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1. Prajapati v Khetarpal [2016] NZIACDT 23 (3 May 2016) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...interest against Ms Khetarpal’s interests (A v Professional Conduct Committee at [82]). [40] When dealing with integrity issues there is never any certainty that, short of exclusion from a profession, a person will not reoffend. This Tribunal must carefully weigh the circumstances. It is appropriate to place an element of considered trust in a practitioner who has shown the capacity and willingness to rehabilitate. [41] Dishonesty points to the need to remove a practitioner from a pr...

2. Registrar of IAA v Ho [2019] NZIACDT 54 (31 July 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...November 2015 as to how to obtain a residence visa for herself and other visas for her husband and child. [24] The employee advised Immigration New Zealand on 14 December 2015 that the application was withdrawn. The agency wrote to the client, care of the employee, to confirm the withdrawal of the application the same day. 5 COMPLAINT [25] On an application by Ms Ho to the Authority to renew her licence, an investigator inspected her file concerning the client. The Author...

3. LCRO 6/2025 EI v NT (30 April 2025) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...[37] In emails to the Case Manager, also dated 15 April 2025, both parties indicated their consent to EI’s review application being dealt with on the papers. I record my thanks to both parties for their prompt advice. [38] I confirm that I have carefully read EI’s complaint and NT’s response to that complaint, the Committee’s determination and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review. There are no additional issues or questions in my...

4. [2017] NZEmpC 128 ALA v ITE [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...about need to be addressed; public accountabilities of a local authority goes “head on with … employment confidentiality requirements …”. [47] He argued that the local authority legislation does not grant such organisations the same protection as is afforded to businesses via “employment confidentiality”. The orders that have been made by this Court, he said, did not recognise the “needs of the local community and the region at large”. He concluded that in the...

5. OL Ltd v TG [2024] NZDT 312 (23 April 2024) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...the matter to debt collectors on 31 December 2022. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 6. The issues to be determined are: • Did TG agree to OL Ltd’s terms of engagement? • Did OL Ltd provide its advocacy services to TG with reasonable care and skill? • If not, what remedy is available to TG? Did TG agree to OL Ltd ’s terms of engagement and are the terms harsh or unconscionable? 7. I find that a contract was formed between TG and OL Ltd which included the terms...

6. LCRO 240/2016 HM v NL (28 November 2018) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...NL did act for more than one party at any given time, was she able to discharge her obligations to each pursuant to Rules 6 and 6.1?3 3 The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. 6 (d) If Ms NL was able to discharge her obligations to both parties and act for both, did she do so with their prior informed consent as required by Rule 6.1.1; (e) If Ms NL was acting for Mr HM, did Ms NL provide...

7. Youth Justice Indicators Counting Rules and Limitations [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...relatively small numbers and changes in the recording of ethnicity over time. 7 YJI 1.6. Proportion of children and young people referred for a FGC who have previously been the subject of a report of concern to Oranga Tamariki relating to their care and protection Counting Rules Section 2(2) of the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989 states that jurisdiction for proceeding against a child or young person is based on the person’s age when they allegedly...

8. [2021] NZREADT 22 - Jenkins v The Real Estate Agents Authority, Roberts & Tai Rakena (14 May 2021) [pdf, 316 KB]

   ...confirming in writing the appellants’ instructions to disclose the pending construction at the slab, and the pending demolition and rebuild of the villa, and by not disclosing these to the purchaser, the licensees had failed to exercise skill, care, competence, and diligence in carrying out real estate agency work (in breach of r 5.1 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (“the Rules”)), failed to provide information which should in fai...

9. LCRO 106/2022 MG v WL (30 June 2023) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...failed to advise of alternatives to litigation; g) failed to follow instructions; h) was guilty of providing misleading and deceptive conduct directed only to obtaining financial gains; i) acted in breach of r 2.3 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules7 by using legal processes for improper purposes; j) did not proactively warn Ms MG of risks; k) breached other Acts – e.g the Fair Trading Act, Crimes Act; l) failed to communicate clearly; m) was conflicted and did no...

10. CAC 20006 v Azimi [2014] NZREADT 97 [pdf, 33 KB]

    ...raising of finance from banks, rightly demands that practitioners within the industry approach these aspects of their profession with scrupulous care and honesty; and, in this, Ms Azimi has been found seriously wanting. He therefore submits that the protection of the public and the maintenance of standards requires no less firm a response than cancellation. [11] In addition to cancellation, the prosecution submits that it would be appropriate to fine Ms Azimi. [12] Mr Hislop (as coun...