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1. LCRO 159/2014 AB and RJ v OC and BR [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...making an award of compensation to his clients. [66] Mr EL misunderstands the nature of these awards. [67] In ordering that Mr BR pay a fine of $5,000, the Committee was exercising the power available to it, to impose a fine on a practitioner, consequential on its making a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against the practitioner. In doing so, it was expressing its disapproval of the conduct. [68] In ordering that Mr BR make contribution to the cost of its inquiry, the Committ...

2. [2020] NZREADT 51 - [Appellant] v Real Estate Agents Authority (21 October 2020) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...submitted that as a consequence of not being advised as to the end date of the renewed agency agreement, he and [his wife] were locked in with the Agency for longer than they wished to be. He submitted that the Tribunal should recognise that the consumer-protection procedures and processes set out in the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (“the Act”) and the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (“the Rules”) were not followed. [36] He submitted...

3. LCRO 382/2013 SC v JT (30 June 2017) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...conduct finding is necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. [100] Conduct rules must be interpreted and applied fairly and sensibly,20 and with proper and careful attention to the protective purpose of the disciplinary jurisdiction, its consumer protection objectives, and the need to ensure consistency in the application of those rules. [101] It is important, when considering the conduct, to give a proper consideration to the circumstances which preceded Mr SC’s request of...

4. OIA-119289.pdf [pdf, 20 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 3 April 2025 Our ref: OIA 119289 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: s228, s229A, and s240 of the Crimes Act 1961 Thank you for your email and attached letter of 10 February 2025, requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), relating to s228, s229A, and s240 of the Crimes Act 1961. Specifically, you requested

5. Director of Proceedings v Smith (Application for Final Non-Publication Orders) [2019] NZHRRT 32 [pdf, 695 KB]

   1 (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS AND ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE DEFENDANT. (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 32 Reference No. HRRT 092/2016 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND MRS SMITH DEFENDANT AT

6. Lee v Whangarei District Council & Ors [2013] NZWHT Auckland 5 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...interest and costs. She seeks the same amount for remedial work from each respondent. Judge Sharp recorded that Ms Lee had been advised that her home needs to be fully re- clad at a cost of $601,096.75. Ms Lee sought $422,769.93 of that, plus consequential losses of $49,051.16 and general damages of $30,000 from CCS. (The amount of her counterclaim was also reported in the Court of Appeal judgment as $557,000.) Mr Beresford has submitted that the difference between $601,096, the am...

7. JG v RS LCRO 245 / 2010 (15 March 2012) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...themselves of the cost revision process has been narrowed. [35] The purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act is set out in section 3 of the Act. They include to maintain public confidence in the provision of legal services and to protect the consumers of legal services. There are in my view good policy grounds that the current section 132(2) should not be interpreted narrowly.” [41] For this reason, Judge Cunningham therefore considered that Ms RS was a “party charg...

8. LCRO 240/2017 O & B HN v JJ Lawyers (22 June 2018) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...the manner in which Mr FT was allowed to use the room — that being to permit its occupancy and business use without any effort to establish and maintain due separation — had the capacity to mislead members of the public as actual or potential consumers of legal services. [74] On the facts before me separate office space was not maintained by any means that proclaimed that the businesses were separate and distinct. So, the public at large were in jeopardy of being led to believe...

9. Proactive-release-20240715-CAB-Regulatory-Systems-Justice-Amendment-Bill_Final.pdf [pdf, 9.6 MB]

   ...remuneration of the board members from the Cabinet Fee Framework to the Remuneration Authority (proposal 2.5 in Appendix Two). Regulatory Systems (Occupational Regulation) Amendment Bill: Strengthening occupational regulatory bodies and reducing burden to consumers 28 Occupational regulation aims to ensure that regulated services are performed with reasonable care and skill. This protects consumers and the public from harm resulting from services being provided incompetently or reck...

10. Tom De Pelsemaeker - Evidence in Reply (25 June 2021) [pdf, 1.7 MB]

    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