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1. [2023] NZEmpC 187 ACF v IEN [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...further minute issued yesterday, allowing the plaintiff until 4.00 pm to advise any response to the unless order sought by the defendant. As I have said, no response has been provided. [7] The approach to unless orders was set out by the Court of Appeal in SM v LFDM.1 There the Court stated: [31] The principles are these: (a) As an unless order is an order of last resort, it is properly made only where there is a history of failure to comply with earlier orders. (b) An unles...

2. dcj-eoi-form-2025-Word-version [docx, 81 KB]

   ...overseas jurisdictions) and in what capacity: Please indicate, by ticking the boxes, the extent of your experience, both civil and criminal, in the following: Court Supreme Court Civil Criminal Details, including number of appearances Court of Appeal Court Civil Criminal Details, including total years’ experience High Court Appellant work High Court District Court Total Family Court Youth Court Environment Court Employment Court...

3. dcj-eoi-form-2025-PDF-version [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...jurisdictions) and in what capacity: Please indicate, by ticking the boxes, the extent of your experience, both civil and criminal, in the following: Court Supreme Court Civil Criminal Details, including number of appearances Court of Appeal Court Civil Criminal Details, including total years’ experience High Court Appellant work High Court District Court Total Family Court Youth Court Environment Court Employm...

4. Criminal fee rates

   ...Criminal Provider Approval Level (PAL) (see below for explanation of categories) Other ($/hr) Level 1 ($/hr) Level 2 ($/hr) Level 3 ($/hr) PAL1   103 108 119 PAL2   108 134 139 PAL3   130 139 150 PAL4   146 161 178 Court of Appeal/Supreme Court   146 161 178 Travel time (pre-5 November 2012)   48 58 68 Travel time (post-5 November 2012 Disbursement Policy) 63       Supervised Providers 103       Qualified legal exec...

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5. People involved in the Coronial Inquiry

   ...joining the independent Bar in 2007. Wendy appears before the New Zealand courts at all levels as well as in specialist tribunals and disciplinary authorities, and has been engaged as counsel assisting the Court in cases before the High Court and Court of Appeal. She has regularly been involved in coronial inquiries, including representing families, organisations, and medical practitioners in inquests. She graduated from the University of Canterbury in 1994 with a conjoint Bachelor of Laws and...

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   2. Christchurch Masjidain Attack Inquiry

6. 11 November 2025 Gray v New Plymouth District Council [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...LIST OF PARTIES - EMAIL SCHEDULE OF PROCEEDINGS Topic 26.4 - AS/SASM - scheduling and mapping (327 Hampton Road) - Proposed New Plymouth District Plan ENV-2023-326-000043 Gray v New Plymouth District Council Appeal By Submitter On Proposed Policy Statement Or Plan pursuant to Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 Court Reference: ENV-2023-AKL-000088 1. i. Topic:

7. Media Centre

   ...court.  If you have media questions about these issues you need to call: Police (crime prevention, crime investigation, prosecution) Serious Fraud Office (investigating serious fraud) Crown Law Office (prosecuting serious crimes and undertaking appeals on behalf of the Crown) Corrections (implementing sentences imposed by the courts and running prisons) Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children (addressing youth offending) Parole Board (setting conditions of release for people com...

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8. [2007] NZEmpC CC 24A/07 Service and Food Workers Union v Alsco NZ [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...ss91(2)(b) and 83(b) of the Act. Arguable case for trial [22] The principal considerations affecting the lawfulness of the lockout notices in this case require a balancing of principles illustrated by two previous cases. First, as the Court of Appeal concluded in Secretary for Justice v NZ Public Service Association (Inc) [1990] 1 NZILR 347: … A situation may arise in which the formal notice reasonably appears to have been modified or partly superseded by some other communicat...

9. [2011] NZEmpC 135 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union v Amcor Packaging [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...agreements [12] The leading authority on contract interpretation in this country is the decision of the Supreme Court in Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Ltd. 2 That decision related to the construction of a commercial contract but the Court of Appeal in Silver Fern Farms Ltd v New Zealand Meat Workers and Related Trade Unions Inc 3 made it clear that the principles of interpretation prescribed in Vector had equal application to employment agreements. 4 The court is requi...

10. [2010] NZEmpC 22 The Chief of Defence Force v Ross-Taylor [pdf, 55 KB]

    ...Mitchell & Booker Palais de Danse Ltd6. The test depends upon whether the alleged employer had the right to control the person alleged to be the employee. Ms Holden correctly submitted that the control test has been diminished by the Court of Appeal’s decision in Cunningham v TNT Express Worldwide (NZ) Ltd7. Ms Swarbrick submitted that because the defendant was governed by set rosters for days and hours of work she was subject to control by the plaintiff. [34] I prefer...