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1. Legal-Aid-lawyer-Provider-Manual-Feb-2025.pdf [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...and the Practice Standards set by the Secretary. The legal aid Practice Standards form part of the contract for service. These set out the minimum standards of service and conduct required of you. While similar to the rules of conduct and client care for lawyers, the practice standards set out specific requirements for legal aid lawyers’ responsibilities to clients, relationships with clients, conduct of legal aid cases and their dealings with others such as judges, experts, and court a...

2. COVID-19 (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...potential orders to certain areas of work where the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19, or the consequence of non-vaccination in the workforce, may have a significant impact. The public health response to COVID-19 is shifting to focus on minimisation and protection, and an outbreak of COVID-19 amongst certain workforces could still have consequences for public health and wellbeing. Risk assessment framework 25. In relation to the risk assessment tool, regulations would also need to be cons...

3. [2007] NZEmpC WC 12B/07 Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Ltd v Wilson & Anor [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...not limited to the Wellington area but covered greater Wellington and the South Island. • Mr Wilson and Mr Lintott were privy to a lot of extremely confidential information which was shared at regular management meetings and she wanted to protect that information. [17] She told the Court very frankly that she had left her previous employment without a restraint of trade and knew how easy it was to secure clients for her new company from her previous employers in the first fe...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 159 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council.pdf [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...7(c) RMA. Carve Out is premised on a theory that those provisions have already been accounted for in the ODP zones and sub-zones to which Carve Out would apply . ... [505) ... we can infer that the various classes of Exception Zone were generally carefully crafted through the Sch 1 RMA processes for the ODP ... to deliver outcomes that ensure the appropriate protection of ONF/L relative to the land within those Exception Zones. However, the same cannot extend to what is not contempl...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 075 Ngati Paoa Trust Board v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...of that argument is relevant and necessary to the making of our decision. 1 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, s 58(4). 6 Relevant legal framework [15] The purpose of the Act, set out in s 3, is to promote the identification, protection, preservation, and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand. The principles informing that purpose and which all persons performing functions and exercising powers under the Act must recognise are set out...

6. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants [2015] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...9 number of standard checklists for use by the member and by the reviewer as well as some standard template letters. [41] In the Review Procedures Manual the explicitly stated purpose of a practice review is to provide quality assurance. Protection of the public interest is stated to be “fundamental”: 1.2 Purpose The primary purpose of Practice Review is to provide quality assurance in relation to activities of members in public practice. Protection of the public inter...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 082 NSK Farming Ltd v Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   NSK FARMING LTD v CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 082 IN THE MATTER of an appeal under s 120 of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN NSK FARMING LIMITED (ENV-2021-CHC-000021) Appellant/ Applicant AND CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge L J Semple sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Hearing: In chambers at Wellington Last case event: 9

8. LCRO 181/2023 HC v QG and VO (28 February 2025) [pdf, 413 KB]

   ...The factual circumstances giving rise to each separate complaint are best considered in isolation. [12] The alleged conduct occurred in 2019-2020. All references in this decision to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) are therefore to the Rules in their numbering and form before the 2021 amendments to the Rules. I will not be footnoting the current Rule number or wording, where different. Complaint 1: Transfer of shares in [red...

9. JG v RS LCRO 245 / 2010 (15 March 2012) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...Committee reviewed all of the material and the comprehensive submissions provided by both parties. Having done so, it came to the view that Mr JG had breached rules 2.3 and 13.4 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. [28] In respect of the breach of rule 2.3 the Committee had this to say: - “[17] The Committee considered that the relentless pursuit of this matter, with complete disregard to the costs being incurred, brought the profe...

10. LCRO 184/2015 WD v YR (6 July 2017) [pdf, 171 KB]

    ...were to be achieved. (e) Lawyer failed to provide information about the services to be provided. (f) Lawyer failed to act with instructions, and with his advice. (g) Lawyer failed to communicate in a respectful manner. (h) Lawyer failed to protect and promote our interests. (i) Lawyer failed to provide information about the progress of the case. (j) Lawyer failed to provide necessary support to find another lawyer. (k) Lawyer failed to provide information as to how to pursue a c...