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1. [2025] NZIACDT 34 - KU v Wang (24 June 2025) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...it, uphold it but take no further action or uphold it and impose one or more sanctions.7 [28] The sanctions that may be imposed by the Tribunal are set out in the Act.8 The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment but the protection of the public.9 [29] It is the civil standard of proof, the balance of probabilities, that is applicable in professional disciplinary proceedings. However, the quality of the evidence required to meet that standard may differ...

2. Parohinog v Yellow Pages Group Ltd (Strike-Out Application No 2) [2015] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...difficulties can be traced to the dispute over her son’s custody: 5. After the March 2013, after receiving some of my files from CYFS (MSD), the NZ Police, IRD, the Auckland Family Court, James Family Trust, W&I, my son’s school and after school care, and some other private and public organisations and some information from my old colleagues and people from my community, now I know why I have been harassed, my privacy was invaded and why my life has been scrutinised and have been...

3. LCRO 024/2018 NN v AE (23 April 2019) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...following day, 17 February 2017, Mr AE again expressed his “disappointment” with the outcome. With a view to resolving his concerns 1 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008, r 5.11. 3 he put forward three options for consideration by Ms NN for response by 4.00 pm that day. First, he and Mrs SL would claim compensation in the [Disputes] Tribunal; secondly, he would complain to the Law Soci...

4. LCRO 181/2017 FW and KP v BG (31 October 2019) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...October 2017). 15 Mr BG did not think the appointment of [Firm B] as successor architect would be an issue. She says he has not vacillated from that view. [82] In that regard, I observe that Mr UL similarly says it is “debatable” if the protection to “the name Architect” in the Registered Architects Act 2005 “is intended to apply to the use of the name [Architect] for a person acting … as a certifier”. I also observe that whilst use of the NZIA form is reserved...

5. LCRO 80/2019 ZB v YC (18 August 2021) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...information in his letter to the Complaints Service dated 28 November 2018. He submitted: (a) Mr YC and his employer [PK] were not in breach of the in-house counsel provisions of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules). (b) Mr YC did not owe a duty to [XD], as he did not act for that company and owed it no duty of care. Mr ZB cannot comment on whether Mr YC’s representation of the liquidators of [WE] was competent. [32] In r...

6. LCRO 13/2024 OB and HG v NC (12 June 2024) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...(n) not overseeing the correct completion of the death certificate such that it implied that the applicants were the children of Mrs EG rather than Mrs RT;4 (o) failing to have the house valued after death; (p) failing to secure or adequately care for the house and personal effects inside it; (q) not responding appropriately to requests from the applicants for distribution of chattels; (r) failing to investigate alleged loans to various people and/or failure to disclose informatio...

7. Williams v Attorney-General [2024] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Unit at ARWCF. Ms Williams says that on 27 May 2020 she was assaulted by a fellow prisoner. As a result of the alleged assault, Ms Williams says she required hospitalisation and an operation. Because of this, Ms Williams was unable to see or care for her baby and she was unable to continue breastfeeding. [10] Following the alleged assault, Mr Tennet, engaged the services of Mr Hikaka (a private investigator operating a business called Hikaka Investigations Ltd) to interview M...

8. [2024] NZIACDT 01 RN v Li (8 Janurary 2024) [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...the identified provisions of the Code: 6 (1) Relied on an unlicensed person to communicate with the complainant which appears to have enabled the provision of immigration advice, thereby acting unprofessionally and failing to exercise due care, in breach of cl 1. (2) Failed to interact directly with the complainant and obtain his informed instructions, in breach of cl 2(e). (3) Enabled the provision of immigration advice by an unlicensed person, in breach of cl 3(c). (4)...

9. Chief Victims Advisor report Thats a lie PDF [pdf, 693 KB]

   ...words of real people describing often traumatic events, and at a time when they are potentially distressed and vulnerable. It was not possible to seek consent from those who gave evidence. However, given that such trials are typically closed for the protection of a complainants’ privacy, only research such as this allows for scrutiny of the processes that are occurring in Aotearoa courts. Transcripts were redacted prior to the analysis to remove any identifying details. This was carried...

10. Chee v Stareast Investment Ltd [2010] NZWHT Auckland 33 [pdf, 298 KB]

    ................................................................................. 23 WHAT IS THE REMEDIAL WORK REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE DEFECTS? .................................................................................................. 23 CAN DIRECTORS OF COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION OWE A DUTY OF CARE TO SUBSEQUENT OWNERS? .................................... 25 RESPONSIBILITY OF MR HUNG ............................................................... 26 RESPONSIBILITY OF...