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   ...form finalised New family and civil application form update Criminal case assignment Christmas and New Year availability New family and civil application form Cut-off date for invoices Legal aid payments to firms New email addresses Sentencing fixed fee - Criminal Fixed Fee Schedules 3 July 2017 (D, E and F) Wellington legal aid office number Time frame for returning security authorisation letter clarified Consultation on new family and civil legal aid form Signature requirements Greater...

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2. Form 32 Family Invoice Care of Children [pdf, 222 KB]

   Version 19 – September 2022 page 1 09/22 form 32 Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Care of Children/Guardianship Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final i...

3. [2022] NZEmpC 9 Best Health Foods Ltd v Zhou [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...$430. His claim was divided into two parts. The first part was for reimbursement of fees he paid in having his expert witness give evidence. That invoice was for $230. [4] The second part of Mr Zhou’s claim was for $200, which was the civil filing fee he paid for a warrant to seize property from Best Health Foods, after the Authority’s determination in his favour. [5] Best Health Foods filed a brief memorandum in response. Relevantly, it did not dispute Mr Zhou’s cla...

4. TC & TD v NV LCRO 255 / 2011 (14 January 2013) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...solicitor although it was prepared by a member of his staff. [9] Following settlement, NV accounted to TC and TD. In his statement he included accounts for work which had been done over six years previously totalling $2,812.50 and deducted those fees from the balance paid to TC and TD. [10] TC and TD were disappointed and angry with NV and TC wrote to him to object to these fees being deducted. There followed some correspondence between NV and TC during which time TC reviewed...

5. LCRO 251+257+258+259+260+261/2015 TS Trust v WK, VH, Ql, IV, ZG (13 June 2018) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...him with the A&I form and requested his signature on it”. Mr QL, Mr IV and Mr ZG [28] The supporting reasons for the application by each of Mr QL, Mr IV and Mr ZG were essentially that none of the three were involved in handling Ms KJ’s file and that they were “entitled to rely upon [the] partner who provided [them] with the A&I form and requested his signature on it”. Review Delegation [29] The review progressed by way of an applicant only hearing in Auckland on...

6. [2020] NZIACDT 22 - NJUM v VOLE (2 June 2020) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...It is appropriate that he has a period of time out of the industry while he upskills, with the ultimate opportunity to return. Submissions from the complainant [21] In her submissions of 13 and 16 March 2020, the complainant seeks a refund of fees and compensation in the sum of $30,000, which is said to exclude Immigration New Zealand’s visa application fees. [22] The complainant has copied to the Tribunal receipts from Mr Vole’s company which total $13,329. There are also...

7. LCRO 195/2017 LH v SR and HP (19 March 2019) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...Whilst this was being attended to, Mr SR expressed dissatisfaction to Ms LH about the service he had received. He says that during this meeting, he advised Ms LH that Ms HP was withdrawing her instructions to draft a will. [7] In July 2016, Mr SR filed a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (LSCS), and a decision in respect to that complaint was delivered in December 2016, following which Mr SR paid Ms LH’s fees, together with interest owing to the date...

8. Reuben - Allotments 170-176 Parish of Manurewa [2020] Chief Judge's MB 5 (2020 CJ 5) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...refused to accept the following: (a) Two notices of appeal; (b) An application for leave to appeal out of time; (c) An application to the Chief Judge under s 45 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act); and (d) A request to waive the filing fee. 2020 Chief Judge’s MB 6 [3] Mr Reuben maintains that his applications were filed in accordance with both legislation and the common law and ought to be accepted by the Registrar. Background [4] On 17 August 2016, Hinton...

9. DT v KI [2023] NZDT 294 (19 July 2023) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...applicant, and BI, acting as a representative for her mother, KI, the respondent, both attended the hearing by teleconference. 2. DT claimed $80.00 from the respondent, which included a claim for $35.00 in unpaid lawn mowing services and the $45.00 filing fee. 3. DT said his business provided lawn mowing services for KI on 6 occasions but was only paid for 5 of those mows. The 6 occasions he claimed he mowed KI’s lawns were 9 January 2023, 23 January 2023, 7 February 2023, 6 Marc...

10. LC v Q Ltd [2025] NZDT 94 (26 May 2025) [pdf, 196 KB]

    ...services. 2. Q Ltd has issued infringement notices to LC as the registered owner of the vehicle totalling $513.44 as below. LC seeks a declaration that she is not liable to pay this amount. She also claims reimbursement of the $59.00 Tribunal filing fee from Q Ltd. a. First letter dated 11 November 2024 $ 95.00 b. First ‘reminder’ letter $ 75.00 c. Second ‘reminder’ letter $ 75.00 d. Third ‘reminder’ letter $ 75.00 e. [Debt collection service]...