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1. [2012] NZEmpC 168 Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Sanford Ltd [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...know...” 6 [52] The only academic study of bargaining facilitation in New Zealand is contained in a paper by Ian McAndrew entitled “Collective bargaining interventions: contemporary New Zealand experiments” in The International Journal of Human Resources Management. 7 Dr McAndrew’s sample was of 14 facilitations in 6 Not be taken literally – both parties expressed their confidence in, and admiration for, the mediators....

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Family Court Review [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...required to resolve a case if parties represent themselves in parts of proceedings • the time required to support self-representing parties. Where possible, assumptions have been drawn from historical Family Court data. Some assumptions about human behaviour – the choices people, including lawyers and parties, make about family disputes – are unable to be drawn from existing data. Government Statement on Regulation The Government Statement on Regulation requires there to be...

3. [2019] NZSAAA 1 (4 February 2019) [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...about the situation the parties are in. Continuing to provide parental contact and support into early adulthood after a lengthy period of foster care may only happen infrequently but when it does it is not exceptional. Rather it is the natural, human outcome of a successful placement. Accordingly I am satisfied that if Mr and Mrs M could be described as her parents in terms of the reg 2 definition the appellant’s ICG application would have to fail. [39] Once Mr and Mrs M are remove...

4. Proactive release - 2020 Cannabis Referendum [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...This may, however, conflict with public expectations that their vote on a particular regulatory model be respected. The subsequent RIA should detail how monitoring and review will be handled, and whether this should be signalled at the referendum. Human Rights 130. Establishing a minimum age of 20 to use and purchase cannabis limits the right to be free from discrimination under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA). 131. I consider that the limitation is justified as it...

5. Legal aid grants December 2019 [xlsx, 102 KB]

   ...This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court • Immigration & Protection Tribunal • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal. Civil legal aid is not avai...

6. [2021] NZEnvC 187 The Canyon Vineyard Limited v Central Otago District Council [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...ensure that: (i) The supplier of any treatment equipment shall provide a certificate from a suitably qualified person confirming that the system operated in accordance with the operating and maintenance procedures, will supply water suitable for human consumption in compliance with Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (revised 2008). (ii) A copy of the operating and maintenance instructions for any treatment equipment installed in terms of Condition 12(a) above and a copy...

7. LCRO 177/2021 FA v LL (14 March 2022) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...more readily appear to shake off the effects of another’s egregious behaviour. Any compensation for hurt and humiliation in those circumstances, will reflect that. The emphasis is on restoring a victim of wrongdoing. 16 See for example the Human Rights Act 1990 and the Privacy Act 2020. 20 [127] Further, comparison with awards of compensation for hurt and humiliation in other jurisdictions is not necessarily helpful or instructive – again because of the entirely subje...

8. Induction guide for legal aid providers - v1.4 June 2017 [pdf, 649 KB]

   ...• breaches of contract • defamation • bankruptcy. Civil legal aid may also be available for proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court • Refugee Status Appeal Authority • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal....

9. [2009] NZEmpC AC 15/09 Air New Zealand Ltd v V [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...saw no reason to be alcohol free. Dr Powell concluded subsequently: “Myself, I am unsure whether he is chemically dependent and I believe that only time will tell”. [80] The defendant met with Mr Ward and Martha Gibbons, the plaintiff’s human resources consultant, on 24 October 2006. At this and subsequent meetings with company management, the defendant had a union representative to assist him. The defendant said he was not happy with some of Mr Green’s conclusions. H...

10. Walker v Flight - Waipapa 1D 2B 3B (2016) 352 Aotea MB 211 (352 AOT 211) [pdf, 263 KB]

    ...the trustees. [87] Even so, the trustees were prepared to entertain a settlement with Mr Flight that might have seen the dwelling remain in situ, subject to important conditions. They were concerned about the lack of suitability of the house for human habitation. Yet Mr Flight says he has had the dwelling repaired so that those concerns can now be allayed. As to the prudent management test, it is likely that the actual area in occupation by Mr Flight – some 1,500 sqm- is not go...