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1. Shepherd & Ors as Trustees of the Bell Shepherd Family Trust v Lay [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...position. In this respect the law can be stated as follows: 1. The builder of a house owes a duty of care in tort to future owners. 2. For present purposes that duty is to take reasonable care to build the house in accordance with the building permit and the relevant building code and bylaws. 3. The position is no different when the builder is also the owner. An owner/builder owes a like duty of care in tort to future owners. 17.5 Mr Casey submits that Mr Lay was an em...

2. Practice note: Family Court caseflow management [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...access orders, parenting orders and orders under the Domestic Violence Act 1995, Care of Children Act 2004 and Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, and such relevant applications, affidavits, reports and memoranda as the Judge shall permit; (d) the reason(s) for the request for supervision and, in particular, any concerns for the safety and welfare of the child(ren); and (e) the nature and extent and length of period of supervision which is sought, including the...

3. Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) - 29 February 2020 [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 29 February 2020 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 being applications which are 6 months or older as at 29 February 2020, and which are currently held by the Registrar in the District set out, or, in the case of applications to the Chief Judge of Māori Land Court or those to the Mā

4. Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) - 31 May 2020 [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 31 May 2020 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 being applications which are 6 months or older as at 31 May 2020, and which are currently held by the Registrar in the District set out, or, in the case of applications to the Chief Judge of Māori Land Court or those to the Māori Appell

5. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...ii. The conflicting evidence concerning Robin’s alleged incest with Laniet, and  Laniet’s planned “confrontation” with her parents on the weekend prior to the  Monday morning murders.   The evidence does not permit any clear finding on the issues of incest, disclosure  and confrontation, but as the prosecutor said at the 1995 trial, “something went  wrong in the house that morning to lead someone to kill”.  The ...

6. OIA-110144.pdf [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...credibility on opennessis seriously underminedbytheall-too-freguentintroduction of legislation that contains a secrecy clause. These clauses are sometimes formulated as confidentiality provisions that apply to too muchinformation, or that only permit disclosure in limited circumstances. These can mean OIA requests have to be refused undersection 18(c)(i) as being 'contrary to the provisions of a specified enactment' - to which, of course, no public interest test applies....

7. February 2016 National Pānui [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...required to enable us to forward a copy of the monthly National Pänui to you. Information about you will not be disclosed to any other person in a form that will identify you except where you have consented to such disclosure or where such is required or permitted by the Privacy Act 1993 or otherwise as permitted by law. You may at any time contact us to check the details held and request changes by writing to the Pänui Analyst, DX Box SX11203, Wellington, or by email to MLCpanui@justice....

8. Family violence & the pro-arrest policy: a literature review [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...level offences that result in a reprimand rather than a sanction. For some European countries low level offences are not considered for arrest and this limits the protective function of the police (Kelly 2005). Sweden introduced a law in 1999 that permits prosecution for a series of acts or ‘course of conduct’ that recognises a combination of low level acts in a domestic situation can add up to a pattern of coercive control. The offence for this is called ‘gross violation of a woman’...

9. 02-Appendix-Two-Objectives-and-Policies.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project  VOLUME II - SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT APPENDIX TWO: OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES IN VERBATIM 1 APPENDIX TWO: OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES IN VERBATIM 1 Introduction The following statutory provisions have been identified by Waka Kotahi and Councils as relevant to the consideration of the NoRs and resource consent applications under section 171(1)(a) and 104 of the RMA respectively. The as

10. [2023] NZEmpC 144 Cronin-Lampe v The Board of Trustees of Melville High School [pdf, 847 KB]

    ...Mrs Cronin-Lampe were supported by the Principal and Assistant Principal, they were required to deal with numerous referrals for students and others. The Postvention Team had told them they should see all persons who were at risk. They were not permitted to say they were unable to assist an individual who was referred or presented to them. [114] Throughout 1998, Mr and Mrs Cronin-Lampe were required to deal with multiple at-risk students. There were serious threats of suicide, or...