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1. Signing and witnessing EPAs during COVID-19

   ...It may be easier to use a single document later rather than showing that the multiple signed versions make up a valid EPA. Where can I find more information about EPAs and how to set one up? An EPA is a legal document which sets out who can take care of your personal or financial matters if you can't. That person is called your attorney. You can set up an EPA through a lawyer or trustee corporation. See Setting up an EPA for the forms you will need to use to set up an enduri...

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2. Fehling v Ministry of Health [2017] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...currently exist indefinitely; there is no provision to destroy them. How is an NHI number created? 21. Health providers can assign an NHI number under rule 12(1) of the Code. 22. Generally, NHI numbers are generated when a person receives health care. Only certain agencies are approved to assign an NHI number. This is set out in Schedule 2 of the Code, and includes agencies such as the Ministry, DHBs, hospitals and health practitioners. 23. For most people today, this will happe...

3. LCRO 272/2016 XK v JB (24 June 2019) [pdf, 346 KB]

   ...administering Mr B’s estate [46] As they relate to the issues now raised on review, the Committee identified the following issue for consideration:9 Whether Mr JB has breached [r 3 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008] in: i. Generally administering the estate of the late [Mr B] in an incompetent manner and in breach of the duty to take reasonable care. 5 Standards Committee determinatio...

4. LCRO 122/2018 ZQ v VX (30 October 2018) [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...hearing, Mr ZQ emphasised that whilst he had a number of concerns about the representation he had received from Mr ZQ, his major concerns were that: (a) Mr VX had failed to ensure that the agreement contained adequate enforcement provisions to protect Mr ZQ in the event of default by his father. Allied to this, was concern that the agreement failed to include provision for interest to be paid on the instalment payments that were to be made to Mr ZQ over a period of years; and (b)...

5. Regulatory Impact Statement Managing the cost of legal assistance in the justice sector [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...provision: new offices in next largest centres New offices in Tauranga, Napier/Hastings and Dunedin. Implementation in 2011/12. PDS offers improved efficiency and quality, as well as constraining future growth. Share of market needs to be carefully managed to ensure cost-effectiveness remains. In smaller centres, risks will have greater impact on private market due to smaller size. 1.8 Purchase strategy: reduce price by 10% Same approach as above, but redu...

6. LCRO 13/2023 DG v PS (26 February 2025) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...PS had attempted to divert responsibility for his errors to his client, opposing counsel, and the court; and (e) Mr PS had been on extended leave from his office in late 2018 and had left responsibility for the stewardship of Mr DG’s file in the care of a junior lawyer; and 4 (f) draft documents prepared by Mr PS’s employee were inadequate and required amendment; and (g) discovery had been unable to be completed as a consequence of Mr PS’s extended absence from his office;...

7. LCRO 226/2016 TS v KN [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...costs against his former wife. Mr KN advised Mr TS that there were potential disadvantages as his former wife was legally aided, and little real advantage in applying to the Family Court for interim costs orders. Mr KN recommended that Mr TS think carefully before instructing him to make such an application. Although an application for costs was foreshadowed to the Court and leave granted before the Family Court delivered its decision, no application for costs was made while Mr KN w...

8. Regulatory Impact Statement: A New Trusts Act [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...powers Minor 37 8 Powers of maintenance and advancement Modernising 59 9 Age of majority Minor 38 10 Appointment of agents Minor 38 11 Appointment of nominees and custodians Modernising 59 12 Power to appoint delegates Minor 39 13 Standard of care Minor 39 14 Investment powers and duties Modernising 59 15 Distinction between income and capital Minor 40 16 Apportionment of receipts and outgoings Minor 40 17 Investment managers Minor 41 18 Acceptance and rejection of trustee...

9. Burrows & Anor v CAC20002 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 53 [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...Ms Lawson-Bradshaw also covered relevant law to which we refer below. Our views on penalty Principles [15] It is well established that decisions of disciplinary tribunals should emphasise the maintenance of proper professional standards and the protection of the public through specific and general deterrence. While this may result in orders having a punitive effect, this is not their purpose, refer Z v CAC [2009] 1 NZLR 1; CAC v Walker [2011] NZREADT 4. As counsel for the Authority...

10. YCAP - information sharing guide [pdf, 2.9 MB]

    ...THE PRIVACY ACT Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 • Section 6 – Welfare and interests of child or young person paramount • Section 15 – Reporting of ill-treatment or neglect of child or young person • Section 16 – Protection of person reporting ill-treatment or neglect of child or young person • Section 59 – Application for production of documents relevant to investigation of whether child or young person in need of care or protection • Section...