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1. [2020] NZEmpC 135 Wills v Farmlands Co-Operative Society Ltd [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...grievance. That was because Ms Wills intended to reflect on his advice, particularly his concerns about the extent of any remedies that might be available if she succeeded. [6] That disagreement aside, after the meeting Mr Mason sent an email to Ms Wills that had attached to it copies of Pitt & Moore’s letter of engagement and related documents. In that email he advised Ms Wills that the time within which she could raise a personal grievance as of right ended on 15 Feb...

2. Scarborough v Kelly Services NZ Ltd [2015] NZHRRT 53 [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...MinterEllisonRuddWatts attempted to deliver the common bundle to Ms Scarborough at her residential address which is also her address for service. The courier found Ms Scarborough no longer lives at the address and returned the bundle of documents to Mr Kimpton. By email dated Tuesday 24 November 2015 Mr Kimpton asked Ms Scarborough for her new postal address so the bundle of documents could be delivered to her. On Wednesday 25 November 2015 Ms Scarborough replied to the effect that she...

3. LCRO 141/2024 VG v FQ (22 April 2025) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...discussed later in my decision, it appears that Ms VG had lodged the caveat as instructed, but had failed to take the necessary steps to sustain it once Mr FQ’s partner had made an application for it to lapse. 3 Complaint [13] In a complaint emailed to the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (Complaints Service) received on 3 May 2023, Mr FQ complained about Ms VG as follows (and as I summarise): (a) Ms VG retained his file, and he was unable to uplift it. (b) M...

4. LCRO 205/2015 R and N FAMILY TRUST v EL (27 June 2019) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...that: (a) time was recorded and frequently discounted; and (b) much of the work was undertaken as a matter of urgency. [28] In response to concern that fees charged on handover of the file were excessive, Mrs EL says that she had: (a) printed emails held electronically as she considered that it would be necessary for discovery purposes to have hard copies; and (b) charged time for printing and copying at the rate of a legal executive ($150.00 per hour). [29] The Committee iden...

5. Legal aid induction guide for legal aid providers [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...We hope this guide provides some useful information for navigating legal aid processes and procedures. We’re always happy to help, so if you have a question you can’t find an answer to, please call your local legal aid office or send them an email. Also check out the grants handbook which sets out in detail our policies relating to legal aid. Our terminology In this handbook, we use terms that are common across legal aid services but which may be unfamiliar to you. A provid...

6. [2021] NZIACDT 19 ZK v Registrar (20 August 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...[10] On 15 October 2018, Ms X sent an email to the appellant (copied to the adviser) setting out the process and documents needed for an expression of interest (expression) and then resident visa application. [11] This led to an exchange of emails and information between Ms X and the appellant as the information and documents necessary for the expression and visa application were compiled. Such emails continued through November 2018 to January 2019. Some of them were copied to...

7. [2024] NZREADT 38 – TX v REAA (22 October 2024) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...business. LI managed the premises on behalf of the landlord. [4] On 3 April 2019, TX and the landlord entered into a lease agreement for the premises (the lease agreement) which included clause 27.5 (no access in emergency). [5] On 9 July 2020, LI emailed TX requesting payment of unpaid invoices for the premises of $3,064.77. [6] On 21 July 2020, Ms N, who was LI’s assistant, emailed TX attaching a statement noting that in April and May 2020 TX had received a reduction in rent...

8. LCRO 139/2015 WN v YL and TM [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...be aware that if the Lawyer for Child is indicating that she believes that there is no difficulty with MC having contact with your parents then that can be very persuasive in the eyes of the Court. [19] Towards the end of August, in a series of emails between Mr WN and Ms TM it is apparent that Mr WN was becoming dissatisfied with [Law Firm A]. On 29 August 2011, he wrote: Hi TM Could you please write to NA’s Solicitor and ask how they came to receive the following mentioned i...

9. [2018] NZLCDT 24 Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Ellis [pdf, 558 KB]

   ...and the respondent focused on the establishment of a family trust with the intention that the shares would be transferred to the trustees. [8] By July 2011, there was no progress with establishing the trust. The client sent the respondent an email on 5 July 2011 in which she set out the difficulties that had arisen in establishing the trust. She expressed her dissatisfaction about the fee invoice that the respondent had rendered to her in August 2010 in the sum of $4,281.75 incl...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 197 Hynds Pipe Systems Ltd v Cheng [pdf, 186 KB]

    ...that time, it made the possible connection between SPANIT’s new work stream and Mr Cheng. It therefore conducted an assessment of Mr Cheng’s use of its information systems prior to the termination of his employment, including reviewing his email, download and printing history. Hynds says that it found that Mr Cheng had sent 24 emails to an external email address between 22 September 2021 and 17 December 2021. It subsequently identified the external email address as being Mr...