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1. Clearwater Cove Apartments Body Corporate 170989 v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 39 [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...external decks and stairways are also constructed. The foundations and walls of garages shown as AU1 to AU13 are constructed ... We can thus confirm that the building is at the stage where you can complete the certificates under Section 223 of the Resource Management Act and 5(1)(g) of the Unit Titles Act. And further: Our client has not significantly added to the structure but has merely redeveloped the interior.

2. LCRO 24/2023 RD v KE and PS (5 September 2023) [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...finding against a legal practitioner. [89] On that basis, the Committee decided to take no further action in respect of the complaint. It concluded its decision with the following comment:11 The Committee, which has spent significant time and resource trying to establish the background facts to this complex case, noted RD’s clear and understandable frustration in trying to establish his entitlement as a beneficiary of his father’s Estate. However, the Committee also noted that...

3. [2014] NZEmpC 23 Greenslade v Jetstar Airways Ltd [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...member’s licence privileges. [50] Again, this clause relates to sustenance, not rest (as required by s 69ZH(2)), and cannot sensibly be interpreted as imposing a requirement to take a rest break. [51] As Matthew Bell, Manager Flight Operations Resources for Jetstar Australia and Jetstar New Zealand, accepted in cross examination, nothing undertaken on the A320 flights which the plaintiff operates, triggers augmented crew requirements which, in turn, trigger flight crew rest unde...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - District 11 Wairoa [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...the Waitangi Tribunal, which will receive the final version as evidence in its hearings of claims. Other district reports have been, or will be, published in this series, Which, when complete, will provide a national theme of loss of land and other resources by Maori since 1840. Each survey has been written in the light of the objectives of the Rangahaua Whanui project, as set out in a practice note by Chief Judge E T J Durie in September 1993 (see app I). I must emphasise that Rangaha...

5. Waitangi Tribunal - The claims process of the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...have been granted urgency may be heard in separate inquiries. In determining the boundaries of an inquiry district, the Tri- bunal will balance a number of factors, including: . the commonalities between claims (such as the Crown’s actions or the resources to which claims relate); . the geographical size of the district; . the number of claims to be heard within the district; and . the associations that tribes have with an area. Although the Tribunal will make the ånal decision on t...

6. Standards Committees v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 41 [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...reasonable in such proceedings. He indicated that he put his clients’ matters first and worked around his personal matters. He appeared to consider that a valid reason for his lapses. We perceive that he has put an enormous amount of time and resources into representing himself on this matter over the past eight years. But it has been his choice to do so, and we consider any practitioner who elects to represent themselves must apply the same professional diligence and attentio...

7. Name suppression processes for victims of sexual violence [pdf, 493 KB]

   ...Zealand and overseas jurisdictions that could fit within the current Aotearoa New Zealand criminal justice system and provide increased safety for not only victim/survivors of crime, but also communities. 8. It will be used initially as an internal resource and be provided to the Minister of Justice and the Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice. Objectives 9. The objectives of the research are to: (a) Outline a range of victim concerns and consequences for child and adult vi...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 36 Yan v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...the quality of Mr Yan’s work not being of the required standard. Mr Haycock provided Mr Yan with these complaints and discussed the details of them with him. [11] Mr Haycock and Mr Oomen took the precaution of seeking advice from the human resources team within the Department. It was confirmed that a formal performance improvement process was appropriate. A document setting out a number of draft expectations and measures (known as a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)) was pr...

9. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Privacy Act) [2020] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 353 KB]

   ...requests and correspondence in a considered and prompt way, despite the relentlessness of such requests and correspondence; the tone of some correspondence received from the Marshalls; the Marshalls’ litigious approach; and the extensive time and resources that had been consumed by their complaints. [125.5] In a letter dated 20 January 2017 Ms Ramsay referred to a discussion the previous week in which she had offered to visit Mr and Mrs Marshall to hear directly from them the various...

10. JC Panel Decision Jurisdiction Redacted [pdf, 436 KB]

    ...stated that the measures introduced by the Bill were: … aimed at maintaining and enhancing public confidence in the judiciary and recognising the fundamental importance in a democracy of ensuring an independent judiciary and addressing judicial resources. [19] The long and often fraught history of the judiciary demonstrates that the removal of a judge and the process undertaken to do so is no small matter. As the Full Court of the High Court in Wilson v Attorney-General observe...