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1. Practice Note: Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act - selection [pdf, 33 KB]

   ...for the other parties and directly to any party that is not represented. 3.3 Complaints about counsel made after proceedings have been concluded should be referred to the Administrative Judge responsible for the Court in which the proceedings were filed. 3.4 On receipt of a complaint, the Administrative Judge may refer the complaint to a panel to recommend whether or not counsel should be removed from the list, in which case the provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply, with all necessary...

2. LA - Reference - Supervised provider - Part 3b [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...the purpose of assessing the applicant’s suitability to be approved as a supervised provider of legal aid services. This completed form will be provided to the Secretary for Justice. It will also remain with the application on the applicant’s file held by the Ministry. The Ministry may contact you in order to validate the information provided. as a referee you will need to comment on the applicant’s professional knowledge and skills as a provider of legal aid or specified legal se...

3. Auckland Standards Committee v Cox [2015] NZLCDT 32 [pdf, 25 KB]

   ...Mr Spencer should be given the same weight as a solicitor’s undertaking given that the statement was made on oath. [17] The Tribunal elected to question the practitioner. He candidly accepted that the statement which he made in his affidavit filed with the Family Court should be considered seriously. He also accepted that he had failed to advise Mr Spencer of the reduction in the amount to be repaid to ASB in circumstances where he had an obligation to do so. While he had submi...

4. Domb v REAA [2014] NZREADT 19 [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...DECISION 18 March 2014 COUNSEL Mr L H Pratley, barrister, for the appellant Mr L J Clancy for the Registrar DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL ON APPLICATION FOR RECALL AND AMENDMENT Background [1] On 14 February 2014 counsel for the applicant filed an application for recall and amendment to our decision of 24 January 2014 ([2014] NZREADT 5). Since then there has been a series of communications between counsel and our chairperson. [2] Essentially, the applicant had refused to conse...

5. Pontypridd v Renfrewshire LCRO 9 / 2010 (12 April 2010) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...content of the letter. On the same day he also wrote to the Respondent referring to a „threat‟ made to his client. He added, “my client especially reserves his rights with respect to any criminal proceedings.” The Respondent subsequently filed a formal complaint alleging a breach by the Applicant of Rules 2.7, 10.1 and 13.8 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008. [5] The Standards Committee resolved to enquire into the complaint pursuant to section 137 of the Lawy...

6. Yaxley v Falkirk LCRO 184 / 2009 (23 December 2009) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...raised questions about the lessor‟s title. In July 2008 there was a meeting at the practitioner‟s office, attended by the applicant, the practitioner 2 and another lawyer from the practitioner‟s law firm. The applicant subsequently filed a complaint in respect of the practitioner‟s conduct at that meeting. [3] It was clear from the evidence of the parties that each had gone into the July meeting with quite a different understanding about the meeting and t...

7. Dunstable v Leighton LCRO 73 / 2009 (14 July 2009) [pdf, 16 KB]

   ...Rules of Conduct and Client Care for Lawyers. The Committee also found that it was not open to Mr Leighton to pay Mr X from funds of Mr X held on trust in the absence of instructions to do so. Background [4] From the correspondence on the file it appears that some time in September 2008 Mr X contacted Mr Dunstable to seek a valuation in respect of certain paintings which were part of relationship property litigation he was involved in. The paintings were of European origin and...

8. Wilson [pdf, 22 KB]

   ...for a claim to be eligible the dwelling house to which the claim relates must be: • Built within the period of 10 years (or alterations giving rise to the claim being made within 10 years) immediately before the day on which the claim was filed; • A leaky building, i.e. water must have penetrated it; • Damaged as a result of the penetration of water. 1 [20 July 2004] WHRS Claim No 277, Adjudicator Green....

9. Erueti - Kohatu o te Haua No 9 (1996) 5 Taitokerau Appellate MB 53 (5 APWH 53) [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...neither Court knew of the proceedings in the other. The reason for this waG. it appears. an administrative oversight in the Maori land Court which had given an undertaking to the Council to notify it if an application such as the applicant's were filed In the Maorl Land Court. Therefore neither the Council nor the learned Judge of the District Court knew of the proceedings In the Maorl Land Court. It Is clear that had that been known the Council would not have proceeded In the Distri...

10. Paki – Matauri X Inc (1996) 5 Taitokerau Appellate MB 16 (5 APWH 16) [pdf, 389 KB]

    ...HONE HAMIORA (deceased) HEREBY TRANSFER to William Paki " On th, :1 of S the share tan fer was approved by the ho min of Management of Matauri X Incorporation. Whakaria Paki (the applicant) a brother of the donee on the 7th of October 1994, filed proceedings in the Maori Land Court at Whangarei pursuant to Section 18(1)(a)of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 requesting the Court declare the transaction (the transfer of shares to the donee) invalid and then determine ownership of the...