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1. [2023] NZEnvC 225 The Olive Leaf Centre Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...(i) the 19th century St Patrick’s Church; and (ii) the former 19th century miner’s cottage known as the Blessed Mary MacKillop Cottage located west of the Church (‘the Cottage’); (‘the listed heritage buildings’). (f) contains a protected tree (protected tree #29 under the PDP); (g) is primarily occupied by open lawn with the occasional tree and some boundary planting; (h) is also included on the New Zealand Heritage List as Category 2 Historic Place (administered...

2. [2017] NZEnvC 088 Save Wanaka Lakefront Reserve Inc v Queenstown District Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...rusting product) and a softer textured mid-section featuring three-dimensional curving and an undulating cedar batten rain screen (likened to a "quilted eiderdown"). The finish would use recessive colouring. The cedar would be given a protective oil coating and left to naturally weather. Roofing and joinery would be in 'ironsand' coated steel. These measures are taken in order to reflect the colours in Wanaka's wider landscape.? [9] The proposal includes a pu...

3. [2017] NZEnvC 088 Save Wanaka Lakefront Reserve Inc v Queenstown District Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...rusting product) and a softer textured mid-section featuring three-dimensional curving and an undulating cedar batten rain screen (likened to a "quilted eiderdown"). The finish would use recessive colouring. The cedar would be given a protective oil coating and left to naturally weather. Roofing and joinery would be in 'ironsand' coated steel. These measures are taken in order to reflect the colours in Wanaka's wider landscape.? [9] The proposal includes a pu...

4. [2020] NZIACDT 50 - KX v Ji (2 December 2020) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [33] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:5 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish...

5. Turner v University of Otago (Costs) [2021] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...Tribunal’s discretion to award costs must promote, not negate the objects of the relevant statute under which it has jurisdiction. In that case the purpose of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA), as expressed in the Long Title, was noted to be the “better protection of human rights in New Zealand in general accordance with the United Nations Covenants or Conventions on Human Rights”. The purpose of the Privacy Act 1993 (PA 1993), as explained in the Long Title, included the promotion a...

6. LCRO 109/2023 W and F JM v EB and MK [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...conduct that potentially falls within the ambit of the rule. One of the examples given is “registering a caveat on a title to land knowing that (or failing to inquire whether) there is not a ‘caveatable interest’ on the part of the client to be protected” (sic). [42] The reason this is given as an example in the footnote to the rule is that there is case authority and commentary on the obligations of a lawyer in receiving instructions to lodge a caveat, as discussed below. [...

7. 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...

8. BP v YF LCRO 142 / 2010 (24 March 2011) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...estimates. Rule 9.4 of the Client Care Rules obliges a lawyer to provide an estimate of fees if required, and to inform the client promptly if it becomes apparent that the fee estimate is likely to be exceeded. This rule reflects the consumer protection objectives of the Act as set out in s3(b). If the requirement to provide estimates is not reinforced by a requirement to have care when doing so, and an obligation to adhere to them as closely as possible (unless circumstances deve...

9. Alchin and Scott TRI 2020-100-001 [2022] NZWHT AUCKLAND 01 [pdf, 374 KB]

   IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI 2020-100-001 [2022] NZWHT AUCKLAND 01 BETWEEN ROSEMARY ALICE ALCHIN and SIMON FRANCIS SCOTT Claimants AND HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL Respondent Hearing: 6 and 7 May 2021 and 21 October 2021 Closing submissions: Claimants 11 November 2021 Respondents 25 November 2021 Claimants reply 2 December 2021 Appearances: Scott McKenna and Amin Osama for the claimants Paul Robertson and John Tian for the first respondent

10. 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...