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1. Maori Reservations.pdf [pdf, 348 KB]

   ...must be properly advertised in a main newspaper circulating in the district where the land is located. The ad should identify the land and state the purpose of the meeting. The completed application, with the meeting’s minutes and the application fee, should be sent to the MLC. COURT ORDER The MLC will conduct a hearing about the application. A judge can then make a court order to set the land aside as a Māori reservation. A court order will also be made to appoint trustees to admini...

2. MOJ0217.4E_OCT21_WEB.pdf [pdf, 353 KB]

   ...must be properly advertised in a main newspaper circulating in the district where the land is located. The ad should identify the land and state the purpose of the meeting. The completed application, with the meeting’s minutes and the application fee, should be sent to the MLC. COURT ORDER The MLC will conduct a hearing about the application. A judge can then make a court order to set the land aside as a Māori reservation. A court order will also be made to appoint trustees to admini...

3. Regulatory Impact Statement: Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...court for claimants to access. 0 Would maintain standards of independence and fairness. Some claimants who have already settled may feel aggrieved that this option was not available to them. It would be open for claimants who have filed proceedings in court to transfer their claim to the tribunal. + Likely to improve the accessibility and uptake of dispute resolution via an independent third party, which will help to encourage resolution and satisfaction...

4. Folwell & Anor as Trustees of the Paul and Pauline Folwell Family Trust v NC Developers Ltd 2010] NZWHT Auckland 11 [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...original claim totalled $57,285.37. This original quantum was subsequently reduced to an amended total of $52,064.19 after withdrawing from their claim the sum of $4,000 for consequential and general damages, as well as litigation costs such as filing fees with the Department of Building and Housing and this Tribunal. However Mr Folwell in his closing written submissions sought to reinstate his claim for general damages, quoting La Grouw v Cairns2 as his authority. This decisi...

5. Matheis v Ling [2015] NZIACDT 91 (08 October 2015) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...the client engagement process. [2.4] Ms Ling used the information Mr Li gathered from the complainant to progress his immigration request. [2.5] When the Registrar received this complaint, she requested that Ms Ling provide a copy of her client file. Ms Ling provided only part of it and then provided file notes pertinent to the complaint after the Registrar disclosed the grounds of complaint. [3] The first issue involves ascertaining what professional services Ms Ling and Mr Li, respe...

6. Regulatory Impact Statement Family Court Review [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...insufficient historical fiscal and statistical data to accurately predict the average costs of performing some tasks associated with Family Court processes. There was insufficient time for piloting proposed processes or for undertaking an historical file review (ie, looking at court documents) to obtain further data than what is recorded in the electronic case management system. There has been extensive consultation on identifying the issues facing the Family Court and the options for r...

7. [2014] NZEmpC 153 Roy v BOT of Tamaki College [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...Board of [Trustees] to the Human Rights Commission Tribunal or the Employment Court, which both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice recommended that I do, he’d make sure that I’d be charged up to $13,000 per day in legal fees. It usually costs approximately $350 per hour for a senior employment lawyer and if taken through the appropriate avenues, there would be no cost to me at all. I am still awaiting an outcome of that complaint. [21] Mr Roy’s email th...

8. W and W v Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd [2020] CEIT-2020-0020 [pdf, 549 KB]

   ............................................................................................................................................ p23 [1] It was agreed at the first case management conference on 11 June 2020 that the Tribunal would determine a preliminary issue after receiving written submissions. A bundle of agreed documents has been prepared and filed. The parties have now filed their submissions on that preliminary issue as directed. The issue [2] The Tribunal’s...

9. Regulatory-Systems-Courts-Improvement-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 514 KB]

   ...powers 25 The Regulatory Systems (Tribunals) Amendment Bill includes amendments to the Parole Act 2002 and the Remuneration Authority Act 1977, transferring the determination of remuneration of members of the New Zealand Parole Board from the Cabinet Fees Framework to the Remuneration Authority (the Authority).4 As the Parole Board is a quasi-judicial body, it could be perceived to be reliant on the executive branch for financial security if the executive branch were to continue to dete...

10. Matthews v Matthews - Estate of Graham Ngahina Matthews [2016] Māori Appellate Court 212 (2016 APPEAL 212) [pdf, 218 KB]

    ...any justification for two senior counsel would normally be established at the outset of the proceedings, which did not occur here; (b) Mr Porter’s costs are not supported by an invoice. [29] In terms of disbursements, Mr Watson accepts the filing fee and accommodation claims for one counsel however he opposes the sum incurred for preparation of affidavit evidence for previously stated reasons. Mr Watson also accepts that $454.50 is appropriate to be reimbursed in full by the r...