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1. A package of family violence and sexual violence initiatives for Budget 2019 [pdf, 4.6 MB]

   ...services. Improving the justice response for victims of sexual violence would involve contracting specialist support from NGO providers, use of technology to allow more evidence and cross-examination to be recorded in advance of trial, and training and resourcing prosecution and defence lawyers to operate in this new model. Funding for video victim statements would cover the costs of the software licensing to record and store the videos, training and equipment for constables, and fund...

2. Bowdler - Waikawa Village Section 26A (2024) 85 Te Waipounamu MB 32 (85 TWP 32) [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...is seeking a hapū partition, which differs from other partitions, in that the apportioned land will be held by members of the same hapū. Under s 301 of the Act, a hapū partition can be granted without obtaining a subdivision consent under the Resource Management Act 1991 from the relevant territorial authority. Therefore, under section 304 of the Act, the Court will impose certain restrictions on any future alienation (sale) of the partitioned land to persons who are not members of...

3. Rewita - Opape 5A2B2 (2009) 111 Ōpōtiki MB 71 (111 OPO 71) [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...father and grandmother. Her grandmother lived in the existing house; " Ms Rewita had lived in the house with her family since taking the lease of the whole block in D~cember 1992; 4& She had improved and renovated the house from her own resources, and she had paid the rates and land rentals; " She had demonstrated commitment to caring for the house and the land for 15 years and thus she wished to secure a lifetime interest to enable her to continue living in the ho...

4. CAC 20006 v Azimi [2014] NZREADT 69 [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...Ghorbani, who is Ms Devoy's brother and Ms Omidvar's son, for $625,000. A mortgage was registered to the ANZ National Bank Limited the same day. [16] On 29 October 2007, the property was transferred to Mehrdad Ghorbani's company, Resourceful Engineers Limited. A mortgage was registered against the title to the ANZ National Bank Limited the same day. [17] On 19 April 2009, the property was listed for sale again with Ms Azimi. Ms Azimi facilitated a mortgagee sale from...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 093 CEP Services Matauwhi Limited v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 7 MB]

   pNRP – Topic 1 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 093 IN THE MATTER OF appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN CEP SERVICES MATAUWHI LIMITED (ENV-2019-AKL-000111) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-000127) Appellants AND NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge J A Smith sitting a...

6. Statutory prohibitions on publication for media [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003; Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; Property (Relationships) Act 1976; and Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. See also the Ministry of Justice resource Restriction on Publishing Judgments. 3. Immigration Section 151 of the Immigration Act 2009 provides that: • The fact that a person is a claimant, a refugee, or a protected person, and the particulars relating to the pe...

7. [2021] NZEmpC 35 Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...to an employment agreement between the Chief of Defence Force and a person in Ms Radford’s situation. [6] In evaluating whether the matter should be removed to the Court, the Authority received evidence from the Divisional Manager for Human Resources for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), as well as from the parties. 1 Chief of New Zealand Defence Force v Radford [2018] NZERA Wellington 106 (Member Campbell) at [20]. [7] Subsequently, MFAT applied for...

8. Strike-Out Application Adams v REAA CAC 20009 & Ors [2014] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 44 KB]

   ...of parties concerned: “The vendors, proposed copyrighted, architectural plans ...” (The vendors were the registered proprietors, Mr Adams and Mr Rodriguez who appears to be a co-trustee) “The building consent plans, the copyright, and the Resource Consent legally belonged to myself ...” “Grant Adams did not assign any rights to Yan Yu to on sell the copyright plans ...” “There is no clause allowing Barfoot & Thompson to offer for sale the copyrighted material of...

9. [2007] NZEmpC WC 3/07 Tamarua v Toll NZ Consolidated Ltd [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...had no explanation to persuade them otherwise. [41] I have considered the challenge to the award of costs in the Authority. This is a case where the circumstances of the parties is an important factor. The defendant is a large, well resourced company. It is quite evident that Mr Tamarua would be unable to meet any award of costs without considerable hardship. He is now financially supported by a sickness benefit but this barely pays enough to get by on. His wife and...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 35 NZ School of Education Ltd v Nafissi [pdf, 115 KB]

    ...of the employment relationship and because employees may in certain cases be motivated in part by the desire for vindication. As this Court has previously said a “steely” approach is required. It has been repeatedly emphasised the scarce resources of the Courts should not be burdened by litigants who choose to reject reasonable settlement offers, proceed with litigation and then fail to achieve any more than was previously offered. Where defendants have acted reasonably in su...