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1. [2022] NZREADT 23 - CAC 1904 v Bright (8 November 2022) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...one type of misconduct. In particular, s 73(b) refers to “seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work”. Work of that nature would also involve a marked and serious departure from particular standards; the 8 Section 110. 9 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [101]–[102], & [112]. 10 Morton-Jones v Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZHC 1804. 12 standards to which s 73(b) is directed are those...

2. [2022] NZEmpC 183 Butt v Attorney-General [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...letter would encourage Access to explore/agree to a procedure to recruit backup and replacement carers for the Butts’ daughter. Under cl 5(c), once replacement and backup carers were found, the Ministry would pay Mrs Butt to train them. [110] Assuming that appropriate carers were found by Access, the draft clause would have been beneficial to the Butts in two ways. First, the Butts would have benefitted financially as the Ministry would have paid them for two weeks of trainin...

3. LCRO 113/2021 VN v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (27 June 2022) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...complaint, none of the concerns identified above were in play. [109] As noted, Mr VN’s threat to lodge complaint must be examined by reference to the circumstances that had transpired prior to Mr VN advising of his intention to complain. [110] And those circumstances were Judge A’s decision to dismiss Mr VN’s application and his rejection of Mr VN’s request for the application to be reinstated. [111] In my view, the message Mr VN asked to be conveyed to the judge was d...

4. MLC August 2022 Notification of Applications in Office of Chief Registrar 20220616 [pdf, 413 KB]

   ...Application to the Chief Judge to amend orders of the Court A20100008782 45/93 Te Ata Piripi CJ 2010/41 - Te Pare Piripi or Pare Piripi - and succession orders made at 42 Mercer MB 274 dated 11 March 1964 - Application to the Chief Judge A20100011029 45/93 Iwi Courtney CJ 2010/52 - Ohuirua No.2 - and an easement order made at 74 Whangarei MB 93-94 on 29 January 1993 - Application to the Chief Judge A20100011859 45/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5...

5. LCRO 167/2021 MP v IC (28 April 2022) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...agreement was indicated to any aspect of the proposal under negotiation, without Ms MP’s consent. [109] It would be expected of an experienced lawyer (as Mr IC was) that every aspect of any proposal for settlement would be approved by Ms MP. [110] It is not in dispute that Ms MP became dissatisfied with the steps that had been taken to implement a settlement, and that she communicated her dissatisfaction with the proposal to various parties without first consulting Mr IC. [111]...

6. [2022] NZIACDT 7 - TA v Tian (27 April 2022) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...pursuant to s 51 of the Act. [109] A timetable is set out below. Any request for the refund of fees or the payment of costs or expenses or for compensation must be accompanied by a schedule particularising the amounts and basis of the claim. [110] This is the fourth complaint upheld against Ms Tian. Her licence is currently suspended. Given such a history and the serious nature of the wrongdoing upheld here, the Tribunal will consider cancelling her licence. The parties ar...

7. LCRO 183/2021 WB v XD (22 July 2022) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...seeking a review of a Standards Committee decision, should be able to understand what has led the LCRO to the outcome reached. But that does not mean that an LCRO is obliged to refer to, let alone discuss, every aspect of each party’s case. [110] This Office has previously said on this topic: [33] Mr ZA submits there is a mandatory obligation to consider and respond to every submission made by a complainant, or, in this case, an applicant. By not doing so, he submits, the Stan...

8. Human-Rights-Commission-submissions-on-scope-of-inquiry.pdf [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...The Commission further notes that jurisprudence in the area of intersectionality between human rights and death investigations has 21 Chamberlain v Minister of Health [2018] 2 NZLR 771 (CA) at [31]. 22 Attorney-General v Chapman [2011] NZSC 110, [2012] 1 NZLR 462, (2011) 9 HRNZ 257 at [4] per Elias CJ; See also Hamed v R [2011] NZSC 101, [2012] 2 NZLR 305, (2011) 9 HRNZ 424 at [36] per Elias CJ. 23 R v Hansen [2007] 3 NZLR 1 at [179] per McGrath J. 24 At [252]. 25 At [252]. 26 Qu...

9. [2022] NZREADT 11 – BM & FM v REAA (2 June 2022) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...knew about the lack of consent prior to purchase. They accept that. [109] So, should the licensees have done more than notify the purchasers of the lack of consent, and also stated in the advertisement that there was a lack of consent? [110] The evidence of the licensees is that the bungalow did not need resource consent in its then state at the time of sale. It was erected in about the 1940’s, well before resource consent was required. It is their evidence that at the time...

10. Legal aid grants June 2022 [xlsx, 84 KB]

    ...Waitangi Tribunal $ 9,161,990.35 $ 12,503,121.94 $ 13,879,008.75 $ 13,663,533.63 $ 15,487,387.84 $ 15,871,030.42 $ 16,409,801.31 $ 15,181,262.73 $ 20,724,947.00 $ 18,176,178.00 -12% Total $ 102,268,986.34 $ 109,532,414.94 $ 119,110,238.88 $ 125,406,122.10 $ 132,281,856.88 $ 147,865,231.43 $ 165,805,344.71 $ 178,478,197.53 $ 211,738,984.45 $ 200,108,167.00 -5% 2.Grants by region Table 2a: Number of criminal legal aid grants, by region, 2012/2013 - 2...