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1. Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 181 [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...make a material difference to the outcome before making any decision? • Is it legal for ACC to claim equity in a Court of Law when their error and service failures have resulted in quantifiable loss to the claimant? [5] In a further document filed by the applicant entitled “Leave to Appeal to the High Court on a Question of Law” dated 19 October 2023, he filed in reply to Ms Becroft’s submissions. He endeavours to clarify his questions of law and makes the following submi...

2. AM v JO Ltd & Ors [2024] NZDT 496 (4 June 2024) [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...every single point that was raised in the hearings. However, I would like to reassure the parties that in coming to my decision I have considered CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 5 and evaluated all of the evidence presented by way of documents filed by the parties, what the parties said in the hearing and the evidence of the witnesses. The consideration of this evidence helps me to assess whether AM has proven his claim on the balance of probabilities. What was agreed about the...

3. [2025] NZLCDT 20 National Standards Committee 1 v Peters (9 April 2025) [pdf, 160 KB]

   NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS IN RESPECT OF ANY MEDICAL MATTERS OF THE PRACTITIONER, HIS EMPLOYER’S NAME AND ANY INFORMATION ON THE FILE PROVIDED TO THE TRIBUNAL BY THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE. THESE ORDERS MADE PURSUANT TO S 240 LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS ACT 2006. NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2025] NZLCDT 20 LCDT 021/24 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1 Applicant...

4. OL Ltd v TG [2024] NZDT 312 (23 April 2024) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...Clients will also be liable to pay fees on an hourly basis if they terminate the contract prior to an outcome with the employer. 3. TG forwarded a large amount of documentation to OL Ltd and they raised a personal grievance with her employer and filed for an ACC review regarding TG’s entitlements. By the end of September, TG’s employer made a settlement offer of $6250.00. She advised OL Ltd that she wanted a minimum settlement of “$10,000.00 non-taxable + your lawyer fees paid�...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 131 Maritime Union of New Zealand and Anor v Lyttelton Port Company Ltd [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...Fong, counsel for the respondent Judgment: 1 July 2025 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE J C HOLDEN (Application for an interim injunction) [1] The Maritime Union of New Zealand and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union filed an application for an interim injunction restraining Lyttelton Port Company Ltd from taking any further steps to implement Lyttelton Port Company’s proposal dated 9 June 2025 to make union members redundant, pending the hearing of Ly...

6. Steedman v Apatu - Owhaoko D6 Subdn 3 (2015) 341 Aotea MB 164 (341 AOT 164) [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...application is opposed by Norman Apatu and whānau (“the Apatu Whānau”) on the basis that they have been in negotiations with the applicants over access to the land and have previously expressed an interest in purchasing. [4] Richard Steedman also filed an objection concerning the proposed sale. [5] A hearing was held on 14 July 2015, following which I adjourned the application to give the Apatu Whānau one month to file written submissions and thereafter I would issue a reserv...

7. Hamilton v Trustees of Erepeti Marae - Tuahu 3X (2009) 128 Wairoa MB 77 (128 WR 77) [pdf, 931 KB]

   ...Pourangahua of the Tuahu 3X or Erepeti Marae Reservation. The applicant himself relies on this table from Mitchell to produce his own whakapapa charts. Background [9] On 26 September 2006, the Maori Land Court in Tairawhiti received an application filed by Ms Teresa Titi-Tehei Smith for the appointment of Mr George Roberts(Jnr) as a replacement trustee to the Tuahu 3X Maori Reservation better known as Erepeti Marae ("the Marae"). The Court made this order on 11 December

8. Balatbat v Sparks [2016] NZIACDT 27 [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...process until a complete set of documents arrived from the Philippines, ready to lodge with Immigration New Zealand. Mr Sparks reviewed the documents, certified he had assisted the complainant with recording the information on the application, and filed the papers with Immigration New Zealand. [3] The regulation of licensed immigration advisers is unusual; there is a prohibition on unlicensed persons providing immigration services. Some persons, such as practising New Zealand lawy...

9. LCRO 2/2018 MC v TL (17 June 2020) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...TL’s response that “he did not have capacity” to do that work at that time constituted good cause to refuse to accept those instructions for the purposes of rr 4 and 4.1 the Rules. Application for review [23] In his application for review filed on 3 January 2018 Mr MC claims “prejudice” and “bias” by the Committee. He seeks alternative outcomes. First, Mr TL (a) being ordered to sign his terms of engagement, (b) promptly refer his concerns to the police, (c) advise...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 62 Gibson-Smith v Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 388 KB]

    ...development, of which he had no knowledge at the substantive hearing. It meant there was no longer a technological or practical impediment to him continuing to service tenancy, and not bond, calls as had always been the case. [74] Ms Thompson filed two affidavits. In the first, she emphasised that MBIE and its stakeholders’ aims had not changed. Due to the overlap and similarities between tenancy and bond queries, and the inefficiencies resulting from calls being trans...