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1. [2024] NZREADT 45 – Parmar v REAA, KB & LB (20 November 2024) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...of unsatisfactory conduct in relation to a complaint brought by the second respondents (KB and LB). [2] On 27 May 2024, the Committee made a decision on orders (the penalty decision) censuring Mr Parmar and ordering him to refund the commission fees charged for work which was the subject of the complaint to the amount of $3,000 and pay a fine of $1,500 to the Real Estate Agents Authority (the Authority). [3] On 29 May 2024, Mr Parmar filed a notice of appeal in relation to the penal...

2. Smith v The Proprietors of Mangaroa and other blocks (2015) 113 Waiariki MB 1 (113 WAR 1) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...be one approach to costs if the judge happens to be a recent appointment from the bar and another approach for judges who happen not to be. The approach must be uniform and cannot be based on a judge’s own assessment of the reasonableness of fees based on his or her recollection of what prevailed at the bar in his or her time. [30] If I was applying a scale approach then I would start with costs arrived at on applying a Scale 2 basis being $7,827.60. In the circumstances of this...

3. LCRO 65/2019 PT v [Area] Standards Committee [X] [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...application having been made to this Office for a review, so that appears to have exhausted the jurisdiction of the Act. [6] However, until the statutory limitation period passed, Ms PT says there remained a risk that the client might bring a civil claim against her and Ms ZM as partners in the firm. [7] At some point Ms PT decided she would leave the partnership and commence practice as a barrister. [8] By early 2018 Ms PT and Ms ZM had sought independent legal advice about...

4. [2024] NZREADT 46 - JX v CAC2201 Baker (22 November 2024) [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:4 4 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] and [151]. 5 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish the practitioner for misbehaviour, although it may have that effect, but to ensure that appro...

5. Brownlie v Brown - Pipituangi A Trust [2011] Maori Appellate Court MB 271 (2011 APPEAL 271) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...or control over the amount of legal expenses, which were excessive given the income of the trust. 2011 Maori Appellate Court MB 276 [15] The appellants also complained that the Judge misconstrued the application in saying that the legal fees were incurred in response to applications and actions taken by the appellants. Rather, the appellants, as beneficiaries of the trust, were entitled to ensure that the trustees were behaving in accordance with their trust obligations an...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 25 PRI Flight Catering Ltd v Saha [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...plaintiffs emphasise that they were required to file two statements in reply, to attend two telephone conferences, and to prepare a memorandum seeking to strike out the defendant’s claim. They seek an uplift of 50 per cent of a one day tariff fee, amounting to a total of $5,250. In addition, the plaintiffs seek what they describe as a “modest award” towards their costs of attendance at mediation, $3,345 (plus GST), being 66 per cent of what they say were their actual and rea...

7. LCRO 224/2020 & LCRO 230/2020 EZ v MQ and MQ v EZ (19 May 2021) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...commenced working for PLD on 5 December 2019. [9] Unfortunately, problems developed in the employment relationship and on 5 January 2020 Mr EZ resigned, that resignation to take effect on 12 January 2020. Mr EZ made request of Ms MQ to refund the fees he had paid for immigration services she had rendered. [10] On 27 January 2020, Ms MQ wrote to Mr EZ to advise that she had been instructed by PLD in respect to the company’s employment dispute with Mr EZ. In that correspondence,...

8. [2025] NZIACDT 05 – YI v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...Auckland. [4] The complainant is YI, a national of China. [5] On 3 March 2023, Mr Liu was approached via WeChat text by ZA (the agent) who claimed to represent employers needing workers for recovery work following floods. Mr Liu replied quoting a fee of $800 for each application. [6] Mr Liu then provided the agent with a link to a questionnaire and requested that each applicant fill in their personal information. The complainant completed the questionnaire on 7 March 2023. [...

9. [2025] NZIACDT 06 – DH v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...Auckland. [4] The complainant is DH, a national of China. [5] On 3 March 2023, Mr Liu was approached via WeChat text by ZA (the agent) who claimed to represent employers needing workers for recovery work following floods. Mr Liu replied quoting a fee of $800 for each application. [6] Mr Liu then provided the agent with a link to a questionnaire and requested that each applicant fill in their personal information. The complainant completed the questionnaire on 30 March 2023....

10. [2025] NZIACDT 04 EI v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 243 KB]

    ...Auckland. [4] The complainant is EI, a national of China. [5] On 3 March 2023, Mr Liu was approached via WeChat text by ZA (the agent) who claimed to represent employers needing workers for recovery work following floods. Mr Liu replied quoting a fee of $800 for each application. [6] Mr Liu then provided the agent with a link to a questionnaire and requested that each applicant fill in their personal information. The complainant completed the questionnaire on 7 March 2023. [...