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1. LCRO 27/2025 EG v HJ (25 August 2025) [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...property and the making of the application to the High Court to sustain the caveat. [23] I had already confirmed in the first LCRO decision the Committee’s determination to take no further action on the complaint in relation to the pleadings and affidavit evidence filed for the creditor in the High Court proceedings. [24] I record my appreciation for the Committee’s succinct and clear articulation of the reasons for the determination it originally made. Anonymised publicatio...

2. H Ltd v D Ltd [2025] NZDT 200 (28 May 2025) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than Disputes Tribunal proceedings, and you may wish to seek legal advice. The District Court may, on determinat...

3. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v Cooper [2015] NZLCDT 7 [pdf, 49 KB]

   ...as follows: a. The respondent’s email to the Court dated 14 May 2012 in which he requested an adjournment of the hearing set for 28 May 2012 for the 5 reason that he had a case in the Christchurch Court on that day. (Exhibit GH6 to the affidavit of Garreth Heyns of 16 February 2015). b. An email from the Registrar of the Court to the respondent dated 24th May 2012 recording that Judge Cooper had directed that the application for adjournment was to be argued on the date of...

4. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Mr M [2016] NZLCDT 34 [pdf, 42 KB]

   ...143 of the Act4 [13] Mr M also complained about the lack of expeditious process when there was an eight-month delay while legal opinions were obtained, before a Standards Committee when his suggestion of mediation had not been pursued. A reply affidavit was filed on behalf of the Standards Committee by Mr Garreth Heyns, which refuted that assertion. The complainant declined to engage in the mediation process and in addition both her counsel and the Standards Committee considered...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Chen [2017] NZLCDT 7 [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...was seriously and genuinely 5 contending that he took legal advice and he was entitled to rely on this, then it was incumbent on him to provide convincing evidence by calling that person. He did not do so, in fact did not even swear an affidavit to provide any explanation. We regard this belated claim as a somewhat desperate attempt to justify what is actually indefensible, once repeated so many times. Further, the suggestion that he needed to consult another practitione...

6. NI v T Ltd [2025] NZDT 187 (2 May 2025) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than Disputes Tribunal proceedings, and you may wish to seek legal advice. The District Court may, on determinat...

7. L Ltd v D Ltd [2024] NZDT 901 (3 October 2024) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than Disputes Tribunal proceedings, and you may wish to seek legal advice. The District Court may, on determinat...

8. SZ v DE & J Ltd [2025] NZDT 201 (07 May 2025) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a supporting affidavit, then serve it on the other parties. There is a fee for this application. District Court proceedings are more complex than Disputes Tribunal proceedings, and you may wish to seek legal advice. The District Court may, on determinat...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Potter [2014] NZLCDT 63 [pdf, 62 KB]

   ...protect the public. Issue 2 - aggravating features [19] While at all times courteous, it has to be noted at times the practitioner failed to comply with directions and indeed filed no formal response to the charge faced by him. Nor did he file an affidavit. He simply appeared on the day and presented his arguments. We considered he failed to accord a proper level of seriousness to his failure to comply with the undertaking given to the Tribunal. He seemed to think he was no lo...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v Hong [2014] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 70 KB]

    ...stand. [8] Secondly, if we are incorrect in that view, we would examine the delivery issue as follows: in support of his contention that the determination was not received, Mr Hong described his mail arrangements, and indeed we also have a full affidavit from 1 Auckland Standards Committee v Hart [2012] NZLCDT 20. 5 the Standards Committee setting out the process by which communications have occurred with Mr Hong in the past,...