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1. Brokenshaw - Te Kaha B6X2 (2003) 81 Ōpōtiki MB 18 (81 OPO 18) [pdf, 891 KB]

   ...their ownership to the land and all the fixtures on the land. Her sister Lillian Ottoway in Court represented Valerie. The Ottoway children say that their father funded the building of the house and outbuildings on the block entirely from his own resources. They want recognition that their father owned the buildings or alternatively that they receive compensation from the current owners for the time and money expended by their deceased father (Mr Ottoway) and their family, on the proper...

2. Immigration & Protection Tribunal Annual Report 2018-2019 [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...decisions of the Tribunal and a synopsis of every decision, for ease of reference. In previous court years, the Tribunal’s database has suffered significant problems, with the search engine failing to function properly and the Ministry lacking resources to cope with the uploading of the Tribunal’s decisions. 8 During the past court year, the uploading of Tribunal decisions with abstracts was significantly improved, through two measures. First, from January 2019, abstra...

3. Regulatory Impact Statement Human Rights Amendment Bill [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...with respect to these issues. The reason for this is that some human rights topics overlap with others. 29. The leadership role of the Chief Commissioner would become more effective because she or he would have more flexibility in deploying the resources of the Commission. 30. A potential disadvantage of this option is that people with specialised skills and experience might be deterred from applying for a Commissioner position, and advertising such a position might only attract gener...

4. BS v KC & DC [2024] NZDT 489 (11 June 2024) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...fencing around a heritage listed property. The Council has confirmed that there are no rules about the type of fence that has been built. However, the Council has advised that a 1.5m high fence is permitted around a heritage listed home, and so a resource consent approval is required for a fence to exceed that height because of the heritage status of KC and DC’s fence. The Council said that if the neighbours agree on a higher fence, up to 2m, then they can apply for a “deemed permitte...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 181 Ford v Henry Brown and Co Ltd [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...when they advised that they were ringing about Mr Ford, they were told that he had been fired and that they (Mr Brown and Ms Muir) would be better off without him. [13] The company responded to Mr Ford’s personal grievances through a human resources consultant on 20 September 2022. The same day, the company wrote to Mr Ford advising that it had concerns that he had misrepresented himself to it when applying for the role and was in breach of cl 16, having not advised, when asked...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 185 Regina Properties Limited v New Plymouth District Council [pdf, 392 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT NEW PLYMOUTH I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KINGAMOTU IN THE NIA TIER OF BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 185 an appeal under s 120 of the Resource Ivfanagement Act 1991 REGINA PROPERTIES LIMITED (ENV-2021-AK.L-000146) Appellant/ Applicant NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Hearing: On the papers in Wellington Last case event: 23 February 2023 Date of D...

7. Family Court rewrite submission: Office of Childrens Commissioner [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2004/0090/latest/DLM317233.html https://consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/rewriting-family-justice-reforms/user_uploads/background-paper-overview-of-the-2014-family-justice-reforms.pdf https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/50DBSCH_SCR5510_1/1ec6d257f3b6bbd973797771f5794bd8470b4749 https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/practice-resources/the-business-of-law/legal-practice/lawyer-ethnicity-differs-from-new-zealand-population

8. Mark McNeilly (dated 21 April 2017) [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY ENV-2016-CHC-47 IN THE MATTER of an appeal under Section 120 Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN BLUESKIN ENERGY LIMITED Appellant AND DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL Respondent BRIEF OF EVIDENCE OF MARK ANDREW McNEILLY _____________________________________________________________ GALLAWAY COOK ALLAN LAWYERS DUNEDIN Solicitor on record: B Irving Solic...

9. Te Tawa Kaiti Lands Trust v Tuhoe PutaiaoTrust - Ruatoki B23 (2008) 123 Whakatane MB 150 (123 WHK 150) [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...substantive proceedings the applicant argues that the Whakatane river is non-navigable. Thus they invoke the ad medium filum aquae principle and argue that the land the subject of those proceedings is Maori freehold land. [4] The Respondent has a resource consent to extract metal from the area in question. [5] Recently the High Court examined the test to apply when ascertaining the navigability of rivers. That decision being Paki & Ors v Allorney General (HC, Hamilton, 30 Ju...

10. [2017] NZSSAA 47 (27 September 2018) [pdf, 259 KB]

    ...living in her own home. [22] Before doing so, we reiterate a factual point that it is not contested. The appellant over the last 12 years has faced some very difficult circumstances. She was required to fund very expensive treatment using her own resources. Treatment that would have been available to her without cost if she had become ill a short time later than was in fact the case. She has worked assiduously to repay the money she borrowed for 7 her treatment, and soug...