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1. Find a debtor’s address

   On this page: How to find the debtor’s address yourself How to make a confidential address request to a government agency You need to inform the court if a new address is found Filing a new address for in-progress enforcement actions You need to know a debtor’s correct address before the court can take some enforcement actions on your behalf. If the debtor hasn’t provided a correct address, you can try to find the address yourself, or you can request confidential address information fro

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2. [2023] NZIACDT 11 - SM v Kim (6 April 2023) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...2018, the complainant and his employer had signed an employment agreement. [7] On 5 and 6 February 2018, the complainant and Mr Kim signed the latter’s client agreement. It provided for Mr Kim to seek a work visa for the complainant. The fee was $3,000. [8] On 23 February 2018, Mr Kim filed a work visa application for the complainant with Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ). It was approved on 9 April 2018. 1 SM v Kim [2023] NZIACDT 5. 3 [9] On 19 April...

3. Legal aid review of criminal legal aid fixed fees - 2013 [pdf, 627 KB]

   1 | P a g e Review of criminal legal aid fixed fees – operational policy changes The review of criminal legal aid fixed fees has already raised a number of operational policy matters, the majority of which can be addressed immediately. These are discussed below. 1. Assignment of urgent (same day) cases Private providers and the Public Defence Service (PDS) have raised the issue of how Legal Aid Services (LAS) assigns urgent (where the court requires counsel on the same day...

4. Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 962 KB]

   ...be justified on the same basis. 8. The United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld a similar exclusion under the 1992 Fisheries Settlement. The Committee found the exclusion was consistent with articles 14 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which are comparable to ss 20 and 27(2) of the Bill of Rights Act.4 Whether s 27(3) at issue 9. Clause 24(3) of the Bill excludes damages and other forms of monetary compensation as a remedy for any failure by th...

5. [2023] NZREADT 32 UM v REAA (3 November 2023) [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...correspondence, as well as attending counselling and organising funding. At $75 per hour, this amounts to additional costs of $63,632.40 or $63,732.37.2 [24] While the lawyers’ invoices pertain to the purchase of the property and the ensuing civil dispute, the root cause of the legal engagements was Mr Gow’s misrepresentation. [25] The appellant contends she has clearly demonstrated causal links between the losses claimed and Mr Gow’s breaches, emphasising that the costs...

6. LCRO 72/2020 ZW v CB (29 September 2020) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...considered to have been unsatisfactory.5 [49] Nor is a Committee or a Review Officer equipped to make negligence findings. [50] In PR v LT, the Review Officer noted that:6 [107] Negligence is a cause of action that is well-understood by traditional civil courts. Its ingredients include a duty of care, a breach of that duty, and a measurable loss that has been caused by the breach of duty. Findings of negligence may only be arrived at after comprehensive – sometimes expert – ev...

7. X Ltd v II [2021] NZDT 1539 (14 May 2021) [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

8. WN v ZM & Ors [2025] NZDT 128 (26 February 2025) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

9. Regulatory Impact Statement Trans Tasman Proceedings Bill [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...of each country‟s regulatory system are not exploited and that consumers have effective redress. The Trans-Tasman Working Group on Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement (the Working Group) has identified a range of problems that arise in civil proceedings with a trans-Tasman element or that undermine the effectiveness of various regulatory regimes in each country. It is difficult to determine the scale of each of these problems but anecdotal evidence suggests a sufficient numb...

10. LCRO 40/2016 UV v EL [pdf, 95 KB]

    ...1 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. 3 deliver a process and a decision that is not “so clinical and impersonal”. Mr UV would like a refund of the $50 fee he paid for filing his application for review. [12] Mr EL replied on 6 April 2016 confirming that he had acted for Ms L and that she was a member of the New Zealand Association of Hairdressers (the Association). Mr EL says he received adv