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1. Complaints Assessment Committee 403 v Shalendra Goundar [2017] NZREADT 76 [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...independent, transparent, and effective.14 [14] These purposes are best met by penalties for misconduct and unsatisfactory conduct being determined bearing in mind the need to maintain a high standard of conduct in the industry, the need for consumer protection, and the maintenance of confidence in the industry, and the need for deterrence. [15] A penalty should be appropriate for the particular nature of the misbehaviour, and the Tribunal should endeavour to maintain consistency in...

2. INZ (Foley) v Niland [2019] NZIACDT 16 (19 March 2019) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...the decline of their applications, in breach of cl 26(b). (8) Allowed a visa application for one client to be lodged based on eligibility criteria which had not been assessed, in breach of the obligation in cl 1 to exercise diligence and due care; and (9) failed to assess one client’s employment agreement accurately against the relevant immigration instructions, in breach of the obligation in cl 1 to exercise diligence and due care. Second complaint [8] The second complaint...

3. Information Sharing Agreement for Sharing Permitted Information with Statistics New Zealand [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...principles apply to the operation of this Agreement: 8.1. The Ministry of Justice will share Permitted information with Statistics New Zealand as allowed under the District Court Act 2016 and the Senior Courts Act 2016 having regard to the principles and protections set out in the Privacy Act 1993. 5 8.2. Data shared under this agreement will once collected by Statistics New Zealand be subject to the process and confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1975 and only be...

4. GK v ZR LCRO 192/2013 (13 December 2016) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...personal account. Any “funds held on trust for a client are entitled to the special protection offered by the stringent rules surrounding the administration of trust accounts …”.8 There is nothing new about instructing solicitors, or the protections solicitors’ trust accounts provide for client money, and for barristers. Those protections were in place well before 1 August 2008. [22] Mr ZR did not avail himself of those protections, nor did he provide for Mr GK to. He...

5. [2024] NZIACDT 18 – KL v Lawlor (24 May 2024) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...are no submissions from Mr Lawlor. ASSESSMENT [28] The Registrar relies on the following provisions of the Code: General 1. A licensed immigration adviser must be honest, professional, diligent and respectful and conduct themselves with due care and in a timely manner. Invoices 22. A licensed immigration adviser must, each time a fee and/or disbursement is payable, provide the client with an invoice containing a full description of the services the fee relates to and/or disburse...

6. LCRO 243/2013 ZAA v YBC (27 June 2017) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...down for an applicant-only hearing, Mr YBC indicated that he and counsel assisting him would attend. The review hearing took place by teleconference on 11 May 2017. 26 [26] I record that, as well as hearing from the parties in person, I have carefully read the complaint and response, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of the application for review. There are no additional issues or questions which in my mind necessitate any further submissions from...

7. LCRO 123/2019 & 124/2019 MC v QK and QK v MC (3 March 2020) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...understood by lawyers as to risk approaching the trite in repeating, that fundamental to the lawyer/client relationship, is the obligation of the lawyer to act as a robust guardian of their client’s interests. [38] Consistent with the consumer protection purposes of the Act and a lawyer’s fundamental obligation to protect their client’s interests, r 6 requires that: 4 [i]n acting for a client, a lawyer must, within the bounds of the law and [the rules], protect and promote th...

8. Huia-Collective-CIA-FINAL-v2.docx.pdf [pdf, 8.3 MB]

   ...Ngā Manu inland to Ngatokorua then to Te Pou-o-te-Huia. This benevolence, which was contrary to the intentions of Te Rauparaha, was a clear demonstration of the rangatiratanga of Te Whatanui and the absolute mana he had over the rohe. It also afforded protection to the remaining Muaūpoko. Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Huia carried out their obligations regarding the ‘Tuku’ and acquired Raupatu rights as a result of subsequent battles and in 1840 the area controlled under the mana (authori...

9. District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill [pdf, 70 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 2 July 2020 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill 1. We have considered whether the District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. This is a...

10. [2020] NZSAAA 2 (13 March 2020) [pdf, 279 KB]

    ...life and subsequent to his leaving home in early 2019 in order to attend university, are not in dispute. It is the interpretation of the relationship that is at issue. Initially, when, immediately after his birth, the appellant was removed from the care of his biological mother and placed in the care of L, it appears to have been envisaged that the birth parents would, over time, take on at least some of the responsibilities of parenting. His father, in particular, expressed some intere...