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1. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Samuel Thomas dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 390 KB]

   ...Dolbeth M, Cardoso PG, Ferreira SM, Verdelhos T, Raffaelli D, Pardal MA. 2007. Anthropogenic and natural disturbance effects on a macrobenthic estuarine community over a 10-year period. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 54(5):576–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.12.005 Douglas EJ, Pilditch CA, Lohrer AM, Savage C, Schipper LA, Thrush SF. 2018. Sedimentary Environment Influences Ecosystem Response to Nutrient Enrichment. Estuaries and Coasts. 41(7):1994–2008. https://doi....

2. [2022] NZEmpC 39 Malcolm v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 332 KB]

   ...no remedies had been pleaded, and that he would need to remove claims against persons who could not properly be brought before the Court as defendants since there was no qualifying employment relationship with them. 16 At [104]. 17 At [101]−[105]. [24] In the minute which I subsequently issued after the telephone directions conference, I drew Mr Bennett’s attention to those paragraphs of the Authority’s determination which raised issues that were likely to aga...

3. Protection order applications December 2021 [xlsx, 93 KB]

   ...years 31 48 60 65 56 49 34 38 30 27 5% 6% 6% 7% 5% 5% 3% 4% 3% 3% 20 to 29 years 218 318 325 300 351 315 308 282 299 241 32% 39% 35% 31% 31% 29% 29% 28% 27% 25% 30 to 39 years 114 166 157 172 204 210 196 201 231 209 17% 20% 17% 18% 18% 20% 18% 20% 21% 22% 40 to 49 years 83 90 97 94 129 113 116 101 140 110 12% 11% 10% 10% 12% 11% 11% 10% 13% 11% 50 years or more 35 34 67 53 74 65 85 78 63 78 5% 4% 7% 5% 7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 8% Unknown 196 158 235 280 302 322 324 313 351 295 29% 19% 25% 29% 2...

4. [2022] NZACC 30 – Estate of Su v ACC (3 March 2022) [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...family. [99] Sadly, Mr Su’s condition worsened and he passed away at 2.40 pm on 28 March 2019. [100] Following the treatment injury claim being lodged, Dr Meyer, specialist physician respiratory and general medicine, was asked to comment. [101] He was asked: In your opinion if Mr Su was an in-patient at the time of diagnosis, would this have changed the outcome in this case? [102] Dr Meyer’s response was: It is most unlikely that it would have changed the outcome...

5. [2021] NZACC 191 - Smith v ACC (1 December 2021) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...appellant simply says in his affidavit that there was an injury on 10 September 2010 when he stumbled whilst performing weighted squats but that the injury the focus of this appeal occurred on 6 December 2010 when he fell off a wobble board. [101] The appellant at the time, unlike many, appears to have had an ongoing close relationship with his GP and indeed with his physiotherapist. [102] However, the appellant did not see his GP immediately after an incident on 6 Decem...

6. LCRO 208/2020 & LCRO 214/2020 JA v RR and RR v JA (8 October 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...NZHC 2318 at [165]. 18 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Complaints Service and Standards Committees) Regulations 2008 (Complaints Service and Standards Committee Regulations), reg 32 — maximum amount of compensation. 17 Censure [101] The order made directing that Mr RR be censured was appropriate. Publication [102] Section 142(2) of the Act provides that a Committee may direct such publication of its decisions as it considers necessary or desirable in the public inte...

7. LCRO 139/2020 MX v RJ and DJ (30 September 2021) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...had significantly incentivised the parties to push to settlement. 13 Paragraphs [87]–[95] from R and N Family Trust v EL LCRO 205/2015 at [41]–[49]. 14 Letter from Mr RJ to the Lawyers Complaints Service (12 December 2019) at [4]. 18 [101] She explained that there had, in the month of July, been a considerable amount of “to-ing and fro-ing” between the parties, and some productive discussions on refining the deed of settlement. This had encouraged the lawyers to retain...

8. Tana v Mahanga - Pukahakaha East 5B (2022) 254 Taitokerau MB 174 (254 TTK 174) [pdf, 310 KB]

   ...first to establish the validity of it before the Court will take any further steps. [100] I do not intend to allow applications to be used as fishing expeditions in this Court or for unwarranted, frivolous or vexatious applications to be made. [101] I also note that Mr Beaumont has suggested that the failure to comply with timetabling orders is an “inconsequential matter”23. This is an extremely unwise submission. I take the obligation to comply with my timetabling orders very...

9. LCRO 42/2022 QA v Kennelly (19 April 2023) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. In this case J had received funds in excess of the amount which had been agreed to be paid to J’s client. J did not advise his client what the consequences could be if the funds were paid out, as instructed. [101] In the judgment, the Judge recorded some of the comments made by the Tribunal: [26] In considering the misconduct charge brought against Mr J, the Tribunal identified: The central issue to be decided is what responsibility [Mr J]...

10. [2023] NZREADT 14 - CAC 2107 v Sheldon (13 June 2023) [pdf, 156 KB]

    ...qualified to be an agent of good standing or a member of the public. 2 Real Estate Agents Act 2008, s 105. 3 Section 109(1). 4 Section 109(4). 5 Section 110. 6 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [101]–[102] and [112]. 7 Morton-Jones v Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZHC 1804. 10 [58] So while the reasonable person is a mythical ideal person, the Tribunal can consider, inter alia, the standards that an agent of goo...