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1. QD v L Ltd [2023] NZDT 551 (19 September 2023) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...actual knowledge of the consumer’s purpose (because it is a common purpose) there is no need for an express notification of the consumer’s expectation that the service will be fit for that common purpose. 13. Where the failure is independent of human control, the consumer has no right of redress (s 33 CGA). Was L Ltd entitled to cancel the contract? 14. L Ltd says it fulfilled its obligations under the contract when it cancelled the booking. It says conditions 6.1, 14.1 and 15....

2. [2025] NZEmpC 50  Scott's Brewing Limited v Scott [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...sole director of Scott’s Brewing. He holds 95 per cent of the shares and Ms Scott holds five per cent of the shares. Ms Scott was employed to carry out certain business duties and responsibilities, including in administration, finances and human resources. [11] Mr and Ms Scott separated in July 2023. [12] Ms Scott’s employment with Scott’s Brewing was terminated for reasons of redundancy at the end of July 2024. She subsequently raised a personal grievance for u...

3. Proceeds of Crime Fund - Funding proposal template form [docx, 99 KB]

   ...strategies to manage these risks effectively. Add more rows, if required. Maximum 300 words. A risk is a potential event that has not yet occurred but has some probability of happening. Consider risks related to reputation, public confidence, deliverables, human resources, and finances. Assess each risk by evaluating its potential impact (ranging from minimal to severe) and its likelihood (from rare to almost certain). Use the provided matrix to classify the risk as low, medium, high, or very...

4. NE v Accident Compensation Corporation (Mental Injury) [2025] NZACC 018 (31 January 2025) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...obtain cover for the actions or inactions of Dr Bell. [15] On 1 August 2022, the Corporation granted the appellant cover for pregnancy as a result of sexual abuse in 1999 and for pregnancy as a result of sexual abuse in 2017 but declined cover for human papillomaviruses infection. [16] On 18 August 2022, a Notice of Appeal was lodged against the Reviewer’s decision of 14 January 2022. Relevant law [17] Section 20(1) of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act’) provides...

5. [2024] NZSSAA 15 (13 August 2024) [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...birthday if the COVID-19 pandemic and inadequacies of the MIQ system had not prevented his return to New Zealand when he intended to do so in August or September 2020. XXXX submitted that the situation concerning the MIQ system violated his human rights, prevented him from being an ordinary citizen and was found by the High Court to breach the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.4 [12] While XXXX initially accepted the COVID-19 settings which included the MIQ booking system,...

6. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Stephen Brown [pdf, 8.9 MB]

   ...re-emerged within the Bay over the last 15 or so years creates a veneer of naturalness down both sides of its water area, yet it is still viewed in the same context as the residential dwellings, olive groves, driveways, domestic paraphernalia and human activity that 31548730:629148 are also part and parcel of the Bay’s current landscape. Thus, Matiatia as a whole displays characteristics that are different to the decades when most of its margins were farmed, yet is perha...

7. E93 Craig Fitzgerald - Noise and Vibration - RE – Applicant [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...SELcum(ow) 199 dB SELcum(ow) PTS 232 dB Lpeak 203 dB SELcum(ow) 219 dB SELcum(ow) Phocid Pinnipeds TTS 212 dB Lpeak 170 dB SELcum(pw) 181 dB SELcum(pw) PTS 218 dB Lpeak 185 dB SELcum(pw) 201 dB SELcum(pw) Safety guidelines for human divers published in a NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) publication7 recommends divers should avoid areas where noise levels exceed 160 dB re 1 Pa rms (125Hz – 4kHz). This is considered an acceptable threshold for experienced divers, or...

8. [2016] NZEmpC 166 Alim v Sky Chefs NZ Ltd [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...confidentiality was claimed. [51] The Court was also referred to the affidavits of documents filed by Ms Alim and PRI. [52] I turn next to affidavits which were filed specifically for the purposes of the applications for joinder. Ms Park, Human Resources Manager for LSG, filed two affirmations in support of LSG’s application for joinder. In the first of these16 she said that the identity of the funder and the basis of any funding agreement for Ms Alim was unclear. She ha...

9. Winitana v Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board - Lake Waikaremoana [2021] Chief Judge's MB 615 (2021 CJ 615) [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...and (f) Maori Affairs Act 1953 were inserted by Maori Purposes Act 1960; and the legislative history and plain reading of that clause shows that the word “person” in above quoted passage from the 10 March 2000 3 page judgment can only be a human being who has some blood content [refer Appendix “C”, pp394-408, attached documents filed in support of my application]; and [B] In the decision dated 10 March 2000 Judge Savage emphasized subsection (3) of section 13 Lake Wa...

10. [2018] NZEnvC 243 Ohau Protection Society Incorporated v Waitaki District Council [pdf, 16 MB]

    ...dwelling "will introduce signs of domestication to this site which will be visible from a range of public locations".27 [55] The ordinary meaning of 'domesticate' is to 'tame' (for example, taming an animal to live with humans) .28 According to that meaning, we find that the relevant landscape is already domesticated in several respects. Lake Ohau Road, Lake Ohau canal and hydro control structures, farming, boating, Ohau village and Ohau lodge, Ohau Snow...