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1. BORA Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Bill [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...Ref: ATT395/26 1. On Thursday 16 November 2006 the Cabinet Legislation Committee will consider the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Bill (PCO 7396/7) for approval for introduction to Parliament. 2. The proposed Bill amends the enduring powers of attorney ("EPA") provisions in Part 9 and Schedule 3 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 ("principal Act"). The purpose of the Bill is to: 2.1 Strengthen the legislation (e.g. witn...

2. CA v DO LCRO 68 / 2012 (26 September 2013) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...matters. [10] It would seem, that in that telephone conversation, DQ advised CA that her mother had been assessed by [facility] at [name] Hospital on 17 November as requiring full-time care and had also advised that it was necessary to activate the Enduring Power of Attorney appointing her as DP’s attorney. [11] CA wrote to the doctor who had made this assessment and requested her to confirm to him what her recommendations had been. He also filed an application for Legal Aid on...

3. Affidavit of S Rotmann in support of Guardians of the Bay and Hue te Haka to Strike Out (16 November 18) [pdf, 505 KB]

   ...become too onerous for residents to continue (this specific couple in this example I am using ended up selling their section to the airport in the end). 7. We received a $10,000 Solatium in 2015 from WIAL for the grief, stress and impact we have endured over the past almost 14 years. While that amount might initially sound like a lot, in the context of the time involved, and therefore the length of our suffering, the effect on our house prices, the amount is very paltry. I note that WIA...

4. LCRO 1/2023 EL v OX (17 December 2024) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...himself, resulting in a conflict of interests. [10] He says that he did not see a copy of the Memorandum of Mortgage or given the chance to read it prior to registration. [11] EL felt ‘vulnerable and concerned’ that he has ‘signed an enduring POA to a bank to have full control over [his] financial affairs…’. [12] When he raised the issue with OX, EL says that he was ‘fobbed off’. The Standards Committee procedure [13] The Professional Standards Officer (PSO) for...

5. MOJ0594_OCT21_WEB.pdf [pdf, 40 KB]

   Court appoints someone to act for others Enduring power of attorney, welfare guardians, personal and property orders M O J0 59 4_ O C T2 1 justice.govt.nz/family/powers-to-make- decisions/ What is an order to act for others? When a person can’t fully make decisions for themselves or communicate these decisions, the Family Court can appoint someone to act on their behalf. The Court can make and review orders to let someone make decisions or help the person make decisions about thei...

6. BORA Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...analysis is set out below. The Bill 4. The Bill repeals and replaces the Equal Pay Act 1972 and the Government Service Equal Pay Act 1960. It also makes amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000. 5. The purpose of the Bill is to: a. promote enduring settlement of claims regarding sex discrimination on pay equity grounds b. provide for the elimination of existing and prevention of future sex discrimination in remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment c. set...

7. Koning v Smith - Matapihi 1A 3D 4C 1 Block (2011) 18 Waikato Maniapoto MB 220 (18 WMN 220) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...Reweti’s intention to take a transfer of the second mortgage rather it was his intention to discharge the second mortgage; b) That the transfer and registration of the second mortgage were fraudulent; c) That Mr Kennedy fraudulently exercised an enduring power of attorney to register the transfer of the second mortgage. [75] As to the first point there is no evidence which supports Mr Smith. The only piece of evidence which touches upon the issue is a series of correspondence...

8. LCRO 87/2019 G OR v F HM (10 July 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...time a partner of [Law firm A], [city] (the firm). Mr HM acted for Ms T OR, Dr OR’s sister, in proceedings against Dr OR concerning the estates of their parents, Mr and Mrs OR.1 [2] In October 2016, Ms KD, a lawyer in sole practice, prepared enduring powers of attorney for Mr and Mrs OR, and a codicil to Mrs OR’s will.2 1 Mr J OR was known as Mr R OJ. 2 Mrs OR’s enduring power of attorney which was produced, and Mrs OR’s codici...

9. BORA Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill [pdf, 296 KB]

   ...is set out below. The Bill 4. The Bill repeals and replaces the Equal Pay Act 1972 and the Government Service Equal Pay Act 1960. It also makes amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000. 5. The purposes of the Bill are to: a. promote enduring settlement of claims regarding gender discrimination on pay equity grounds; b. provide for the elimination and prevention of existing and future gender discrimination in remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment; c. s...

10. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Collins [2023] NZLCDT 3 (20 February 2023) [pdf, 102 KB]

    ...undue influence upon his client and consequent risk of financial abuse. 2. His failure to recognise a conflict of interests following the sale of his client’s property to family members, including the person who had been appointed under an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) to represent Mr Collins’ client, and in which transaction Mr Collins’ firm also acted for the purchaser. 3. The manner in which he corrected an error in the EPOA by simply amending it to be one which...