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1. OP v UV LCRO 160/2015 [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...the file. [14] On 22 July 2014 Ms UV sent an email to Ms [OP] and [XP] enclosing documents for them to sign as trustees, and return to her for filing in court. Mrs OP confirmed on 24 July that she was returning the signed documents. Ms UV then filed the application for probate and various documents in support at the High Court. She also filed Mrs OP’s notice of choice of option A under the PRA. [15] On 18 August 2014 Mrs OP requested an update and information. Ms UV replie...

2. RC v ZN LCRO 74/2012 (21 July 2015) [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...[13] The review proceeded with a hearing attended by Mr RC and Mr QT. Both Ms ZN and Ms DF were excused from attending the hearing and no further submissions were provided by either of them. I have of course reviewed the Standards Committee file in detail and have taken this into account along with the material provided to this Office by the parties during the course of this review. [14] In determining the complaint, the Standards Committee took note of previous Standards Committ...

3. Richard Maxwell Family Trust v Lianne Maxwell Family Trust - Lot 1 Paeroa East X (2016) 141 Waiariki MB 53 (141 WAR 53) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...(LINZ) as being potentially Māori freehold land. [10] Lot 1 Paeroa East X Block is shown in the Māori Land Information System as a current Māori freehold land comprising 7.6363 hectares owned by Leeson Fields Ltd. [11] In 2013 the applicants filed an application per s 131 to determine the status of Lot 1 Paeroa East X block. The matter was heard before Judge Savage on 12 March 2013. 4 At the hearing it was apparent that the land remained Māori freehold land. Counsel sought to...

4. Chen v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 31 KB]

   ...Developments Limited and Sonic Properties Limited. Mr Dalziel accepts that he was responsible for closing the two development companies into liquation in 2001 shortly after the units had been sold. 12. Mr Dalziel spoke to the witness brief he filed dated 16 March 2009. Mr Dalziel said he was the owner and director of a company that purchased land at 32 Cranmer Square, Christchurch. He was not a property developer “as the company was formed for business reasons and was...

5. Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Limited & Ors [2025] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 335 KB]

   1 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 This decision is to be cited as Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Limited & Ors [2025] NZHRRT 12. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 12 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 014/2018 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN ZELINDA DORIA PLAINTIFF AND DIAMOND LASER MEDISPA TAUPO LIMITED FIRST DEFENDANT AND OLIVIA JANE BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS SECOND DEFENDANT AND RICHARD HUGH BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS THIR

6. LCRO 111/2019 GH v SV (12 December 2019) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...1 Ms GH, correspondence to the Complaints Service (29 March 2019). 2 The application was made in the name of Ms GH and the name of her client. Ms GH’s client’s name has been anonymised. 3 [11] Subsequent to filing her application for review, Ms GH forwarded correspondence to the Legal Complaints Review Office (LCRO) in which she sought to clarify her review grounds. In that correspondence she confirmed that: (a) she was seeking to review the Com

7. [2025] NZIACDT 51 - NO v Ellis (2 October 2025) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...It was fulltime for one year, from 27 February until 1 December 2023. [13] The complainant sent an email to Mr Ellis on 10 January 2023 stating he thought the client had sufficient funds for a course of one year. He requested the application be filed as soon as possible. [14] There are notes by Mr Ellis on his client file recording his work and certain communications with the client and complainant relevant to the complaint (verbatim):1 9/12 finance documents sent by [client] ...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 185 Lewis v JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...THE MATTER of a challenge to a costs' determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN ROBERT WADE LEWIS Plaintiff AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Defendant Hearing: By memoranda of submissions filed on 18 September and 1 and 8 October 2015 Appearances: MW O'Brien and B Nicholson, counsel for plaintiff R Towner and S Maxfield, counsel for defendant Judgment: 19 October 2015 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L C...

9. CM v XH LCRO 97 / 2010 (5 July 2011) [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...decision reviewed. There were a number of reasons why he sought the review, one of the principal reasons being that the Standards Committee had not, in his view, provided reasons for declining to uphold his complaint. From my early assessment of the file, I agreed that the Standards Committee decision was not explained by any clear statement of reasons and the 2 Standards Committee was requested, pursuant to Section 204(a)(ii) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act to provide...

10. [2017] NZEmpC 23 Domingo v Suon and Heng (t-a Town and Country Food) [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...requiring the defendant to comply with the terms of its earlier determination within a period of a calendar month. The Authority coupled its compliance order with an order that the defendant pay interest on the outstanding amounts, together with the filing fee on the plaintiff’s application for a compliance order. [6] The defendant failed to take any steps to comply with the Authority’s compliance order. Nor did the defendant take any steps to challenge the Authority’s c...