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1. Canterbury Standards Committee v Sisson [2011] NZLCDT 35 [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...recognises that she needs intense psychological therapy and is unable to cope with 5 practice at the present time. Obtaining such professional assistance could have been viewed as a step towards rehabilitation that was a mitigating or protective step, but once again Ms Sisson failed to approach it in a proper or timely way and her refusal to show us the report meant no reliance could be placed upon it. Ms Sisson sought a period of suspension rather than strike off. She pro...

2. Nguyen v Hu [2016] NZIACDT 51 (12 September 2016) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...ensure that appropriate standards of conduct are maintained in the occupation concerned. [14] The statutory purpose is achieved by considering at least four factors that materially bear upon maintaining appropriate standards of conduct: [14.1] Protecting clients: section 3 of the Act states that “[t]he purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the interests of consumers receiving immigration advice ...” [14.2] Demanding minimum standards of conduct: Dentice v Valuers Registrati...

3. Review of community-based sentences in New Zealand [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   Review of Community-based Sentences in New Zealand Ministry of Justice Criminal Justice Group June 1999 2 3 Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 7 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 16 2. C

4. LCRO 139/2017 ML v OP QR [pdf, 290 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. [29] 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...

5. [2012] NZEmpC 188 ABC01 Ltd (formerly Primary Heart Care Ltd) v Dell [pdf, 91 KB]

   ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) V HOWARD DELL NZEmpC AK [2012] NZEmpC 188 [6 November 2012] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2012] NZEmpC 188 ARC 62/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for leave to file challenge out of time BETWEEN ABC01 LIMITED (FORMERLY PRIMARY HEART CARE LIMITED) Plaintiff AND HOWARD DELL Defendant ARC 65/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for compliance order BETWEEN HOWARD DELL Plaint...

6. OY v QS LCRO 66 / 2011 (28 August 2012) [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...and sought “the assistance of the New Zealand Law Society in reviewing Mr QS’ involvement with Mr QR, myself and the entities with which we are associated, and in particular a ruling as to whether he has breached the rules of conduct and client care for lawyers.”1 The Standards Committee determination [11] After considering all of the material provided, the Standards Committee determined pursuant to section 138(1)(f) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 to take no furthe...

7. LCRO 34/2020 KL v OP (4 August 2020) [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...discretions the trust deed created for the trustees in a way that meets Mr KL’s preferences. [6] Mr KL’s complaint about Mr OP’ conduct from 2016 on is as follows: OP – Family Lawyer, our family trust independent trustee a. Failure of duty of care b. Breach of trust deed by acts of omission c. Breach of fiduciary duty to act in best interest of beneficiaries, particularly as it relates to providing for the well-being of the sole primary beneficiary, our 7-year-old son [7...

8. [2020] NZSSAA 23 (20 November 2020) [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...The Ministry accepts the appellant’s circumstances as set out in her Notice of Appeal and the brief of evidence she filed. The Ministry does not dispute that the appellant who is Māori is obliged to retain her tenancy in Nelson to provide care for her mokopuna (granddaughter) who has been declared by the Family Court to be a child in need of care and protection. The Ministry accepts the appellant’s calculation of her employment related costs. [5] The issue for the Authori...

9. Te Manutukutuku 73 [pdf, 9.5 MB]

   ...the appointment of three new members, the hearings of the Te Ātiawa/Ngāti Awa ki Kapiti claims, the end of the hearings in stage 2 of the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Inquiry, the hearing of claims concerning the primary healthcare sys- tem, and the preliminary views of the Taihape Tribunal on the issue of land- locked Māori land.  Tribunal member Dr Aroha Harris presents claimant John Kati with parts 1 and 2 of Te Mana Whatu Ahuru 2 The second half of 2018 ha...

10. FINAL-2021-Research-Memorandum-Witness-Familiarisation.pdf [pdf, 300 KB]

    ...https://doi.org/10.2202/1554 7 United Kingdom 19. In the United Kingdom, two leading cases on the permissible bounds of witness preparation are R v Salisbury14 and R v Momodou15. In Salisbury, a nurse was convicted of attempting to murder patients in her care. The prosecution had called a number of witnesses who had attended a witness training course arranged by their employer, the mid-Cheshire NSH Hospital Trust. The trial judge (who was upheld by the Court of Appeal) allowe...