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1. MC & Ors v ND LCRO 377/2013 (13 October 2014) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...issues that arise with regard to fees are: (a) Was there a fixed agreement? (b) Were the estimate(s) properly given? [27] To reach a view on these issues I have identified and record here the communications that took place with regard to fees. Email ND to MC 21 July 2011: It is very difficult to estimate what fees might be, but you should expect that it would be something in the region of $5,000-$10,000+ GST and disbursements, but it could be a lot more if each lease has to be dea...

2. LCRO 43/2019 KD v MX (19 February 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...pre-school in [suburb]. 2 [5] Mr KD and Ms QY commenced litigation in the Family Court relating to their relationship and children, much of which was unresolved at the time the events giving rise to Mr KD’s complaints, occurred. Mr KD’s emails [6] On 2 July 2018, Mr KD sent emails to the children’s schools. Both emails were, in the main, identical. Set out below are portions of those emails: • The reason I am writing this email to you is that I would like to re-e...

3. ZH v Ma [2025] NZIACDT 30 (6 June 2025) [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...Ma did not inform Immigration NZ of her engagement as an immigration adviser or her involvement in preparing and filing the application. The visa application on its face appears to have been completed and filed directly by the complainant. The email address recorded on the application form for the complainant was that of Ms Ma (and/or her husband). Immigration NZ’s communications with the complainant were sent to this address. [10] A work visa was approved by Immigration NZ o...

4. Guo v PwC (Non-Party Discovery - Oral Hearing) [2020] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...the course of justice by allegedly destroying evidence, Ms Li by memorandum dated 15 June 2017 has requested an order authorising computer experts retained by Ms Guo to access and search Dr Culpan’s computer records looking for all communications, emails or documentation about Ms Guo for the period 2009 to 2015. [23] But in civil litigation a search order can only be made under statutory authority and only after safeguards have been observed such as those found in the search order prov...

5. [2022] NZIACDT 2 - TC v Registrar (11 February 2022) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...adviser and representative (application signed by the adviser on 25 January 2019). [6] On 28 August 2020, the appellant’s work visa expired. His immigration status in New Zealand was then unlawful. [7] The appellant’s employer sent an email to the adviser on 3 September 2020 stating that the appellant had decided not to continue employment. The adviser then sent an email to the appellant on 4 September 2020 referring to the employer’s email and stating that he did not...

6. OIA-109319.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz I www.justice.govt.nz 27 February 2024 S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a ) S9(2)(a ) Our ref: OIA 109319 Tenakoeillllllll Official Information Act request: Cost savings information Thank you for your email of 29 January 2024, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding job cuts and saving targets. Specifically, you requested: • . .. all internal communication in the Ministry from August 2023 to now...

7. BL Ltd v YO [2013] NZDT 417 (22 November 2013) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...contract was taken to be a trading name. [7] YO says that she was first approached by one of the applicant’s staff who cold called the shop and spoke to YO about advertising in their magazine. YO was agreeable to meeting with BB and on 17 April 2013 emailed DD at the applicant’s office about a meeting. Her email had beneath her name the words ‘ABC Limited’. [8] DD emailed back the next day asking YO if her address/contact details were the same as her email signature? As of t...

8. [2024] NZEmpC 183 Auckland Trotting Club Inc v Payne [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...was signed. … 8.3 The parties may only vary this agreement in writing. [24] There is no evidence of any agreement or variation being recorded anywhere in writing at the time. [25] Ms Dowding’s practice appears to be to record matters in emails. There is no email or other correspondence at the time relating to the issue. [26] Mr Payne raised a concern that the increased agency fee was not being passed on to him in conjunction with other matters in July 2017. [27] Email cor...

9. LCRO 24/2019 UC v SO (30 September 2020) [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...meeting with the police and handed her $1,500 in cash. Ms PT’s advice to Mr SO was not to make any statement to the police. [5] Two court appearances took place on X and XX [Month] 2016. Following the appearance on XX [Month], Ms PT sent an email to Mr SO5 advising him that the fee to proceed with a defended hearing would be $10,000, to be paid by three payments of $3,300 each. She requested the first payment be made into “the my bank account”.6 It would seem from this...

10. LCRO 32/2020 R NB and A NB v TD (11 March 2020) [pdf, 130 KB]

    ...question is whether the applicants lodged it out of time. Timeline [3] The Committee’s determination is dated 13 December 2019 (a Friday). 2 [4] On the same day the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (Complaints Service) emailed a copy of the decision to the applicants at the email addresses that they had provided to the Complaints Service, with a covering letter. [5] The applicants acknowledge receiving the Complaint Service’s email with the attached decis...