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1. LCRO 100/2019 & 168/2019 Company A Limited v WC and VB (30 April 2020) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...scope of review [32] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

2. LCRO 215/2016 KP v VN (31 July 2018) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...scope of review [24] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:2 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

3. LCRO 49/2016 QG v WW (8 May 2018) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...scope of review [47] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

4. LCRO 70/2018 AR v NM (10 April 2019) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...scope of review [35] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:4 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

5. Taueki v Horowhenua Sailing Club Ltd - Horowhenua (11) Lake (2013) 304 Aotea MB 288 (304 AOT 288) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...or rent, purchase money, royalties, or other proceeds of the alienation of land, or of any compensation payable in respect of other revenue derived from the land, affected by any order to which an application under section 45 of this Act or an appeal under Part 2 of this Act relates. (2) Notwithstanding anything in the Crown Proceedings Act 1950, any injunction made by the Court under this section may be expressed to be binding on the Māori Trustee. (3) Any injunction made by t...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 152 Smith v Life To The Max Horowhenua Trust [pdf, 52 KB]

   ...warning, such sum did not adequately compensate the plaintiff in the present case for each of the wrongs she suffered. [18] Turning to the quantum of the award, Mr O’Sullivan reviewed a number of relevant decisions of this Court and the Court of Appeal along with two decisions of the Authority. He also noted that in Commission of Police v Hawkins1 the Court of Appeal had confirmed that there was no established range or ceilings within which compensation awards for non-economic lo...

7. Online manual HCC Policy and procedures v3.2 [pdf, 359 KB]

   ...principle target of a Police Operation) 2.6. criminal compensation matters relating to wrongful imprisonment/ applications to the Governor General to exercise the Prerogative of Mercy – s406 Crimes Act 1961 2.7. retrial matters and/or appeal matters where the original grant of aid was managed under the HCC framework. 3. Grants may be placed under HCC if the following characteristics are present: 3.1. the lead provider indicates that individual overall case cost is likely...

8. Keven Investments Limited v Arthur [2011] NZWHT Auckland 45 [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...Young, a professional man building a house who got appropriate workman to do the physical jobs was not a contractor of developer. To make him such would in the Robertson J’s opinion, “miss the import of the distinction which the Court of Appeal was drawing in Mt Albert Borough Council”.6 This conclusion was reached even though Mr Young had some experience as a developer. [18] Mr and Mrs Montgomery’s motivation in building this dwelling was to build a home in which...

9. [2023] NZEmpC 234 New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Assoc IUOW Inc v Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty Ltd [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...email as if it was a proposal that required acceptance before becoming binding. [31] I do not accept Ms Dunn’s submissions questioning the effectiveness of the CEO’s email to vary the employment agreement. As long ago as 1993 the Court of Appeal addressed a similar situation in Talley v United Food and Chemical Workers Union of New Zealand.2 The Court said:3 We are disposed to think that the continued performance of the contract following a variation such as a voluntary pay...

10. LCRO 36/2020 SW v LN (4 October 2021) [pdf, 172 KB]

    ...scope of review [44] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:10 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...