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1. Parlane v REAA Registrar [2013] NZREADT 94 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...obstructed her solicitor’s attempts to refinance and discharge the mortgage, and relied on his status as mortgagee to demand payments and concession from Mrs R to which he was not entitled. In particular: [i] He repeatedly declined to provide the file to Mrs R’s counsel; [ii] When a complaint was made to the Law Society, he declined to discharge the mortgage without Mrs R agreeing to withdraw the complaint and payment of various sums totalling $5,212.50, which he claimed was due...

2. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Simes [2012] NZLCDT 28 [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...Canterbury/Westland Standards Committee 2. Subsequently, by its decision of 5 April 2012,1 the Tribunal dismissed both charges. [2] In its decision dismissing the charges, the Tribunal said that any issue of costs should be addressed by memoranda filed with the Tribunal, and that the Tribunal would consider that matter on any papers so filed. Subsequently, memoranda on costs were prepared by the parties and filed with the Tribunal, the last such memorandum being a second memor...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 99 NZ Meat Workers Union Inc v South Pacific Meats Ltd [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...referred to the Court BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND MEAT WORKERS UNION INC Plaintiff AND SOUTH PACIFIC MEATS LIMITED First Defendant AND MICHAEL ANTHONY TALLEY Second Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on 2, 11 and 12 June 2015 Appearances: P Churchman QC, counsel for plaintiff G Malone and R Webster, counsel for defendants Judgment: 25 June 2015 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L COLGAN [1] In pre...

4. Williams - Estate of Blewett Porou Williams [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 47 (2018 APPEAL 47) [pdf, 332 KB]

   ...Rawiri and Colleen Macleod (the surviving executors of the estate) applied to the Court, in May 2015, to establish a whānau trust and distribute the estate in accordance with the terms of the Will. In April 2015, Ali Williams and Anaru Williams filed a competing application to establish a whānau trust. Initially Judge Harvey dealt with the applications. On 22 April 2016, following numerous attempts to reach agreement on the trust, the Court declined to constitute the whānau trust...

5. Robinson v ACC [2012] NZACA 12 [pdf, 637 KB]

   ...knee injury. She was then aged 18 years and employed as a temporary post woman pending entering the army, which she was intending to do in early 1986. ERC was paid up to 24 March 1986, when the appellant was certified as fit for (light) work and her file was closed. From that time she alternated between a WINZ sickness benefit and part-time work at the Waitaki Freezing Works/AFFCO Meat Company, Horoutu Plant, Hamilton (AFFCO). [10] The appellant suffered a further injury to her knee on 1...

6. George v ACC [2012] NZACA 13 [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...1981, but again in respect to the left shoulder injury. [27] Mr Mirkin then with the firm of Fitch, McKay, Walker & Crush, moved to Dunedin. In his letter to Mr Sara dated 21 May 2012, Mr Mirkin said that as far as he could tell from the file when he read it in 2012, everything was proceeding smoothly until he left and somehow this came to a halt when the claim was passed to a new, junior lawyer. It would appear that the claim for weekly compensation and for the appellant’s r...

7. EA v ZZ LCRO 138/2011 and 124/2012 (24 January 2014) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...discretion might be exercised relating to the distribution of these. [11] Whether as a result of this letter or otherwise, it would seem that Mr ZZ’s response was not sent to Mrs EA for her information or comment. When the Standards Committee file was sent to this Office following receipt of the review application, the Legal Standards Officer advised:5 I wish to draw your attention to Mr ZZ’s letter of 5 May 2011. There was clearly considerable animosity between the Complain...

8. Eppanapally v Zhou [2014] NZIACDT 118 (28 November 2014) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...Solicitors. He has a history of criminal offending against clients, and at the time Ms Zhou commenced employment he was facing criminal charges for breaches of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act). [2] Ms Zhou took over Mr Eppanapally’s file soon after she started working in the practice. She was the sole licence holder in the practice at that time. She wrote a submission in response to a query from Immigration New Zealand. However, Immigration New Zealand was not satis...

9. LCRO 201/2017 ZK v XM (29 June 2018) [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...administration of Mrs RM’s estate before acting for Mr SP on the preparation of his will. There was no “evidence that Ms XM was conflicted … due to a potential claim against her by one of her clients”. Application for review [17] Ms ZK filed an application for review on 20 October 2017. She seeks a review of the Committee’s decision. In largely going over her complaint she submits that: (a) her “main concerns” relate to “Ms XM’s failure in her [d]uty of [c]a...

10. [2021] NZACC 29 - Van Essen v ACC (9 February 2021) [pdf, 196 KB]

    ...employment over 18 months ago, the appellant is managing her work tasks with no issues whatsoever. [60] Mr Van Essen said that when the Corporation investigated the claim for cover for gradual process injury lodged in 2015, it released only claim files from December 2014 onwards to the medical assessors. He said the Corporation never provided any party with the files relating back to injury claims of 2002, 2007 and 2009. [61] He said that after discovery of historically accepted...