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1. GD & WL v RA LCRO 290/2013 (19 August 2014) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...home; (b) acting for Mr GD on the purchase of a property and also acting for the vendor; (c) purchase by Mr GD of a half share in Ms WL’s property (Ms WL’s signature was witnessed by an independent solicitor). Preparation of wills and enduring powers of attorney for both. This included a new loan raised by them both from which Ms WL’s existing borrowing was repaid; and (d) proposed purchase of a section by Mr GD and Ms WL. ABC Firm acted for the vendors as well. [29] A...

2. E29 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...America’s Cup Wynyard Hobson Building, Yard and Public Open Space Design Requirements. 6 August 2018 3 Mana whenua significant sites and cultural landmarks are acknowledged. g. Ahi Kā: The living presence Iwi/hapū have a living and enduring presence and are secure and valued within their rohe. Section 2 GENERIC BUILDING AND YARD DESIGN REQUIREMENTS These generic requirements apply to the design of all buildings for Bases B-G, and yards for Bases A-G. Bui...

3. Proactive release - Restoration and modernisation of Ministry of Justice properties [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...LE AS ED B Y TH E MIN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E 2 Background The scope and scale of the justice property portfolio 9. The Ministry of Justice’s purpose is to work together for a fair and safe Aotearoa, and one of the Ministry’s enduring priorities is to maintain the integrity of the courts and tribunals. This is critical to protecting every New Zealander’s fundamental right to be able to access justice. 10. The Ministry has a nationwide property portfolio that is one of...

4. Director of Proceedings v Radius Residential Care Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...80 year old man with multiple health problems, including type II diabetes, and Alzheimer’s dementia with delirium. The aggrieved person was cared for at home by his wife, and home care support workers. 8. The aggrieved person had executed an enduring power of attorney (“EPOA”)1 for personal care and welfare, appointing his wife as his attorney. In May 2015, the aggrieved person’s general practitioner (“GP”) confirmed that in light of the aggrieved person’s medical co...

5. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Resolution Institute [pdf, 685 KB]

   ...dispute resolution approaches, including mediation. When high quality and appropriate for the purpose, alternative dispute resolution can be quicker and more cost effective than court, can reduce or repair harm to relationships, and may result in more enduring resolution. About this response Resolution Institute appreciates the Panel’s ongoing efforts to engage with and hear from FDR mediators. We have encouraged members to respond directly to the Panel as well as consulting wit...

6. Jarrett - Succession to Ngapeeti Haora [2020] Chief Judge's MB 561 (2020 CJ 561) [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...attaining the age of 20 years. 19. As already noted, had Mr Marsh died intestate, his widow would have been entitled to succeed only to a life interest in his Māori land shares which would be ceded upon any remarriage. In the absence of any enduring power of attorney or other evidence to the contrary, by the year 2000, Mrs Flavell was not possessed of the requisite authority to agree to the further consolidation of the 1/6 share in Ngapeke 1J2B2B2 Block to the applicant. 20...

7. [2020] NZEnvC 124 Sidwell v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...statutory interpretation principles and described ss125 and 37 as fulfilling different statutory purposes. She characterised s 125 as dealing with an aspect of the attributes of a resource consent as a form of statutory instrument, namely how long it endures after it commences unless it is given effect. By contrast, s37 is concerned with resource consent application processes rather than the consent itself.9 As Ms Riley put it, "once something has 'lapsed ' that is the...

8. LCRO 74/2018 PG v EJ (29 November 2019) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...(the Committee) to take no further action in respect of her complaint concerning the conduct of Ms EJ, at the relevant time a partner with [CCW] Law (the firm). [2] Ms EJ had acted for Ms PG’s mother, Mrs SC, on matters including preparing enduring powers of attorney (both property, and personal care and welfare), and a will. Following Mrs SC’s death, Ms EJ, as sole executor and trustee pursuant to Mrs SC’s will, applied for probate and acted in the administration of Mrs SC...

9. [2018] NZSSAA 25 (25 May 2018) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...or, alternatively, the time of the deprivation (when the deed of lease was executed in 2003) would be appropriate. [10.4] The appellant and her husband had made an arrangement to live in their property for the whole of their lives, and the lease endured until then, or until certain other circumstances occurred. There was a further deliberate act of deprivation in retaining the right to live in the home. [11] The Ministry elaborated on the application of the deprivation test. In part...

10. Director of Proceedings v Summerset Group Holdings Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 443 KB]

    ...defendant was a healthcare provider and/or disability services provider within the meaning of ss 2 and 3 of the Act, and was providing health services and/or disability services to the aggrieved person. 5. On 4 August 2017 the aggrieved person’s enduring power of attorney and executor of her estate (“the complainant”), complained to the Health and Disability Commissioner about services provided to the aggrieved person by the defendant. 6. On 11 June 2020, the Deputy Health...