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1. OIA-Letter to chief executive regarding convention against torture. [pdf, 937 KB]

   ...Secretary for Justice Andrew Coster Commissioner of Police Jeremy Lightfoot Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections RE LE AS ED U ND ER T HE O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T 19 82 Page 2 • Lack of privacy in interview rooms in court facilities, which were not soundproof and therefore did not provide for the right to confidential legal counsel; • Lack of privacy in court facilities for some detainees when using the toilet; • Rest...

2. Justice Matters - Issue 11 - June 2018 [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...outstanding insurance claims, and will work with parties to ensure claims are resolved quickly. The tribunal is subject to the passage of a Bill. Photo: Simon Makker/Regenerate Christchurch 4 Historical homosexual convictions can now be wiped Privacy bill A new Privacy Bill has been introduced into Parliament to replace the Privacy Act 1993. A scheme is now in place that allows people to apply for their historic homosexual convictions to be wiped from criminal records. The C...

3. [2019] NZEmpC 9 Prasad v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 351 KB]

   ...application was dismissed as a fishing expedition searching for information and material in the context of unrelated proceedings to which the defendant, LSG Sky Chefs, happened to be a party. The Court took into account as relevant considerations the privacy of the parties. [7] The defendant opposed AWU’s application on two bases. First, because the President of AWU is Mr Matsuoka, on whose behalf the earlier application was made. The defendant’s position was that this appl...

4. [2019] NZEmpC 23 Rachelle v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...2018, alleging eight causes of action against Air NZ. Those causes of action were: (a) workplace discrimination; (b) harassment and bullying within the workplace; (c) [breaches] of 12 workplace codes and conducts; (d) breaches of Privacy Law Act within the workplace; (e) unlawful dismissal; (f) several breaches of policies and procedures carried out within the workforce; (g) defamation of character; and (h) sexual harassment. [3] Air NZ successfully applie...

5. Sufi v Department of Labour [2012] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 65 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2012] NZHRRT 6 Reference No. HRRT 008/2011 IN THE MATTER OF A CLAIM UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN AA (PAKISTAN) PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Mr R Musuku, Member Mr B Neeson, Member Plaintiff in person Ms C Pille for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 28 March 2012...

6. Green and Green v IT (Reinstatement of Second Plaintiff) [2016] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...DISABILITIES (3) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2016] NZHRRT 39 Reference No. HRRT 026/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN SARAH GREEN FIRST PLAINTIFF AND JEREMY GREEN SECOND PLAINTIFF AND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEFENDANT [Redacted] BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia, Member Mr MJM Keefe J...

7. BORA Health and Safety Reform Bill [pdf, 291 KB]

   ...constituting a “search or seizure” that are “unreasonable” in the circumstances. A request for information or documents constitutes a search for the purposes of s 21. 1 7. The Court of Appeal stated that the main aim of s 21 is to protect privacy interests 2: It is only where a person's reasonable expectations of privacy have been breached that a personal remedy under the Bill of Rights ... is available. The reasonable expectation of privacy enjoyed by a person is to b...

8. 2021 NZPSPLA 014.pdf [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...recordings to management in the context of an employment meeting. There is no evidence or even any suggestion that Mr H provided the recordings to anyone else or even advised anyone else they existed. [9] Therefore, while the recording breached the privacy of his manager and other employees it did not breach the privacy of any other members of the public. Mr C states in his submissions that clients’ communications may have been recorded. However, there is no evidence of this....

9. [2014] NZEmpC 44 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board No3 interlocutory [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...May 2012 which is relevant to the proceeding and is disclosable by ACL to her. [23] The documents at pages 12-13 of the schedule in the name of Mr Abraham and addressed to the Eastern Policing District of the New Zealand Police and the Police Privacy Officer are formally requesting disclosure of information held in relation to an alleged complaint against Mr Abraham by Dr Stephen Fox. The request is made pursuant to the Privacy Act 1993. These documents are not relevant to the p...

10. CAC20006 v Mr D [2013] NZREADT 23 [pdf, 85 KB]

    ...profession.” Discussion [10] The prosecution submits that the appropriate penalty for the defendant is one of licence cancellation because he engaged in a serious breach of his duties to his client and, furthermore, a serious invasion of his clients’ privacy. We agree that there was a serious breach of his duties to the vendor and a serious invasion of her privacy. [11] We noted in the case of Revill v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2011] NZREADT 41 that the obl...