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1. [2020] NZIACDT 44 - Registrar v Yoon (8 October 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...7 Section 51(1). 8 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] & [151] (citation omitted). 9 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee, above n 8, at [97], [101]–[102] & [112]. 13 [66] The adviser denies all the allegations in the statement of complaint. ASSESSMENT [67] The Registrar relies on the following provisions of the Code: General 1. A licensed immigration adviser must be

2. Immigration & Protection Tribunal Annual Report 2017-18 [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...June 2018 26 Chart F.5 Average Age (Days) of Active Appeals 30 June 2013 30 June 2014 30 June 2015 30 June 2016 30 June 2017 30 June 2018 Tribunal Average (days) 247 228 208 201 175 175 Residence 240 134 173 116 60 101 Deportation (Non-resident) 228 230 184 127 90 89 Refugee and Protection 329 248 215 159 137 98 Deportation (Resident) 425 425 361 500 574 481 Comparative Graph Showing Average Age of Active Appeals 0 10...

3. [2021] NZACC 7 - Stryder v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...7 June 2018 is quashed. [100] There will need to be engagement between the parties on the issue of the quantum of weekly compensation to be paid to the appellant during this period to take account matters including what he actually earned. [101] Should there be any issue as to costs counsel have leave to file memoranda in respect thereof. Judge C J McGuire District Court Judge Solicitors: P Sara, Barrister and Solicitor, Dunedin for the appellant Young...

4. LCRO 94/2019 EL v UD (15 May 2020) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...context in which the conduct complaint arises. [100] It is important to recognise that an obligation to provide competent advice does not impose unreasonable burden on a practitioner to be always right, or to always provide the right advice. [101] It has been noted that:12 while there is an existing professional duty of competence in New Zealand, albeit one which is particularly narrow, there is no duty to provide a high level of service to clients. The duty of competence is, in...

5. LCRO 180/2018 & 186/2018 KM on behalf of XYZ Trust v DF (5 May 2020) [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...$4,500. [99] This amount would be further reduced by the fact that it cannot be said with any certainty that the further statement of claim was a ‘waste of time’. [100] These comments may help to put the issue into perspective for Mr KM. [101] The determination of the Committee to take no further action with regard to this complaint, is confirmed. Orders [102] The Standards Committee imposed a fine of $2,000 and ordered Mr DF to pay costs in the sum of $1,000....

6. LCRO 179/2019 HL v [Area] Standards Committee (30 April 2020) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...[99] HL’s memorandum has been provided to the Court in circumstances where a foundation has been laid for HL to comment on the scientific evidence he has decided to provide to the Court. [100] Nor does HL simply provide evidence to the Court. [101] In his memorandum he identifies matters that he says arise in the technical papers provided. [102] In doing so, he is selecting from the evidence, matters he considers relevant to his client’s case. [103] In doing so, he is not si...

7. [2017] NZEmpC 12 Stormont v Peddle Thorp Aitken Ltd [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...promoting good faith behaviour, jurisdiction to determine them in such manner and to make such decisions and orders, not inconsistent with this or any other Act…, as in equity and good conscience it thinks fit.” See too s 221. See also s 101: “The object of this Part is — (a) to recognise that, in resolving employment relationship problems, access to both information and mediation services is more important than adherence to rigid formal procedures; …”. 14 Frankton...

8. LCRO 13/2019 RA v LO (23 September 2019) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...in protection order proceedings which provide assurances that a party will not act in a particular way, inevitably proceed from the starting point that the applicant bringing the application considers themselves to be in need of protection. [101] It may be that adding an introduction to the undertaking which acknowledged that Ms RA provided the undertaking with no admission of responsibility for the conduct alleged in Mr A’s application, may have made Ms RA feel more comfortable...

9. [2019] NZEmpC 45 Chambers v Pelabon [pdf, 347 KB]

   ...first determination was issued on 6 October 2017, ordering ZRNL to pay Mr Pelabon $10,824.07 in wages, holiday pay and compensation.1 In a 1 Pelabon v Zumo Retail Nelson Ltd [2017] NZERA Wellington 101. subsequent determination of 2 February 2018, the Authority ordered ZRNL to contribute $2,250 towards costs associated with Mr Pelabon’s substantive claim.2 Neither determination was challenged. [3] Since ZRNL did not pa...

10. [2020] NZIACDT 41 - TBE v Proudman (30 September 2020) [pdf, 243 KB]

    ...[2017] NZHC 376 at [93]. 5 Section 50. 6 Section 51(1). 7 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] & [151] (citation omitted). 8 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee, above n 7, at [97], [101]–[102] & [112]. 10 [50] The complainant sent an email to the Tribunal on 11 August 2019 stating that his daughter’s visa was declined two months prior to him being notified. The communications on multiple occasions were...