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1. [2024] NZIACDT 28 - EM v Ma (4 December 2024) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...with her client. During the course of advising the complainant, preparing and filing the visa application, there was at most one telephone call between them. It is a fundamental obligation of advisers that they personally engage with the visa applicant. This is an important aspect of the licensing regime’s protection of consumers. A licensed adviser not only has the knowledge and experience to properly assist clients, but is the only person bound by a code of standards. An ad...

2. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Melanie Heather dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...MATTER of the Omnibus Plan Change - Plan Change 8, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF MELANIE HEATHER ON BEHALF OF THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL URBAN PROVISIONS - PART G 11 February 2022 A...

3. [2018] NZSSAA 42 (3 September 2018) [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...to facilitate her mobility. Motivated by her desire to maximise opportunities she had with the art work, and with the help of physical therapy, she developed her physical strength. She could then work and live without her wheelchair and other forms of assistance to maintain mobility. By about 2015, she reached the point where she could almost financially support herself without 2 requiring a benefit. While on a work trip, she was involved in a vehicle accident. She suf...

4. Hohepa v Banks - Waima C30A [2019] Māori Appellate Court MB 629 (2019 APPEAL 629) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...granting the licence to occupy in 2002, they were permitting a trespass to occur. [9] By way of relief, Ms Grant sought that the judgment in relation to damages be set aside, and that damages be awarded to Hiwi Hohepa as set out in the statement of claim (together with interest and costs). [10] Counsel for the Trust, Mr Williams, supported some aspects of the lower Court decision, but appealed others. He argued: (a) The Trust did not have actual or constructive knowledge that the...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 215 Rimmer v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd interlocutory [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...1 Rimmer v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd [2014] NZERA Christchurch 185. The Authority held that Mr Rimmer was not unjustifiably dismissed so that his personal grievance was unsuccessful. [4] In Mr Rimmer’s statement of claim, the facts which are relevant for the present application are summarised in this way: Isolation Breach Incident 9. On Thursday 30 January 2014 the plaintiff worked his usual 10-hour shift at the grading station. 10. At one point d...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 204 City Rail Link Limited Successor to Auckland Transport v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...seeking to have it confirm those requirements at first instance in the place of Auckland Council. [2] The requisite procedural steps under ss 198B, 198C, and 1980 RMA had been taken on various dates in March and May in 2017. [3] Under s198E the Applicants expressed their desire that the proceedings continue before the Environment Court instead of the Council. [4] The Application was supported by an affidavit of GE Edmonds and accompanied by a list of names and addresses of persons...

7. [2020] NZEnvC 189 Weston Lea Limited v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 10 MB]

   ...2020 Weston Lea & Ors v Hamilton City Council 20200831 (Interim Decision) 2 INTERIM DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: The Consent is to be granted subject to conditions to be amended as set out in this Decision. B: We instruct the Applicant to prepare a draft set of conditions to follow the terms of this Decision. We understand that such work is already well advanced and direct that it be circulated to the other parties in 20 days for comment. The parties need to focus...

8. Murray - Parengarenga B3 (2016) 128 Taitokerau MB 54 (128 TTK 54) [pdf, 333 KB]

   128 Taitokerau MB 54 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TAITOKERAU A20020005369 UNDER Section 251 and 306,Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Parengarenga B3 Residue BETWEEN BARRY MURRAY Applicant A20030003449 UNDER Section 289, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF PAKOHU 2B2AJ Block AND BETWEEN PAUL ROBSON NORMAN Applicant and others – see over Hearing: 13 May 2013...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 087 Okura Holdings Limited & Others v Auckland Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...their respective properties. [3] Identification of the RUB is a method contained in Table B 1.6.1 (a provision of the Regional Policy Statement component of the Unitary Plan) intended to address the regionally significant issue of urban growth and form in Auckland. Chapter G1 of the Unitary Plan (part of the District Plan component of the Unitary Plan) states that "the Rural Urban Boundary identifies land potentially suitable for urban development". At Okura the Unitary Pl...

10. Justice Matters July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

    ...Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel also addressed the audience. All three speakers expressed their appreciation that this much-needed option was now available to those homeowners whose insurance claims remain unresolved eight or nine years after the earthquakes. The Tribunal will provide homeowners with a fair, speedy, flexible and cost-effective way to resolve their long-standing insurance claims relating to the earthquakes of 2010 an...