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1. LCRO 61/2022 YJ v GQ (29 October 2024) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...responsibility for the complaints. 10 The debtor was Ms IE. 5 8. Failing to intervene when counsel for PS made oral and incorrect submissions to the Court. 9. Generally, failing to give clear information and advice to Ms YJ and failing to protect her interests. [21] The outcome sought by Ms YJ was to have the invoices paid by her for the High Court proceedings and the Notary Public fees and travel costs reimbursed. Mr GQ’s reply [22] Set out below are extracts from...

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3. ENV-2016-AKL-000207 Mason v Auckland Council [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...eligibility for such rights to be linked to the Council identified and mapped SEA's in the Proposed Plan only; (b) Reduced the incentives for SEA and unmapped significant indigenous vegetation protection by increasing the minimum area to be protected to 5ha and imposing a cap on the number of lots that may be protected and developed in situ (Le., requiring lots in excess of the cap to be transferred to the Countryside Living zone); (c) Reduced the incentives for significant ind...

4. BO v DE LCRO 297 / 2012 (13 September 2013) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...are to promote and protect the interests of their client and there is no general professional duty towards another party who is not a client. Nor does an opposing lawyer owe the other party, who is also represented by their own lawyer, a duty of care. [5] The Standards Committee decided to take no further action on the complaint pursuant to s 138(2) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). Section 137 of the Act allows a Standards Committee to take no further action...

5. LCRO 193/2019 CF v YL (19 February 2021) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...ongoing bullying he had suffered in the workplace. [7] On completing a review of B’s circumstances, Ms YL provided an opinion to B. She concluded that the threshold for establishing workplace bullying had not been met. [8] Mr CF, clearly a caring and attentive father, had endeavoured to assist B in assembling and advancing B’s employment case. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [9] Mr CF lodged a complaint with the NZLS on 20 May 2019. The substance of his c...

6. BORA Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Bill [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...drinking-water regime is to "protect the health and safety of people and communities by promoting the provision of adequate supplies of safe and wholesome drinking water from drinking-water supplies." This objective is apparent from the Bill itself. Protecting the health and wellbeing of the public is an important and significant objective. 18. We note that the Bill contains the following safeguards and limitations that impact on these inspection powers: a. The purposes for w...

7. CAC20003 v Sue [2015] NZREADT 87 [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...[25] Professional standards must be maintained. The aspects of deterrence and denunciation must be taken into account. It is settled law that a penalty in a professional disciplinary case is primarily about the maintenance of standards and the protection of the public, but there can be an element of punishment. Disciplinary proceedings inevitably involve issues of deterrence, and penalties are designed in part to deter both the offender and others in the profession from offending in a...

8. LCDT - 2014 annual report [pdf, 656 KB]

   ...public become increasingly aware of their rights and the Law Society’s own processes continue to identify issues of concern. The focus of the Tribunal now will be to ensure that it operates as efficiently as possible, both judicially in its public protection role, and as an independent statutory tribunal. Judge D F Clarkson Chair Page | 9 Appendix 1 Membership during the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 Chair Judge Dale Clarkson Depu...

9. IJ v SO LCRO 76 / 2011 (15 February 2012) [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...was made by Ms M, a community support worker. In her affidavit Ms M set out her knowledge of the wishes of Mrs G, and she expressed concerns about the Applicant’s role in relation to his mother having revoked powers of attorney for personal care and welfare that had been held by her daughter, L, and having assumed these powers himself. She questioned whether Mrs G had the capacity to have taken this action, and questioned whether this was contrary to the wishes of Mrs G. The ap...

10. 2017 NZSSAA 053 (4 October 2017) [pdf, 185 KB]

    ...permit and for some of the time she was in New Zealand unlawfully without a valid 2 visa. During the period of time down to 10 January 2013, she only held temporary visas. On 10 January 2013, she lodged an appeal with the Immigration and Protection Tribunal and sought to obtain a residents visa on humanitarian grounds. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal allowed her appeal and issued a residence visa valid from 25 June 2014. The key element for granting the appellant...