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1. Legal Services Agency closure & annual report 2011 [pdf, 976 KB]

   E7 CLOSURE REPORT and final Annual Report for the 12 months ended 30 June 2011 HELPING PEOPLE ACCESS JUSTICE C O N T E N T S 1 E7 Introduction Letter to the Minister ................................................................................................................................ 2   From the Chair ......................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Moke v Trustees of Ngāti Tarāwhai Iwi Trust [2019] Māori Appellate Court MB 265 (2019 APPEAL 265) [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...“established”. Who is the class of people referred to by the term ‘General Land owned by Māori’? [67] The phrase “General land owned by Māori” is a defined term in the 1993 Act. It “means General land that is owned for a beneficial estate in fee simple by a Māori or a group of persons of whom a majority are Māori”.20 [68] Māori is defined as follows: “Māori means a person of the Māori race of New Zealand; and includes a descendent of any such person.”...

3. TSO v Essina [2020] NZIACDT 2 (16 January 2020) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...the contract and job offer in order to smooth the visa process. It stated that no extra payment was required if he had a service agreement with Job Placement. The complainant would, however, be responsible for incidental expenses, such as the fees charged by Immigration New Zealand and NZQA. [18] A formal job offer to the complainant was made by the employer on 9 November 2016. Both parties signed it that day. [19] On 23 November 2016, Ms Essina filed a work visa application on...

4. LCRO 220/2016 UT v LE (18 December 2018) [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...with the intention of settling the property on the trust, Mrs LE telephoned Mr UT with instructions to prepare a trust deed. Mr GJ was not living with Mrs LE at that time. 2 [4] On 20 June 2014, Mrs LE paid Mr UT $2,000 on account of legal fees for preparation of the trust deed and the transfer of the property to the trustees. [5] Mrs LE and DE signed the trust deed on 25 June 2014. Two months later, on 25 August 2014, they raised a bank loan secured against a mortgage on t...

5. LCRO 80/2022 NL v EB (23 July 2024) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...settled or after all sections had been sold. 4 3. Ignoring instructions relating to distributions [24] Mr EF had made it clear to Ms NL that ‘NO distributions were to be made to either Director until a large accounting bill and all Legal fees were paid’. 4. Second distribution of funds [25] Mr EF disputes Ms NL’s assertions that she tried to make contact with him to obtain his instructions at the time that the payment was made to Mr VF. [26] Mr EF advised that a p...

6. Family Legal Advice Service Operational Policy v1.9 September 2023 [pdf, 927 KB]

   ...requirements 12 Service entitlements 12 Online Recording System 14 Privacy guidelines and requirements 14 Using RMS 15 Users of RMS 15 Timeframes for recording 15 3 Payment 16 Fee schedule 16 Change of lawyers 16 Disbursements 16 Travel 16 Interpreters/translators 16 Payment arrangements 17 Relationship with Legal Aid 18 Court Entry 18 Concurrent legal aid cases 18 Without Notice applications 18 A...

7. Family Legal Advice Service Operational Policy v2.0 October 2023 [pdf, 586 KB]

   ...requirements 12 Service entitlements 12 Online Recording System 14 Privacy guidelines and requirements 14 Using RMS 14 Users of RMS 15 Timeframes for recording 15 2 Payment 16 Fee schedule 16 Change of lawyers 16 Disbursements 16 Travel 16 Interpreters/translators 16 Payment arrangements 17 Relationship with Legal Aid 18 Court Entry 18 Concurrent legal aid cases 18 Without Notice applications 18 App...

8. LCRO 211/2018 AB v CD (3 July 2019) [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...EB, and Ms EB’s company, JJ Holdings Limited ([JJ]), on a property dispute. [2] Ms AB has applied for a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee (the Committee) to take no further action in respect of her complaint about Mr CD’s fees when acting on that matter. [3] In her complaint, Ms AB also alleged that Mr CD, in order to settle the dispute, had failed to submit Ms AB’s counteroffer, had failed to give her advice about the alternatives to litigation and had...

9. LCRO 140/2020 AB v RP (27 November 2020) [pdf, 267 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2020] NZLCRO 220 Ref: LCRO 140/2020 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [City] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN AB Applicant AND RP Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed Introduction [1] Mr

10. OIA-117594.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

    Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 29 November 2024 Our ref: OIA 117564 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Powers of a bailiff Thank you for your emails of 2 and 15 November 2024, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), in which you requested information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), regarding powers of a bailiff. Specifically, you requested: