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1. Transcript of speeches KG Smith [doc, 91 KB]

   ...Australia – means that submissions more closely resemble Tolstoy’s War and Peace in teams of their volume. An Associate Judge – not the one on the Bench – told me late last year that an application for summary judgment usually requires him to wade through no fewer than 500 pages of documents – so good luck! In the end the remedy for this over-the-top approach to litigation has to lie with the Judges. Something really needs to be done if litigation is to remain the primary means of...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 79 Brook v Macown Gainsford Crozier and Kennedy [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...Inc (NZFATD), also resigned from the Council in July 2011. Matters came to a head between NZDDC and Mr Brook around August 2011 over a disagreement relating to the disbursement of funds. Mr Brook took the step of transferring NZDRA funds to a separate savings account without the knowledge or authorisation of NZDDC. In doing so he paid $19,249 to an account set up under the name “NZDRA Savings Account” (on 19 August 2011) and $4,750 to “RM Brook” (8 September 2011)...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 139 Dean v The Chief Executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...table at cl 1.3 of Appendix 1 is what would have been paid had the day been worked. He said that the starting point was to consider the natural and ordinary meaning of the words used. [33] Counsel submitted that retiring leave is one of five separate types of leave referred to in the Appendix – the other four being parental leave, long service leave, sick leave and resigning leave. [34] Mr Cranney said it was noteworthy that the entitlement was expressed as an entitlement t...

4. Director of Proceedings v Brooks [2019] NZHRRT 37 [pdf, 828 KB]

   ...safe care; that the guidelines in place at the time were suboptimal and/or not routinely complied with; and that a culture existed on the ward that compromised the standard of care provided to the aggrieved person. 7. The plaintiff has lodged separate proceedings against Mrs N in HRRT 092/16. ANTENATAL CARE 8. Throughout her pregnancy the aggrieved person's antenatal care was shared between her Lead Maternity Carer ("LMC"), Dr Brooks, and her General Practitione...

5. Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...where: 5.1 the young person is aged 14–17 years old at the time of offending;1 5.2 the young person has two or more eligible offences (punishable by at least 10 years imprisonment or more) proven in court, where the offences are clearly two separate, unrelated incidents; and 5.3 the Youth Court is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the young person is likely to re-offend and previous interventions have been unsuccessful. 6. The purpose of the YSO declaration is to enable a fa...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 136 The Board of Trustees of Southland Boys High School v Jackson [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...find alternative employment within three months of their dismissal, they were unable to do so. They each gave evidence, which the Authority accepted and which was repeated in the Court, of their struggle to recover from the process they had gone through, the significant impact on their sense of self-worth and confidence, and the shortage of other employment opportunities of a similar nature to the roles they had held prior to their departure from the school. [12] The defendants...

7. Director of Proceedings v N [2019] NZHRRT 38 [pdf, 953 KB]

   ...care; that the 3 guidelines in place at the time were suboptimal and/or not routinely complied with; and that a culture existed on the ward that compromised the standard of care provided to the aggrieved person. 7. The plaintiff has lodged separate proceedings against the aggrieved person's LMC obstetrician. ANTENATAL CARE 8. Throughout her pregnancy the aggrieved person's antenatal care was shared between her LMC obstetrician and her General Practitioner ("...

8. Solomon v Johnson - Te Mata E3 Block (2017) 139 Waikato Maniapoto MB 240 (139 WMN 240) [pdf, 508 KB]

   ...June 2010, seeking a meeting between the parties. Craig stated in the email that “…Uncle Hector Tukued (sic) us a portion of land here on the block [Te Mata E3]…” 10 The meeting was for the purpose of Mr Majurey assisting them to work through the task of “creating an Ahu whenua trust or similar for the block with a management plan, occupation order and partition orders”. Paul Majurey confirmed to the applicants’ lawyer in an email dated 15 March 2016 that a meetin...

9. LCRO 21-2017 AJ v AK [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...these orders. 1 PC v YP [2012] NZFC 3538. 2 At [90]–[100]. I infer that the word missing from [100] in the judgment is “use”. Mr AK had resided in one of the couple’s properties with his parents, post-separation and his former partner sought an adjustment in her favour for occupation rent. 3 At [109]. 3 [11] The parties agreed that Mr AJ would act in the conveyancing necessary to give effect to the orders for sale. He...

10. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 765 KB]

    ...Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues). • Administering funding for justice services and programmes and administering funding for community law centres, which provide free legal services and law-related education. Some services funded through Vote Justice are delivered by Crown entities and other service providers. The Ministry works with these Crown entities and organisations to: • identify and manage risks and keep the Minister of Justice informed of these risks •...