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1. 29 June Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...checked according to the new regulations before they begin work. By 1 July 2019, all 280,000 central government funded children’s workers will need to have been safety checked. More information on the Children’s Action Plan can be found here. The civil legal aid fee schedule and disbursement list for appeals against the decision to deny or revoke children’s workers exemptions can be found here. All legal aid applications for children's workers exemptions appeals will be m...

2. Brown v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs on Appeal) [2024] NZACC 085 [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...(b) band B, if a normal amount of time for the particular step is considered reasonable; or (c) band C, if a comparatively large amount of time is considered reasonable. [8] Schedule 4 provides for the time allocations for each step in general civil proceedings, according to categories A, B and C. 3 [9] Rule 14.12(2) provides that a disbursement may only be included in a costs award to the extent that the disbursement was approved by the Court for the purposes of the pr...

3. [2020] NZEnvC 107 Whangarei District Council v Sustainable Solvents Group Limited [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...decision in May 2020 of this year, we noted that this 2017 order included orders to: (a) Pay a portion of the proceeds of the sale of any land or equipment sold to the Regional Council in order to refund the Regional Council for paid consultant fees and fund further site assessments; (b) To redistil the waste at the site and/or dispose of the waste to a facility that is approved to receive such waste by 31 December 2017; and (c) To provide written reports to the Regional Council by 1...

4. Ngati Hine Forest Trust v Manihera - Ngati Hine H2B(2010) 12 Taitokerau MB 176 (12 TTK 176) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...of between 80 per cent and 90 per cent. The total legal costs amounted to $26,392.50. [20] TPL 4 relied on several cases including a decision of Judge Savage10 and decisions of the Māori Appellate Court11 a) The dispute was in the nature of civil litigation and there was no case for a departure from the ordinary rules concerning costs; . Counsel referred to the principles discussed in those decisions and argued: b) Mr Manihera did not put his issues before the Court concerning...

5. LCRO 46/2016 Richard Zhao v Yu Sun and Li Wang (7 May 2020) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...failed to observe his fundamental duties when acting for his clients. Should Mr Zhao inform us the notice to lapse; [sic] we would definitely instruct him to defend the notice. [11] They sought compensation for their losses and a refund of all fees paid to Amicus Law. They also referred to the imposition of any “penalties and sanctions the Society deems fit”. The Standards Committee determination. [12] The Committee “did not consider that it was in any position to make a fi...

6. Audit-and-monitoring-policy [pdf, 376 KB]

   ...Ministry (including the Practice Standards for Legal Aid Providers) • their professional obligations, and • the Ministry’s policies and procedures. Limited audits enable the Ministry to: • perform financial checks on the file (to ensure fees and fixed fees are correctly applied and claimed) • identify any red flags that would contribute to a risk profile and provide a pathway to the full audit programme and • identify any education needs and support opportunities for pro...

7. [2022] NZIACDT 24 - DA v Ji (20 September 2022) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...on 8 November 2017.5 [15] According to Mr Ji, the complainant told him on about 23 November 2017 he was required to pay a returnable bond to the restaurant.6 Mr Ji said to the complainant that he had understood the money was for the agent’s fees in China. The complainant asked Mr Ji to prepare a receipt for the deposit of RMB 100,000. It is the complainant’s evidence that Mr Ji said he could not provide it because the payment was illegal. Mr Ji says he told the complainant h...

8. K v I [2018] NZIACDT 22 (18 June 2018) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...generally regulates the profession, and it is necessary to deal these cases to achieve the objectives set out in s 3 of the Act. [24.3] The Tribunal is the only body given the powers to suspend licenses, cancel licences, or order the refund of fees and compensation. Those powers are potentially required to deal with the consequences of incapacity where a practitioner lacks awareness. [24.4] The Act has some indications that the Tribunal is not solely concerned with “discipli...

9. MZ v Sun [2019] NZIACDT 21 (15 April 2019) [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...the documents prepared by the client to Mr Sun. He would file the visa application with Immigration New Zealand and maintain contact with it. Mr Sun was not allowed to contact the client, except through the company’s staff. The company’s fees were set out in the agreement. [7] On 22 December 2012, the complainant entered into an agreement with the Shanghai company for services relating to a long term business visa for New Zealand. The agreement stated that the company provid...

10. [2020] NZIACDT 35 - NZQA (Seavor-Cross) v Jin (7 August 2020) [pdf, 197 KB]

    ...assessment by NZQA of his overseas qualification. Due to the supervisor’s limited knowledge of such assessments, she referred the client to Mr Jin. [6] A client agreement was entered into between Mr Jin and the client on 14 November 2018. A fee of $600 was paid, in addition to NZQA’s fees. [7] On 16 November 2018, Mr Jin filed an assessment for qualification with NZQA on behalf of the client. It included a copy of a certificate in commercial cookery from a recognised Austra...