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1. LCRO 097/2023 RQ and EP v OM (14 February 2024) [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...[100] This is not an instance where it can be said that the applicants, as the respondents to the vexatious and procedurally abusive application, can be said not to have a sufficient personal interest in the subject matter of the complaint. [101] I also disagree with the Committee’s comment implying that the conduct of a lawyer in Court proceedings should not prompt disciplinary inquiry unless a Judge refers the matter to the NZLS. Judges’ immediate priority and prerogative is th...

2. Rankin v Accident Compensation Corporation (Revocation of Cover Mental Injury) [2023] NZACC 96 [pdf, 389 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZACC 96 ACR 009/20 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN MELISSA RANKIN Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 12 and 13 June 2023 Held at: Hamilton/Kirikirioa Appearances: Ms K Koloni for the Appellant S Churstain for the Respondent Judgment:

3. LCRO 175/2022 OP v VN (10 October 2023) [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...the steps to be taken to implement his instructions. Mr VN clearly did not do either of those things. It is not so apparent what “material and unexpected delays” occurred for the purposes of r 3.3. that Mr VN needed to inform Mr OP about. [101] The better view is that Mr VN therefore breached r 7.1 but not r 3.3. The release or transfer of client files [102] Mr OP’s next ground of review relates to the files withheld by Mr VN after Mr OP terminated his retainer in June 2018....

4. [2024] NZEmpC 84 E Tū Inc v Singh [pdf, 378 KB]

   E TŪ INCORPORATED v SHER SINGH [2024] NZEmpC 84 [21 May 2024] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2024] NZEmpC 84 EMPC 275/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN E TŪ INCORPORATED Plaintiff AND SHER SINGH Defendant EMPC 286/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authorit

5. [2024] NZREADT 48 – CAC2105 v Chen, Stevenson & Buy West Realty (18 December 2024) [pdf, 565 KB]

   ...first came to light and after June 2019 when Ms Chen sent Ms Stevenson the marketing schedules showing that refunds were owing and Grant Thornton had confirmed this. The refunds still remain owing. Submissions for Ms Stevenson and Buy West [101] Mr Hargreaves submitted that recklessness is a subjective test and that the Committee must show that Ms Stevenson and Buy West were aware of the risk that vendors were not being appropriately refunded and still chose to continue with thei...

6. Foubister v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal injury/causation) [2025] NZACC 003 (6 January 2025) [pdf, 372 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 003 ACAR 4/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN ANDREW FOUBISTER Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent AND SILVER FERN FARMS LIMITED Respondent Hearing: 24 July 2024 Heard at: Wellington / Whanganui-A-Tara Appearances: H Armstrong for appellant F Becroft for f

7. LCRO 61/2024 VO and EO v Law Firm A and Ors (16 April 2025) [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...been appointed or purportedly appointed, on the firm’s advice and the father’s instructions, to further the father’s interests as both the Principal Beneficiary and the Protector of the Trust. Their interests can only have been aligned. [101] [Company 3] then issued proceedings, the company filed a counterclaim, the issue of the potential need for the firm’s personnel to give evidence about the father’s alleged incapacity was raised by the company’s solicitor and the firm...

8. Kelly v Tall Poppies Education Limited [2024] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 339 KB]

   (1) INTERIM ORDER PREVENTING PUBLICATION OF THE PLAINTIFF’S NAME ADDRESS AND ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS. (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON. DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 This decision is to be cited as Kelly v Tall Poppies Education Limited [2024] NZHRRT 54. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 54 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 051/2022 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 199

9. AU v ACC (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 098 [pdf, 466 KB]

   PURSUANT TO S 160(1)(b) ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 THERE IS A SUPPRESSION ORDER FORBIDDING PUBLICATION OF THE APPELLANT’S NAME AND ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT IDENTIFY THE APPELLANT IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2024] NZACC 098 ACR 117/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN AU Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATI

10. Coroners-Court-Annual-Report-2023-WEB.pdf [pdf, 977 KB]

    Annual Report Te Kōti Kaitirotiro Matewhawhati o Aotearoa Coroners Court of New Zealand 2023/2024 He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people. Contents Foreword 5 Coroners Court Bench 8 Coroners and Associate Coroners – 30 June 2024 8 Coroners Court of New Zealand Te Kōti Kaitirotiro Matewhawhati Aotearoa 9 Judiciary of the Coroners Court