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1. IncreasingRevenuefromCourtsandTribunalFeesandCollectionsServices.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...collection services Proposal 1 This paper seeks agreement to a package of proposals that support the effective provision of Courts and Tribunal services. 2 The proposals will increase revenue collected from Courts and Tribunals, including: 2.1 a Consumers Price Index (CPI) inflation adjustment to fees in a range of Tribunals, the Civil District and High Courts, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, with effect from 1 July 2024, 2.2 a 10 percent increase to fees in the Criminal Dis...

2. Disputes Tribunal Annual Report for 12 months to 31 December 2024 [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ANNUAL REPORT DISPUTES TRIBUNAL TE RANGA WHAKAWĀ TAUTOHE For the year ended 31 December 2024 Published 29 August 2025 This material can be copied, distributed, and adapted without seeking permission if it is attributed. Please contact disputestribunal@justice.govt.nz if you have any questions about this report or the use of any material from the report. mailto:disputestribunal@justice.govt.nz 1 Contents Foreword 2

3. DX v KD & I Ltd [2025] NZDT 77 (19 February 2025) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...willing to settle for an amount of $12,500 plus 10% interest as per the invoice of $1250 plus court costs and transport costs of the cabin. 7. This is a claim in contract. There has been no issue raised by DX that the sale was in trade to her as a consumer so I will resolve the claim applying the common law of contract which in New Zealand is overlaid by the terms of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, the CCLA where appropriate. 8. The issues to be decided then are whether...

4. Federated-Farmers-of-New-Zealand.pdf [pdf, 556 KB]

   ...supports the relief sought in relation to clause 5.a (deletion of 5.a). Federated Farmers supports in part the relief sought in relation to paragraph 5.b however, considers reference to LUC 7 and 8 should also be deleted from clause 5.b and consequential relief sought by the Federated Farmers appeal. Un-grazed Vegetated Buffer Federated Farmers considers the setback in paragraph 5c is too restrictive and ought to be no more than 5m (which was the standard in the draft NES pr...

5. Supplementary Government Response to Law Commissions report [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...added to the grounds in section 41(1) on which an agency may extend the time limit for responding to a request. Not having enough time to carry out due process, including checks and balances, can be a contributing factor in privacy breaches. A consequential amendment should be made to section 15A of the Official Information Act. 32 Principle 12(2) should be redrafted so that the meaning of “assign” is clearer. Principle 12 relates to the use of unique identifiers Minor and tec...

6. 2021-07-07 ORC - Closing Submissions [pdf, 422 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change - Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA BET

7. AN v DH LCRO 119/2015 (23 December 2015) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...conduct decision, the Family Court’s comments that Ms AN’s “behaviour was out of character” and that the Court viewed “Ms AN’s withdrawal from the lawyer for Child panel as an unfortunate outcome”. [43] The Committee then focused on the consumer protection purposes of the Act saying: 8. Consumers of legal services need to be protected from behaviour which does not meet a lawyer’s professional obligations. Given there is an overriding professional duty to the court, th...

8. Ashworth v Kent (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 55 [pdf, 475 KB]

   ...Kent. On 2 July 2018 Ms Ashworth commenced the present proceedings following a report by the Health and Disability Commissioner published on 9 March 2018 in which the Commissioner found Dr Kent had breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in respect of Ms Ashworth. [2] By application filed on 25 July 2018 Dr Kent and Fendalton Eye Clinic Ltd (Fendalton Eye Clinic) seek orders dismissing (or in the alternative striking out) Ms Ashworth’s claim...

9. HR v OW & CT LCRO 79/2014 (8 September 2015) [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...responsible for the lawyer’s conduct; that is their concern. Putting the financial costs to one side for a moment, it is clear from Mr 6 HR’s evidence that the lawyers’ conduct in this matter has caused him significant inconvenience. The consequential orders made under s 156 should address the unsatisfactory nature of the conduct. Apology [25] The combination of s 156(1)(c) and s 211(1)(b) enables a LCRO to order a lawyer to address his or her unsatisfactory conduct...

10. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v O'Connor [2023] NZLCDT 21 (17 May 2023) [pdf, 196 KB]

    ...appellant who is prevented from earning his or her livelihood but points out that Parliament must have been well aware of such an outcome:8 It clearly chose to introduce a regime designed to ensure that the community was protected notwithstanding the consequential hardship for an appellant and his or her clients. [32] Mr Hart’s application was dismissed. A discussion of relevant factors [33] While accepting that Mr O’Connor’s clients, including his current pro bono clien...