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1. Family Legal Advice Service operational policy version 1.4 [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...Policy for providing early legal advice for disputes under the Care of Children Act 2004 Family Legal Advice Service Operational Policy v1.4 August 2016 Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency, or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and fully exclude...

2. Dassanayake v Manukau City Council [2010] NZWHT Auckland 18 [pdf, 96 KB]

   IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI-2010-100-000012 [2010] NZWHT AUCKLAND 18 BETWEEN WAJIRA KUMARA DASSANAYAKE AND KUMUDIKA PRIYANTHI DASSANAYAKE Claimants AND MANUKAU CITY COUNCIL First Respondent AND D MOORE Second Respondent AND PETER YAU Third Respondent AND STEVE O’LEARY Fourth Respondent Decision: 24 June 2010 COSTS DETERMINATION Adjudicator: K D Kilgour Application by First Respondent for Costs following Determination o

3. [2008] NZEmpC AC 42/08 Q-Med (Sweden) Australia Pty Ltd v MacDonald [pdf, 13 KB]

   ...to effect service. He has made at least 12 visits to addresses known to have been either those of the defendant at the time of previous proceedings or those of his sister and his niece. The defendant’s former solicitor has not responded to requests as to whether she is authorised to accept service on behalf of the defendant. [3] The investigator was able to speak to people at the addresses visited. He was told that Mr MacDonald was not there and the door was closed before fur...

4. Form-4_Criminal-Legal-Aid-_Non-fixed.pdf [pdf, 186 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 4 Tax Invoice Criminal Legal Aid Non-Fixed Fee Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. CRNs To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead Provider Law firm Court type District Court High Court Court of Appeal Supreme Court Court location Description of proceedings Administration Case Review Case management memorandum Committal...

5. KH v LD [2019] NZDT 1496 (11 July 2019) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...advertised on Facebook as a dog breeder. LD said that there would be a litter of [breed] puppies available in July 2018 for $2,300.00 each. They discussed her preferences for a puppy such as colour and eye shape. LD asked KH to fill out a Puppy Purchase Form if she wished to purchase a puppy, and to pay a $500.00 deposit to go on the waiting list for July. In a text, LD stated, “Deposit will be carried over to the next letter or refunded if you prefer not to wait.” 2. When KH receive...

6. O’Hagan v New Zealand Police (Discovery) [2017] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...the application. Mr O’Hagan has an acrimonious relationship with his ex-wife. A Family Court hearing in respect of a dispute between them concerning the care of their children had been set down for 29 June 2015. [5] On 2 May 2015 Mr O’Hagan requested access to his personal information from the Police. The information sought related to allegations made by Mr O’Hagan’s ex-wife against him. Mr O’Hagan intended to use the information in the Family Court hearing. [6] The inf...

7. LCRO 124-2014 SM v TK [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...wife. [3] Ms SM rendered an account for her services in July 2012. [4] Her account was not paid. 2 [5] Ms SM claimed a lien over Mr TK’s file on account of unpaid fees. Included on the file was Mr TK’s passport. [6] Mr TK made repeated requests to Ms SM to have his passport returned. Ms SM refused to provide the passport. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [7] Mr TK lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (the Complaints S...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 137 Coetzee v Oamaru Meats Ltd [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...from Mr Thorp’s statement that he had not been promoted to the maintenance manager’s position. The company was invited to address this grievance by providing reasons for that decision and to attend mediation. A response by 30 August 2019 was requested. [13] Mr Thorp did not wait to respond. On 27 August he reiterated the points made previously, noting that the company was going through the consultation process about the proposed restructuring. Mr Coetzee was informed that...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 52 Fechney v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...respondent S McKechnie and T Bremner, counsel for intervener Judgment: 23 March 2022 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE J C HOLDEN [1] Ms Fechney is an employment advocate who recently has been acting in a number of cases in which employees, or former employees, have challenged the application of the Government’s COVID-19 mandates. One of the people who was challenging the application of the mandates was GF, a former employee of New Zealand Customs Service (Custo...

10. LCRO 240/2017 O & B HN v JJ Lawyers (22 June 2018) [pdf, 237 KB]

    ...trading as JJ Lawyers [(JJL)]. [2] They made the complaint with the aim of recovering from [JJL] the sum of $8050 they paid in advance to Mr FT, trading as [LV] Law Specialists, for employment dispute services for Mrs HN which they say were never performed. [3] In their complaint, they submitted that [JJL] should be ordered to compensate them in that amount because, by permitting Mr FT to use a room in or adjacent to their office premises that was not differentiated from those by si...