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1. Steele v Community Leisure Centre Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...Mr Steele’s membership of the WAC. The WAC is managed by Community Leisure Management Ltd (CLM). 1 [This decision is to be cited as Steele v Community Leisure Centre Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 9.] 2 [2] In July 2016, Mr Steele lodged a sexual harassment complaint against the WAC with the Human Rights Commission (HRC). The HRC declined to accept the complaint and on 22 September 2016, Mr Steele filed...

2. Edwards v Capital and Coast DHB (Strike-Out Application) [2016] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...8 June 2016 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT SECOND PLAINTIFF’S STATEMENT OF CLAIM 1 1 [This decision is to be cited as: Edwards v Capital and Coast DHB (Strike-Out Application) [2016] NZHRRT 20. Note publication restrictions. Those restrictions require this decision to be anonymised by the redaction of the true names of the plaintif fs. In substitution the plaintiffs are to be referred to as "Moira E...

3. Belle v Fogi Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 7 [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...November 2016. Ms Belle’s claim concerns a complaint that her employment was terminated by the defendants by reason of her pregnancy. 1 [This decision is to be cited as Belle v Fogi Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 7.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 7 2 [2] By application dated 11 October 2018, the defendants applied for an order that the proceedings be struck out. The basis of the strike-out applic...

4. Brown v Otago Polytechnic (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...been any difference in Mr Brown’s treatment by the 2 Polytechnic because of his disability or because he sought to rely on his rights under the HRA. [3] These proceedings were commenced on 21 February 2013 by the filing of a statement of claim with a “letter” dated 18 February 2013 (three pages) addressed to the Secretariat. This letter expands on the sparse pleading in the statement of claim itself. Also filed was a document dated 25 January 2013 (two pages) with the he...

5. Kapiarumala v New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (Strike-Out Application) [2018 NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...papers DATE OF DECISION: 11 May 2018 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT STATEMENT OF CLAIM1 1 [This decision is to be cited as: Kapiarumala v New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 18] 2 The claim [1] The plaintiff, Alex Kapiarumala, was in 1981 ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh in Assam, India. After later spending two years in New Zealand in the period...

6. Popa v Canterbury University (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...alleging unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, colour and ethnic and national origins, as well as racial harassment, because she was not given employment by the University, teaching mathematics. [5] The Commission did not offer mediation or formally notify the complaint because there was no indication or evidence that Dr Popa’s ethnicity, race or national origins were the reasons for her not being employed as a mathematics tutor at the University. This led to her claim at...

7. NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...several different occasions pulled Ms Bailey’s hair which was tied in a ponytail. 1 [This decision is to be cited as: New Zealand Private Prosecution Service Limited v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48] 2 [2] The Chief District Court Judge on 13 May 2015 rejected papers filed by New Zealand Private Prosecution Service Limited (NZPPSL) in support of an intended private prosecution against Mr Key alleging ma...

8. Macdonald v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs on Recall Application) [2024] NZACC 49 [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...and supporting affidavits) 0.25 9.12 Preparing written submissions 0.5 20. Other steps in the proceeding not specifically mentioned – as allowed by the Court (by analogy to 9.8 in respect of “unpublishing”) 0.2 [22] It is noted that the claim under item 20 relates to the separate application by Ms Koloni to “unpublish” or take down the judgment. Ms Koloni’s Submissions on Behalf of Herself and Mr MacDonald [23] In an email dated 6 March 2024, Ms Koloni makes these su...

9. Deliu v New Zealand Law Society and National Standards Committee (Second Recusal Application) [2013] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...recusal application: [5.1] A fair-minded lay observer would not apprehend that a failure to refer to a title meant that the Tribunal as presently made up would not bring an impartial mind to the case. [5.2] There is no logical connection between the claimed disregard of title and any feared deviation by the Tribunal as presently constituted from dealing with the case on the merits. [5.3] The applicant too lightly throws the bias ball in the air – if his second recusal application w...

10. JM v Minister for NZSIS (Application for Non-Publication Orders) [2022] NZHRRT 32 [pdf, 182 KB]

    ...Isaacs, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr P J Dale KC for plaintiff from 22 August 2022 Ms K Laurenson and Ms CN Tocher for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 25 August 2022 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL ON APPLICATION BY PLAINTIFF FOR NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS1 INTRODUCTION The substantive case in summary [1] JM alleges that the minister (Minister) responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has interfered with his pr...