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1. LCRO 42/2022 QA v Kennelly (19 April 2023) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...be relied upon. [36] Mr Kennelly says that the payment was “never a loan nor was it conditional”. [37] He says that he did not render an invoice and that this was not unusual. [38] In summary, Mr Kennelly submits that Mr QA had misled his family and was seeking redress and that the complaint should be dismissed. The Standards Committee determination [39] The Standards Committee identified the issues for consideration to be:12 (a) Whether Mr Kennelly acted competently and in a...

2. CAC 2106 v Hu [2024] NZREADT 36 (23 September 2024) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...purchaser as a retaliation for not doing what the purchaser wanted. [25] These proceedings have placed great stress on him and that expresses itself in his [redacted]. Since November 2017, Mr Hu has suffered from [redacted]. He has few social or family supports. His condition has not responded to [redacted]. This was operative at the time in question. [26] It is submitted that the appropriate penalty would be a fine of $2,000 to $2,500 or $3,000. Somewhat inconsistently,...

3. LCRO 38/2024 & 39/2024 SM v CV and CV v SM (13 August 2025) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...claim against the other arising from this Agreement or its termination. This is commonly referred to as a ‘sunset clause’. [6] Mr CV disclosed at an early stage2 that the directors and shareholders of the vendor company (ABC Limited) were family friends. He said: I also note by way of disclosure, when I was reviewing the LIM (and record of title) it came to my attention that I know the directors and shareholders of the vendor, they are family friends. I was not aware that they...

4. Stanley & Anor as trustees of the Lucy Stanley Family Trust v North Shore City Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 20 [pdf, 194 KB]

   Page | 1 IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI-2010-100-000026 [2011] NZWHT AUCKLAND 20 BETWEEN LUCY NORMA STANLEY and MELANIE JANE STANLEY as Trustees of the LUCY STANLEY FAMILY TRUST Claimants AND NORTH SHORE CITY COUNCIL First Respondent AND LLOYD REX BANTON AND WOLFGANG JOHN WHITE Second Respondents AND ROSS BARRY JONES Third Respondent (Removed) AND DARREN MCDONALD Fourth Respondent AND PATRICK COLIN FARRELL (Not served) Fifth Responden...

5. LCRO 21-2017 AJ v AK [pdf, 298 KB]

   LCRO 21/2017 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN AJ Applicant AND AK Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr AJ has applied to review a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] (the Committee),

6. [2020] NZEmpC 109 McCook v Chief Executive of the Inland Revenue Department [pdf, 333 KB]

   JASON MCCOOK v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT [2020] NZEmpC 109 [27 July 2020] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2020] NZEmpC 109 EMPC 254/2019 IN THE MATTER OF an application for a declaration pursuant to s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 AND IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to objection as to disclosure AND IN THE MATTER of an applic

7. [2013] NZEmpC 85 Aarts v Barnados New Zealand [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...needs to be explained. [9] Mr Aarts was employed by Barnardos New Zealand (Barnardos) and claims that he was dismissed unjustifiably by it. Mr Aarts’s dismissal came about as a result of communications from Police and the Child Youth & Family Service (CYFS) of the Ministry of Social Development to his employer about complaints allegedly made by children whom he was counselling. These allegations were said to have been made during specialist evidential interviews of the c...

8. TXY v Police [2025] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 358 KB]

   ...[2019] NZHC 1963. 10 Guo v Culpan at [35]. 4 [13] We are not considering the appropriateness of the decisions to charge TXY with criminal offending. Nor are we considering the way in which the charges were investigated. It is also not in dispute that TXY faced two criminal trials and was found not guilty of all offending against LZA except for three Protection Order breaches. He was also found guilty of an assault on his eldest child but not guilty of an assault on his you...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 54 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...hearing was conducted via remote means in light of COVID-19 restrictions. Leave was sought, and granted, for the Trust to attend remotely. As the Court of Appeal made clear in Greymouth Petroleum Holdings:14 When a court is engaged in hearing a dispute its workings, including documents referred to or relied on, should be open to full scrutiny by all members of the public, unless there are particular and strong reasons to the contrary. The public should be able to follow and understa...

10. Evaluation of Legal Aid providers survey [pdf, 897 KB]

    Justice Sector EVALUATION OF THE LEGAL AID REFORMS Legal Aid Providers Survey (baseline) October – November 2011: Full report LEGAL AID PROVIDERS SURVEY: OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2011 Page 2 H E A D E R – E V E N P A G E H e a d in g 2 – E v e n p a g e The Legal Aid Providers Survey Report 2012 was prepared by the Justice Sector Strategy Group within the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice acknowledges and than