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1. Turuki! Turuki! Moving Together [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...strengthened with better access to a wider range of therapeutic services, and more financial support for victims, families and whānau. (iii) Victims’ rights be strengthened, including rights to have input into criminal justice decisions, and rights to privacy. We also recommend streamlining protection order and name suppression processes, changes to courtroom layout, and review of reparations. P. 9 Recommendation 6: Communities We recommend that the Government transfer resources a...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 025 Shundi Queenstown Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...have had their cases fairly heard or their interests fairly weighed and addressed in our determination of the appeal. That is particularly in light of the evidence as to the present amenity value of 12 sunlight access and, to a lesser extent, privacy, for the most affected; namely 8 and 12 Suburb Street. The PDP is the predominant planning instrument [32] As is directed by s104, we have had regard to relevant provisions of the various RMA planning and policy instruments. [33]...

3. [2006] NZEmpC WC 23/06 Spotless Services (NZ) Ltd v Morrison [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...problems before she had a chance to get advice from her lawyer. The requests for these matters caused her to become upset. [47] After the meeting, having talked to her lawyer, she told Mr Starling she had been advised it would be an invasion of her privacy for Spotless to see her gynaecological report, that she would give permission to Mr Starling to correspond in writing with her GP, and that she would speak to her specialist on 16 August 2005 about him writing to Mr Starling....

4. Parlane v REAA Registrar [2013] NZREADT 94 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...transaction, and to not engage in conduct likely to bring the industry into disrepute. [24] In Revill we noted the trust reposed in salespeople who typically operate in an individual’s home: “[22] ... Real estate salespersons typically operate in the privacy of their clients’ homes. Indeed they are required to, for example in providing appraisals. This requires consumers to place a high degree of trust in licensees and could leave consumers in a vulnerable position ... [25]...

5. BORA Financial Markets Conduct Bill [pdf, 474 KB]

   ...constitutes a search for the purposes of s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act. [16] Accordingly, we have examined whether the reporting obligations listed above are reasonable. In making this assessment we have taken into account that expectations of privacy may not be as great in the commercial world as they are in the domestic sphere. [17] • It is the duty of the supervisor of a debt security or registered scheme to ensure that the issuer of a debt security or manager of a register...

6. LCRO 74/2017 SD v TM (31 January 2019) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...Regulation 30(2) requires that a Committee, “[w]hen deciding whether to publish the identity” of a lawyer who has been censured “must take into account the public interest and, if appropriate, the impact of publication on the interests and privacy of – (a) the complainant; and (b) the clients of the censured [lawyer]; and (c) relatives of the censured [lawyer]; and (d) partners, employers and associates of the censured [lawyer]; and (e) the censured [lawyer]”. [94] Under r...

7. Supplementary advice on proposed Criminal Cases Review Commission model - Redacted [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...We therefore do not propose to proceed with the proposal to require a court order. 52. There was also concern that a power to issue summons, or give evidence on oath, was unlikely to be necessary and would be overly intrusive into individuals’ privacy. It was suggested that it was also unclear that a statutory power to compel a person to give evidence on oath would have any real utility if they did not wish to cooperate. 53. Conversely, exclusion of an ability to compel evidence on o...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 174 Ashby v NIWA Vessel Management Ltd [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...acknowledged that there is a general principle in common law courts that you must bring all your claims to court and that you cannot get more than you seek.16 However, the Court noted the HRRT’s special statutory jurisdiction and that neither the Privacy Act 1993 nor the relevant regulations required an applicant to specify the sum of damages sought.17 The Court agreed with the HRRT’s reasoning that the Privacy Act should be interpreted and applied in a manner that is not legal...

9. LCRO 208/2020 & LCRO 214/2020 JA v RR and RR v JA (8 October 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...Regulations states that where the Committee has made a censure order the Committee must, when considering publication of the identity of a person, take into account the public interest and, if appropriate, the impact of publication on the interests and privacy of: (a) the complainant; and (b) clients of the censured person; and (c) relatives of the censured person; and (d) partners, employers, and associates of the censured person; and (e) the censured person. [104] The statut...

10. Cree v Accident Compensation Corporation (Interest on Compensation) [2023] NZACC 195 [pdf, 288 KB]

    ...interpreted in Miller to treat a claimant’s earnings and bank account details as always available to the Corporation and not 32 Section, s 32(1). 33 Kirk v Accident Compensation Corporation [2016] NZACC 48 at [16]. 34 Sections 100 and 103. 35 Privacy Act 2020, s 22, information privacy principle 1. “necessary to enable” payment of weekly compensation. It was not disputed that by 6 September 2021 the Corporation had received all necessary financial information and no...