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1. AI v ZO LCRO 215 / 2011 (21 June 2013) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...Immigration Act 1987, which requires an application to appeal be received by the Board (the Residence Review Board) within 42 days of notification of the INZ decision to decline the application. This would have required the appeal application to be filed on 5 October. However, the application was filed on 6 October 2009, a day late, and was statute-barred. The Residence Review Board informed the Practitioner that it had no discretion in the matter, and there was no option but to...

2. LCRO 33/2020 AW on behalf of [Company A] v TB (30 June 2020) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...Lawyers Complaints Service (Complaints Service) on 29 July 2019. The substance of his complaint was that: (a) Mr TB’s retainer had been terminated because of communication problems and non-compliance with directions from the High Court. (b) Fees charged were excessive when measured against the service received. [7] The Standards Committee identified the issue identified by Mr AW’s complaint, as being whether the final invoice rendered by Mr TB in the sum of $14,490, constit...

3. LCRO 164/2014 WN and JM v SG [pdf, 352 KB]

   ...letter as being “[a]ll Estate matters necessary to complete the administration of the Estate”. [77] The letter goes on to describe how fees will be calculated, as follows: 1. For obtaining Probate $2,000.00 plus GST and disbursements e.g. Court filing fees, which should be no more than $200.00, and 2. Administration. The fees to be in accordance with the New Zealand Law Society Fee Guidelines (see attached Standard Terms of Engagement). [78] The “Standard Terms of Engagement...

4. Recorded Music NZ v VOD02014-D-R-9488397 [2014] NZCOP 2 [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...UNDER The Copyright Act 1994 BETWEEN RECORDED MUSIC NZ Applicant AND VOD02014-D-R-9488397 Respondent BEFORE THE COPYRIGHT TRIBUNAL Jane Glover DECISION ON THE PAPERS Introduction [1] This case concerns alleged file sharing infringement under s.122A-U of the Copyright Act 1994 (“the Act”).1 Sections 122A-U of the Act set out a process for copyright owners to use when they consider that an internet user has infringed their copyright via a file shar...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Hart [2012] NZLCDT 20 [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...the Tribunal how these arrangements had been made. Furthermore, Mr Hart did not engage new counsel. On the adjournment application he was simply represented by his instructing solicitor who was without further instructions or knowledge of the file. [8] The decision to proceed to hear the Standards Committee’s case undoubtedly imposed a greater burden on counsel representing the Standards Committee and on the Tribunal in the absence of the respondent. The Tribunal was at pains to...

6. LCRO 6/2022 ZED Limited v RK (21 February 2022) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...Introduction [1] On behalf of ZED Limited (ZED), Mr YP has applied to review a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] (the Committee) dated 16 December 2021, in which the Committee decided to take no further action on a complaint about legal fees charged by Mr RK.1 [2] The Committee based its decision upon s 138(2) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). This allows a Committee to dismiss a complaint at an early stage, if it considers that further action on it...

7. Environment Court - Fee waiver organisation [pdf, 675 KB]

   ...new proceeding Step 2 Give us your details Who are you filling in this form for? I am authorised to fill in this form for Organisation name other Give us your details Full name Phone Occupation Email Address Refer to proceedings file no. day Step 3 Tell us about the fee The fee is $ Is the organisation applying for the fee to be waived or refunded? I am applying to the court to: Waive this fee or Refund the fee paid on Date Confirm the application statu...

8. KC v M Ltd [2023] NZDT 494 (3 October 2023) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...be obtained from the Ministry of Justice, Disputes Tribunal website. The Notice must be filed at the District Court of which the Tribunal that made the decision is a division, within 20 working days of the decision having been made. There is a $200 filing fee for an appeal. You can only appeal outside of 20 working days if you have been granted an extension of time by a District Court Judge. To apply for an extension of time you must file an Interlocutory Application on Notice and a suppo...

9. LCRO 210/2018 RF v TG (27 August 2020) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...2016, proceedings were filed in the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). The Authority delivered its decision in [month] 2017. Ms TG’s claims were unsuccessful. The Authority issued a cost decision on [Date] 2017. [5] Mr RF charged Ms TG a fee of $35,309.75 inclusive of GST and disbursements. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [6] Ms TG lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on November 2017. The substance of her complain...

10. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand v Telecom NZ 3663 [2013] NZCOP 7 [pdf, 59 KB]

    ...another form at that time; or (iii) if neither subparagraph (i) nor subparagraph (ii) applies, the amount claimed by the applicant in respect of the work, or any other reasonable amount determined by the Tribunal: (b) the cost of any fee or fees paid by the rights owner to the IPAP in respect of the infringements to which the application relate; and (c) the cost of the application fee paid by the rights owner to the Tribunal; and (d) an amount that the Tribunal considers appr...