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1. [2022] NZIACDT 4 - ZI v Wan Sanctions (3 March 2022) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...As for the imposition of a fine, Mr Wan had admitted fault and had not opposed the grounds of complaint referred by the Authority so a modest fine, if any, might be commensurate with the breaches. [20] As for compensation and a refund of the fees, the settlement agreement states that Mr Wan’s payment of $30,000 was in full and final settlement of all civil claims. This does not prevent the Tribunal from requiring that compensation be paid, but it would be up to the complainant...

2. 2015 Ministry of Justice annual report [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   Annual Report 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 E.64 (2015) http://www.justice.govt.nz/ Playing our part in fighting crime STARTED 2-YEAR TERM AS CO-CHAIR OF ASIA PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY LAUNDERING Improving safety for domestic violence victims DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMENDMENT ACT TAKES EFFECT Giving victims a stronger voice CHANGES ARISING FROM THE VICTIMS OF CRIME REFORM BILL TAKE EFFECT Equipping communities to address youth crime YOUTH CRIME ACTION PLAN COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN

3. P v K [2019] NZIACDT 4 (5 February 2019) [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...diligence and communications with the complainant. [2] Given Mr K’s medical condition, it is not possible for him to defend the complaint, so the only proper course of action is to uphold the complaint to the extent necessary to order a refund of the fees paid. BACKGROUND [3] Mr K was a licensed immigration adviser. [4] A series of complaints were brought before the Tribunal by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (Registrar), the head of the Immigration Advisers Authority (...

4. Faulkner v Deputy Registrar - Allotment 5 Parish of Tahawai [2010] 2010 Maori Appellate Court MB 643 (2010 APPEAL 643) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...contrary to the common law. Māori customary land is a residual category of property, defined by custom. Crown land, by contrast, is defined as land which is not customary land and which has not been alienated from the Crown for an estate in fee simple. The Crown has no property interest in customary land and is not the source of title to it. [51] The Crown held imperium (sovereignty) but did not automatically hold dominium (ownership of the land). In the Court of Appeal‘s dec...

5. LCRO 341/2013 QE v ML (nee BM) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...and pre-empted its statutory power to find facts de novo to the extent that those facts were relevant to the charges. [16] He noted that:4 the starting point for consideration of the submission, therefore, is s 50 of the Evidence Act 2006: 50 Civil judgment as evidence in civil or criminal proceedings (1) Evidence of a judgment or a finding of fact in a civil proceeding is not admissible in a criminal proceeding or another civil proceeding to prove the existence of a fact that w...

6. Ratahi v CAC301 & Legge [2015] NZREADT 62 [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...submissions, either by way of: 31.1 Declaration [which the REAA seems to believe is ultra vires of this Tribunal’s powers], which counsel believes is not under sect. 93(2); or 31.2 Pursuant to the provisions of sect. 93(1)(e) order a refund of the fees charged, the fees being illegally and improperly obtained. 32. It is submitted this power must be applied in toto to the fees, and this is not a situation or determination where the Tribunal can exercise its discretion over the quan...

7. [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...

8. 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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9. [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...

10. 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...