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1. [2024] NZIACDT 29 INZ v Li (6 December 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...visa application process and employment. She simply passed information to the agent (OK). She did not have any contact details for the client. The client had said the same. He had been served with a deportation liability notice which he had appealed. [23] The Authority wrote to Ms Li on 29 May 2024 setting out the particulars of the complaint and seeking an explanation. Explanation from the adviser [24] Ms Li sent an explanation to the Authority on 9 June 2024. She expressed...

2. Housing Corporation of New Zealand v Trustees of housing 1B3B2A– Waimanoni 1B3B2A (1996) 19 Kaitaia MB 227 (19 KT 227) [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...position. In the absence of any such self-regulation the legal position will, of course, apply between those immediate parties too." The relevance of this portion of the judgment as submitted by Mr Stewart was that in the Lockwood case the Court of Appeal was considering the rights of a third party whereas in this instance no third party was involved. Counsel supported the statement made by Tipping J, that the purely visual approach need not necessarily apply and that the parties in...

3. Bloor v Ellis - Tapapa 3B1 and others (2025)120 Tākitimu MB 224 (120 TTK 224) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...[18] The leading case on how s 241 of the Act should be applied is Larkins v Kaitaia – Waihou Hutoia D2A Block.1 It confirms the following approach: 2 1 Larkins v Kaitaia – Waihou Hutoia D2A Block [2013] Māori Appellate Court MB 159 (2013 APPEAL 159). 2 See also Rata – Te Rongoroa A7 Block (1991) Aotea Appellate MB 223 (13 APWG 228) at 244; Morgan – Tautuku Block XIII Section 5 and Section 13 (1998) 83 South Island MB 290 (83 SI 290) at 296; Lake v Taylor – Ngarara We...

4. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee No. 1 v Grave [2016] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 62 KB]

   ...to our decisions in similar cases such as Hart5 and Eichelbaum.6 [43] The application for permanent name suppression is declined however, as signalled to Mr Grave, the interim name suppression order will remain in place until the expiry of the appeal period in this matter. Referral to Registrar General of Lands [44] The Standards Committee has asked the Tribunal to make a comment as to whether this matter ought to be referred to the Registrar General, a matter which might impa...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Horsley [2018] NZLCDT 22 [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...something is a different flavour, and whether the flavour has become a poison, can only be determined in a particular case by the familiar techniques of close analysis of the facts, and the commonsense application of judgment.” [28] The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a practitioner cannot properly discharge his or her “duties to one whose interests are in opposition to those of another client”.3 2 Taylor v Schofield Peterson [1999]...

6. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v M [2013] NZLCDT 1 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...There were some other grounds cited,2 but the two matters noted above are at the heart of the application for dismissal, on the basis that it would be unfair and a 1 For example see the Court of Appeal in McMenamin v Attorney General [1985] 2 NZLR 274; and Chow v Canterbury District Law Society [2006] NZAR 160 at [15]; and the Tribunal’s power under s 252 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. 2 Mr M also alleges “suspicion and goss...

7. About the Tribunal

   ...Community. Bronwen Klippel Bronwen Klippel practised as a lawyer in Auckland for more than 30 years, working mainly in the areas of family law, health professional disciplinary work and mediation and was appointed as a part-time member of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in 2003. Ms Klippel has undertaken community work and voluntary positions including sitting on two school trust boards, mentoring secondary school students, advising Womens' Refuges and Citizen Advice Bureaus, and having ex...

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8. [2025] NZREADT 47 - KT v REAA (26 November 2025) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...We direct the complaint be sent to a Committee for determination. It will be for the Committee to decide the scope of the enquiry. [51] Pursuant to s 113 of the Act, the Tribunal draws the parties’ attention to s 116, setting out the right of appeal to the High Court. PUBLICATION [52] Having regard to the interests of the public in knowing of any professional wrongdoing of licensees and also the Tribunal’s jurisprudence, balancing that against the privacy of the individuals i...

9. February 2016 National Pānui [pdf, 309 KB]

   Contents: Applications for hearing in FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2016: ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz www.mäorilandonline.govt.nz FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2016 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court. Only applications and sittings that were confi rmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more

10. [2023] NZEnvC 003 Judgeford Environmental Society Incorporated v Wellington Regional Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 003 IN THE MATTER of an appeal under s 120 of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN JUDGEFORD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SOCIETY INC AND AND (ENV-2022-WLG-00003 7) Appellant GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL and PORIRUA CITY COUNCIL Respondents WILLOWBANK TRUSTEE LTD Applicant Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer sitting alone under s 279 of the...