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1. Proactive release – Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Transferring Judicial Officers to the Remuneration Authority Proposal 1 This paper seeks 1.1 agreement to transfer responsibility for determining the remuneration of Disputes Tribunal Referees and Tenancy Tribunal Adjudicators from the Cabinet Fees Framework to the Remuneration Authority; and 1.2 approval to introduce the attached Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill (the Bill) that will implement the above proposal and the 2019 Cabinet decisions to transfer responsibility for setti...

2. [2025] NZIACDT 21 – KA v Wen (5 March 2025) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...company) and the client was purportedly sent to him by Ms Wen on 21 March 2023,1 and allegedly signed by him on the same day (though it was not signed by Ms Wen).2 It provided for Ms Wen to apply on the client’s behalf for a recovery visa. The fee was NZD 2,000. 1 Email (21 March 2023) from Ms Wen to the client; BoD at 51. 2 Written Agreement for Immigration Advice Services (21 March 2023); BoD at 29–33. 3 [8] On that day, 21 March 2023, Ms Wen lodged a specific purp...

3. Tupe Snr v Everton - Manunui No 1 4th Residue Ahu Whenua Trust (2015) 334 Aotea MB 227 (334 AOT 227) [pdf, 330 KB]

   334 Aotea MB 227 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AOTEA DISTRICT A20110010392 UNDER Sections 231, 238 and 240 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Manunui No 1 4th Residue Ahu Whenua Trust BETWEEN PATENA TUPE SNR Applicant AND GRAEME EVERTON, JAMES DOWNES, LAWRENCE ORNBERG, PĀTENA TUPE (JNR) AND THOMAS PAHI

4. LCRO 188/2021 MC v JK and UV (19 August 2022) [pdf, 355 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2022] NZLCRO 093 Ref: LCRO 188/2021 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN P & R MC Applicant AND JK and UV Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed Introduction

5. Guidelines on common core documents [pdf, 528 KB]

   GE.09-42829 (E) 230609 UNITED NATIONS HRI International Human Rights Instruments Distr. GENERAL HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6 3 June 2009 Original: ENGLISH COMPILATION OF GUIDELINES ON THE FORM AND CONTENT OF REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES Report of the Secretary-General In its resolutions 52/118 and 53/138, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to compile in a single volume the guidelines

6. LCRO 89/2024 YL v FV (16 July 2025) [pdf, 307 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2025] NZLCRO 101 Ref: LCRO 89/2024 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee BETWEEN YL Applicant AND FV Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] The applicant, Mr YL

7. [2007] NZEmpC AC 51A/07 Maritime Union of NZ and ors v TLNZ Ltd and anor [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...this Court addressing the relevant sections of the Evidence Act 2006 that came into force only about five weeks ago. Counsel have, perhaps not surprisingly, not been able to discover any judgments of other courts delivered since 1 August 2007 in civil litigation dealing with these questions, that might assist me in this case. So the following represents a best attempt to address novel questions in a very short time. [3] I wish to make clear two important principles applicable to t...

8. Apostolakis v Rennie (Strike-Out Application) 2017 NZHRRT 42 [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...and pre-trial payment by the defendants of $129,049.32, such payment being to: … Perpetual Guardian Trust, 854538.2.1 debt over title WN 817/71 12 Colville Street. This payment may be made to the Tribunal and/or to the plaintiff to meet legal fees for representation, on the grounds that Mr Robert Kee states that the plaintiff is “vague and cryptic”. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to order the pre-trial payment of moneys but this has not troubled Mrs Apostolakis. [23] At para...

9. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...for perceived failures on the part of the Corrections Service to ensure that it complied with legislation, regulations and policies governing the treatment to be accorded to prisoners. [5] In 2013, Mr HN applied for legal aid to assist him with a civil claim he was intending to take against the Crown. Mr HN’s claim related to what he described as inhumane treatment he had been subjected to by the Department of Corrections in 2011 and 2012. [6] Mr HN’s treatment had been the s...

10. [2023] NZEnvC 271 One Tasman Development Limited Partnership [pdf, 412 KB]

    ONE TASMAN DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 271 IN THE MATTER of the direct referral of an application for resource consent for the construction of buildings and associated earthworks at 1-23 Tasman Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, under s 87G of the Resource Management Act 1991 BY ONE TASMAN DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (ENV-2023-WLG-000008) App