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1. BORA Immigration Amendment Bill (No.2) [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...provides that: Every person has the right to the observance of the principles of natural justice by any tribunal or other public authority which has the power to make a determination in respect of that person's rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law. 6. The Court of Appeal has stated that observance of the principles of natural justice is a flexible concept and is very much fact specific.[1] In Kindler v. Canada (Minister of Justice) [2] (in which the appel...

2. LCRO 113/2021 VN v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (27 June 2022) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...Act, which allows a Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) to conduct the review on the basis of all information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. [31] I record that having carefully read the complaint, the response to the complaint, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review, there are no additional issues or questions in my mind that necess...

3. [2025] NZIACDT 45 - NA v Wharekura (2 September 2025) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...state he was unwell while there. ASSESSMENT [39] The Registrar relies on the following provisions of the Code: General 1. A licensed immigration adviser must be honest, professional, diligent and respectful and conduct themselves with due care and in a timely manner. Client Care 2. A licensed immigration adviser must: … e. obtain and carry out the informed lawful instructions of the client, and … Code and complaint documents 17. Before entering into a written agr...

4. BORA Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...as having breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. 4. The vesting of the fee simple estate under clause 22 is subject to a number of qualifications. The Crown retains ownership of the water and airspace above the bed. There are various protections of recreational activities, existing structures and commercial activities, a category of "public utilities". 5. The Bill provides for other forms of "cultural redress". These include the issuing of "protocols...

5. CJARS Guide to Filing a Claim [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...may include supporting statements from the police as well as other proof of the existence of the property being claimed for, its current value, and its loss. The Scheme will not meet losses incurred after a witness is accepted onto the Witness Protection Programme. Where a claimant is on, or has been on, the Witness Protection Programme administered by the New Zealand Police, any losses incurred after that claimant was placed on the Witness Protection Programme will not be met by the...

6. Shankar v Ahuja [2015] NZIACDT 36 (31 March 2015) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...did so without giving proper advice and taking informed instructions on the matter, and Immigration New Zealand rejected the request. [2.9] The complainant could not work and suffered hardship while she successfully appealed to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. [3] Mr Ahuja says the complainant’s account is untrue. He says he did receive instructions, but before he could lodge the application, the complainant removed papers from his office and took over the instructions. She l...

7. LCRO 45/2020 MN v RK (22 December 2020) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...proposal. [10] Mr MN rendered fees in the sum of $9,162.63 (GST inclusive). [11] On 25 January 2019, Ms RK filed a complaint against Mr MN with the Lawyers Complaints Service. [12] On 7 February 2019, Mr MN lodged a caveat against the property to protect his fees. [13] Mr MN provided a first response to the complaint on 19 February 2019. To the extent that his comprehensive response addressed issues of complaint that are not relevant to this review, there is no purpose served i...

8. Education and Training Bill Advice [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...removes redundant provisions, and gives effect to policy changes including: Early childhood education • requiring police vetting of all adults who live, or may be present, at a home in which children are receiving early childhood education and care; • providing the Education Review Office with the power to enter homes where home- based early childhood education is taking place; • allowing the Minister of Education to approve or decline applications to open new early learning se...

9. BORA Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...recipients of the entitlements under the Bill. No differential treatment for the purpose of s 19 therefore arises by excluding others from the entitlements conferred under the Bill. 5.Clauses 150, 332, 535 and 745 reserve a special right of access to protected sites on certain licensed land transferred to the respective iwi. This right of access applies to Maori for whom the protected sites are of special spiritual, cultural or historical significance. It is conceivable that this c...

10. BORA Ngāti Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 277 KB]

    ...have the right to be consulted and to participate in various government decision making processes, including under the protocols provided for in Part 2 of the Bill. A further example is cl 82 of the Bill, which confers a right of access across land to protected sites on "Maori for whom the protective site is of a special spiritual, cultural, or historical significance. 10. Although the Bill confers assets and/or rights on claimants and certain other Maori that are not conferred on o...