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1. LCRO 106/2021 TH v QA (17 August 2021) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...Standards Committee decision dated 30 June 2021 at [10]. 5 [32] In deciding to take no further action on Mr TH’s complaint, the Committee held:3 (a) Mr QA was not Mr TH’s lawyer. (b) The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) have minimal application to the relationship between a lawyer and a third party, such as here. (c) Mr TH’s allegations about Mr QA’s are serious and concern a matter that has been brought before the...

2. [2021] NZIACDT 18 - CL v Khetarpal (10 August 2021) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...& [151]. 8 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee, above n 7, at [97], [101]–[102] & [112]. 8 General 1. A licensed immigration adviser must be honest, professional, diligent and respectful and conduct themselves with due care and in a timely manner. Client Care 2. A licensed immigration adviser must: … e. obtain and carry out the informed lawful instructions of the client, and … Work within limits of knowledge and skills 8. A licensed immigration...

3. LCRO 32/2022 QP v ZH (28 March 2023) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...basis of other complaints: • Costs incurred for placing funds on term deposit and for preparing statements. Mr QP speculates that the funds may not have been placed on deposit. 3 • Potential breach of r 10.2 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules.1 • [Law firm K] was conflicted when it continued to act for Ms WO on her personal matters, including the purchase of another property. [Law firm K] response [13] [Law firm K] responded under the hand of two of its direct...

4. X Ltd v Q Ltd [2024] NZDT 261 (14 March 2024) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...“company”, “Trust” and “agent” refer either to the entity itself or the individuals concerned, as the context requires. 7. The issues to be resolved were as follows: (a) Did the agent breach the agency contract? (b) If so, is the agent protected by the limitation of liability clause in the Contract? (c) If the agent is liable to the company, is the Trust liable to the agent under the indemnity clause in the Settlement? Did the agent breach the agency contract?...

5. [2024] NZREADT 23 – CAC 2106 v Hu (29 July 2024) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...(the Committee) with: (1) misconduct under s 73(a) of the Act (disgraceful conduct), or alternatively with misconduct under s 73(c)(iii)(wilful contravention of rr 6.1 and/or 6.3 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules)), or alternatively; (2) unsatisfactory conduct under s 72(b) (contravention of rr 6.1 and/or 6.3) and/or s 72(d) (work regarded by agents of good standing as unacceptable). [3] The particulars of the charges...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 291 Strain v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...of the Schedule) for the approximate location and extent of the four subareas within LCU 11. Vegetation patterns Tall hawthorn hedging and mature poplar trees along the eastern side of Lower Shotover Road. Much of the road-side hawthorn hedging is protected under the District Plan, consent notices or conditions of consent. Exotic shelterbelts, woodlots, remnant gully/riparian vegetation, and exotic and indigenous amenity plantings on older rural and rural residential properties and aroun...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 171 Timaru District Council [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...to come within the ambit of s86B(3) and have immediate legal effect upon notification. Section 86B(3)(a) applies to a rule that “protects or relates to water, air or soil (for soil conservation”. [87] The proposed suite of rules are about protecting the supply of community drinking water to the district, although they regulate activities involving land use and subdivision for the protection of water. [88] The protection of the quality of the community water supply from the e...

8. [2011] NZEmpC 49 Katz v Mana Coach Services Ltd [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...the Defendant Judgment: 25 May 2011 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A D FORD The issue [1] The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff is entitled to be indemnified by her employer for legal expenses she incurred in successfully defending a careless driving charge arising out of an accident occurring in the course of her employment. The end result of the criminal proceeding was that the plaintiff was discharged without conviction. The facts [2] The facts can be briefly stat...

9. Cressida Claire Mayson Saywood v Complaints Assessment Committee 409, Benjamin Cartwright & Theresa O'Sullivan [2017] NZREADT 55 [pdf, 473 KB]

   ...Cartwright’s attempt to minimise the effect of the RealSure report (as noted above at [2]) allayed any concerns Ms Saywood may have had in respect of defects at the property. In this respect, the CAC found that Mr Cartwright did not exercise skill, care and competence and effectively misled Ms Saywood in breach of Rule 5.1 and Rule 6.4 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules). The CAC also noted that although Mr Cartwright advised...

10. LCRO 68/2019 NI v RC and OD (28 February 2020) [pdf, 175 KB]

    ...agreement with her employer, the [City] District Health Board ([CDHB]), which would enable the working relationship to be terminated on agreed grounds, rather than being effected by her resigning. The proposed terms were intended to be for the protection and benefit of both employer and employee. 2 [3] Miss NI initially instructed another lawyer to act for her in this regard but in February 2018 instructed Mr RC to continue to try and negotiate an agreement acceptable to her....