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1. LCRO 145/2021 AZ v BY (28 October 2022) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...of the Conduct and Client Care Rules which requires a lawyer to render a final account within a reasonable time of the termination and considered that Mr BY had complied with his obligation under this rule. The Committee distinguished Mr AZ’s requests for Mr BY to issue invoices from a request for an estimate. It drew the conclusion that Mr BY had not breached r 9.4 which requires a lawyer to provide an estimate of costs when requested by a client. 6 At [23]. 7 Ibid. 8...

2. BN & HF v O Ltd [2024] NZDT 692 (10 July 2024) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...any or all of the deposit? e. If there has been no breach by O Ltd, are BN and HF entitled to a refund of any or all of the deposit? Who were the parties to the contract? 6. The relevant law is contract law. A legally binding contract is formed when both parties intend to contract on agreed terms and intend for those terms to be legally binding. A contract can only be enforced against the parties to the contract, so it is important to determine who the contract was between.

3. [2011] NZEmpC 28 Zhang v Sam’s Fukuyama Food Service Ltd [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...Failure to complete Driver List properly, i.e. the plate of the vehicle, leaving/returning time, daily mileages and the temperature of the truck body. Failure to accept supervision and management of the company. ... Any further poor performance, breaches of company rules or less serious misconduct will result in a second (final) written warning being issued. Warnings lapse one year from the date of issue. [10] With the assistance of his wife, Mr Zhang wrote a response in th...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 251 The Chief of New Zealand Defence Force v NZ PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...collective agreement with the New Zealand Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi Inc (NZPSA) to non-union members with undermining intention but not undermining effect, as referred to in s 59B(2) and (6) of the Act; and (b) as claimed by NZPSA, the effect of the preferences was also unlawful discrimination on the ground of union membership to the extent that they excluded union members. [3] NZPSA succeeded in the Employment Relations Authority, with the Authori...

5. Wellington Standards Committee v McGuire [2013] NZLCDT 41 [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...prepared to consider such an outcome to sanction, provided it was satisfied that the proposal would meet the public interest purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. [3] At the time counsel expected that such an agreement could be formulated, and agreed and signed-off by the parties, by early November 2011. It was anticipated that the proposed mentoring and supervision programme would operate for 18 months. [4] In the event, a signed arrangement was not submitted to...

6. H & Anor v CAC 20004 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 72 [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...BoD p.195), the reason for this is that I was not made aware of it until the Decision on Orders was released on 23 July 2012. Had I been 6 made aware prior to the release of the decision, I would most certainly have challenged it. It is requested that this be taken into account in the Tribunals consideration of penalties.” [17] Second, the complainant submits that we should censure or reprimand both of the licensees. In that respect she referred to the statement in the CAC...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 65 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...unreasonable and oppressive to require such documents going back six years before the matters at issue in the case;  that even if such documents contain relevant elements, they will also contain irrelevant ones as well; and  that such a request for disclosure is in the realm of a fishing expedition or audit of the plaintiff’s history. [4] In more detail, the plaintiff makes the following points. The plaintiff identifies what she says are errors in the defendant...

8. E84 Dennis Kirkwood - EIC - Ngāti Tamaoho [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...of the southern edge of Te Waitematā Harbour. A map of the application area is attached and marked ‘A’. The Crown is yet to engage with us. 33. Ngāti Tamaoho are of the view that it would be inequitable to provide a ten-year approval as requested by Panuku, given that the proposed activity will likely further degrade Te Waitematā, circumvent our ability to exercise rangatiratanga and/or limit our ability to fulfil our role as kaitiaki and exercise our customary rights....

9. MVDT Annual Report 2009-2010 (Auckland) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...with it and on the following day a mechanic described the transmission as noisy and faulty and that a “huge shift impact occurs randomly.” The purchaser attempted to telephone the seller on 12 occasions from 9th March until the 10th March to inform him that the vehicle had several faults. The purchaser says that when he spoke to the seller on the telephone the seller initially agreed to his obtaining a quotation for the cost of repairs but later pretended to be someone other than the...

10. Hiroti - Succession to Rira Peti Hiroti (2021) 72 Te Waipounamu MB 271 (72 TWP 271) [pdf, 238 KB]

    ...KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O TE WAIPOUNAMU In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Te Waipounamu District A20190006216 WĀHANGA Under Sections 29 and 113, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and section 455, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Succession to Rira Peti Hiroti also known as Diane Stubbings DAVID HAUPAROA HIROTI Te Kaitono Applicant A20180009373 WĀHANGA Under...