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1. Protection Order Applications flow chart December 2023 [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...for a without notice application. Breach of Police Safety Order - a Police Safety Order (PSO) can be issued by Police to protect people at risk from violence, harassment or intimidation. If the person bound by the PSO does anything that is not permitted, Police can take them to the District Court and request a temporary Protection Order be issued. This occurs as long as there is no objection from the person being protected. This temporary Protection Order follows the process for a wi...

2. LCRO 143/2017 AC v BT (19 February 2019) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...and not with the client.13 (iii) Below the prohibited threshold — informed consent — r 6.1.1 [65] In circumstances where a lawyer determines that the prohibition in r 6.1 does not apply, then r 6.1.1 must be complied with before the lawyer is permitted to act for the clients concerned. The important pre-requisite to the permission in r 6.1.1 that a lawyer may act for more than one party in respect of the same transaction or matter is that “the prior informed consent of all pa...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 11 Christiansen v Sevans Group (NZ) Ltd & Others [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...last year. The applicant did not seek to pursue her application against him in these circumstances. [4] Mr Mercer is the sole director of the first respondent company. He is also the second respondent. He appeared at Court this morning and was permitted to give evidence, and advance submissions opposing the application. I was also assisted by the affidavit evidence filed by the applicant, and her submissions. [5] There is no dispute that the first respondent has taken no steps t...

4. 12 June 2020 Weston Lea Limited v Hamilton City Council & Director-General of Conservation v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...people coming to court. Entry continues to be limited to one person at a time at the doorway, maintaining physical distancing. Members of public (including whānau or other support person) whose presence is not required at court will not be permitted to enter unless granted permission from the presiding judge. Such permission should be sought in the first instance by e-mail to the registrar in advance (if granted this must be supplied to the Court Security Officer at the...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 198 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...consensus. Proposed change to the ONF earthworks volume threshold (rule 25.5.2) for Clutha River/Mata Au The Woodfields’ submissions record that their primary concern is the regulatory change to their land, specifically the reduction in the permitted volume of earthworks applicable to ONFs.56 They calculate that the proposed reclassification represents a 99% reduction from the previously permitted maximum earthworks volumes.57 The Woodfields seek amendment to r 25.5.2, inso...

6. 2021-03-08 Richard Allibone - Summary of Evidence [pdf, 122 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change - Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA BET...

7. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v A [2014] NZLCDT 70 [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...those valuations was 23 October 2006, over a year before the date of the investment. The practitioner adjusted the valuations downwards to take into account the decline in the property market. That was not permissible because the rules do not permit a discretion to obtain an updated valuation of a valuation that is over a year old at the time of the investment. [10] The admitted negligence of the practitioner in respect of the breaches of Rules 6.1, 7.1 and 12 of the SNCR included...

8. DEF v Accident Compensation Corporation & KLM (Jurisdiction Objection) [2014] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...[18] to [42] and no point is served by repeating what is said there. It is sufficient to note that the scheme of the Act is that in the first instance complaints must be dealt with by the Privacy Commissioner. Proceedings before the Tribunal are permitted by ss 82 and 83 only where an investigation has been conducted by the Commissioner under Part 8 or where conciliation (under s 74) has not resulted in settlement. Before either ss 82 and 83 are engaged the following statutorily prescr...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 171 Public and Population Health Unit of the Northland District Health Board v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 546 KB]

   ...Council’s Proposed Changes to Provisions The Council’s proposed changes following the Court’s decision of 15 October 2021 are shown highlighted yellow in underline and strikethrough. Rule C.6.5.1 Application of agrichemicals – permitted activity The discharge of an agrichemical into air or onto or into land is a permitted activity, provided: 1) for all methods (including hand-held spraying, ground-based spraying and aerial application): aa) the applicator must: i...

10. [2018] NZSSAA 15 (15 March 2018) [pdf, 142 KB]

    ...time. In relation to SSA 148/16, the entitlement to Disability Allowance for a dependent child, the Ministry states that the protection order issued against the appellant on 22 April 2016 varied the earlier parenting order. As the appellant was permitted only supervised contact with her children, she could not have day-to-day care or primary responsibility for the child in question. [16] In relation to SSA 141/17, Ms Shaw stated that this appeal is relevant to JSSH which is only...