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1. Key points for the public

   ...and school grounds, not just streets and parks. present a fake ID use someone else's ID to buy alcohol give or lend an ID to an underage person if you know they intend to use it to buy alcohol. The penalty for breaching these laws is an infringement fee of $250. Back to top Intoxicated people will not be served If you're intoxicated, staff of licensed businesses cannot serve you or allow you to remain on the premises. This is the same as the previous law. The Act clearly defines 'intoxicated'....

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2. 2013 Decisions of public interest

   ...totalling $20,000. In each case $2,500 is ordered to be paid directly to the second to fifth defendants respectively. The balance is to be paid to the Crown which will receive $10,000 in total. The Authority's cost determination of $4,500 together with fees of $71.56 and expenses of $82.60 is also confirmed. Court costs reserved. [2013] NZEmpC 97 Transpacific Industries v Harris and Green [Full Court Judgment, 31 May 2013] Preliminary judgment considering the enforceability of a restraint...

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3. [2019] NZEmpC 13 Rayner v Director-General of Health [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...persuaded there should be an order of reinstatement, essentially because of issues relating to trust and confidence referred to above; b) three months’ wages were ordered; c) $20,000 was ordered for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings; and d) remedies were reduced by 15 per cent because of contributory conduct; the Authority accepted Ms Rayner’s behaviour during the investigation was mostly “a robust defence of her position”, but at times crossed the l...

4. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Choi [2021] NZLCDT 20 (2 June 2021) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...significant financial consequences which have flowed from Dr Choi’s offending. He was fined the sum of $60,000 in the District Court as referred to above. In addition, he has faced significant legal costs. [28] Furthermore, he still faces civil proceedings brought by the OIO in the High Court, which seek civil damages or a penalty claim. We are informed that the amount sought against him is between $128,000 and $145,000, together with costs of $10,000. [29] Finally, and cer...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 031 Friends of Conical Hill Inc v Hurunui District Council [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...photographing in and around the court for other purposes 4.10 �Reporting restrictions 5.0 �Courts with special media provisions 5.1 Supreme Court 5.2 Family Court 5.3 Youth Court 5.4 Waitangi Tribunal 5.5 Coroners Court 5.6 �District Court civil proceedings 5.7 �High Court civil proceedings 6.0 Access to court information 6.1 �Court information vs Ministry of Justice information 6.2 �What does the term ‘document’ mean? 6.3 Searches and search rules 6.4 Fees...

6. LCRO 64/2018 IG v PC (1 August 2018) [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...approached Ms G to act for him in relation to personal grievances against his employer, S Ltd. Ms G arranged for Mr IR to act as her instructing solicitor. 2 [5] Mr IR, Ms G and Mr E all agreed that Ms G would invoice Mr E directly for her fees and that Mr IR, as instructing solicitor, would have no responsibility for paying those fees. [6] The personal grievances were resolved by a settlement agreement following a mediation between Mr E and S Ltd in [date]. [7] A dispute aro...

7. MC v BL [2013] NZIACDT 8 (28 February 2013) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...threshold for an adverse disciplinary finding. [5] Mr MC presented his offer of employment as regular. The circumstances became somewhat rushed, and Ms BL has frankly acknowledged she should have been more thorough and accordingly fully refunded fees to Mr MC. The lapse does not reach the threshold for an adverse disciplinary finding. [6] The indication Mr MC could not lodge a complaint was in the context of a settlement. The issue was no more than unfortunate wording in the context o...

8. LCRO 20/2019 OT v GA (25 January 2021) [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...response [15] Mr GA’s response was comprehensive and there is no need to record this to any great degree. Suffice to say, that Mr GA does not accept the validity of Mr OT’s complaints. Mr GA also advised that Mr OT had not paid any of the fees rendered by him over an extended period,4 which by February 2018 amounted to $44,083.35.5 The Standards Committee determination The issues [16] The Standards Committee identified four issues to be addressed:6 (a) Not identifying the...

9. KBN v Wharekura [2019] NZIACDT 80 (9 December 2019) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...significant consequences for Mr Wharekura professionally and personally. He had about 40 open files at the time it became clear that interim suspension was inevitable. These clients have now been handed over to others. In doing so, he has refunded fees in excess of $7,000 and expects to refund as much as $20,000. He would have expected to create revenue of about $100,000 annually, if he was able to continue practicing. Without question the most difficult part of addressing the...

10. [2020] NZIACDT 25 - RV v Aiolupotea (12 June 2020) [pdf, 164 KB]

    ...[1] Mr Salesa (Charles) Aiolupotea, the adviser, acted for Mr [RV], the complainant. He undertook to seek a visitor visa and citizenship for the complainant. Mr Aiolupotea did seek a visitor visa, but not citizenship, despite taking a significant fee. In reality, the complainant was not eligible for citizenship. [2] A complaint against Mr Aiolupotea was made by the complainant to the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority). The Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Regis...