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1. Team Leader AODTC PD 2023 [doc, 131 KB]

   ...role, and supports good judgment. · Act as an information source for team members, assigning tasks, following up and giving instructions as needed. · Establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders. · Monitor resources to ensure they are available to manage work volumes. · Participates in the recruitment, training and induction of new staff. · Maintain an AODTC file load of around three to six AODTC participants. · Undertake any requisite attendan...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 182 Beresford v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   BUNKER & ROUSE v QLDC – DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 182 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN M J BERESFORD, R T BUNKER & L M ROUSE (ENV-2018-CHC-69) Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Environment Judge S Tepania Environ...

3. LD v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs on appeal) [2023] NZACC 45 [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...claimant. In addition the Court is not only ill suited to determining what might be reasonable costs in a particular instance having regard to the economics of private legal practice, but any such attempt would impose a significant burden on judicial resources should every decision on costs require the careful consideration of this Court. [20] In McPhail,3 Henare DCJ stated: [56] Rating this case according to its complexity within categories 1 to 3, I conclude this is not an app...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 169 Waikato Regional Council v Rawhiti Environmental Park Limited [pdf, 207 KB]

   Waikato Regional Council v Rawhiti Environmental Park Limited IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 169 IN THE MATTER OF an application pursuant to s 320 of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2023-AKL-000139) Applicant AND RAWHITI ENVIRONMENTAL PARK LIMITED Respondent Court: Environment Judge MJL Dickey Hearing: Judicial Telephone Conferences held 8 and 9...

5. KH v KN [2022] NZDT 241 (29 November 2022) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...also say the dwelling leaked after they took possession and the leak had to be fixed. They say this is covered by clause 9.3(5) which says; Where the vendor has done or caused or permitted to be done on the property any works: (a) any permit, resource consent, or building consent required by law was obtained… 25. However, there is no evidence the repair the respondent had carried out required a permit or consent and the respondent says the damaged roof she had repaired was on th...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 198 Middleton Family Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 984 KB]

   MIDDLETON FAMILY TRUST v QLDC – DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 198 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal pursuant to clause 14(1) of Schedule 1 of the Act BETWEEN ARNOLD ANDREW MIDDLETON, ISABELLE GLADYS MIDDLETON, WEBB FARRY NOMINEES LIMITED and STEWARD LESLIE PARKER AS TRUSTEES OF THE MIDDLETON FAMILY TRUST (ENV-2019-CHC-55) Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN...

7. [2024] NZEmpC 165 Berryman v Fonterra Coopertive Group Ltd - Interlocutory [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...Practice Directions <www.employmentcourt.govt.nz> at No 11(4). 6 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 180. 7 Duncan v Osborne Building Ltd (1992) 6 PRNZ 85 (CA) at 87. 8 Grove v Archibald [1998] 2 ERNZ 125 (EmpC) at 128–129; and Bathurst Resources Ltd v L&M Coal Holdings Ltd [2020] NZCA 186, (2020) 25 PRNZ 341 at [19]. the interests of the parties and generally have regard to the following non-exhaustive list of factors:9 (a) whether the challenge will be rende...

8. TK v UU and ors [2024] NZDT 286 (16 February 2024) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...find it was solely UU’s negligent actions that caused the loss of the deer. 17. In any event, there is no evidence to persuade me that TK breached the duty of a reasonable deer farmer by allowing his deer to escape. All parties agree deer are resourceful animals, with an ability to jump very high and get through small spaces. Fences can become damaged by falling trees or by stock crashing into them. There is no evidence to suggest that TK’s deer were getting out on a regular basis....

9. N Ltd v ZM & DX [2024] NZDT 444 (23 April 2024) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...intermeddling and exclusivity clauses contain a penalty component because the payment of the full year’s fees, without reduction, is not a genuine pre- estimate of loss because it does not factor in the savings to N Ltd of not having to expend time and resources in the performance of the contract. 21. NN pointed to various other Disputes Tribunal decisions as well as a District Court decision that he says uphold N Ltd’s right to charge the full commission for the year upon cancellati...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 263 North Canterbury Fish & Game Council v Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 300 KB]

    FISH AND GAME & EDS v CRC & THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 263 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for declarations under s311 of the Act BETWEEN NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME COUNCIL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2023-CHC-138) Applicants AND CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE MINISTER FOR T...