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1. Gray v Ministry for Children (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...following terms: Commissioner’s opinion: • application of principle(s) • adverse consequences • interference with privacy No opinion, complaint withdrawn – section 71(1)(d). Principle 6 and Principle 7 – No final view formed. N/A No final view formed. Mr Gray’s claim [7] In these proceedings filed with the Tribunal on 30 November 2017 Mr Gray alleges the Ministry for Children breached information privacy principles 6 and 7. Mr Gray also allege...

2. MacGregor v Craig (Application for Witness Summonses) [2015] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND – ON THE PAPERS TRIBUNAL: Rodger Haines QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Mr HJP Wilson and Ms L Clark for plaintiff Mr J McKay and Mr S Misselbrook for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 27 November 2015 DECISION ON APPLICATION BY DEFENDANT FOR THE ISSUE OF THREE WITNESS SUMMONSES TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS 1 Power to issue a witness summons to produce documents [1] By virtue of s 109 of the Human Rights Act 1993 the Tribunal or Chairperson has...

3. Tai Rakena v Corrections (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 19 [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...Mr R K Musuku, Member Mr B K Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr M Tai Rakena in person Ms V McCall and Ms G Taylor for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 17 May 2018 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 [1] By application dated 4 May 2018 the Chief Executive, Department of Corrections has applied to have these proceedings struck out on the grounds: [1.1] The Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to hear the claim as no investigation has been conducted in term...

4. Smith v McCallum and Ross (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 47 [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...REPRESENTATION: Mr B Smith in person Mr T Mackenzie for defendants PLAINTIFF STEVE MCCALLUM FIRST DEFENDANT SIMONE ROSS SECOND DEFENDANT DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 30 October 2018 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 [1] By application dated 12 September 2018, the first and second defendants have applied to have these proceedings struck out on the ground that the plaintiff has failed to prosecute the claim . . Background [2] On 25 May 2015, Ben Smith made...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. 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...