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1. Kwak v Park [2015] NZWHT Auckland 3 [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...deliberate decision with cost implications that could not have been unexpected. There appears to have been no reason for the decision to construct a large rather than a modest house other than its improved profitability. Although Mr Park and his family moved into the house in approximately July 2000 it was unfinished in the sense that it had not passed a final inspection or received a CCC. It was sold before either of these two steps took place. Mr Park provided no explanation f...

2. LCRO 211/2020 BU - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (30 July 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...has applied for a review of a decision by [Area] Standards Committee [X] to refer Mr [BU] to the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Background [2] Mr GC, and his mother Mrs RC, were engaged in a lengthy and acrimonious family dispute. [3] In 2016, Mrs RC instructed Mr BU to make application to the Family Court for a protection order. Mr GC was the subject of the application for protection. [4] The application was filed on 9 May 2016. The application reco...

3. LCRO 10/2024 BV and XV v OQ (28 May 2025) [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...Standards Committee inquired into that complaint and determined to take no further action on it. [17] Mrs BV and Mr XV did not apply to this Office to review the Standards Committee’s determination. [18] Instead, Mrs BV and Mr XV applied to the Disputes Tribunal for a refund of the legal fees that they had paid. [19] Despite opposition from LFA, the Disputes Tribunal held that it had jurisdiction to consider and make a decision about Mrs BV and Mr XV’s fees refund claim. [20] Ar...

4. CAC 304 v Chapman [2018] NZREADT 6 [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...charge focusses on Mr Chapman’s actions following the September 2010 earthquake. Accordingly references to “the earthquake” will be to the September 2010 earthquake, unless stated to refer to the February 2011 earthquake. Factual matters in dispute are noted in the chronology that follows, and will be discussed later in this decision. [12] The building was situated on the corner of Colombo Street and St Asaph St, with tenancies on both street frontages. Shortly after the ea...

5. [2022] NZEmpC 77 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 422 KB]

   HOSEA COURAGE, DANIEL PILGRIM AND LEVI COURAGE v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUED ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR INSPECTORATE [2022] NZEmpC 77 [10 May 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 77 EMPC 363/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a declaration under s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 BETWEEN HOSEA COURAGE, DANIEL PILGRIM AND LEVI COURAGE Plainti

6. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Withers [2013] NZLCDT 39 [pdf, 229 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2013] NZLCDT 39 LCDT 017/12, 018/12 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND IN THE MATTER of MURRAY IAN WITHERS Lawyer, of Christchurch CHAIR Mr D Mackenzie MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr W Chapman Mr M Gough Mr A Lamont Mr S Walker HEARING at Christchurch on 8 and 9 July 2013 APPEARANCES Dr D Webb and Mr R Kay for the Standards Commit

7. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 903 KB]

   Directory of Official Information Listings G-I About This is a living document. We endeavour to update it whenever there are changes to be made. If your department or agency’s information is out of date, please email oia@justice.govt.nz with the necessary amendments. We can send you a MS Word version if you need. Ministerial Relations and Services Strategy, Governance & Finance Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture oia@justice.govt.nz

8. [2024] NZEmpC 213 Cronin-Lampe v Minister of Education Interlocutory (No 5) [pdf, 336 KB]

   KATHLEEN CRONIN-LAMPE v MINISTER OF EDUCATION [2024] NZEmpC 213 [6 November 2024] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2024] NZEmpC 213 ARC 55/2013 ARC 79/2013 ARC 25/2014 ARC 48/2014 IN THE MATTER OF challenges to determinations of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for stay of execution BETWEEN KATHLEEN CRONIN-LAMPE First Plaintiff

9. B v Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd [2021] CEIT-2021-0006 [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...liabilities were taken on by Southern Response. 5) The damage to the property was extensive and it was agreed that the home was to be rebuilt. There was initial agreement that Southern Response would manage the rebuild of the property. However, disputes arose which in 2013 were taken to the High Court. At the heart of the disputes and a key issue in this decision, is that the house was built on landfill. 6) In November 2015, Mr B and Southern Response agreed a way forward. Th...

10. Waitangi Tribunal theme Q - Foreshore [pdf, 559 KB]

    ...system in its own right, it follows that it is a system which the present author has not been trained in and the exposition of which must properly be left to others. 1.2.2. Customary law as ‘law’: Lawyers trained in the Western common law or civil law traditions often tend to see the laws of so-called primitive societies as unsophisticated and amorphous. A glaring example of this may be found in Megarry V.C.’s judgment in Tito v Waddell [1977] 3 All ER 129, where he assumes that t...