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1. [2023] NZIACDT 23 – ED v Dai (11 August 2023) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...[1] The adviser, Yuxiang Hendry Dai, was engaged by ED the complainant, to obtain a student visa for herself and a visitor visa for her husband. The complainant says she dealt only with the unlicensed FN and EI. The visa applications were duly filed but ultimately withdrawn, as Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) raised an issue about forged documents filed by the complainant on an earlier application. [2] A complaint by the complainant against Mr Dai to the Immigration Advis...

2. Practice Note: Restrictions on the filing of certain documents [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...This practice note is issued to avoid unnecessary duplication of material that is already available  to the court.      2 APPLICATION    2.1 This practice note applies to applications made to the Family Court both on notice and without  notice.      3 RESTRICTIONS ON THE FILING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS    3.1 It is not necessary for a party or their lawyer to file copies of existing orders, Judges’ minutes, or  judgments  i...

3. Environment court annual report 2013 [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...Court in its endeavours to operate more efficiently and plans to roll out iPads to all Judges, Commissioners and Hearing Managers. The use of iPads essentially allows the Court to better manage and review evidence in volumetric terms. Evidence filed in Court has been traditionally in paper form and the number of witnesses and technical reports for large cases can become very unwieldy in a courtroom setting as well as time consuming to navigate through manually. The Court and the regis...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 125 Byrch v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...conveniently called the Proposed District Plan ('PDP'). Appeals are also being addressed in stages, and there are several against decisions in Stages 1 and 2 of the PDP. [2] As a submitter, Ms Byrch lost her right of appeal because she did not file her notice of appeal within the statutory time period. She now seeks a waiver, having filed an appeal some eight months after the expiry of that period. 1 She seeks to appeal QLDC's decision on the PDP's definition of...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 141 SKP Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...landscape values, ecology and social effects. [4] The application for rehearing was supported by two affidavits, one on behalf of the previous appellant, and the other for Trust Board. [5] There have been several affidavits and memoranda of counsel filed in connection with the rehearing application which I have considered while reminding myself that many of the matters traversed must await consideration of the re-hearing application. I therefore directed my attention to matters pote...

6. LCRO 1/2021 NB v GP (31 May 2022) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...lawyer at his firm to check the time frames for lodging an appeal of the District Court judgement. [8] Mr GP wrote to Mr NB on 28 June 2019, advising as to Mr NB’s options in respect to advancing an appeal. Mr NB confirmed his instructions to file an appeal. Mr GP did so on 2 July 2019. The application was dismissed on grounds that the application had been filed out of time. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [9] Mr NB lodged a complaint with the New Zealand L...

7. Ngāti Moerewa o MHKM Māori Inc. v Attorney General of New Zealand - Matatau 5E25F and others (2022) 248 Taitokerau MB 214 (248 TTK 214) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...for SSKL, and judgment debt, for TFL. There are ongoing proceedings in the High Court concerning these matters. Craig Sanson and Malcolm Hollis are the liquidators for SSKL. There is no current administrator for TFL. [3] In 2021, Mr Te Whata filed an application in this Court on behalf of Ngāti Moerewa o MHKM Māori Incorporation (“MHKM”). MHKM is not a Māori Incorporation constituted by this Court. At best, it is an unincorporated body representing unknown individuals.1 M...

8. Singh v Kumar [2016] NZIACDT 18 (04 April 2016) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...breached clause 1 of the 2014 Code, which required him to be honest, professional, diligent, respectful and conduct himself with due care and in a timely manner. The circumstances were: [6.3.1] Mr Kumar was required to provide a copy of his client file to the Registrar. [6.3.2] He provided records that stated: [6.3.2] He met the complainant on 18 March 2014, when he was not at the meeting. [6.3.2] That he then met with the complainant on 19 March 2014, and that the complainant signe...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Morahan [2015] NZLCDT 29 [pdf, 459 KB]

   ...that the solicitor could act as his solicitor for the purposes of the instruction. [3] The solicitor says that he was never retained. The practitioner is of the opposite view. We discuss their competing evidence shortly. [4] The practitioner filed pleadings in the Family Court showing the solicitor as instructing him. But the practitioner cited his own PO Box and email detail as the address for service (at least apparently so).1 [5] An issue arose relating to service of certain...

10. Sexual violence attrition and progression - Q&A [pdf, 384 KB]

    ...analysis provides up-to-date evidence for the numbers of cases that are not proceeding to court or to conviction. A large-scale analysis of this type has not previously been undertaken in New Zealand and we have been reliant on a study of adult rape files published by the Ministry for Women in 2009. This new analysis examined all reported sexual violence victimisations reported to Police since this data became available in mid-2014 (rather than a subset of specific files) and included...