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1. AB v CD LCRO 228/2014 (27 October 2016) [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...as follows: (a) Was the complaint properly made against Mr AB personally? (b) If the answer to (a) was yes, was the fee rendered by Mr AB fair and reasonable based on chapter 9 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008? (c) If the answer to (b) was no, what determinations and/ or order should be made in relation to the breach? [9] The Committee delivered its decision on 11 September 2014. [10] The Committee concluded that fees charged were...

2. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavits 4 of 4 [pdf, 9.7 MB]

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3. Regulatory Impact Statement discovery procedure high court and district court rules changes [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...trusted and accessible justice services. The options are assessed on the basis of whether there will be a reduction in costs for parties engaged in litigation, whether the options will reduce delays, and whether people‟s access to justice is protected. Regulatory impact analysis A variety of possible solutions to the problem were considered by the Rules Committee. This RIS groups these into options in a manner that provides the simplest comparison. The procedure for the...

4. Regulatory Impact Statement discovery procedure high court and district court rules changes [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...trusted and accessible justice services. The options are assessed on the basis of whether there will be a reduction in costs for parties engaged in litigation, whether the options will reduce delays, and whether people‟s access to justice is protected. Regulatory impact analysis A variety of possible solutions to the problem were considered by the Rules Committee. This RIS groups these into options in a manner that provides the simplest comparison. The procedure for the...

5. Egden v CAC20005 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 80 [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...Rather, the directors were Mr Somaraju and Mr Hackett. Mr Egden says he worked as a licensed agent for Compass Realties from 8 November 2010 to January 2011. [5] Mr Egden says that in January 2011 he ceased his involvement with Compass Realties to care for his terminally-ill wife. He told the Tribunal that he discussed and agreed with the directors that they would close down the real estate agency in February 2011. [6] He said that notwithstanding the fact that Compass Realties h...

6. Bailey v The Māori Trustee - Te Riri A Te Hore 2 (2014) 322 Aotea MB 67 [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...teleconference held on 18 June 2014, I considered that the documents relating to the joining of the Slights as a party should be served on them, and I further indicated that a decision on the application would issue in due course. 5 That said, having carefully reviewed the relevant authorities I now incline to the view that while service prior to a determination on an application to join is preferable, it is not mandatory. Respondent’s submissions [7] Mr Shaw submitted that t...

7. Edwards v Capital and Coast DHB (Litigation guardian) [2016] NZHRRT 16 [pdf, 67 KB]

   ...proceedings: 7. It is counsel’s submission that in this context a mother/son relationship, and particularly where the events at the heart of the proceeding involve a notification and supply of information to a statutory agency that deals with potential care and protection concerns of young people, that this situation raises the issue of coercion, potentially even innocently so without any intention by either plaintiff. 8. As the first plaintiff sets out, there is nothing unusual or pr...

8. TSO v Hassan [2013] NZIACDT 52 (16 August 2013) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...copies of the documents submitted to Immigration New Zealand. Given the explanations, and the absence of the documents I am not in a position to find Mr Hassan was negligent. There is sufficient material to satisfy me there was an element of lack of care. However, not every mistake or error of judgment is sufficient to found an adverse professional disciplinary finding. [53] The jurisprudence from various authorities dealing with other professional disciplinary contexts is appropriately...

9. LCRO 140/2016 and 153/2016 BF v ZL (21 February 2019) [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...does not have any relevance to the extent of the instruction given to Mr [ZL]. … Further it was not sought by SC. Had it been, Mr [ZL] understands it would have been available. • The SC accordingly erred in finding that Mr [ZL] had a duty to protect [CAB] on the transaction. • … no more was required of Mr [ZL] than took place. • … there was a concurrence, not conflict, of interest in his giving effect to what the parties had agreed. • No sensible articulation of what...

10. LCRO 91/2020 LS v DV (29 July 2020) [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...or not made in good faith must also be considered against the wider background of the purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and the objectives of the complaints process. The general purposes of the Act are set out in s 3 and include the protection of consumers of legal services and to maintain confidence in the provision of legal services. Clearly a robust complaints system is part of achieving those purposes. This requires both the efficient dealing with complaints, and that...