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1. Skipper v Skipper - Awanui Haparapara 9 Block (2017) 159 Waiariki MB 3 (159 WAR 3) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...HNZ agreed to sell the dwelling to John Skipper, the tenant of the house at the time. An agreement was entered into and the sale was completed on 20 June 2013. John Skipper sadly passed away in 2014. Procedural history [9] The application was filed by Kevin Skipper and Fiona Eru on 24 June 2016, in conjunction with an application for succession to John Skipper. Ms Eru subsequently advised the Court on 22 August 2016 that the house had burned down and was the subject of a police...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 63 Fuimaono v Houia [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...employer requires it. 11 At [14]. 12 At [15]. 13 At [39]. 14 At [40]. The pleadings [15] In the statement of claim which Heather Fuimaono and Mahia Fuimaono filed in this Court, it was asserted that the Authority’s decision was wrong because Ms Houia’s employer was KFL. [16] In support of this assertion, they pleaded that KFL was a duly incorporated company, having its registered office at P

3. Lee v Mangapapa B2 Incorporation - Mangapapa B2 (2017) 140 Waikato Maniapoto MB 83 (140 WMN 83) [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 approving remuneration in terms of meeting fees and honoraria for the COM. [3] Ramona Lee now claims historic meeting and travel fees and interest for the period from 1983 to 1989. The Incorporation has not filed a statement of defence but by memorandum of counsel dated 11 November 2016, the Incorporation indicated that there were four issues that the Court should consider. Those issues are: a) Liability to pay meeting fees and travel expenses;...

4. LCRO 106/2014 TY v DH [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...liability for the further fees claimed; (b) he was Mr TY’s client, not a solicitor, and signed a “client agreement”; and (c) he was concerned, in being required to defend the complaint, about damage to his own reputation. [11] Subsequent to filing his review application, Mr TY filed proceedings in the Disputes Tribunal to recover his fee. The matter was heard on 10 December 2015. Mr TY was successful. Mr DH was ordered to pay Mr TY’s outstanding account. [12] Mr TY su...

5. Lam v The Real Estate Agents Authority NZREADT 15 [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...Second Respondent Date of Decision: 16 May 2018 ____________________________________________________________________ RULING OF THE TRIBUNAL ____________________________________________________________________ [1] Mr Lam has filed an application seeking leave to admit further evidence in his appeal against the decision of the Complaints Assessment Committee 413 (the Committee) in which the Committee determined that it would not be taking any further action in rega...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 30 Lancom Technology Ltd v Forman and ors [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN LANCOM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Plaintiff AND SEAN FORMAN First Defendant AND CHARLIE KANG Second Defendant Hearing: On the papers filed on 27 September, 14 and 28 November 2017 Appearances: A Schirnack, counsel for plaintiff T Oldfield, counsel for defendants Judgment: 10 April 2018 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE J C HOLDEN Introduction [1] This is a...

7. Kokiri v Hori - Tahae Kunikuni Pekapeka Roberts and Te Tahi Francis Te Tapua Te Amo Roberts Whanau Trust (2016) 36 Te Waipounamu MB 151 (36 TWP 151) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...180 (280 Rot 180); 334 Rotorua MB 176 (334 ROT 176); 32 Waiariki MB 8 (32 WAR 8) and [2012] Chief Judges MB 194 (2012 CJ 194) 36 Te Waipounamu MB 154 Procedural History [11] After the initial application for partial termination was filed, I directed Mr Kokiri to also file an application for review under s 231 of the Act. He was directed to call a meeting of beneficiaries and trustees to discuss the partial termination application. The trustees were also directed to file...

8. Cooper - Ngataurua 2A2 (2004) 134 Aotea MB 96 (134 AOT 96) [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...blocks - Partition Sections: 135,298/93 Hearings: 8 April, 10 June and 8 July 2003 Counsel: Mr J Tong for Wareti & Witerina Cooper Mr H MacDonald for the Patapu Trust RESERVED DECISION Introduction On 2 December 2002 an application was filed by solicitors for Mr & Mrs Wareti & Witerina Cooper ("the Applicants") pursuant to section 298 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 ("the Act") for a partition ("the Partition Application"). The Applicant...

9. GZ v Lu [2019] NZIACDT 15 (15 March 2019) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...complainant on all immigration matters. What they did went beyond clerical work. They prepared the immigration applications and dealt with Immigration New Zealand’s concerns. [49] While a licensed adviser involved in rubber stamping usually files the applications prepared by the unlicensed staff, in this case Mr Lu did not, since they were sent by Headsun to the complainant to file herself with Immigration New Zealand. Mr Lu was not involved at all in the applications made to...

10. [2019] NZEmpC 141 Savage v Wai Shing Ltd [pdf, 484 KB]

    ...Court in Ports of Auckland Ltd v Findlay.3 The application for the interim injunction was therefore dismissed. [7] Mr Savage promptly brought a non-de novo challenge to the Court for which urgency was granted. Prior to the hearing, the parties filed affidavits and submissions. A telephone submissions-only hearing took place on 8 October 2019. [8] Because the challenge was brought on a non-de novo basis, I made a direction at the outset of the hearing that the nature and scope...