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1. [2018] NZEmpC 148 Bowen v Bank of NZ [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...Court) can make such orders through reg 6(2) of the Employment Court Regulations 2000.2 [3] The principal reason for the application is that Ms Bowen believes that there is a risk that the BNZ will destroy evidence that is critical and relevant to protected disclosures she has made and to the proceedings that she has pending in the Human Rights Review Tribunal and in the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority). [4] The BNZ has identified the proceedings currently filed in...

2. 2023 July Family Violence Provider Update.pdf [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...reminder about the specific process and timeframes associated with non-compliances. Police are unlikely to prosecute for non-compliance if forms have not been submitted on time, according to the legislative requirements. Initial contact: When a Protection Order is made and the Judge directs the respondent to attend a non- violence programme, the respondent/defendant is given (served) the contact details of a non-violence programme provider and instructed to contact the provider to arra...

3. 6.3 Searches and search rules

   ...(c) the right to bring and defend civil proceedings without the disclosure of any more information about the private lives of individuals, or matters that are commercially sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice: (d) the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community) and any privilege held by, or available to, any person: (e) the principle of open justice (including the encourage...

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4. [2018] NZEmpC 140 ITE v ALA [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...order is one that must be approached in a careful and principled fashion; and the relevant principles must be considered on a case by case basis. [61] I begin my consideration of this issue by describing those principles. [62] With regard to the protection of confidential information, the correct approach as to how public interest factors should be assessed was confirmed in the speech of Lord Goff in Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2):8 … [A]lthough the basis o...

5. [2025] NZIACDT 23 – JY v Wen (25 March 2025) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [26] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:3 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary 3 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [200...

6. OIA-118936.pdf [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...request: Reform of the Limitation Act 2010 Thank you for your email of 24 January 2025 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding reforms to the Limitation Act 2010 in respect of historic claims of abuse in care. Specifically, you requested: “Please supply information under the Official Information Act related to work on options for reforming limitation legislation pertinent to historic abuse. I appreciate that the Ministry of Justice may...

7. [2024] NZREADT 40 - CAC v Tafilipepe (25 October 2024) [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...“seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work”. Work of that nature would also involve a marked and serious departure from particular standards; the standards to which s 73(b) is directed are those relating to competence and care in conducting real estate agency work. [30] This is not to say that s 73(a) could not apply to work carried out by a licensee so incompetently or negligently as to amount to disgraceful conduct according to the s 73(a) tests. If th...

8. Justice Matters - issue 17 - December 2019 [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...when I look at what is happening across the justice sector, there is much that tells me we are up for the challenge. Corrections is showing the way with Hōkai Rangi, Police with Te Huringa o Te Tai and Oranga Tamariki with the launch of National Care Standards and the cross-Government work on the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy. In Justice, we have rolled out Family Violence legislation, are supporting the judiciary with Matariki and Rangatahi courts and are delighted with the ann...

9. CAC 10003 v Kumandan - Penalty Decision [2012] NZREADT 32 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...on the Board before it could impose the penalties. The Tribunal find that this additional inquiry is not required under s 172. Principles of Sentencing [11] A penalty must fulfil the following functions in a disciplinary case. They are: (a) Protecting the public Section 3 of the Real Estate Agents Act sets out the purposes of the legislation. The principal purpose of the Act is “to promote and protect the interests of consumers in respect of transactions that relate to real esta...

10. EIC-Siobhan-Karaitiana-Rangitane-o-Manawatu.pdf [pdf, 227 KB]

    ........................................................................................................... 7 BF\59997752\3 Page 3 INTRODUCTION 1. My name is Siobhan Alana Karaitiana. I work in Te Ao Turoa Environmental Centre, which is part of Best Care (Whakapai Hauora) Charitable Trust, which is inter alia part of the environmental arm of Rangitāne o Manawatū. I am the Principal Environmental Planner. I oversee the day to day kaimahi relationship between Rangitāne o M...