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1. LCRO 159/2017 YB v WD [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...their concerns with Mr YB. [19] The Committee did not consider that Mr YB’s response time of three months to Mr WD’s complaint raised any issue of a professional nature that warranted further inquiry. Application for review [20] Mr WD filed an application for review on 23 August 2017. In support of his application he: (a) reiterates that neither Mr YB nor Ms UF, on whom the WDs relied for advice concerning the purchase, informed them about the Heat Smart loan;...

2. RH v LV LCRO 189 / 2011 (25 September 2012) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...events) the Practitioner had practiced as a solicitor. The Applicant had been a client of the Practitioner for about 25 years. [8] The Practitioner sold his practice to law firm R (which was located nearby) and transferred to that firm all files of consenting clients (which included the Applicant’s file). The transfer of his business involved a cross referral arrangement whereby the Practitioner would not go into competition with that firm in relation to general matters, and...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 23 Domingo v Suon and Heng (t-a Town and Country Food) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...food. He was not paid holiday pay or public holiday pay. 1 Domingo v Suon [2016] NZERA Auckland 170. [3] Mr Domingo considered that he had not been paid his minimum entitlements and filed a claim in the Authority. It found that he had been underpaid and ordered that the defendant pay Mr Domingo $2,464.00 gross by way of unpaid wages; $2,560.00 by way of unpaid holiday pay; $1,920.00 gross by way of unpaid public holi...

4. Cooper v Hamilton Pharmacy 2011 Ltd (Application for Non-Publication Orders) [2017] NZHRRT 34 [pdf, 388 KB]

   ...in the interests of justice to preserve the position of the parties pending a final determination of the proceedings. The related proceedings [11] Mr Cooper currently has three sets of proceedings in train. [12] First in time are proceedings filed in the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) on 23 October 2014 in which Mr Cooper seeks penalties against Hamilton Pharmacy for its alleged breach of the Record of Settlement. It is alleged that the disclosures referred to were in breach o...

5. Naera v Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 (2019) 205 Waiāriki MB 96 (205 WAR 96) [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...to file a report with the Registrar setting out their activities to date concerning the Tikitere Geothermal Power project from the issue of the Supreme Court’s judgment on 15 May 2015 up to and include 20 December 2016. Their report should be filed with the Registrar on or before 4pm Thursday 2 February 2017. (Emphasis added) [8] It is also said that, contrary to the above injunction, some steps may have been taken since the issue of that decision toward progressing the reso...

6. [2019] NZEmpC 157 Van Kleef v Alliance Group Ltd [pdf, 475 KB]

   ...of the documents sought on the same day on the basis that the information existed or was reasonably available. No notice in Form 7, under the Employment Court Regulations 2000 (the Regulations), was served. [8] On 4 April 2019, Ms Van Kleef filed and served an interlocutory application for disclosure alleging that there remained for discovery six categories of documents which should be disclosed. Annexed to this judgment is a schedule of the six categories of documentation con...

7. LCRO 166/2020 GM - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (18 December 2020) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...[11] The Committee determined, pursuant to s 152(2)(a) of the Act that the matter and all issues involved in the matter should be considered by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Application for review [12] Mr GM filed an application for review on 18 August 2020. [13] He submits that: (a) errors made were inadvertent; and (b) errors made were rectified as soon as they came to his attention; and (c) the Standards Committee was the appropriate forum to...

8. Children adopted June 2020 [xlsx, 83 KB]

   ...active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 31 August 2020. Contents: Table 1: Number of adoption applications filed, by court, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 2a: Number of adoption applications granted, by court, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 2b: Number of adoption applications granted, by court, 2010/2011 - 2019/2020 Table 3: Number and percentage of ad...

9. [2007] NZEmpC WC 11/07 Smith v Nga Kairauhii Trust [pdf, 52 KB]

   ...a party/witness in that person’s absence and on assumptions rather than evidence, is not compliance with the principles of natural justice. [32] I grant leave to challenge the Authority’s determination out of time and extend the time for filing the challenge accordingly. The draft statement of claim filed with the application for leave will henceforth be treated as the plaintiff’s statement of claim and the defendant may have 30 days within which to file a statement of defenc...

10. Taueki v Horowhenua Sailing Club Ltd - Horowhenua Lake 11 (Lake) Māori Reservation (2015) 337 Aotea MB 68 (337 AOT 68) [pdf, 158 KB]

    ...jhardy@doc.govt.nz mailto:Tom@bennion.co.nz mailto:cooperslaw@xtra.co.nz mailto:sheree@whitehouse.co.nz mailto:jhardy@doc.govt.nz 337 Aotea MB 69 Introduction [1] Horowhenua District Council (“HDC”) sought a strike out or stay of proceedings filed by Philip Taueki for an injunction against HDC concerning the Levin Waste Water Treatment Plant (“WWTP”) and Lake Horowhenua. [2] On 23 July 2013 I dismissed the strike out application and confirmed that written reasons woul...