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1. [2021] NZREADT 54 – Complaints Assessment Committee 2106 v Mathers (6 December 2021) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...Background [2] Ms Mather is a licensed salesperson, who was previously engaged by Andco Realty 1, trading as Clark & Co (the agency). [3] It was alleged that, while exploring alternative agency engagement, Ms Mather sent confidential information from her agency database to her personal email address. A colleague also sent client information to Ms Mather’s personal computer. Ms Mather additionally exported a list of client contacts to her personal email address. This all

2. LCRO 1/2016 87/2016 and 88/2016 GV v Standards Committee [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...[South] to almost as far north as [North]. This demand will encompass an enormous number of documents. The documents cover multiple issues that cannot possibly have anything whatsoever to do with Ms RG’s complaints. The documents you have requested also include a vast number of privileged and confidential documents. The release of these documents is offensive to Ms GV’s clients and they have expressly objected to her handing them over. Ms GV’s clients are particularly conc...

3. [2016] NZSSAA 025 (8 April 2016) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...his partner mentioned her grandmother’s village in Norway had a guest house they could stay in and they decided to take the opportunity to visit Norway rather than return to New Zealand. 3 [8] While he was in Norway the appellant was informed of the Christchurch earthquake which occurred on 4 September 2010. The appellant says he delayed his return to New Zealand as he had been advised that the roof of his flat had collapsed and it was rendered uninhabitable. [9] It is...

4. Pace - Margaret Rose Karaka [2018] Chief Judge's MB 86 (2018 CJ 86) [pdf, 407 KB]

   ...between them upon attaining the age of twenty years the share which his her or their parent would have taken in my residuary trust estate had such a parent obtained a vested interest hereunder. 11. David Wilson, solicitor for the grandchildren requested (9 June 2016) the following information from the executors of the estate: My three clients are beneficiaries in the estate, in that their mother was a primary beneficiary but the Will also provided that “if any of my said childr...

5. Seymour v Paenoa Te Akau Trust - Paenoa Te Akau (Balance) Block (2016) 139 Waiariki MB 113 (139 WAR 113) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Katene, Sean Ellison, Winnie McKenzie, Tamamutu Samuels and Manu Pene. 3 The current trustees are Nick Duff, Fred Nicholl, Kiri Potaka-Dewes and Rose Spain. 4 Procedural history [7] Following the filing of the application, Mrs Chase-Seymour was requested to provide further information as to what former title the applicant was seeking to partition, whether this application was different from a previous version and to provide a sketch plan, details of the application, and consent...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 065 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Incorporated v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...granting resource consents to enable open-cast coal mining of land situated on Te Kuha escarpment. Buller District.' The appeal had been set down for a hearing to commence on 18 July 2018. [2] On 22 June 2018 the Environment Court, at the request of the applicant, , Decision of the Hearing Commissioners dated 21 November 2017 at (2]. RF&B v WCRC and BDC -Procedural Decision 2 Stevenson Mining Limited, vacated the hearing and put the proceedings on hold. At that time,...

7. [2020] NZSSAA 9 (5 May 2020) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...because the decision subject to the appeal was a decision of the Chief Executive, made under delegation by a Ministry employee. [4] Only the Minister could alter the commencement date to a time prior to XXXX’s application, and there had been no request for the Minister’s power to be exercised. The Minister’s power is contained in s 80AA of the Social Security Act 1964 (the Act). The key effect of s 80AA was to restrict a benefit commencing prior to an application to the situat...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 129 Thornley v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...not be recovered since reading and reporting on the records held by the Council was not akin to the role of an expert witness; 19 (h) commencing the application for declaration was an entirely reasonable step. Council officers had previously formed the view that the consent was active;2° (i) it was only after the declaration proceeding was filed that a Council officer made an assessment that the consent had lapsed. As the Council failed to properly perform its functions it shou...

9. LCRO 69/2020 CX v DW (21 July 2021) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...towards Ms CX at all times. [11] He concludes his response in the following manner:5 … I do not accept that I failed to act competently and in a timely manner to enforce the judgment against Mr EV. I also deny that I failed to keep Ms CX informed 1 Mr DW, letter to Lawyers Complaints Service (28 November 2019). 2 Part 3. 3 Part 4. 4 Mr FU was a law clerk employed by Mr DW who, following admission to the Bar, became a barrister employed by another law firm. 5 Above n 1...

10. Dawson v Crown - Kawerau A4 (2022) 272 Waiariki MB 191 (272 WAR 191) [pdf, 251 KB]

    ...Waiariki MB 193 [7] The trustees instructed Kāhui Legal to act for them, and on 18 February 2022 a letter was sent the respondents. In that letter, the trustees lawyer explains ownership, rights of beneficial owners as well as trespass, and requests the respondents immediate departure from the land. The respondents were advised that if they do not depart the land by 25 February 2022, then the trustees will take legal action. [8] The respondents did not leave the land and an...