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1. MacGregor v Craig (Second Interim Non-Publication Order) [2015] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...– ON THE PAPERS TRIBUNAL: Rodger Haines QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Mr HJP Wilson and Ms L Clark for plaintiff Mr J McKay and Mr S Misselbrook for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers (last submissions for plaintiff filed on 2 September 2015) DATE OF DECISION: 11 September 2015 SECOND INTERIM NON-PUBLICATION ORDER 1 Introduction [1] By application dated 31 July 2015 Ms MacGregor seeks interim orders under s 95(1) of the Human Rights Ac...

2. Tuwhangai v Boon - Kawhia U 2B (2018) 173 Waikato Maniapoto MB 99 (173 WMN 99) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...as a beneficial owner, to Niki Tuwhangai of Te Kuiti, Warden and June Maanga Ormsby of Tokoroa, Controller as joint tenants for the sum of $11,500.00. (Emphasis added). [5] On 21 November 2016, Mrs Ormsby died. On 22 August 2017, Mr Tuwhangai filed an application for transmission by survivorship of Mrs Ormsby’s joint interest in the 335.184 shares to himself. [6] Mrs Boon filed a letter of objection with the Māori Land Court on 4 September 2017. She followed that up by filin...

3. OIA-105083_Part1.pdf [pdf, 8.7 MB]

   ...the requester to confirm the Ministry has correctly captured their request. The correspondent could be requesting e.g. information held by their legal aid lawyer. It could be a current or former employee requesting information that is held on file about them or their work. Requests for information held by the court are not PARs. Requests for criminal record checks are not PARs. Unless there is good reason, we are required to provide this information within 20 working days. T...

4. ENVC paper Best Practice Appeals Proposed Plans Policy 2012 [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...have and can be learned from that, including case management techniques that have been and are employed, and that can be ordained by the Court going forward. [6] So what do the figures show? The Court’s database, and its current and archived files, are probably the best source of information, so we have turned to those. They appear to confirm many of our impressions, and a sample chosen of sets of plan reviews illustrates a range of approaches taken by the Court and parties, and...

5. Adams v Aucamp [2015] NZIACDT 94 (22 October 2015) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...of complaint are established, and each of the grounds of complaint amount to a breach of the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2010 (the 2010 Code). Accordingly, the Tribunal has upheld the complaint. The Complaint [4] The Registrar filed a statement of complaint. The Registrar set out a factual narrative, and identified six potential grounds for complaint (as outlined above). The main elements of the factual background in the Statement of Complaint were as follows: [4.1]...

6. Gough-Pataua 4B (2011) 19 Taitokerau MB 1 (19 TTK 1) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...into Pataua 4A, 4B and 4C. 5 Pataua 4C was alienated to the Crown and now forms a public reserve administered by the Department of Conservation. Pataua 4A and 4B remain in Māori ownership. Progress of applications [12] The applications were filed in 2006 and were set down for hearing without first being referred to a Judge for directions. They came before Judge Ambler on 29 August 2006 when he adjourned the application to Chambers to issue directions. 6 On 22 December 2006...

7. Peters v Wellington Combined Shuttles (Application by Defendant that Jurisdiction be Declined) [2013] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...Chairperson Mr GJ Cook JP, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr Peters in person Ms A Pazin for Defendants DATE OF DECISION: 28 May 2013 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL DECLINING JURISDICTION Introduction [1] In these proceedings filed on 9 August 2012 it is alleged that the defendants contravened s 63 (racial harassment) and s 65 (indirect discrimination) of the Human Rights Act 1993. In addition to filing a statement of reply denying these allegations the 2...

8. LCRO 228/2015 ZM v VC [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...in respect of his complaint concerning the conduct of the respondent, Mr VC. [2] The [Area] Standards Committee [X] (ASCX), in the process of making inquiry into a number of conduct issues engaging Mr ZM, made request of Mr ZM to provide his file. [3] That request was made pursuant to s 147 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). [4] That section is commonly relied on by a Standards Committee when it decides, in the course of a conduct inquiry, that it requires furth...

9. LCRO 229/2015 ZM v BM, VJ, FR and XS QC [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...[2] The practitioners were members of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] (ASCX) which was charged with pursuing an inquiry into Mr ZM’s conduct. [3] In the process of conducting their inquiry, the Committee made request of Mr ZM to provide his file, together with copies of invoices and bank records. [4] That request was made pursuant to s 147 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). [5] That section is commonly relied on by a Standards Committee when it decides, in t...

10. LCRO 82/2018 ZI v WS (30 May 2019) [pdf, 242 KB]

    ...Notice, and said that unless, within 14 days, LINZ received notice that Mr ZI challenged the lapse, the Notice would lapse. At that stage, Mr WS, who ceased practice in [month] 2017, was in the process of closing down his office and disposing of his files. He was unable to locate his file for Mr ZI, did not take steps to locate him and did not advise him that the LINZ notice had been served. Mr ZI’s Notice lapsed. Mr ZI says that only happened because Mr WS did not make hi...