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1. [2020] NZREADT 38 - Barfoot v Real Estate Agents Authority (26 August 2020) [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...as he accepts through his counsel Mr Rea, responsible for supervision of Ms Feng and Mr Dunne under section 50 of the Act. [3] Ms Feng and Mr Dunne were found to have breached various of the Real Estate Agents (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (“the Rules”). The matter was the subject of a complaint that was made in regard to Mr Dunne following errors being made in the description of a residential property which he was marketing. The errors related to the des...

2. AG v ZQ LCRO 204/2011 (14 February 2014) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...Complainant provided more information relating to the various matters identified in his original complaint letter. [13] The purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 is to maintain confidence in the provision of legal services and to protect consumers of legal services. The preliminary task for this review was to examine whether the information now provided by the Complainant disclosed conduct that would justify returning the matter to the Standards Committee for enquiry....

3. CAC v Hughes and Hape, CAC v Hughes and Lal [2016] NZREADT 57 [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...of Sentencing [22] The Tribunal must consider four matters when considering imposition of a penalty as set out in Real Estate Agents Authority v Lum-on [2012] NZREADT 47. [23] A penalty must fulfil the following functions. They are: [a] Protecting the public Section 3 of the Real Estate Agents Act provides that this is one of the purposes of the Act. [b] Maintenance of professional standards This was emphasised in Taylor v The General Medical Council and Dentice...

4. Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC 409) v Cartwright [2018] NZREADT 25 [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...4 Section 3(1) of the Act. 5 Section 3(2). [13] Penalties for misconduct and unsatisfactory conduct are determined bearing in mind the need to maintain a high standard of conduct in the industry, the need for consumer protection, maintenance of confidence in the industry, and deterrence. [14] A penalty should be appropriate for the particular nature of the misbehaviour, and the Tribunal should endeavour to maintain consistency in penalties imposed for simil...

5. BORA New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...and c. clauses 153 and 185 create offences for publishing or broadcasting information relating to an Inspector-General’s inquiry or the identity of an employee of an intelligence and security agency. 15. We also note that the amendments to the Protected Disclosures Act 2000 limit the scope of whom a protected disclosure may be made to. Clause 267 will replace s 12 of the Protected Disclosures Act to require an intelligence and security agency, or any...

6. [2015] NZEnvC 105 Opoutere Ratepayers and Residents' Association v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT Hearing at: Court: Appearances: Decision No. [2015] NZEnvC lOS IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to clause 14(1) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act) in relation to proposed changes to the Waikato Regional Policy Statement BETWEEN AND OPOUTERE RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION (ENV-2012-AKL-000253) Appellant W AIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent at Hamilton, 23 October 2014; 18 November 2014 and s

7. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Morahan [2017] NZLCDT 24 [pdf, 531 KB]

   ...secured against her Tolhurst Road property; (c) On the subdivision of Rosetta Road; (d) The transfer of that property to the trust; (e) The process of her becoming a trustee of the trust. [31] The respondent admitted that he had an obligation to protect Ms B’s interest in respect of those matters. It is clear that she was not given independent advice about any of the relevant issues at the time. [32] The respondent explained that (with the exception of the Rosetta Road pro...

8. OIA-97846.pdf [pdf, 14 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 19 September 2022 Our ref: OIA 97846 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: non-discrimination in the Human Rights Act Thank you for your email of 23 July 2022, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), documents regarding non-discrimination in the Human Rights Act. Specifically, you requested: “…all infor

9. [2023] NZIACDT 12 - XX v Xu (13 April 2023) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...since 2001 and became licensed in 2009. She prided herself on providing excellent and highly professional service to her clients. This was the first complaint against her in nearly 20 years of practice. She worked hard and was generally a very careful person who paid attention to detail. Ms Xu expressed deep sorrow for what had happened and had already apologised profoundly to the complainant and her mother. She understood her mistakes had caused the complainant and her family enorm...

10. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL case law 3 effects [pdf, 2.1 MB]

    ...asserting a fact, ... [is] the balance of probabilities. I do not read Shirley Primary School as in conflict with what is common to so many decisions of the Environment Court. We take it that the second sentence in that passage shows that Doogue J was carefully confining his statement to the standard of proof of facts. He was not stating anything .about the standard of 'proof of the judgements about possible future events and their [1999] NZRMA 66. High Court, Auckland AP 18/0...