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1. [2015] NZEmpC 210 Allied Investments Ltd t/a Allied Security Ltd v Marriott [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...occurred the outcomes available under company policy ranged from no further action through to termination of employment. [21] The disciplinary meeting took place on the morning of 5 March 2013. It was held at Allied’s office at Lincoln University. Although Mr McDowall met with Mr Marriott for approximately an hour, the matters raised in Mr McDowall’s letter of the previous day were discussed for 15 to 20 minutes. Mr McDowall took brief handwritten notes at the time...

2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government reply to issues 5th report [pdf, 458 KB]

   ...the Covenant Under New Zealand‟s present constitutional structure, it remains open to Parliament to legislate contrary to the Bill of Rights Act and the other legislative protections set out above and so to the Covenant. In its response to the Universal Periodic Review lodged in July 2009, the New Zealand Government noted that it had agreed to consider further constitutional protection of human rights. Question 2. Measures taken to respond to indications of inconsistency As...

3. Evaluation of the Te Hurihanga pilot [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...then depends on the Youth Court supporting the FGC plan and intake. Evidence suggests strong judicial support for the programme: the support expressed by judges for the concept of the programme and for the providers is reflected in their more or less universal support for FGC plans that include participation in Te Hurihanga. If the Youth Court Judge supports an FGC plan that includes participation in Te Hurihanga, then the young person is placed on bail under Section 238(1)(b)9 of the...

4. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief Maxwell Dunn [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   Before the Environment Court at Auckland ENV-2013-AKL-000174 In the Matter of the Resource Management Act 1991 And In the Matter of a Notice of Motion under Section 87G requesting the granting of resource consents to Waiheke Marinas Limited to establish a Marina at Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, in the Hauraki Gulf Evidence of Maxwell Joseph Dunn on behalf of Waiheke Marinas Ltd Dated 30 April 2014 Richard Br...

5. Rec-Recap-2022-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 931 KB]

   ...register of Coroners’ recommendations and comments at: http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCorC/ Drowning Broadbent [2022] NZCorC 170 (5 December 2022) CIRCUMSTANCES Dawson Peter Broadbent, aged three, died on 18 March 2019 at Riverhead, Auckland of accidental drowning. On the afternoon of 18 March 2019, Dawson was playing in the children’s play area in the backyard of his home address with his siblings. Dawson’s mother was inside the house and came outside periodically to c...

6. Te Korowai Ture ā-Whānau: The final report of the Independent Panel examining the 2014 family justice reforms [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...expertise of the office of the Children’s Commissioner; on the research of academics, both domestic and international; and on the experiences of other countries. We were fortunate to have access to the preliminary results of a major study by the University of Otago Children’s Issues Centre, and we commissioned further research by UMR, a specialist market research company. An expert reference group and a secretariat established by the Ministry of Justice have provided us with outst...

7. From Bystander to Participant: Recognising and protecting victims by providing legal advice and legal representation [pdf, 664 KB]

   ...England and Wales to have access to free independent lawyers.14 Victim Legal Advice Service (VLAS) model, Victoria, Australia Victoria’s Victim Services, Support and Reform (VSSR) commissioned the Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) at RMIT University to review and redesign their victim services. They wanted a new service model that is “aligned to, and keeps pace with, contemporary knowledge and leading practice in victim support” (Centre for Innovative Justice, 2020, p. 10)....

8. [2014] NZEmpC 25 Law Ors v BOT of Woodford House Ors [pdf, 518 KB]

   ...International Labour Organisation, it had been recognised that fair and decent conditions of work were important to these objectives as well as to individual workers. It is no coincidence, then, that when nations came to formulate and adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, 10 work rights were among those proclaimed. Article 23(3) of the Universal Declaration provided, and continues to state that: Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remunerat...

9. OIA-101880.pdf [pdf, 9.7 MB]

   ...attached as Appendix One. This work is the first part of a planned wider review of the HRA, which is due to commence later in 2020. 16. The assessment of the HRA provisions relating to hate speech is informed by a series of targeted engagements held in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch with representatives of population groups who are likely to experience hate speech. The population groups included Maori, Pasifika, Asian, faith-based, rainbow, young people, disabled people...

10. Nedelcu v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlements) [2023] NZACC 191 [pdf, 339 KB]

    ...ACR 168/22 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN GABRIEL NEDELCU Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 8 May 2023 Heard at: Auckland Appearances: B Hinchcliffe for the appellant I Hunt for the respondent Judgment: 27 November 2023 ___________________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE I C CARTER [Suspensi...