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1. CAC 409 v Wong [2018] NZREADT 8 [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...required. If a hearing is required, the Case Manager will allocate a hearing date and the Tribunal will issue directions as to filing written submissions. If neither party seeks an oral hearing, penalty submissions on behalf of the Committee must be filed and served within 21 days of the date of this decision. Submissions by or on behalf of Mr Wong must be filed and served within a further 14 days, and penalty will then be determined on the papers. [63] Pursuant to s 113 of t...

2. Bradley v Jones - Miria Pene [2016] Chief Judge's MB 907 (2016 CJ 907) [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 making all other consequential amendments as required. [20] The foregoing orders are to issue forthwith pursuant to reule 7.5(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. [21] The Registrar is directed to waive any fee upon further succession applications made to the Court in favour of the successors named above. The Case Manager is directed to distribute a copy of this Judgment. Dated at Wellington this the 31 st day of October 2016 _________...

3. [2024] NZREADT 07 - NF v REAA and Cho (21 March 2024) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...of Tab 6 of the Authority’s bundle. 7 Email former solicitor to the Authority (28 February 2022), at Tab 4 of the Authority’s bundle. 8 Complaint (30 April 2021) at 9 and 11 of the Authority’s bundle. 4 Appeal [11] The appellant filed an appeal (form dated 6 July 2022) against the Committee’s decision of 22 June 2022. It is apparent from his undated statement (filed in the Tribunal on 11 August 2023) that the appeal is also against the penalty decision of 21 February...

4. Te Rongomau v Nikau - Whangape Parish Lot 23B (Horahora Marae) (2011) 23 Waikato Maniapoto MB 3 (23 WMN 3) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Incorporated (WTTKI) manages and distributes income for the collective benefit of approximately 57,000+ registered Waikato-Tainui tribal members. 8 A20090007687. 23 Waikato Maniapoto MB 7 [13] A subsequent application under s 239 of the Act was filed on 10 June 2009 for the replacement of trustees of Horahora Marae. 9 The application referred to minutes of a meeting of 3 May 2009 at which all the previous trustees stood down and an election for replacement trustees took pla...

5. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...the Crown to advance a Limitation Act defence. [11] On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, Mr HN provided the Complaints Service with further information. This comprised a memorandum prepared on behalf of the Crown dated 29 July 2019. The memorandum was filed in support of an application for partial strike out of Mr HN’s statement of claim. [12] Mr ZW provided a brief response to Mr HN’s complaint on 16 September 2019. 1 The Agency responsible for administering legal aid grants is descr...

6. Reid v New Zealand Law Society [2023] NZLCDT 7 (24 March 2023) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...not to have been referred to the Tribunal by way of charges, involving as it did a serious breach of confidence in aggravating circumstances.” The second relevant charge arose after that former partner committed suicide. She sent his estate a fees account for $67,500 whereas numerous texts and emails proved she had agreed to undertake the work without fee. [32] We are troubled by her pattern of failure to observe professional boundaries. In her case before us, she did not address...

7. National Standards Committee 2 v Tingey [2023] NZLCDT 22 (17 May 2023) [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...partner, but says that because of what Mr Tingey had said to her, she felt she could not allow that relationship to develop. She said in evidence that she was also upset about this. [40] At the same time, Ms X and Mr Tingey were working on a file together (the A case). It was a file from one of Mr Tingey’s major clients and was one of several similar pieces of litigation of which this was the first to be going to trial, therefore was likely to have precedent value. It was als...

8. Grubb and Anor as Trustees of the Bas Trust v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 58 [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...Grubb and Mr Whalen as co-trustees bought a house at 36 Point View Drive, East Tamaki Heights at auction in 2008. Before the auction, Mr Grubb took advice from two builders he knew, one of whom was Mr Whalen, inspected the house and the Council‟s file, and spoke by telephone to his daughter, who is an architect, and to the builder about the house. [2] After the auction but before settlement of the purchase, Mr Grubb arranged for a thermal imaging company, The Imaging Speci...

9. PQ v Hakaoro [2013] NZIACDT 48 (8 August 2013) [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...interlocutory steps, the Tribunal determined that there should be an oral hearing. Mr Hakaoro had provided an affidavit from himself, and also affidavits from his wife Ms Manuna Paletu’a, and Pastor Teinapi Tauri. For the complainant, Ms BFZ also filed an affidavit, which was additional to the affidavit filed with the complaint. [36] The Tribunal is required to hear complaints on the papers, unless it is necessary to require attendances before the Tribunal. The Tribunal deals with matte...

10. LCRO 240/2017 O & B HN v JJ Lawyers (22 June 2018) [pdf, 237 KB]

    ...(as had been alleged) [JJL] had done anything to provide LV “with a cover brand” or to create “a façade … erected for its own financial benefit, giving no thought for other possible consequences”. Application for review [18] The HNs filed an application for review on 14 December 2017. The outcome sought is reimbursement of the $8,050 by [JJL] “because they were the main cause of our entrusting advance payment to LV”. [19] They submit that: (a) [JJL’s] conduct l...