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1. LCRO 23/2023 VT v NH (18 March 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...made a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against Mr VT and imposed orders.1 Background [2] Ms NH and Mr BN commenced a relationship in 1995. [3] In 1998, Mr BN instructed Mr VT to establish a Trust for him, expressly with the objective of protecting assets from potential relationship property claims.2 [4] The trustees of the Trust were Mr BN and his brother, GN. 1 Mr VT was fined $6,000 and ordered to pay Ms NH the sum of $2,000 by way of compensation and to pay the sum o...

2. [2023] NZEmpC 158 Turner v Te Whatu Ora [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...H Kynaston, E von Veh and G Beverley, counsel for defendant Judgment: 21 September 2023 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE J C HOLDEN [1] Amanda Turner was employed by the Wairarapa District Health Board (DHB) as a registered palliative care nurse working in the community from May 2015 until her summary dismissal on 23 April 2021. The dismissal was as a result of the DHB learning of various Facebook posts made by Ms Turner that the DHB found were contrary to the DHB’s inte...

3. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (HDC Act) [2020] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 434 KB]

   IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 9 Reference No. HRRT 041/2018 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL PLAINTIFF AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED DEFENDANT AT NAPIER BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia JP, Member Mr MJM Keefe QSM JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Marshall as agent for his son Ms I Reuv

4. TN v NK LCRO 220 / 2011 (22 January 2013) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...TN’s complaints [12] In his letter of complaint sent in December 2010 to the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service, TN complained that NK’s actions had not been in the best interests of the company and breached a duty of care to TN. He considered that TP had been able to sell the company as a result of NK’s conduct and that he had thereby been severely disadvantaged. [13] He also alleged that NK had a conflict of interest when TN sought assistance to reso...

5. COVID-19 Public Health Response Bill [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...therefore examined the reasonableness of the trigger provision, together with the other pre- requisites and safeguards surrounding the making of orders under the Bill. 21. In our view, for a public health crisis to justify significant intrusions on protected rights and freedoms the situation must: a. be of an exceptional and temporary nature; b. pose an actual or imminent threat; and c. affect all branches of the life of the community. 22. The last two factors are taken from the...

6. Delamere v Jiang [2017] NZIACDT 1 (17 February 2017) [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...persuade them to alter the outcome. He took two formal steps: [3.1] Lodging a request under section 61 of the Immigration Act 2009 for the discretionary issue of a visa; and [3.2] Lodging an appeal on humanitarian grounds with the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. [4] Both actions failed. [5] Ms Wang filed a complaint against Mr Jiang, which the Registrar evaluated. She exercised her statutory powers to obtain Mr Jiang’s file to assess properly what had happened. [6] Ho...

7. Family Court rewrite submission: RNZA College of Psychiatrists [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...is a membership organisation that prepares doctors to be medical specialists in the field of psychiatry and addiction, supports and enhances clinical practice, advocates for people affected by mental illness and advises government on mental health care. The RANZCP has more than 5,000 members, including around 3,700 fully qualified psychiatrists and almost 1,200 members who are training to qualify as psychiatrists. Psychiatrists are clinical leaders in the provision of mental health care in...

8. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Collins [2023] NZLCDT 3 (20 February 2023) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...Mr Fowler’s submission that his client at all times considered that he was actively advocating for and protecting his client, who was a vulnerable person in the early stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. We also accept that the practitioner was careful in obtaining medical evidence to demonstrate that his client still had decisional capacity, although that status would seem somewhat theoretical, given that the client had delegated decision-making to her attorney, who then had most of...

9. [2023] NZIACDT 2 - DD v Pabellon (5 January 2023) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority) was referred by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar) to the Tribunal. It was upheld in a decision issued on 15 November 2022 in DD v Pabellon.1 Ms Pabellon was found to have lacked due care and diligence in advising the complainant to go ahead with the application. She breached the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code). [3] It is now for the Tribunal to determine the appropriate sanctions....

10. Youth Crime Action Plan - full report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

    ...across all this work will set the scene for reducing youth crime and allow all children and young people to reach their potential. Recommendations from the Social Services Select Committee Inquiry into the Identification, Rehabilitation, and Care and Protection of Child Offenders are addressed in the Youth Crime Action Plan. The challenge for frontline workers is to make each intervention the last justice sector intervention for the young person and their family, no matter what...