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1. LCRO 164/2018 VG v SQ (2 June 2020) [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...that Mr SQ had never instructed him in respect of IRD/child support matters, and if so, whether Mr SQ breached rr 2, 2.1, 13 and 13.1 of the Rules and/or any other Rule or enactment; • Whether Mr SQ refused to release Mr VG’s file, despite his requests, and if so, whether Mr SQ breached his professional obligations under r 4.4 and following of the Rules and/or any other Rule or enactment. Spousal maintenance [11] The Standards Committee discussed as a preliminary matter, wheth...

2. Nicholas v Caudwell - Succession to Walker Whakaahua Kameta (2021) Chief Judges MB 1023 (2021 CJ 1023) [pdf, 325 KB]

   ...challenged in the Court of Appeal of New Zealand at [2012] NZCA 350. The Appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Te Puke 2A 2A 2B 35. The applicant contends that adjoining Māori freehold land known as Te Puke 2A 2A 2B also formed part of the farm named by the deceased in his will as the property at 133 No. 1 Road, Te Puke. 36. The grounds by which the applicant suggests that Te Puke 2A 2A 2B formed part of the farm is set out as follows: a. The...

3. Pue - Ngāti Maru Wharanui Pukehou Trust (2006) 166 Aotea MB 290 (166 AOT 290) [pdf, 669 KB]

   ...rehearing within 28 days. [17] On 9 January 2005 a copy of the minute and order were sent to the trustees and interested parties for whom current addresses were held. By application dated 2 February 2006 Rata Pue then sought a rehearing and that request was granted. Rehearing: 24 February 2006 [18] Mr Pue, assisted by Ms Tamsyn Pue submitted that the meeting should be declared invalid and its outcome ignored. This was because they claimed, the voting procedure was completely compr...

4. [2022] NZEmpC 46 UQE v TBN [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...conversation had taken place in September or October 2019. [14] UQE replied through its lawyer advising that: We acknowledge your client’s personal grievance and are currently conducting our own enquiry and hope to be in a position to respond more formally to the grievance next week. [15] A substantive response to the concerns raised on behalf of TBN, including as to its view of the discussion between DHD and ZUD followed. Essentially the allegations of breach were denied. T...

5. [2023] NZEmpC 18 Cronin-Lampe v The Board of Trustees of Melville High School [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...2023, I convened a telephone directions conference at which a range of topics were discussed. Counsel for the Board, Mr White, raised concerns about the content of the plaintiffs’ reply briefs and said that a comprehensive application raising formal objections was being prepared. Accordingly, I timetabled the filing and service of such an application for late 23 February 2023, and for any notice of opposition for late 24 February 2023. [8] Extensive documentation was f...

6. Prasad v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 34 (26 February 2025) [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...it may well be a factor in the aetiology of his arthritis. At his young age, we would not be embarking on major surgery like a joint replacement and it may be that an arthroscopic debridement procedure is where we are heading… [16] Mr Ball requested surgery funding for arthroscopic debridement, capsular release, and chondroplasty. In the ARTP, Mr Ball noted that Mr Prasad was only 49 years old. He noted an x-ray report suggested the possibility of an old Bankart injury althoug...

7. Cameron & Ors as Trustees of the Normac Trust v Stevenson [2010] NZWHT Auckland 39 [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...Truss Support [29] Mr Phayer and Mr Linwood agreed that the structural support beam in the lounge was not built as designed. This beam also supported the outset roof area in the lounge. When the first floor wall framing to the lounge was formed, the hardibacker was fixed over the trusses, nailed through the hardibacker to the plate fixed into the steel beam and rested on a ceiling batten. The hardibacker was broken away and packers were installed within the steel beam and b...

8. DX & NS v X Ltd [2023] NZDT 157 (12 May 2023) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...marked “[Road 1]”, the [Road 1] properties had all been sold, and it was sent to them in the context of them potentially wanting to make an offer because it was sent alongside a sale and purchase agreement (as opposed to just sent as ‘general information’ to anyone who had been to the open home), and from their point of view it was consistent with what they had been told at the open home. The fact that the file name was for a different development than the one they were potentially...

9. Galvin v Ngātai - Whakapoungakau 15B Sec 10 (2025) 329 Waiariki MB 206 (329 WAR 206) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...consisting of the trustees of the Reservation, the trustees of the Whakapoungakau 15B10 Aggregates Lands Trust and Ngāti Uenukukōpako Iwi Trust to plan for future residential development of the Reservation and Farm site. This working group should be formed. [41] In my view the trustees’ actions have not been such to cause the Court to intervene and remove them. [42] The trustees have a difficult task ahead of them and should be allowed to get on with looking after the land...

10. LCRO 13/2024 OB and HG v NC (12 June 2024) [pdf, 228 KB]

    ...that the applicants were the children of Mrs EG rather than Mrs RT;4 (o) failing to have the house valued after death; (p) failing to secure or adequately care for the house and personal effects inside it; (q) not responding appropriately to requests from the applicants for distribution of chattels; (r) failing to investigate alleged loans to various people and/or failure to disclose information to the applicants about the loans; (s) failing to investigate the alleged taking of a...