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1. Court-User-Survey-2025-results.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...intended to be a fully representative sample of court participants. It provides insights to help understand the impact of the Ministry’s work and where improvements might be needed over time. This year, the intended sample size of both victims and civil participants was not achieved. This was due to victims generally not being in the courthouse as frequently as other parties, and because civil litigation is increasingly happening via remote hearing. Increasing the sample size of these...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v PL [2016] NZLCDT 6 [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...and did not make a broader enquiry. He left O to respond to Simpson Grierson’s queries saying that O was dealing with it because of his intense involvement with preparation for the hearing and that he, the respondent, was trying to tidy up the fees owing to the firm. There was nothing that alerted him to query the situation regarding the Joint Venture. Outstanding fees [39] The respondent was approached by the credit controller of the law firm early in 2009. The controller ha...

3. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 25 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...one member felt intimidated by the practitioner.16 [53] The practitioner claims there has been an abuse of process. The prosecution is said to be pursued for ulterior motives, i.e. to shield the New Zealand Law Society from the practitioner’s civil actions such as for malicious prosecution. As an aside, this seems to us to make little sense in that if the prosecution is indeed malicious, surely pursuing it through the Tribunal would only bolster the merits of the practitioner’s...

4. [2015] NZEmpC 4 Booth v Big Kahuna Holdings Ltd costs [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...Mr Booth’s favour ought to be GST inclusive, for the reasons I have already traversed. [56] The defendant is ordered to pay the plaintiff the following sums (plus GST, if not otherwise included) by way of disbursements: $1,502.64 (hearing fees) $204.44 (filing fee in ARC 84/13) $204.44 (filing fee in ARC 1/14) $125.00 (office expenses/photocopying) Total = $2,036.52 Conclusion [57] The defendant is ordered to pay the plaintiff the following sums (plus GST, if not...

5. U v I [2018] NZIACDT 21 (18 June 2018) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...The Complainant sent the Adviser an email in response in which he stated: We applied under this position as advised by you as you were confident that you can relate this to my position and still it had been declined. I had already paid you your fees in good faith and only took your 6 assistance for my application because my current position did not fall under the SMC category. I really don’t know how an appeal would make a difference to their decision looking at the fa...

6. LCRO 95/2023 JV v FA (8 October 2024) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...complaint and the Standards Committee decision [11] Mr FA lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 30 August 2022. [12] The initial concerns identified by Mr FA focused on the invoices rendered. He considered fees charged to have been unreasonable and made complaint that he had received a final invoice after the retainer had been terminated. [13] Subsequent to filing his initial complaint, Mr FA, in correspondence to the Complaints Service of...

7. [2013] NZEmpC 205 Belsham v Ports of Auckland Ltd [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...would in the main have been necessary and justify substantial reimbursement. Making allowance for those factors, which are required to be taken into account in exercising the discretion, I consider an appropriate level of actual and reasonable fees would be $40,000. Two thirds of that amount would be approximately $26,000. That is not too far apart from the analysis Mr Mitchell carried out by analogy with the High Court scales. [16] Accordingly, Mr Belsham is ordered to make a...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 139 Brown v Richard & Jennifer Adams t/a Untouchable Hair & Skin [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...consideration. Conclusion [14] I consider that in all the circumstances leave should be granted. [15] Time for filing a statement of claim by the applicant is extended to a date which is seven days after the date of this judgment, providing the filing fee for doing so is also paid by that date. [16] If this condition is not satisfied the extension of time will not be effective. If it is, the respondent must file and serve a statement of defence no later than 28 days after the...

9. OIA-102415.pdf [pdf, 539 KB]

   ...complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may be contacted by email to info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phone on 0800 802 602. Na.ku noa, nt ,_µ Karthy Brightwell General Manager, Civil and Constitutional Policy

10. Granting Aid for Waitangi Tribunal Matters Policy v3.pdf [pdf, 522 KB]

    ...section 4 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. Wai number means the administrative number allocated to a Treaty claim by the Tribunal. Relevant Statutory and Policy Framework Legal Services Act 2011 10. Waitangi legal aid is a specific subset of civil legal aid. The main provisions relating to legal aid for Waitangi Tribunal proceedings are set out in sections 47 to 50 of the Act. Key matters covered by those sections are set out below. Further detail about how these provisions operat...