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1. 3.0-W-RIS-Family-Court-Associate-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...It can prevent a family from moving on and starting new relationships as the dispute remains a live issue that requires ongoing time, attention, and maintenance. Changing valuations over time and the cost of the dispute itself (e.g., lawyers’ fees) impact each party’s assets following the dispute. This can in turn have ongoing implications for family life; eg the family home needs to be sold, due to the parties no longer being able to afford it. There are a number of key assump...

2. De Wet v North Shore City Council [pdf, 323 KB]

   Claim No: 2109 Under the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2002 In the matter of an adjudication claim Between Andre De Wet and Annette Cornelia De Wet Claimants And North Shore City Council First respondent And Grant Hearle Williams Second respondent And Jason Thomas Williams Third respondent And Grant Hearle Williams and Jason Thomas Williams and Desmond Sarjant Williams as trustees of Aladdin Trust Fourth respondents And Anthon

3. Hale v Chester Burt Funeral Home Ltd [2012] NZHRRT 10 [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...(one year and one week after arranging the Late Mrs Hale’s funeral) Graeme Hale appeared in the Palmerston North Court and faced personal charges of not having made any payment for his mother’s funeral expenses. We did not charge the refreshment fees as we were sympathetic towards sister Faye and brother Brian as they are lovely people. It was discovered by the Officer of the Court that Graeme Hale pays $200.00 rent to the new owner of his mother’s home. Graeme Hale has also bough...

4. Hinckley v Macduff LCRO 169 / 2009 (28 January 2010) [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...Standards Committee Regulations) 2008. The Committee considered that there were no special circumstances which displaced that presumption. That conclusion was a reasonable one to reach. It can also be noted that in all of the circumstances the fees appears to be reasonable in light of the amount of work undertaken by Ms Macduff in these matters. I uphold this aspect of the Standard Committee’s decision. Failure to take steps to remove the caveat [22] JH states that he repeatedly...

5. Sharma v Manchanda [2018] NZIACDT 2 (2 February 2018) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...employment. On 14 September 2015, the complainant entered a written agreement with the adviser to provide services relating to a request for a work visa. On 16 September 2015, the adviser issued a receipt for $230 in respect of his professional fees. On 23 September 2015, the complainant received an offer of employment. On 24 September 2015, the adviser telephoned INZ and asked that they consider a request for a post-study work visa under s 61 rather than a visitor’s visa based...

6. LCRO 122/2015 NP v AO (21 May 2018) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...demonstrate disrespect for a person’s right to take legal advice and would probably constitute a contravention of r 12. [49] The conflict of evidence is irreconcilable. Conflicts of evidence on review are to be resolved with reference to the civil method of balancing probabilities in order to form a view on which version of events is the more likely. [50] Taking the alleged comments to Mr BG on the street first, Mr AO does not dispute having met with Mr BG on the street. His po...

7. Apostolakis v Public Trust (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...jurisdiction of the Tribunal: [30.2.1] Claims that the Public Trust contravened IPPs 7, 8, 10 and 11 and PA, ss 120 and 127. [30.2.2] Claims that the Public Trust did not collect information when requested. [30.2.3] Claims regarding the disclosure of fees charged under the Public Trust Act 2001, s 70(1) and (2). [30.2.4] Claims about refusing to provide Mrs Apostolakis with information between “2010 and 2015”. [30.3] The context in which the allegations of fraud, discriminati...

8. Form1 Criminal legal aid application Crown Prosecution [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...children not living with you but who you support financially No Yes How many children? How many of these children live with you? Partner 14. Do you have a partner? A partner is:  a wife or husband  a civil union partner  a de facto partner (someone with whom you have a relationship in the nature of marriage) No Go to question 20 on next page Yes Give details below 15. Name of partner 16. Partner’s da...

9. Form 1 Crown Prosecution [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...children not living with you but who you support financially No Yes How many children? How many of these children live with you? Partner 14. Do you have a partner? A partner is:  a wife or husband  a civil union partner  a de facto partner (someone with whom you have a relationship in the nature of marriage) No Go to question 20 on next page Yes Give details below 15. Name of partner 16. Partner’s da...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 020 Whangarei District Council v Sustainable Solvents Group Limited [pdf, 730 KB]

    ...matters that must be taken into 12 account by the Court as well as such other matters as the Judge thinks fit. That broad provision must be employed on a principled basis and the Environment Court has adopted, in general, the approach of the civil courts of New Zealand to the granting of interim injunctions: the Court will normally require the applicant to demonstrate that they have at least an arguable case on a serious question, that the balance of convenience is in favour of...