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1. LCRO 131/2020 JG v ZN (27 October 2021) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...JG has applied for a review of the determination. 2 Evidence that the firm had acted for Mr HP since at least February 2009 is provided by the fact that the firm had prepared a will for him at that time. 2 [3] In June 2019, Mr SA prepared Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) for Mr HP.3 Mr SA and Mr ZN attended on Mr HP at [Rest Home A] on 25 June 2019 for the purpose of having the documents signed. [4] Mr HP appointed his nephew, Mr ZX, as his attorney. Mr SA was appointed a...

2. LCRO 44/2017 JJ v IO, UZ, [Law Firm A] [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...applied for a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] (the Committee) to take no further action in respect of her complaints concerning the conduct of IO, UZ (Ms UZ) and [Law Firm A] ([Law Firm A]).1 [2] The complaints concerned an enduring power of attorney relating to property (the EPA) granted to Ms JJ by her father in law, the late AJ (AJ), in January 1997. Background [3] The events principally in question occurred in July 2010 when the extant practice was...

3. MOJ0585_OCT21_WEB.pdf [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...or have a head injury. Their incapacity may be temporary or permanent. There are three ways to make sure a person is looked after if they can’t fully look after themselves or communicate their decisions: • the person can grant another person enduring power of attorney (EPA) to look after their personal affairs or property in case they become unable to manage their own affairs • the person or another person can ask the Family Court to appoint someone to act for them as a welfare g...

4. LCRO 21/2019 IV v EC and HL (21 December 2020) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...about the conduct of Ms EC and Mr HL. [2] Ms EC is the principal of EC Law. At the time, Mr HL was a Senior Associate in the firm. [3] Mr IV’s complaints relate to the conduct of the lawyers in conjunction with the execution by him of Enduring Powers of Attorney and the sale of two properties owned by a Trust of which he was a Trustee. 2 [4] A major feature of this complaint is that the events Mr IV complains about took place in November 2012. The complaint was lodge...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. LCRO 30/2023 YO obo TM v EB (13 May 2025) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...to property. The appointment came into effect while Mrs TM was mentally capable and continued in effect if she became mentally incapable. 2 [3] Mrs TM appointed her daughter (Ms SM) to be her attorney for health and welfare. [4] Both Powers of Attorney were Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPOA). [5] Mrs TM was admitted to hospital on 12 May 2021. [6] On 21 May 2021, a doctor at the Hospital certified that Mrs TM lacked capacity for decision-making and completed a Form 4/5 n...

8. 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...

9. GQ v TO LCRO 57 / 2011 (12 January 2012) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...was sent to her at that time. [5] In August 2004 she requested amendments to that draft which were made, and the will was signed in September 2004. [6] In January 2006 she again made contact with Mr TO to instruct him to prepare Enduring Powers of Attorney for her. She wished to appoint her son GR as her Personal Care and Welfare Attorney, and GR and Mr TO as her Property Attorneys. GR and Mrs GQ (Mrs) were Mrs HA’s only two children. [7] At the time of making those Powe...

10. LCRO 103/2022 RP v DQ (25 September 2024) [pdf, 272 KB]

    ...documentation. [8] At 5 pm on the same day, Mrs WK’s lawyer (Ms CY) sent an email to Ms RP, in which she advised that she acted for Mrs WK, and that Mrs WK was wanting to move into a unit in a retirement village. [9] Ms CY also sent a copy of the Enduring Power of Attorney for property in which Mrs WK appointed MK as her attorney. Ms CY advised that MK had been in contact with her to discuss the proposed sale agreement, and that she had suggested amendments. [10] Ms CY con...