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Sentencing Notes: Dominion Finance Directors
Monday, 19 August 2013, 4:35 pm | New Zealand High Court
Mr Arkinstall and Mr Bettle, you appear for sentence today on five charges under s 58 of the Securities Act 1978 (“Act”). Mr Forsyth, you appear for sentence on seven charges under s 58 of the Act. A charge under s 58 carries a maximum penalty ... More >>
Sentencing Notes: James Robertson Parker
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 4:54 pm | New Zealand High Court
NOTE: PUBLICATION OF NAMES, ADDRESSES, OCCUPATIONS OR IDENTIFYING PARTIUCLARS, OF COMPLAINANTS PROHIBITED BY S 203 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND More >>
Judgment: Internal Affairs v Wayne Robert Mansfield
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 4:04 pm | New Zealand High Court
I impose a pecuniary penalty of $95,000. That penalty is payable to the Crown. I also award costs against Mr Mansfield of $8,460, and disbursements of $1,806.54. The costs and the disbursements are payable to the Department. More >>
Judgment: High Court On Corrections Smoking Regulations
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 2:54 pm | New Zealand High Court
The applicant is a sentenced prisoner. He brings this case in protest at prohibitions on prison inmates possessing or smoking tobacco. These prohibitions, he submits, were, for a relevant period, unlawful. He seeks declarations to that effect. More >>
Judgment: Forest & Bird v Buller District Council & Others
Friday, 7 June 2013, 4:48 pm | New Zealand High Court
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY CIV-2013-409-683 [2013] NZHC 1346 More >>
Judgment: Forest & Bird v Buller District Council & Others
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 12:52 pm | New Zealand High Court
[69] It follows that there is no material error of law in this decision not to embark upon cumulative effect analysis. This appeal is dismissed. Costs are reserved. More >>
Judgment: Court Orders Return Of Dotcom Material
Friday, 31 May 2013, 3:21 pm | New Zealand High Court
[1] In June 2012 I issued a judgment upholding the plaintiffs’ challenge to the validity of search warrants and related searches (the warrants’ judgment). The warrants had been issued by the District Court and executed by Police in January ... More >>
Judgment: Carroll & Woodhouse v Coroner's Court & Police
Monday, 29 April 2013, 5:16 pm | New Zealand High Court
In the early hours of 11 October 2004 Iraena Asher, a 25 year old woman, disappeared into the night at Piha, a rural beach side area west of Auckland. She was never seen again. The three applicants, Ms Carroll, Ms Woodhouse and Mr Woodhouse, cared for ... More >>
Bain v Minister of Justice - location of hearings
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 5:13 pm | New Zealand High Court
I find that Mr Bain was entitled to bring his application for review in the Auckland Registry of this Court and I decline the Minister's application for transfer of the case to the Wellington Registry. Mr Bain is entitled to costs, according to scale ... More >>
Earthquake Commission v Unknown Defendants
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 4:05 pm | New Zealand High Court
On 8 April 2013 I made interim orders prohibiting the release by unauthorised persons of confidential information inadvertently sent by EQC to a Mr Staples and which also appears to be in the possession of another person. That interim order was made on ... More >>
Church Property Trustees v Attorney-General
Monday, 8 April 2013, 4:31 pm | New Zealand High Court
[1] The Trustees of the Christchurch Cathedral have received $38,898,966 from an insurance claim as a result of the damage sustained by the Cathedral in the disastrous Christchurch earthquakes. A sum $4.5 m has been earmarked to pay for the so-called ... More >>
Sentencing: R v Ryan, Sutherland, Tallentire
Friday, 15 March 2013, 5:31 pm | New Zealand High Court
[2013] NZHC 501 THE QUEEN v COLIN GREGORY RYAN ROBERT GORDON SUTHERLAND OWEN FRANCIS TALLENTIRE More >>
R v Sullivan: Trial Transfer to High Court
Monday, 11 March 2013, 4:44 pm | New Zealand High Court
[1] On 31 October 2012, Messrs Sullivan, White, McLeod, Hutton and Brown were each committed for trial in the District Court at Timaru on charges arising out of the collapse of South Canterbury Finance Ltd (South Canterbury). The charges allege that ... More >>
Judgment: Morley v Earthquake Commission
Monday, 18 February 2013, 4:04 pm | New Zealand High Court
EQC has taken the stance that s 18 insurance does not apply to the boarding houses owned by the Morley and Harris interests. It contends that the boarding houses cannot properly be regarded as residential buildings or dwellings and must fall outside ... More >>
Judgment: The NZ Maori Council v The Attorney-General
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:30 pm | New Zealand High Court
[342] I am satisfied that the three proposed decisions of the Crown; the commencement decision; the amendment to the constitution of MRP decision; and the sale of MRP shares decision; are not reviewable decisions. Neither s 9 of the SOE Act nor s 45Q ... More >>
Judgment: GCSB added to Dotcom proceedings
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 12:22 pm | New Zealand High Court
A summary of my rulings is as follows: (a) The GCSB is joined as a defendant to these proceedings. (b) Leave is granted to the plaintiffs to amend their claim, in accordance with the draft pleading filed, to seek declarations about the legality of the GCSB’s ... More >>
Decision: Te Whanau of Waipareira Trust v Attorney-General
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 9:11 am | New Zealand High Court
[2012] NZHC 367 - Te Whanau of Waipareira Trust v the Attorney-General 21 November 2012 More >>
Judgment: Court Orders Review Of Cathedral Demolition
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 4:40 pm | New Zealand High Court
The application for judicial review is granted and implementation of the decision of the Church Property Trustees made on 1 March 2012 is stayed until further order of the Court. More >>
Westpac Banking Corporation v CIR
Friday, 9 October 2009, 3:25 pm | New Zealand High Court
This is the Judgment of Rhys Harrison J. in the case of Westpac Banking Corporation v The Commissioner of Inland Revenue in the Auckland High Court, 7 October 2009. More >>
R v Field HC AK CRI 2007-092-18132 6 October 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 11:27 am | New Zealand High Court
These are the sentencing notes of Rodney Hansen J, re: the conviction of former MP Taito Phillip Field in the Auckland High Court. Date of Judgment: 6 October, 2009. More >>