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1. [2013] NZEmpC 188 Hook v Stream Group (NZ) Pty Ltd [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...Reichel gave evidence by way of unchallenged affidavit that he undertook a search of Facebook following Mr Hook’s departure from the company. He says that the page was in the public domain and that he was readily able to access it as it was not protected by a privacy setting. Mr Reichel took some screen shots of the Facebook page, which included a post on 26 July: Mr Hook: Welp, work found out I am looking for another job today, and I may get in trouble for it. Thoughts? And,...

2. Adlam v Niao - Matata Parish 39A 2A Ahu Whenua Trust [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 478 (2018 APPEAL 478) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...meaning of the statutory scheme .and one which is necessary if charging orders over Māori land are to have practical effect. [29] We are reinforced in this view by the terms of ss 83 and 342 of the Act. When read in context, s 82 is part of a carefully constructed statutory regime which modifies the extent of creditors’ remedies over Māori land interests. Section 82 allows Māori land interests to be the subject of a charging order. Section 83 provides for the appointment of a rec...

3. MBL v Shadforth [2016] NZIACDT 37 (3 August 2016) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...ensure that appropriate standards of conduct are maintained in the occupation concerned. [21] The statutory purpose is achieved by considering at least four factors that materially bear upon maintaining appropriate standards of conduct: [21.1] Protecting clients: section 3 of the Act states that “[t]he purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the interests of consumers receiving immigration advice ...” [21.2] Demanding minimum standards of conduct: Dentice v Valuers Registrati...

4. Napier v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2019] NZREADT 7 (25 Feb 2019) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...the right of the media to report proceedings fairly and accurately as surrogates of the public. They also accepted, as a starting point, the need to take into account and recognise and apply the purposes of the Act, including the promotion and protection of the interests of consumers. [7] Mr McAnally submitted for Mr Napier that publication of the Tribunal’s substantive decision would give life to matters that are increasingly historical, would add nothing to what is already k...

5. LCRO 146/2019 AC v CJ (12 March 2020) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...cover. Had Ms CJ been aware of the amount of legal fees that would be incurred as a result of her own actions, and which were ultimately being paid by her, matters would have been resolved a lot earlier. The express purposes of [the Act] include protection of the consumers of legal services and maintaining public confidence in the provision of 2 Standards Committee determination at [28]–[37]. 3 LCRO 272/2012 at [35]. 6 legal ser...

6. MacGregor v Craig (Rescission of Confidentiality Orders) [2016] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...circumstances which had led her to abandon her original “no publication” position in favour of the full publication for which she now argued were related to the four proceedings to which Mr Craig, not Ms MacGregor, is a party. In her view the protection afforded by the Tribunal’s interim orders has been overtaken by those proceedings because in them Mr Craig is once more publishing confidential and private information about her for the purpose of attempting to repair his own reputa...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 188 Wakatipu Equities Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...instruments sufficiently clear without the need to draw from such extraneous sources. Overview of the NPS-HPL Objective and policies as to highly productive land [10] The NPS-HPL has a single objective (in cl 2.1): Highly productive land is protected for use in land-based primary production, both now and for future generations. [11] The NPS-HPL specifies several associated policies (cl 2.2), including: Policy 1: Highly productive land is recognised as a resource with finite...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 5 VMR v Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 519 KB]

   VMR v CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY [2022] NZEmpC 5 [24 January 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 5 EMPC 386/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN VMR First Plaintiff AND KRR Second Plaintiff AND WEN Third Plaintiff AND XDD Fourth Plaintiff AND CIVIL AVIATION AU

9. Professor Simon Francis Thrush - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT Auckland Registry ENV 2015 AKL 0000134 IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal under Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act TRUSTEES OF MOTITI ROHE MOANATRUST Appellant BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF PROFESSOR SIMON FRANCIS THRUSH ON BEHALF OF MOTITI ROHE MOANA TRUST 25th October 2017 Counsel Acting RB Enright Barrister Level 1, Stanbeth House 28 C

10. [2015] NZEmpC 216 Roy v Tamaki College Board of Trustees no 3 interlocutory [pdf, 151 KB]

    ...concerning both the evidence given by witnesses and statements made by the Court, have been the subject of subsequent consideration and have been established in cross- examination of Mr Roy to be false. That means that the Court must examine very carefully and critically the other very serious allegations that the plaintiff has made, particularly about the school’s Principal and its then Board’s Deputy Chair. Some of those allegations may be described as sensational and they ar...