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1. Taukamo v ACC [2014] NZACA 12 [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...Taukamo’s arrears of compensation under the 1982 Act back to ACC to address, particularly under s 80(3). By letter dated 12 April 1999, Ms Taukamo made a formal application for backdated attendant care under s 80(3). [3] ACC conducted an investigation through two senior claims managers, but did not obtain a medical assessment. ACC decided that Ms Taukamo did not qualify for the equivalent of constant (24 hour care) but accepted that her level of personal support/attendant care and c...

2. [2022] NZEmpC 192 E Tū Inc v Rasier Operations BV [pdf, 483 KB]

   ...2011). 5 Tripartite Working Group on Better Protections for Contractors Report to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety (December 2021). Determining employment status – a purposive approach applies [4] Employment status is the gate through which a worker must pass before they can access a suite of legislative minimum employment entitlements, such as the minimum wage,6 minimum hours of work,7 rest and meal breaks,8 holidays,9 parental leave,10 domestic violence leave,11...

3. Young-Adult-List-Operating-Guidelines2.pdf [pdf, 5.8 MB]

   ...functioning, neurodiversity (such as dyslexia, traumatic brain injury or foetal alcohol spectrum disorder) and social needs. The Young Adult List helps young adults by providing them pathways to address their offending and make positive changes through an Intervention Plan. If a young adult completes the actions on their plan, the judge will consider this at sentencing. Page 4 Page 5 Objectives of the Young Adult List The primary objective of the Young A...

4. Young-Adult-List-Operating-Guidelines.pdf [pdf, 5.8 MB]

   ...functioning, neurodiversity (such as dyslexia, traumatic brain injury or foetal alcohol spectrum disorder) and social needs. The Young Adult List helps young adults by providing them pathways to address their offending and make positive changes through an Intervention Plan. If a young adult completes the actions on their plan, the judge will consider this at sentencing. Page 4 Page 5 Objectives of the Young Adult List The primary objective of the Young A...

5. 2018 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...procuring and managing contracts with community-based and non- governmental providers. These services include family violence programmes, restorative justice services, victims’ services and the Victims Centre, Family Dispute Resolution mediation, and Parenting Through Separation programmes. In this way, we help to: • keep people safe and minimise the impact of harm • reduce offending and reoffending • uphold people’s rights • make it easier for people to access, understand a...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 208 Aratiatia Livestock Limited v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...Therefore, the provisions of this plan do not introduce limits or targets for the six Freshwater Management Units recognised by the plan. The Regional Council intends to promulgate a plan change to introduce limits and targets and anticipates this separate process will be completed by December 2025.4 1 McCallum-Clark, EiC at [16]. 2 In addition to the ten appellants and the respondent, Southland Regional Council, nine parties joined the appeals pursuant to s 274 of the Act. The parti...

7. Family violence reform paper 3: Prosecuting family violence [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...decision-makers, allowing them to place more restrictions on the perpetrator and alerting them to the safety needs of victims. The flag will remain on criminal records and may serve to inform future court decision-making, including decisions about parenting orders made in the Family Court. The defendant will be able to challenge the entry and use of the flag. 12. A consistent approach to identifying family violence offending will also help to increase the accuracy of data about family v...

8. FV Reform Paper 3 Prosecuting [pdf, 521 KB]

   ...decision-makers, allowing them to place more restrictions on the perpetrator and alerting them to the safety needs of victims. The flag will remain on criminal records and may serve to inform future court decision-making, including decisions about parenting orders made in the Family Court. The defendant will be able to challenge the entry and use of the flag. 12. A consistent approach to identifying family violence offending will also help to increase the accuracy of data about family v...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 212 Gunning v Bankrupt Vehicle Sales and Finance Ltd [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...Employment Contracts Act 1991 but is not an appeal and is therefore not subject to the common law restrictions on appeals, varying according to the nature of the appeal. While a challenge to an earlier decision, the proceeding before the Court is a separate proceeding. In this Court, it is an original proceeding, not a derivative proceeding: see Baguley v Coutts Cars Ltd [2000] 2 ERNZ 409. [8] The extent to which the Court will have regard to the Authority’s determination depends o...

10. EV v VJ LCRO 181 / 2010 (31 August 2011) [pdf, 129 KB]

    ...EW was 83 and had been married for over 60 years. The marriage had not been entirely happy, with EX having spent extended periods away from the family home in [Auckland]. However, both spouses had resisted suggestions that they should formally separate. [3] There were four surviving daughters of the marriage, one of whom (EY) lived with EW. [4] In 2005, EX and EW transferred the title to the [Auckland] property to themselves as tenants in common. This necessitated each of them...