members redundant. (ii) The defendant will not dismiss the plaintiff’s members. (iii) The defendant will not employ or engage Drake New Zealand Ltd or Allied Workforce Ltd or any other person to perform the work of striking or locked-out employees in breach of s 97 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. (iv) The defendant will instruct Drake New Zealand Ltd and Allied Workforce Ltd and any other contractor employed or engaged by the...

5. BORA Taxation (Annual Rates for 2017–18, Employment and Investment Income, and Remedial Matters) Bill [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...amendments to the pay as you earn (‘PAYE’) rules, and amendments to penalty and interest rules. 6. The Bill also contains proposals aimed at improving current tax settings within a broad- base, low rate framework where the tax treatment of alternative forms of income and expenditure is intended to be as even as possible. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 14 – Freedom of Expression 7. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the ri...

6. EG & EGE v UT & UTU [2016] NZDT 949 (21 April 2016) [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...is dismissed against both respondents. Facts [1] EG and EGE (the applicants) purchased a property from UT and UTU (the respondents) in late 2014 and moved into the property in January 2015. A short time later, the applicants’ neighbour informed them that a large amount of greywater was discharging onto his property. [2] The applicants called in drainage engineers and it was discovered after investigation that water discharging from a shower, basins, laundry tub and washing mac...

7. Family and Sexual Violence work programme April [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...and ways of working in anticipation of new law. Simplifying and aligning Protection Order and Care of Children applications In support of the changes in the Bill, the Ministry is working to simplify and align protection order application forms and Care of Children Act (COCA) forms. The need to simplify the forms was identified in public consultations on the family violence reforms. The complexity of the current forms means it can be difficult for people to complete them an...

8. LCRO 34/2020 KL v OP (4 August 2020) [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...OP, as trustees. Mr KL and Ms JS are also named among the discretionary beneficiaries, a group that also includes the child of their relationship, NE. 2 [3] Mr KL says he had independent advice from his own lawyer at the time the trust was formed, and that lawyer has received confirmation from Mr OP that the deed was properly executed at the time.1 [4] Mr KL says he and Ms JS formally separated in 2016 and have been unable to finally resolve their differences over parenting a...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Sharma [2015] NZLCDT 12 [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...Sharma differ as to whether the misconduct was intentional or inadvertent. A hearing as to these disputed facts was required, this reserved decision arises from that hearing. Reasons for the decision to strike the practitioner from the Roll also form part of this decision. [2] The hearing scheduled for December was adjourned because the practitioner had been hospitalised. The Tribunal took the opportunity of requesting further evidence be filed about the circumstances of the West...

10. KC v DG [2023] NZDT 108 (22 March 2023) [pdf, 241 KB]

    ...has agreed to do under the contract. A contract may be in writing, or it may be made orally between the parties. 11. DG noted that he had not signed the terms and conditions sent to him by KC. However, he accepted that there are various different forms of contract, and that he and KC had a verbal agreement. 12. I agree and note that there was clearly a contract between the parties. On one side KC agreed to carry out legal work for DG. In return, DG agreed to pay for that work. 1...