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1. [2023] NZEmpC 105 Pilgrim & Ors v Attorney-General & Ors [pdf, 596 KB]

   ...that. [122] The evidence satisfies me that the plaintiffs expected to be rewarded for their work while working on the Teams and that they received a reward for their work on the Teams. In this regard, in exchange for their work they expected to be permitted to remain in the Community with their family and friends and continue to lead a life they were familiar with; that they would receive food, shelter, clothing, religious support and guidance; and the promise of spiritual redempti...

2. O'Hagan v Police [2020] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 827 KB]

   ...following remedies: (a) a declaration that the action of the defendant is an interference with the privacy of an individual: (b) an order restraining the defendant from continuing or repeating the interference, or from engaging in, or causing or permitting others to engage in, conduct of the same kind as that constituting the interference, or conduct of any similar kind specified in the order: (c) damages in accordance with section 88: (d) an order that the defendant perform any...

3. GA & BD v X SC LCRO 186/2013 (5 May 2014) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...8 Above n 1 at [19]. 9 AP v ZG LCRO 278/2012. 10 Above n 1 at [19]. 11 the practitioners. I have some reluctance however to accept the overall thrust of Mr J’s’ comments which have the effect of permitting significant discretion on the part of a lawyer in complying with rules and other duties owed to investors, and have taken a different view from this in AP v ZG. [29] Mr Js’ comment in particular, that “it can be counter-product

4. Ratahi v Parininihi Ki Waitotara Incorporation - Section 53 Block IX Opunake SD being part Ngati Kahumate Block comprised in CT D4/240 (2007) 195 Aotea MB 127 (195 AOT 127) [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...deciding whether a rehearing should be granted; (e) section 43 requires that a rehearing application be lodged 28 days from the original decision. It was not lodged by the applicant until 13 December 2005 and so falls outside of the parameters permitted by section 43. Accordingly, the couli has no jurisdiction to hear it at all given that no subsidiary application was before the Court that could not have been lodged sooner; and (f) the objectors are relatively unsophisticated and wi...

5. Langhorne v ACC [2010] NZACA 11 [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...1978. [74] With respect to the suggestion that the cessation was wrong or unlawful, this is, at best, speculative. The Corporation endeavoured to consider the possible reasons for cessation but ultimately took an interpretation of events that permitted the reinstatement of the appellant’s ERC from the date it was ceased (refer to the Corporation’s memorandum 19/10/07). [75] Nevertheless, the fact remains that the appellant did not challenge the calculation and cessation in...

6. Joint-memorandum-of-counsel-for-the-Transport-Agency-and-Transpower-6-July-202060266780.1.pdf [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...Activities 2009 ("NESETA"): As noted above, the Project potentially requires raising the level of the conductors to achieve the necessary clearance from the road. At this stage, the required height change is expected to be within the permitted activity status threshold, and as such, no consent is required. Para 190(g) Pg. 46 TP doesn’t know if the Project meets NESETA or if consent is required as the detailed electrical engineering assessment hasn’t been completed....

7. E97 Paul Kennedy - Coastal Environment - RE – Applicant [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...ferries and shipping in the port. The activities associated with the AC36 project are to be managed through consent conditions and Management Plans that in total result in less than minor effects and in my view are of a scale similar to many routine permitted and consented activities carried out in this part of the Waitemata Harbour. 6. CONCLUSION 6.1 I have provided clarification to the matters raised by Dr Sivaguru in relation to the IVHEMP. 6.2 Mana Whenua have raised con...

8. PAUP Residential Alternative height in relation to boundary [pdf, 632 KB]

   ...Unitary Plan. The appeal filed by Ryman/RVA additionally challenged the AHIRB control in the Terrace Housing and Apartment Building (THAB) zone. [4] The Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearing Panel (Panel) recommended that the control have a permitted activity status in the Mixed Housing Suburban (MHS), Mixed Housing Urban (MHU) and Terrace Housing and Apartment Building (THAB) zones of the Unitary Plan. The Council rejected the Panel's recommendations in relation to the A...

9. LCRO 125/2019 AB v CD and EF (3 June 2021) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...information is unimportant. As to those who may be allowed to represent parties to argue cases, the Courts have an inherent jurisdiction … it is not then a question of the right to practice generally … but a question concerning what is needed or may be permitted to ensure in a particular case both justice and the appearance of justice. Obviously it is a jurisdiction to be exercised with circumspection. [70] His Honour therefore declined to describe the type of information that Mr AB...

10. Safer Sooner: Strengthening New Zealand’s Family Violence Laws [pdf, 7.9 MB]

    ...be pressured by the perpetrator into not testifying in court. This can make it more difficult to successfully prosecute family violence perpetrators. Videos taken at the time of the offence are a powerful evidential tool but are not always permitted to be used in court. WHAT CHANGES ARE PROPOSED? Video interviews made by Police at the scene of a family violence incident can be used as the victim’s evidence in chief. The victim can then be cross-examined and re-examined in th...