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1. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Wellington Advkit Services Ltd (Joinder of Second and Third Defendants) [2015] NZHRRT 11 [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...NZHRRT 17 at [3] to [14]. Further reference can be made to the Minute issued on 26 March 2015. [12] By subsequent email dated 8 April 2015 Ms Emerson properly drew attention to the decision in Gapuzan v Pratt & Whitney Air NZ Services [2015] NZEmpC 37 (26 March 2015). On one interpretation this decision might appear to support the contention that as the acts alleged against Mr Dixon-McIver occurred during the period of his bankruptcy, his joinder to these proceedings is statute bar...

2. Nelson Standards Committee v Downing and Reith [2022] NZLCDT 21 (27 June 2022) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...ossify. At the same time, there has to be a sound basis for such awards, and there are very real conceptual and practical difficulties in establishing a spectrum as to where lines are to be drawn.” 11 Waikato District Health Board v Archibald [2017] NZEmpC 132 at [60]. 12 Marks v The Director of Health and Disability Proceedings [2009] NZCA 151. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document/collection/cases-nz/id/60M4-PHK1-F27X-64SS-00000-00?cite=Hong%20v%20Auckland%20Standards%20Committee%20...

3. Hammond v Credit Union Baywide [2015] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...straightforward process. The facts do not call for observations to be made about the application of those principles in the context of social networking sites. Contrast Senior v Police [2013] NZFLR 356 (HC) and Hook v Stream Group (NZ) Pty Ltd [2013] NZEmpC 188 at [29] to [37]. A further point to be made is that the manner in which the case has been framed by the parties has made it unnecessary for the Tribunal to consider the possible application of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act...

4. LCRO 9/2024 & 12/2024 QB v WF and SY & WF and SY v QB (27 June 2024) [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...professional conduct. The former is essentially a compensatory process premised on rules of evidence and reasonably strict principles of causation 14 GFW Agri-Products Ltd v Gibson [1995] 2 ERNZ 323 (CA). 15 Farmer Motor Group Ltd v McKenzie [2017] NZEmpC 98. 16 Ioan v Scott Technology NZ Ltd [2019] NZCA 386. 27 and measure of loss. The latter is a disciplinary process to fulfil the statutory purposes of maintaining confidence in the provision of legal services, protecting consu...