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1. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 18th-20th reports [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...of the inquiries conducted. He asked whether the State party’s legislation prohibited acts of racial discrimination committed by moral or natural persons against other persons. 37. He commended the State party for its Bill of Rights Act, which protected human rights norms in domestic legislation. He would welcome an explanation of the term “ethnic heritage”, which formed part of the definition of ethnic communities in paragraph 66 of the periodic report. He failed to understan...

2. BW v DJ LCRO 9 / 2013 (20 September 2013) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...the Agreement and relinquished her control over, and interest in, the company. While matters such as this could be argued before a Court, they deserve comment here because the professional risk DJ took was unnecessary. She could easily have protected herself, and her client, by requesting information from the bank. [33] DJ was working for a firm at the time. In addition to the usual legal research tools, she had access to her employer, and to other practitioners. She had time...

3. EA v FC LCRO 91 / 2011 (20 December 2013) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...research led her to a [X] website, ZZU where she noted that Mr DP was advertising legal services. [6] Ms FC prepared a “Confidential Report” to the New Zealand Law Society, pursuant to Rules 2.8, 2.9 and 2.11 of the Rules of Conduct and Client Care (the Rules), 2 alleging lack of professionalism on the part of Mr DP. Her Report referred to his “unauthorised practice of law”, explaining that she had found Mr DP to be currently advertising himself on a local [X] website (s...

4. [2019] NZEnvC170 Cable Bay Wines Limited and Motukaha Investments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...reserved . For the Court: L J Newhook 20 Appendix A - 2006 consent conditions submitted to be retained 13. Safe and clear pedestrian access and thoroughfare shall be maintained on ell roads adjacent to the site at all times. 14. Temporary protection shall be Installed to prevent vehicles damaging drains, vehicle crossings and the road durmo the tlte preparation and construction phase of development. Any damage 10 the­ drains, vehicle crossings and the road attributable to an...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 083 Director-General of Conservation v Thames- Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...the Council restricts its discretion for Rule 5.5 to matters 1, 8 and 9 in Table 5 at the end of s 54. Matter 8 appears to be of no relevance (it deals with light spill). Conclusion [83] We have not mentioned every submitter by name but have carefully considered all input. [84] Some either chose to uy to re-litigate our main decision, or to ignore it. We have had to disregard such input. 20 [85] Others did not or chose not to accept the importance of dealing with the scour...

6. [2019] NZREADT 59 - Keene & Sharma (17 December 2019) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...obligations to the makers of each payment, and therefore a conflict of interest. That conflict of interest is avoided by prohibiting licensees from receiving more than one payment. That is consistent with the purpose of the Act, as set out in s 3, of protecting the interests of consumers, and protecting public confidence in the performance of real estate agency work. [60] In the present case, the appellants received two payments, one from Mr Adams, the other from the purchaser....

7. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...circumstances were being investigated. Mr ZW explained that the Legal Services Agency had denied knowledge of this conversation having taken place. It was Mr ZW’s view that in denying knowledge of the conversation, the Agency was endeavouring to protect its own position. [61] Request was made of Mr ZW as to whether he had a record on his file of any communications with Mr HN in which he had either advised Mr HN of the concerns that had been raised or sought clarification from Mr...

8. Mackey - Succession to Rangi Hawea MacKey (2022) 113 Tairawhiti MB 37 (113 TRW 37) [pdf, 419 KB]

   ...use for your whānau trust. The actual content of the trust order may differ depending on your circumstances and you may customise this example to best fit any terms of trust you have set for your trust. 2. You should read through each clause carefully and alter, amend or delete where appropriate to suit your circumstances. 3. Please note that this example is intended to provide you with general information only. The Ministry of Justice makes no warranty, express or implied, nor as...

9. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-of-37-Families.pdf [pdf, 619 KB]

   ...must comply with and against which any decisions made by the Coroner would fall to be assessed (regardless of whether the Coroner carries out a separate determination of compliance with human rights issues). 6. Further, s 8 incorporates a “protective obligation” – in the sense that it imposes duties on the state when it is in a position of knowledge of potential risk to a person and fails to take steps to avert that risk.5 That, too, bears upon a coronial inquiry in the sense...

10. BORA Sports Anti-Doping Bill [pdf, 278 KB]

    ...that the Bill will be considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee at its meeting on Wednesday, 27 July 2005. 2. The Bill seeks to give effect to the World Anti-Doping Code in New Zealand in order to achieve the Code's purposes of: • protecting athletes' fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and in this way promote health, fairness and equality for athletes throughout the world; and • ensuring harmonised, coordinated and effective anti-doping programmes...