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1. [2008] NZEmpC WC 11/08 McCain Foods (NZ) Ltd v Service and Food Workers Union [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...the union’s representatives in relation to access. Organisers are in an employment relationship with the union rather than a membership relationship. It is the plaintiff’s case that simply because the union does not have the human resources authorised by its rules to represent it in Hawke’s Bay, it cannot thereby lawfully use others, and in particular members from other workplaces operated by competing employers, to do so. Is a “member organiser” able to be...

2. [2007] NZEmpC AC 51A/07 Maritime Union of NZ and ors v TLNZ Ltd and anor [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...safety-sensitive areas in which they work or may be present. [59] Ms Nolan proposes to give her opinion on the generosity of the rehabilitation components of the policy and concludes this part of her evidence by stating: “A considerable amount of resources have been committed to training and educating managers, union delegates and staff in workshops and seminars conducted by professionals in this field”. [60] Although without apparent reference to studies or other res...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 186 The Commissioner of Salford School v Campbell [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...9 Faggoti v Acme & Co Ltd [2015] NZEmpC 135, at [114]. 10 Booth v Big Kahuna Holdings Ltd [2015] NZEmpC 4 at [15]. 11 At [17]. 12 Health Waikato v Elmsly [2014] 1 ERNZ 172. 13 At [53]. A comparison between resources committed and the actual result (an award of damages of $15,000) is all the more stark. Access to justice and reputational considerations mean that a cost benefit analysis of litigation of this sort cannot be confined solely to econ...

4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...Concerning question 15, he believed that it was problematic for a government, in such a serious matter as the deprivation of liberty, to contract out the management of prisons to the private sector. It was not clear if New Zealand had allotted enough resources for oversight of the company managing its prisons: scrutinizing its day-to-day operations, the quality of the staff it hired, especially when it came to the highly professional duty of subsequent rehabilitation of prisoners, an a...

5. Floyd v The Proprietors of Hauhungaroa 2C Block Incorporation Committee of Management - Hauhungaroa 2C Incorporation (2014) 325 Aotea MB 42 (325 AOT 42) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...[25] In relation to the employment situation with farm manager Mr Floyd, discussions had commenced with him in 2010 regarding alterations to his employment agreement, and during this time the committee sought professional advice from a human resources consultant. Mr Floyd was given notice requiring him to take his annual leave owing from 18 March 2011 and return to work on 13 December 2011. An acting farm manager was appointed during this time. Mr Floyd was advised of the propo...

6. Whaanga - Anewa (2012) 22 Tairawhiti MB 167 (22 TRW 167) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...position on these issues is set out below. The Rata block [8] The trustees submitted that all of the area being sought for partition is currently in use. In particular, 80 per cent of the block is in a reservation specifically set aside as a resource for the benefit of all owners. Mrs Whaanga was a trustee at the time the trustees made the strategic decision to set aside the area as a reserve. [9] The Trust states that although farming is its main operation it is not its sole...

7. Foot v Registrar of the REAA [2015] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...granted a licence and she must provide sufficient and adequate information to so satisfy us. [11] In the Westfield case referred to by us in Revill, the Court considered the ambit of the word “satisfy” in the context of decision making under the Resource Management Act 1991; and Elias CJ held: 5 “[23] The requirement that the consent authority must be “satisfied” that adverse effects on the environment are minor before it decides not to notify a resource consent app...

8. 2011 to 2014 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...the Crown. The judiciary and constitutional independence A key role for the Ministry is supporting the judiciary and courts. The Ministry ensures that the judiciary is provided with adequate levels of administrative, technological and human resources support, and funding for continuing legal education. In delivering services, the Ministry recognises the importance of the constitutional requirement of independence in judicial function and works with the judiciary to ensure thi...

9. Chalecki v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 12 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...1,600 laying hens and building it up to 2,000 hens. He also intended to breed pigs for the local market for additional income. There was already a substantial poultry shed on the property, in which he had 900 laying hens purchased from his own resources. Mr Chalecki wished to apply the grant of $5,000 to establish a chick-rearing shed, which would cost $5,000 ($2,000 for timber and $3,000 for labour). [14] The accountant considered that, given Mr Chalecki’s experience and o...

10. LCRO 152/2016 BL v HJ (11 August 2017) [pdf, 255 KB]

    ...a partner at [Law Firm 1], [Town], acted for them. 2 [3] The agreement for sale and purchase (the agreement), which was signed on 25 May 2007, was not subject to any conditions save for an implied statutory condition under s 225 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).1 [4] Mr BL says that he telephoned Mr HJ “sometime in April 2007 – May 25th 2007” to inform Mr HJ that Mr and Mrs BL “were looking at a section in [XXX] subdivision”.2 [5] Mr HJ received Mr...