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1. MfE-The direct referral process - for submitters [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...submissions usually outline the evidence that will be called (if any), state the resource management issues of relevance, and state any legal principles that will be relied on. In most cases, the Court will have pre-read all the evidence that has been filed and expects all parties to also have read it. Generally, a witness will take the oath or affirmation, be asked to confirm qualifications (if relevant), and confirm the evidence is true, and then proceed straight to questions on it....

2. Te Awe Awe v Te Awe Awe - Estate of Pipi Rakene or Pipi Te Awe Awe (2019) Chief Judge's MB 1414 (2019 CJ 1414) [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...for the gifting of shares (section 164 of the Act), in order to give effect to the outcome of the whānau hui held on 7 May 2016. It should seek to vest the affected interests in all the siblings equally, or those persons now entitled - The filing fee is to be waived, if the application is filed within 6 months. Procedural History [5] On 24 April 2019, the Registrar’s Preliminary Report and Recommendation was distributed to all affected parties, for whom addresses were known...

3. BM v YI LCRO 124 / 2010 (7 April 2011) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...response to the Complaints Service, he advised that he had been in practice for 35 years and would never “betray” a client. He notes that if he considered the appeal had no merit, then he would have simply declined the brief unless a proper fee was to be paid. [25] The Applicant alleges ulterior motives which he can neither explain or provide evidence of. In his email to this Office on 26 September 2010, he suggests that “in 5 order to answer the question [as to why t...

4. Kettering v Biggleswade LCRO 212 / 2009 (19 March 2010) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...otherwise directs, and further provides that a person may make written, but not oral, submissions. [7] The Applicant has not suggested that he was unaware of the complaint or that he did not have an opportunity to respond. The Standards Committee file shows that the Applicant had been given all of the information that was considered by the Committee, given a full opportunity to answer the complaint and that his responses were received and considered by the Committee. Having revi...

5. SG v [City] SC LCRO 250/2013 (6 March 2015) [pdf, 52 KB]

   ...July 2013) at [14]. 10 Above n 5 at [15]. 5 • “It is especially of concern to the Committee that Mr SG maintained no ledger cards for those clients who had funds held on deposit”.11 • “Mr MT reported that no hard copies of fees invoices were printed out and kept on the file”.12 • “Mr MT observed that as no central hard copy was maintained for invoices or statements he could not easily review if annual reporting statements had been sent to a client”....

6. AX v ZA LCRO 113 / 2010 (18 February 2011) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...sought is to “stop [the Respondent] from hiding behind the law, and recover some of his money.” He again lays the blame for his losses on the Respondent. Review [23] In conducting this review, I have had recourse to the full Standards Committee file and the correspondence with this office from both parties. [24] Both parties have consented to the review being determined without a hearing pursuant to section 206(2) of the Act, and the review has therefore been conducted on the...

7. ENV-2016-AKL-000212 Smithies Family Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...opportunity to ensure that the equivalent PAUP provisions for rural subdivision are clear, workable and do not give rise to similar issues. The Trust's submission on the PAUP 6.7 The Trust was one of five Silverdale landowners that collectively filed a comprehensive submission on the PAUP (albeit with separate submission forms) given their similar interests regarding the land use and subdivision provisions applying in the Rural zones. It was treated as a single submission (Submis...

8. WEBINAR Self Represented Persons and Community Groups in the Environment Court [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...independent expert witnesses, and brought significant professionalism and focus to the case. Overall time savings and other efficiencies most certainly accrued. Alternative Dispute Resolution – Primarily Mediation 22. In almost all cases filed in the Environment Court, once all parties have been identified through the mechanism of s 274 RMA, the Court will direct the case to mediation. Parties can also seek mediation at any stage of the progress of a case. 23. Section 268 R...

9. Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust - Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust (2005) 293 Rotorua MB 74 (293 ROT 74) [pdf, 503 KB]

   ...owners expressed at this hui should not be taken into account. The Trust has, after all, accepted without demur on previous occasions the views of the owners on matters with a numerically smaller mandate, including the increase in trustees' fees as is set out in my decision of 23 December 2003. [14] Therefore, taking into account the provisions of sections 231, 237 and 244 of the Act and the evidence before the Court, I am satisfied that a variation to enable rotation of truste...

10. GZ v Ke (Luke) Lu [2019] NZIACDT 26 (6 May 2019) [pdf, 113 KB]

    ...who returned the draft, having made some changes to it. It was finalised, then signed by the complainant and sent by her to Immigration New Zealand. [14] Immigration New Zealand declined the visa applications. Complaint [15] The complainant filed a complaint against Mr Lu in December 2015 with the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority), headed by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar). The complainant was upset that her application had been declined by I...