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1. Adoption forms

   It’s free to apply for an Adoption Order. If you need help to fill in the forms you can visit your local court or seek legal advice. Note: When you print the forms it's important to print them single sided. Find out more on affidavits and statutory declarations Application for Adoption Order - A3 Consent to Adoption Order - A4 Consent to Adoption Order if identity of applicants is not known - A5 Information sheet to accompany applications - G7 General affidavit Application for issue of Adoptio

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2. Family Court applications December 2020 [xlsx, 177 KB]

   ...through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 1 March 2021. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type, 2011 - 2020 Table 1b: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2011 - 2020 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and...

3. Family court applications December 2021 [xlsx, 178 KB]

   ...through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 28 February 2022. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type, 2012 - 2021 Table 1b: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2012 - 2021 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type...

4. Family Court applications June 2021 [xlsx, 177 KB]

   ...through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 7 September 2021. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type, 2011/2012 - 2020/2021 Table 1b: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by case type and application outcome, 2011/2012 - 2020/2021 Table 1c: Number of substantive Family Court applications...

5. LCRO 124-2014 SM v TK [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...TK. Background [2] In 2010 Ms SM was instructed by Mr TK to undertake immigration work for his wife. [3] Ms SM rendered an account for her services in July 2012. [4] Her account was not paid. 2 [5] Ms SM claimed a lien over Mr TK’s file on account of unpaid fees. Included on the file was Mr TK’s passport. [6] Mr TK made repeated requests to Ms SM to have his passport returned. Ms SM refused to provide the passport. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision...

6. LCRO 205/2015 R and N FAMILY TRUST v EL (27 June 2019) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...It was the first and third defendants’ view, that the dispute resolution clause in the building contract constituted an arbitration agreement, and that the clause precluded the trustees from issuing proceedings in the High Court. [12] Mrs EL filed an application to set aside the challenge to jurisdiction. Mrs EL did not consider that the building contract required the parties to submit to arbitration in the event of the parties becoming embroiled in a dispute. [13] The challeng...

7. LCRO 88/2018 MC v OT (24 December 2018) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...were excessive and “some of the time recorded did not eventuate”. Mr MC requested the matter to be fully investigated, so as to ensure that the fee charged was consistent with the actual time spent on the matter. [19] In a further complaint filed on 6 April 2018, Mr MC alleged that Mr OT had sought to “circumvent due process” by applying to the Disputes Tribunal to recover his fee. [20] The LSCS elected to manage the complaint through its Early Resolution Service (ERS)....

8. [2021] NZREADT 36 - Lindsay-Penalty (13 July 2021) [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...required to give evidence at trial and must keep all matters relating to its investigation confidential. [30] In his evidence at the hearing, Mr Lindsay said that the response to the SFO notice was handled by an office administrator who knew the filing system and had the paper files. He did not personally retrieve the files. He accepted that he should have raised his obligations under r 7.2 with the SFO. He said that after Ms Johnston resigned, he failed to turn his mind to r 7.2...

9. [2012] NZEmpC 159 Q v W [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...the defendant of the nature and details of the claim. These were identified in the further amended statement of defence. [3] There was an indication that the plaintiff would obtain legal advice and that an amended statement of claim would be filed. That did not eventuate. The claim for further particulars was finally brought to a head by the defendant’s application of 5 July 2012. [4] In a memorandum of counsel for the defendant, the plaintiff was invited to respond to...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 129 ANZ Sky Tours Ltd T/A ANZ Sky Tours v Wei [pdf, 190 KB]

    ...[5] The issue of disclosure of documents became a point of considerable dispute between the parties and resulted in several interlocutory applications by ANZ Sky Tours against Ms Wei. One such issue related to disclosure of documents held on a file of an immigration consultant employed by Ms Wei to assist with and resolve her immigration status. Another issue related to a request for Ms Wei to disclose documents relating to any attempt she had made to obtain employment with another...