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1. National Standards Committee 1 v Mr H [2025] NZLCDT 49 (26 November 2025) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...displace the public interest in open disclosure of this matter, including his name. We understand his anxiety about publication and suggest he might re-engage with his therapist for support over the next month. We are concerned that he has not protected some for whom prior warning would be protective. We urge him to do so. For that purpose, we shall not publish his name until midday on 5 December 2025, and the public version of this decision shall not disclose his name until then....

2. LCRO 168/2017 AH v OS and VI (21 December 2018) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...2017, Mr OS wrote to Mrs C. He referred to his telephone conversation with Mr T and confirmed that a new property enduring power of attorney in favour of two partners in the firm was in place. He informed Mrs C that Mrs HR was [Mr C’s] personal care and welfare attorney, and that Mr AH, Mrs HR and Mr T were named as executors in her will. [10] He stated that if her “confidence” in Mrs HR, who was signatory on Mrs C’s bank account, to “do the right thing” was “reduced...

3. Southland Standards Committee v Evans [2011] NZLCDT 38 [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...interest (which include “protection of the public”), to maintain professional standards, to impose sanctions on a practitioner for breach of his/her duties, and to provide scope for rehabilitation in appropriate cases. Tribunals are required to carefully consider alternatives to striking off a practitioner. If the purposes of imposing disciplinary sanctions can be achieved short of striking off then it is the lesser alternative that should be adopted as the proportionate...

4. Auckland Standards Committee v Yee [2015] NZLCDT 22 [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...the part of a lawyer, particularly when this involves the misuse of funds held on behalf of clients. [3] The solicitors trust account has long been regarded as “sacrosanct”.1 [4] The purpose of disciplinary proceedings are primarily for the protection of the public. “Closely allied to the protective object, professional discipline also aims to safeguard the reputation of the profession, which is more important than the fortunes of any individual member”. Dealing with it...

5. Guide for Policy and Legal Advisors

   ...are engaged by policy proposals How to determine whether a limitation on a right is justified What if a limitation is unjustified? 1. What the Bill of Rights Act does The purpose of the Bill of Rights Act The Bill of Rights Act aims: to affirm, protect, and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in New Zealand; and to affirm New Zealand’s commitment to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Bill of Rights Act focuses on civil and political rights. Other...

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6. O'Connell & Anor v Auckland Council & Ors [2013] NZWHT Auckland 7 [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT? ....................................................................................................25 IS MR FRENCH RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ESTABLISHED DEFECTS? .28 DOES MR TOEBOSCH PERSONALLY OWE THE CLAIMANTS A DUTY OF CARE? ...................................................................................................................29 WERE THE O'CONNELLS CONTRIBUTORILY NEGLIGENT? ..............................33 CONCLUSION ..............................

7. Statement of consent to appointment as welfare guardian - PPPR16 [pdf, 37 KB]

   r 410(1) Form PPPR 16 Statement of consent to appointment as welfare guardian Section 12(5)(d), Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 at ……………………………… [place] ……………………………………………………………………………………….. [full name] ……………………………………………………………………………………….. [address] ……………………...

8. Roborgh v Lay [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...Waterproofing of the decks; • Balustrades around the decks (and some parapet work); • Flat roofs; • Bathrooms. 4.3 The Owners have provided in evidence the details of how these leaks were caused in each of the areas. I will need to carefully review the evidence when analysing each potential area of leak later in this Determination. I will not get immersed in these details at this point, but simply provide an overview of the claims. 4.4 The remedial work has been...

9. LCRO 91/2019 CL v BK and AM (31 August 2021) [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...carport”, he failed to tell her the structures were not recorded on the flats plan provided to Mr BK by the estate agent on 17 September 2013. (b) Solicitor’s approval – clause 18 [20] Ms CL said she expected Mr BK “to provide expert advice and protect [her] interests in relation to the conditional…purchase [agreement]”, and the presence of structures not recorded on the flats plan. [21] She claimed Mr BK, although file noting on 23 September 2013 “Ok with [form?]...

10. 2022-03-22 Summary of Evidence of Edward Ellison on behalf of the ORC and Kāi Tahu Ki Otago - 21 March 2022 [pdf, 134 KB]

    ...are integrally linked with water and land through whakapapa, and this relationship is fundamental to the identity of Kāi Tahu as mana whenua. This connection carries rakatira rights for mana whenua and also imposes kaitiakitaka obligations to care for wai māori and the life it supports. 4 The condition of water is seen as a reflection of the condition of the people - when the wai is healthy, the people are strong and healthy and so too is their mana. 5 The protection of maur...