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1. [2018] NZEmpC 47 New Zealand Nurses Organisation v Waikato District Health Board [pdf, 366 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION v WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2018] NZEmpC 47 [15 May 2018] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2018] NZEmpC 47 EMPC 117/2016 IN THE MATTER OF a rehearing of part of a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION Plaintiff AND WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Defendant AND CENTRAL REGIONS TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES L...

2. ENVC combined interested-party notices M to S [pdf, 7 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2013-AKL-000174 AT AUCKLAND IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (Act) IN THE MATTER an application under section 87G of the Act BETWEEN WAIHEKE MARINAS LIMITED Applicant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent - NOTICE OF PERSON’S WISH TO BE PARTY TO PROCEEDINGS Section 274 Resource Management Act 1991 TO: the Registrar Environment Court PO Box 7147 Wellesley Str...

3. Summary of Submissions notification rules Privacy Act 2020 [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...4 Written submissions We received 53 written submissions: 12 from public agencies; seven from private sector representative bodies; 21 businesses; four privacy lawyers/legal organisations; four academics/privacy experts; two NGOs; one university and two individuals. 5 Feedback summary Support for making a legislative amendment was mixed: • 24 submitters were positive about the change citing its benefits for improving transparency and enhancing consumer rights...

4. Foot v Registrar of the REAA [2015] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...order to meet this standard. This point was made by the Supreme Court in 4 Westfield (New Zealand) Ltd & Anor v North Shore City Council & Anor [2005] 2 NZLR 597. [14] In Marie-Ann Nixon v Real Estate Licensing Board of NZ (HC Auckland, 22/93, 23 August 1994), the High Court held that the starting point in any determination is that good character is presumed unless a real question-mark is raised by the evidence. If a question mark has been raised then, as was held in...

5. Identifying & responding to bias in the criminal justice system: a review of international & New Zealand research [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...important differences exist between immigrant groups and indigenous groups, as well as between different ethnic-minority groups in different countries. As Part 1 and Chapters 2 and 3 in Part 2 illustrate, ethnic disproportionality is neither a static nor universal phenomenon, and the nature, extent and causes of ethnic disproportionality are historically, socially, Identifying and responding to bias in the criminal justice system 21 culturally, economically, politically and situa...

6. [2016] NZEmpC 50 NZ Nurses Org & Anor v Waikato District Health Board [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...close to the hearing date and assumed some significance at the hearing itself. It related to the plaintiffs' proposal to call expert evidence from Ms Susan St John. Ms St John is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Business School, University of Auckland. The proposal to call expert evidence was strongly opposed by Mr David, counsel for the defendant. Because of other commitments around the time of the hearing date, it was not possible for the Court to deal with the...

7. [2011] NZEmpC 6 Green v Transpacific Industries Group NZ Ltd [pdf, 107 KB]

   STEPHEN GREEN V TRANSPACIFIC INDUSTRIES GROUP (NZ) LIMITED NZEmpC AK 3 February 2011 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2011] NZEmpC 6 ARC 5/11 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN STEPHEN GREEN Plaintiff AND TRANSPACIFIC INDUSTRIES GROUP (NZ) LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 1 February 2011 (Heard at Auckland) Counsel: Richard Harrison, counsel for plaintiff Geoff Bevan and Jessie Greer, c...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 178 Twentyman v The Warehouse Ltd interlocutory [pdf, 116 KB]

   BARBARA TWENTYMAN v THE WAREHOUSE LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 178 [8 October 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 178 EMPC 55/2015 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for an order for security for costs AND IN THE MATTER of a stay of execution of the determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN BARBARA T...

9. [2020] NZCAA 01 (7 July 2020) [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...and Calderbank principles cannot apply. The difficulty with that argument is that the principles are reasonable principles used to set costs in New Zealand Courts. The Courts have statutory provisions governing costs in New Zealand. However, universally as far as I am aware, there is an overarching discretion,5 where principles such as considering Calderbank offers, and the policy of using scale rather than indemnity costs are weighed against the circumstances of the case before t...

10. LCDT - 2016 annual report [pdf, 496 KB]

    ...conclusion of the criminal process. That wait has, so far, been in excess of six years. It is expected that both sets of charges will be disposed of within the next year.2 We are acutely aware of the comments of the Court of Appeal in Orlov v. Auckland Lawyers Standards Committee and Or3: “[107]……almost five years later it has still not been resolved. Such a situation is totally unsatisfactory and contrary to the statutory policy that complaints are to be dealt with...