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1. Haupini v SRCC Holdings Ltd (Application by Defendant for Costs) [2013] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...Director [46] While the Director is not immune from an adverse award of costs (see s 92C(4) of the Act) the fact that the Director has an important role in facilitating access to human rights protection in New Zealand, is publicly funded and has limited resources are all highly relevant factors in the assessment of costs. See IDEA Services Ltd v Attorney- General (No. 3) [2011] NZHRRT 21 (28 September 2011) at [76] [d]. On appeal in Attorney-General v IDEA Services Ltd (In Statutory Man...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 183 Stenhouse v Towman Towing Group Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...how the employer acted, were what a fair and reasonable employer could have done in all the circumstances at the time the dismissal occurred.19 [43] In applying the test four matters must be considered.20 They are: (a) Having regard to the resources available to the employer, the sufficiency of the investigation into the allegations before the dismissal occurred. 19 And see Angus v Ports of Auckland Ltd (No 2) [2011] NZEmpC 160, [2011] ERNZ 466. 20 Section 103A(3)(a)–(d...

3. INZ (Foley) v De'Ath [2018] NZIACDT 44 (6 November 2018) [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...role description, for which she is a recipient of public funds given [Ms M’s] inability to address one tangent of a 2 tangent CCRP, and [Ms M’s] brushing over with no substantive response in the first point of the CCRP. … 5 My placing resources into reprimanding three staff from the same branch was not a decision I made lightly, both from a time and resource point of view, and a relationship and vantage point. I disclosed our need to do this Associate Minister of Immigra...

4. Privacy-Act-2020-Indirect-notification-obligation-April-2023-Cabinet-paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...issuing guidance, educating agencies on compliance and ultimately monitoring compliance. 31 . Some government departments have raised concerns that the proposed amendments could create an administrative burden, and that th is could have timing and resourcing implications impacting their ability to carry out their core functions. However, these changes are in line with the underlying principles in the Act and many agencies with high levels of privacy maturity will already be complying wi...

5. Austin v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 180 [pdf, 634 KB]

   ...NZLR 339, 353- 354 (CA); Edwards v Bairstow [1995] sic [1955] 3 All ER 48,57. [25] Even if the qualifying criteria are made out, the Court has an extensive discretion in the grant or refusal of leave so as to ensure proper use of scarce judicial resources. Leave is not to be granted as a matter of course. One factor in the grant of leave is the wider importance of any contended point of law: eg Jackson and Kenyon above. [66] On 4 April 2016, ACC accepted cover for diffuse idiopat...

6. [2017] NZEmpC 139 Dean v The Chief Executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...Purposes: Day: Means number of hours an employee normally works each day. … [11] Appendix 2 to the CEA was a document dated 3 May 2013, described as terms of settlement; it took the form of a letter from Mr Luke Southorn, director, human resources, to Mr Ian Gordon, a PSA national organiser. It contained details as to a series of issues which had been agreed at negotiations the previous day. Included was this statement: Leave 19. Retiring Leave Employees...

7. List of Parties as at 28 Oct 2020.pdf [pdf, 751 KB]

   ...Fish & Game Council, 156 Brymer Road, RD 9, Hamilton Interested Party S274 Auckland Waikato & Eastern Region Fish and Game Councils Ms Sarah Ongley, Bank Chambers, PO Box 8213, New Plymouth 4342 Interested Party S274 Bathurst Resources Limited and BT Mining Limited Joshua Leckie, Lane Neave - Queenstown, PO Box 701, Queenstown Interested Party S274 Bathurst Resources Limited and BT Mining Limited Kelsey Barry, Lane Neave - Christchurch, PO Box 2331, DX WP210...

8. Legal-Aid-Projection-Report-2022.pdf [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...projection was developed using data for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021. The later months of 2021 saw further restrictions and local and national COVID-19 lockdowns. In addition, a major protest outside Parliament saw significant diversion of Police resources, also leading to a drop in court inflow into the criminal jurisdiction. The 2022 projection has taken stock of these recent developments and delivers a refreshed view of future trends based on data to 30 June 2022. The 2021-...

9. Turner v University of Otago (Costs) [2021] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...intended declaring herself bankrupt. [6.5] Claims before the Tribunal more often than not involve an unequal, if not asymmetrical contest between the parties. Depending on the circumstances this could be because one party might have limited or no resources while the other (often, but not necessarily, an institution or an agency of the state) might have access to greater resources. In addition, a plaintiff represented by the Director of Human Rights Proceedings has the advantage of not...

10. Sawyer v Victoria University of Wellington (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 260 KB]

    ...says the second former colleague provided documents in relation to the false allegations of 2011, including emails that made no sense and had no context and were sent when the purported sender was not at his desk. Dr Sawyer says the VUW Human Resources Department never produced anything when it was asked for her file, although she had been at VUW over four years. [23.5] An external IT expert said a password capture had been put on her private email on her office computer. She...