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1. LCRO 13/2019 RA v LO (23 September 2019) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...commencing, a settlement was negotiated. The application for a protection order was to be withdrawn, on the basis that Ms RA provided an undertaking. Ms LO left the court and returned to her office to type up the undertaking. The undertaking which was filed with the court, was not signed by Mr A, and included an amendment which had been hand written. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [9] Ms RA lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Lawyer’s Compl...

2. INZ (Calder) v Tian [2019] NZIACDT 58 (27 August 2019) Sanctions [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...assessed and applied the immigration instructions with due care and professionalism and that she had corresponded with Immigration New Zealand in a way that was neither professional nor respectful. Additionally, she had refused to disclose her full files upon lawful demand by the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority), pursuant to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act). Ms Tian’s conduct was a breach of the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014...

3. Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto [2024] Chief Judge's MB 35 (2024 CJ 35) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...2021 Chief Judge’s MB 1170-1188 (2021 CJ 1170-1188). 2024 Chief Judge's MB 37 [4] The applicant then had counsel, Kylee Katipo of McCaw Lewis, appointed to represent them in these proceedings. On 7 March 2022, I considered a memorandum filed by Ms Katipo requesting that: (a) The matter be adjourned to allow more time for evidence to be prepared; and (b) A technical researcher or historian be appointed to produce a report confined to the history of the land interests su...

4. LCRO 182/2017 TP v ZN (14 September 2020) [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...the position as he sees it”, and to do so by 9 June 2020 (the memorandum).2 Mr TP did so and, amongst other things, said in the memorandum that Mrs ZN was wrong to believe that the proceedings had not been settled. [32] Subsequently Mr TP filed an application seeking to be removed as counsel acting for Mrs ZN. He swore an affidavit in support of that application, to which he annexed the memorandum. The court granted Mr TP leave to withdraw as Mrs ZN’s counsel. Proceedings b...

5. Mikaere - Toto v Te Reti B and C Residue Trust - Te Reti B and Te Reti C [2014] Māori Appellate Court MB 249 (2014 APPEAL 249) [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...the primary source of jurisdiction in the Act? (b) Does the Court have jurisdiction under s 237 of the Act? (c) Does the Court have jurisdiction under s 238 of the Act? (d) Does section 238 take primacy over section 237? (e) Can an applicant file proceedings under section 237 or 238 of the Act? Background [4] Te Reti B and C Residue Trust (“the Trust”) is an ahu whenua trust. The trust was established on 20 July 1971. 2 The original trustees were Clifford Matthews and Eugen...

6. RA v LZ LCRO 2 / 2011 (22 August 2012) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...between the Executors, the Practitioner instructed a barrister to issue proceedings by two of the Executors (Mr RD and one other brother) against Mr RA and one brother, for their removal as Executors. In relation to that proceeding the Practitioner filed an affidavit in support of the application. [7] The matter did not proceed to Court since the dispute was ultimately settled between the parties to the litigation. However, the court awarded neither party costs on the basis that t...

7. AB v IJ, OBO and EF LCRO 203/2014 (29 August 2016) [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...letter of complaint4 Mr [IJ] says he attended an appointment at [Law Firm A] with his wife and [EF] in February 2013 where they spoke with Ms [AB] and Ms [MN]. It is acknowledged by all parties that Ms [MN] was the person primarily engaged on this file working under the supervision of Ms [AB]. Although there is a difference between Mr [IJ]’s recall of the date when he met with Ms [AB] and Ms [MN], and the file notes and statements made by Ms [AB], it is accepted and acknowledged b...

8. [2020] NZEnvC 126 Beresford v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...self-evidently not pose any prejudice for the appellant. As such, I am satisfied the prerequisite for waiver in s281, that waiver will not unduly prejudice any party, is satisfied. [16] The Attorney gives the following explanation for the lateness in filing the notice:12 Given the slow process of identifying the intended beneficiaries, and the limited hui and participation of those identified to date, the Attorney needed to be satisfied that joining was in the interests of...

9. INZ (Calder) v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 50 (19 July 2019) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...information was not through recklessness or ill-intent on the part of Mr Ji. However, the incident had been a significant wake-up call to Mr Ji and as a result he had initiated changes in the working relationship with Globe. It was contended that filing a warning would be a disproportionate and unfair response. [43] Immigration New Zealand replied to Mr Laurent on 19 April 2016. It agreed there was no evidence confirming Mr Ji knew the information was false when it was lodged,...

10. Puna v Puna - Rotopounamu 1B1A [2022] Chief Judges MB 28 (2022 CJ 28) [pdf, 335 KB]

    ...Judge W W Isaac Copies to: Copies to: C Bennett, PO Box 446, Napier, cara@Langleytwigg.co.nz 2022 Chief Judge’s MB 29 Hei tīmatanga kōrero Introduction [1] Te Roera Tareha Puna (“the applicant”) filed this application pursuant to s 45 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The applicant seeks to amend an order made at 5 RGTK MB 52 on 16 December 1983 which vested the interests of Te Paea Tiaho Bartlett in Rotopounamu 1B1A solely in Pao...