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1. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   E.64 AR (2021)E.64 AR (2021) Including the Te Arawhiti Annual Report The Office for Māori Crown Relations Te Tāhū o te Ture Annual Report Ministry of Justice 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 And Ministers’ reports on Non-Departmental Appropriations: Minister of Justice (Vote Justice), Minister for Courts (Vote Courts) and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations (Vote Treaty Negotiations) In accordance with the Public Finance Act 1989, this Annual Report presents: Te Tāhū o te

2. LCRO 73/2019 LM v NO (27 July 2020) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...summarised as follows: (a) From day-one – even before Ms W instructed Mr NO to act – PQ had always maintained that the 2011 advance by S to [ABC] was a properly documented loan payable on demand. (b) Mr NO initially spoke to S at PQ’s request, in about February or March 2018, for corroboration of the 2011 advance to [ABC] as a loan. S swore an affidavit to this effect in support of PQ’s evidence in the relationship property proceedings. (c) When Ms LM persisted with h...

3. Hona - Estate of Hiriweteri Toby [2017] Chief Judge's MB 428 (2017 CJ 428) [pdf, 354 KB]

   ...subsequent orders affected to which this application relates. Details of payments made as a result of the Order 12. On 9 August 2011, letters were sent to the Māori Trustee Office, Wellington and the Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporation requesting that a hold is placed over the client accounts affected by this application and to provide payments (if any) made to date. 13. On 29 August 2011 correspondence was received from Hulton Patchell Limited, who are the adminis...

4. Government-response-to-the-Law-Commissions-report-Class-Actions-and-Litigation-Funding.pdf [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...intention to advance this work as quickly as resource permits. Timing of the government response 27 The relevant Cabinet Office circular CO (09) 1 sets out processes for responding to Law Commission reports. It requires the Government to present a formal response to the House within 120 working days of the presentation of a Law Commission report. 28 This means I am required to present the Government’s response to the report no later than 13 December 2022. Consultation 29 The...

5. Jack v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2025] NZACC 32 (24 February 2025) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...treating providers should have adopted a different treatment path as best vascular practice should have been to urgently improve the arterial inflow. Had the Wellington hospital performed the angioplasty and cleared the artery behind the knee when requested by Whanganui hospital, this could have prevented the loss of his leg or significantly reduced the amount of leg that needed to be taken off. Instead, he has been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The surgeon...

6. LCRO 144/2024 NQ v PW (28 March 2025) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...deception under s 240(1)(a) of the Crimes Act 1961 and of making false and/or misleading representations for the purposes of ss 13 and 40 of the Fair Trading Act 1986. [4] The Crimes Act charge was potentially punishable by imprisonment or other forms of personal detention. The Fair Trading Act charges were punishable by fines. [5] The husband and the applicant initially consulted lawyers on legal aid. They entered not guilty pleas and elected trial by jury. They were required to sur...

7. [2007] NZEmpC WC 12B/07 Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Ltd v Wilson & Anor [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...employment with EC Credit Control Limited as New Zealand corporate sales manager. [2] Credit Consultants alleges that Mr Wilson has breached three terms of his employment agreement by working for an opposition company, misusing confidential information, and soliciting its customers and prospective customers. It also alleges that EC Credit Control has aided and abetted those breaches and seeks a penalty against it. [3] Mr Wilson says that the terms of the restraint of t...

8. Anderson - Te Raupo (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 206 (99 TTK 206) [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...costs for remedying any breach of the deed. That does not apply here as these costs do not relate to a breach. I am unable to find any other provision in the deed that entitles THMC to charge these costs to the borrower. [69] Turning to THMC’s request for reasonable costs under s 71 of the Act for providing further submissions, I decline to award costs. THMC’s role was limited and did not require an appearance by counsel. Further, the present situation where Keti’s whanau ha...

9. [2023] NZREADT 17 - UM v REAA (26 July 2023) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...the body corporate levy was $6,587.57.2 1 This figure excludes GST. 2 The figures given in this decision for council rates and the body corporate levy are all annual. 3 [9] On 18 August 2020, the tenant sent an email to the owner requesting that he waive the rent for six weeks. The owner replied on the same day agreeing to the tenant’s request. Mr Gow was not aware of this waiver until after the auction. [10] On 31 August 2020 (at 9:59 am), Mr Gow sent an email t...

10. LCRO 202/2015 BT v DG (1 October 2018) [pdf, 234 KB]

    ...that relate to the allegations I will consider and report back to you. I will of course need an instructing solicitor which can be arranged, and I will need to send you a letter of engagement. I enclose a deposit slip. [5] Mr BT deposited the requested amount into Dr DG’s account. [6] Dr DG provided a letter of engagement dated 26 August 2013.1 He also provided an invoice dated the same day.2 [7] The work undertaken by Dr DG as set out in the invoice was: BT appeal for Mr LF...