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1. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Simes [2012] NZLCDT 4 [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...was able to give legal advice regarding the direction or management of proceedings that were reserved areas of work.18 In the case of an incorporated law firm employees would have to be involved in giving the advice (a company operates through its human employees) and there is no requirement that such employees be lawyers. The requirement is only that the incorporated law firm be controlled by a lawyer. [78] As a consequence, Mr Gorringe submitted, the purpose of Section 24 must be t...

2. Legal Complaints Review Officer v Hong [2015] NZLCDT 27 [pdf, 407 KB]

   ...“verbal eunuchs” in the words of the Canadian Supreme Court, their profession constrains them to respond to provocation with “dignified restraint”.30 As members of a profession, lawyers are expected to suppress what may be natural negative human emotions in their professional dealings with other lawyers. This is not necessarily easy, especially as clients may expect lawyers to share the clients’ personal acrimony to the opponent that, for them, includes the opponent’s lawye...

3. LJ v Accident Compensation Corporation (personal injury; deemed cover; unreasonable delay) [2025] NZACC 179 [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...which the person has cover. Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [39] In Ambros,1 the Court of Appeal envisaged...

4. 31 May- 4 June- MD- Water Conservation Order [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT NAPIER ENV-2019-AKL-000270 ENV-2019-AKL-000272 ENV-2019-AKL-000273 ENV-2019-AKL-000274 ENV-2019-AKL-000277 ENV-2019-AKL-000278 ENV-2019-AKL-000309 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 of submissions under section 209 of the Act BETWEEN NGA KAITIAKI O TE AWA A NGARURORO HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL EAST TAUPO LANDS TRUST OWHAOKO B & D LANDS TRUST WHITEWATER NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED ROYAL FOREST AND BI

5. Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) July 2012 [pdf, 506 KB]

   PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Formal Review of the Ministry of Jus ce (MoJ) JULY 2012 State Services Commission, the Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Performance Improvement Framework Formal Review: Ministry of Jus ce State Services Commission, the Treasury, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Wellington, New Zealand Published July 2012 ISBN 978-0-478-36173-5 Web address: www.ssc.govt.nz/pif Crown copyright 2012 Copyright/terms

6. Deborah Freeman - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...2014), where it was also noted that the Council's ecological advisors described the pre-Rena condition of Astrolabe Reef as in "almost pristine condition". 35. The evidence of Mr White for the Applicant, states (paragraph 5.18) that human-induced impacts had altered fisheries at Astrolabe Reef prior to the Rena grounding. In particular, he notes that iconic resident fish and shellfish had been significantly reduced, the reef fish community had changed from its pre-f...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 228 Bay of Islands Maritime Park Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...of New Zealand (Forest and Bird), Ngāti Kuta Ki Te Rawhiti Hapū (Ngāti Kuta) and Te Uri o Hikihiki Hapū seek provisions in the NRP to protect areas in the Bay of Islands and Mimiwhangata from the adverse effects on marine biodiversity from human activity. This inevitably creates an intersection with fisheries and fishing and the interrelationship between the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and the Fisheries Act 1996 (Fisheries Act). Hearing and post hearing A hearing was...

8. Common Bundle Volume 6 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   State of the Environment Surface Water Quality in Otago 2006 to 2017 Manuherikia River at Ophir Catlins River at Houipapa Dunstan Creek at Beattie Road Kakanui River at Clifton Falls CB1689 Otago Regional Council Private Bag 1954, Dunedin 9054 70 Stafford Street, Dunedin 9016 Phone 03 474 0827 Fax 03 479 0015 Freephone 0800 474 082 www.orc.govt.nz © Copyright for this publication is held by the Otago Regional Council. This publication may be reproduced i

9. State of the Environment Surface Water Quality in Otago 2006-2017 [pdf, 5.8 MB]

   State of the Environment Surface Water Quality in Otago 2006 to 2017 Manuherikia River at Ophir Catlins River at Houipapa Dunstan Creek at Beattie Road Kakanui River at Clifton Falls Otago Regional Council Private Bag 1954, Dunedin 9054 70 Stafford Street, Dunedin 9016 Phone 03 474 0827 Fax 03 479 0015 Freephone 0800 474 082 www.orc.govt.nz © Copyright for this publication is held by the Otago Regional Council. This publication may be rep

10. [2021] NZEnvC 040 Director-General of Conservation v Taranaki Regional Council Part 1 [pdf, 19 MB]

    ...Construction Water Management Plan Day Working Day, unless otherwise stipulated dBA A unit of sound level which has its frequency characteristics modified by a filter (C-weighted) so as to account for the non-linear frequency 4 response of the human ear at high noise level (typically greater than 100 decibels) DOC Department of Conservation ELMP Ecology and Landscape Management Plan Establishment Work(s) Progressively opening up and establishing the site, including:...