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1. Ministry of Justice annual report 2018-19 [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...progressing work that will support New Zealanders seeking help to resolve challenging matters, through: In addition, the Ministry takes the lead on constitutional policy matters, including Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Human Rights Act 1993, Parliamentary and court matters. We provide advice to other agencies on offences and penalties, access to justice, the rule of law and constitutional matters. In 2018/19, we: • working with the Human Rights Commission t...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 103 McPherson v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...Completion to take your accrued and entitled annual leave, long service leave and statutory holidays in lieu (alternate days) in cash). … To accept the offer Please sign and return the acknowledgement enclosed with this letter, and return this to Human Resources or your Union delegate as soon as possible and no later than 5pm on 9 June 2014. Implications of not accepting the offer of employment on or before 9 June 2014 If you do not accept this offer on or before 9 June 2014...

3. Evidence Brief: Prisoner Education and Employment [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...In a review of the evidence, the Urban Institute suggest that “education improves decision making skills and promotes pro-social thinking, thereby improving in prison behaviour and facilitating adjustment to prison. Education increases human capital, improving general cognitive functioning while providing specific skills”.xxii PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE BRIEF – JULY 2016. PAGE 6 of 13 WHEN IS PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MOST EFFECTIVE?...

4. Te Manutukutuku Issue 35 [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...the second new mem­ ber of the Tribunal. He has tribal affil­ iations to Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou and has been the Race Relations Con­ ciliator since 1992. Before that he held other senior management posi­ tions in the public service, including Human Resources Manager for the Department of Justice, and was the Chief Executive of Manatu Maori/ Ministry of Maori Affairs from its inception in 1989 to its disestablish­ ment in 1991. Before that time he worked widely in the field of educ...

5. LCRO 240/2017 O & B HN v JJ Lawyers (22 June 2018) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...by outlining the factual background to the claim as asserted by the HNs. Background [5] At the time in question, an entity called “LV Employment Law Specialists” (LV) had a website advertising itself as “LV Employment Law Specialists and Human Resource practice”. The self-description included the statement that “As professional Employment Law Specialists (not lawyers) we represent a wide range of client issues”. [6] Mr FT’s name was at the foot of the page followed...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 061 Tonea Investments NZ Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 6.1 MB]

   ...Brabant's submission in closing to that effect. and also his concession that there will in an industry like film making, be accessory activities which might fit within Item A 17 in Activity Table H 17.4.1 about accessory offices, such as accounts, human relations , reception staff, in-house professionals and the like. The descriptions of personnel and activities within each of the five phases go significantly beyond such pure accessory activities, and form part of the manufacturi...

7. [2014] NZEmpC 97 S v L Ltd [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...plaintiff’s side, S himself and a partner in the firm of lawyers representing him in the criminal proceedings and, probably also, representing him in his employment relations dealings with L Limited. For L Limited, present were a General Manager, a Human Resources Manager, and counsel for the defendant in the present proceedings, Mr Harrison. [34] Mr Harrison’s subsequent letter to S’s solicitors dated 20 May 2013 (which appears to have a typographical error when it refers...

8. BORA Customs And Excise Amendment Bill [pdf, 419 KB]

   ...the provisions in the Bill do not appear to be inconsistent with the rights and freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights Act. Ivan Kwok Acting Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel Stuart Beresford Principal Advisor Bill of Rights/Human Rights Team Footnotes 1 R v Keegstra [1990] 3 SCR 697, 729, 826 2 RJR MacDonald v Attorney-General of Canada (1995) 127 DLR (4th) 3 A Butler and P Bulter, The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act: A Commentary (2005) at para. 13.7.38. 4 I...

9. Holmqvist v Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 403) & Coma [2017] NZREADT 15 [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...Incorrect quote for marketing [19] The appellants referred the Tribunal to the second respondent’s response to their complaint, in which he said: I acknowledge there was a mistake on one of the multiple amount of my marketing plan. It was human error and, as soon as the clients showed that they were not agreeable to pay, I did take responsibility for the mistake and the shortfall. … the complainants do not take into account that I provided, at no costs for them: one free ¼...

10. [2022] NZACC 129 – McInnes v ACC (4 July 2022) [pdf, 305 KB]

    ...erythrocytes in the capillary blood would have impaired flow, leading to a lack of tissue oxygenation particularly when ACR 132/20 exercising. This would account for the high pulse rate and slow recovery after exercise demonstrated at the human performance centre. [82] It was unsurprisingly therefore that the appellant suggested that his hypertension/cardiac problem were related to his 1984-1985 claim. [83] The appellant presents as a person who has done his utmost to get bey...