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1. Paerau - Te Komiti 1B2B2 Ahu Whenua Trust (2015) 95 Taitokerau MB 280 (95 TTK 280) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...have sufficient experience. (e) The trustees interviewed those who were shortlisted and selected Geoffrey Bowers as the proposed lessee. The reasons for selecting Mr Bowers are: They considered that he had sufficient experience and financial resources to properly manage the land; he had previous experience with this land pursuant to a prior grazing lease granted by the trustees; and Mr Bowers was to provide assistance in order to bring the land back to a productive farming un...

2. [2018] NZEmpC 34 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...enforcement of judgment [5] Insofar as the application for enforcement is concerned, the application relies upon assertions contained in affidavits filed in support, which are substantially in conflict with the affirmation filed by Marie Park, the human resources manager for the defendant, following the judgment of this Court dated 15 February 2017. The plaintiff is now seeking to enforce several orders made in that judgment based on the allegation that the defendant has not compl...

3. [2024] NZEmpC 139 Singh v Singh [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...grievance succeeds. [28] It is axiomatic that Miripiri is a separate and distinct legal personality from its director and sole shareholder.8 A leading decision on piercing the corporate veil is from the United Kingdom Supreme Court: Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd, which has been applied in New Zealand.9 In that case, Lord Sumption analysed decisions in the United Kingdom on this subject before stating propositions with which the other 6 Presumably Gilford Motor Co Ltd v Horne [...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 154 Cable Bay Wine Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Court: Consideration: Appearances: Date of Decision: Date of Issue: A: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC l 5't- of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal pursuant to s120 of the Act CABLE BAY WINE LIMITED & MOTUKAHA INVESTMENTS LIMITED (ENV-2018-AKL-000010) Appellants AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent Alternate Environment Judge L J Newhook Commissioner I M B...

5. 2023-09-26-Evidence-of-Helen-Anderson-Planning.PDF [PDF, 760 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT WELLINGTON REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ROHE ENV-2023-WLG-000005 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) IN THE MATTER the direct referral of applications for resource consents and notices of requirement under sections 87G and 198E of the Act for the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project BY WAKA KOTAHI NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY Applicant STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF HELEN ANDERSON ON BEHA...

6. 2021-07-02 Strath Clyde Water Ltd, McArthur Ridge Vineyard Ltd and Mount Dunstan Estates Ltd - Closing Submissions [pdf, 722 KB]

   ...1370 Telephone: 021 997 343 Email: norman.elder@awslegal.co.nz Email: kgr@kelvinreid.co.nz IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change – Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under s...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 134 Dunedin City Council v Ross [pdf, 302 KB]

   Dunedin City Council v Ross IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2021] NZEnvC 134 IN THE MATTER OF an application for enforcement orders under s 314 and s 316 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) BETWEEN DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL (ENV-2019-CHC-122) Applicant AND STEVEN ROSS AND MICHAEL ROSS Respondent Court: Alternate Environment Judge L J Newhook Hearing: On the papers Last case event: Costs subm...

8. HR v OW & CT LCRO 79/2014 (8 September 2015) [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...framework around the fees Mr HR might charge before he acted on the lawyers’ instructions. Given her direct involvement and level of experience, it is difficult to understand how Ms OW could have been oblivious to how her calls on Mr HR’s resources might impact on his view of the value of his work. [18] As neither lawyer claims to have turned his or her mind to how Mr HR’s fees might be managed at the outset or over the months that followed, I accept counsel’s submission...

9. Howard v Accident Compensation Corporation (Interpretation of decision) [2024] NZACC 41 [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...another kind of complaint cannot disguise its true nature. … 5 Howard v Accident Compensation Corporation [2014] NZSC 2431. 6 Howard v Accident Compensation Corporation [2017] NZACC 76. 4 [25] It is of serious concern that precious court resources continue to be taken up in advancing essentially the same argument in different forms. This litigation may justify an application under s 166 of the Senior Courts Act 2016, which is intended to restrain the unwarranted and vexatio...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 132 Kaipara v CHH Ltd [pdf, 125 KB]

    ...Relations Authority. 1 The 1 [2011] NZERA Auckland 338. plaintiff opposed the application and applied to strike out the evidence contained in the affidavit of Collette Firth, the human resource operations manager for the defendant’s wood products division, filed in support of the defendant’s application. [3] It is convenient to deal with the plaintiff’s strike out application first. The plaintiff submits that in he...