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1. CAC 20003 v Fourie [2014]NZREADT 71 [pdf, 63 KB]

   ...the situation as we have outlined it above, we feel able to deal with this matter by way of suspension of licence rather than revocation. Frankly, the licence should be suspended for quite some time but we are conscious of the massive financial and human impact of a suspension on the defendant licensee. It could be said that he has shown some gall in purchasing a farmlet at this stage and thereby tying-up $60,000 of financial capital which, apparently, is all he possesses. [56] Howeve...

2. Vining Realty Group Limited v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 408) [2017] NZREADT 57 [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...to the purchasers. [46] At the time, the salesperson’s manager had had to leave the office to go to a funeral, and her supervisor was out on business. Neither was aware of the pressure (described by the Tribunal as “intense pressure as a human being”) the salesperson was under. The purchasers’ position was, however, resolved by the salesperson and her supervisor by virtue of a suitable rental arrangement. [47] The Tribunal recorded that it had much more information before...

3. Annual report IPT 2016/2017 [pdf, 768 KB]

   ...in November 2016, and a paper at the Refugee Law Initiative annual conference in London in June 2017. He is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Platform on Disaster Displacement, an intergovernmental process on disasters, climate change and human mobility, and is a member of the International Law Association Committee on the international law implications of sea-level rise in the context of climate change. Over the summer of 2016/2017, the Tribunal was enriched by the presence...

4. Evidence Brief: Prisoner Education and Employment [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...In a review of the evidence, the Urban Institute suggest that “education improves decision making skills and promotes pro-social thinking, thereby improving in prison behaviour and facilitating adjustment to prison. Education increases human capital, improving general cognitive functioning while providing specific skills”.xxii PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE BRIEF – JULY 2016. PAGE 6 of 13 WHEN IS PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MOST EFFECTIVE?...

5. E29 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...buildings. A combination of fit-for- purpose techniques shall be used comprising a-d and at least three of e-j: a. expression of primary and secondary building volumes with modulation of height or form; b. roof form modulation; c. provision of human scale, fine-grained detail and richness at all edges that the public will view at close range, and larger forms and elements to respond to mid and long-range viewing distances; d. visual expression of building entries; e. offsets of...

6. [2017] NZEmpC 66 Lal v The Warehouse [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...some physical restrictions (relating to prolonged sitting, standing and walking). 1 Lal v The Warehouse Ltd [2016] NZERA Auckland 78. [7] Ms Lal requested a meeting with Ms Wooding (Human Resources) in late September 2013. At the meeting Ms Lal expressed a desire to transfer to a different store to undertake her rehabilitation. She said that her manager was not providing her with light duties. Ms Wooding explained the...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 154 W Hansen Haupouri Partnership v Hastings District Council [pdf, 992 KB]

   ...that. It can be accepted that the coastal flats, including the Disputed Area is, potentially at least, a site of considerable archaeological interest. As knowledge of it increases, we understand that it is being regarded as containing evidence of human habitation in the timeframe of that of the Wairau Bar. According to Ms Craig's evidence, the HNZPT '" maintains that the cultural, historical and archaeological heritage values present at Ocean Beach are greater than th...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 038 Hawke's Bay Fish & Game Council v Hawke's Bay Regional Council [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...accountability for anything that went wrong there. [51] There are a range of potential reasons why intended electronic service of the appeal could have gone astray. Some technical problem is one possibility, whether at HBFG's end or Mr Revell's. Human error is another possibility, again potentially at HBFG's end or Mr Revell's (e.g. error in addressing before dispatch or in monitoring or anaging emails upon receipt). In making the assertion that HBFG bears responsi...

9. RV v IP and RM LCRO 212/2014 (25 July 2016) [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...matters not whether information acquired in the course of the professional relationship may be widely known or a matter of public record; information so acquired is nevertheless confidential. Client confidence has been described as “a fundamental human right”, subject only to the mandatory and permissible categories when disclosure can be made pursuant to rules 8.2 and 8.4.5 [59] It would be difficult to maintain argument that Mr RV did not acquire the information in the course of t...

10. KXBK v GVH [2019] NZIACDT 74 (1 November 2019) [pdf, 195 KB]

    ...adviser of the details of the complaint and invited his explanation. 8 Adviser’s explanation to Authority [42] On 31 January 2018, the adviser responded to the complaint. He denied all the allegations. He accepted having made a simple human error in not noticing the provision in the employment agreement allowing part-time employment, but stated that the omission did not meet the threshold for the tort of negligence. It would not have made any difference to the outcome of...