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1. LCRO 178-2016 KO v RT [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...and imposed a censure and a costs order. [2] Mr RT, an accountant, was the liquidator of The [X] Limited (In Liquidation) (the company) which he states was placed into liquidation on June 2010. He complained that Mr KO failed to respond to his requests to provide information about the company. [3] He says that he “regularly under[took] replacement liquidator appointments when asked to do so by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue” (the Commissioner). The Commissioner suspected...

2. LCRO 17/2021 NV v WQ (30 June 2021) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...no longer a partner with [Law Firm A]. [10] On 14 March 2019, Mr PY advised Mr NV’s lawyer that he would be initiating the valuation required. [11] On 22 March 2019, Mr PY forwarded an email to the Law Society’s [Region] branch, making request of the Society to suggest an appropriate valuer. [12] On 25 March 2019, the [Region] branch wrote to Mr PY, advising that his request had been forwarded to the Law Society’s national office. [13] Mr FL from the Law Society’s nation...

3. SC & TO Partnership v QS & TS & JT Ltd [2022] NZDT 84 (24 May 2022) [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...from the property and replacing some chattels with alternatives? 8. A contract may be defined as a legally binding agreement or a promise or set of promises between two or more parties that the law will enforce. 9. This contract was in the form of the Auckland District Law Societies agreement for sale and purchase tenth edition 2019(2). It included an additional clause under the further terms of sale. Clause 21 states: The property is sold substantially furnished as describe...

4. IRF-4-Coronial-Information-Request-v-v2.03-Authorisation.pdf [pdf, 117 KB]

   Office of the Chief Coroner Wellington District Court, Level 6 49 Balance Street Wellington 1 Request for Coronial Information – Authorisation from Immediate Family Complete this form if you are requesting sensitive information such as a post-mortem report, toxicology report, photographs of the deceased, suicide notes, medical reports or patient notes and you are gaining authorisation from an immediate family member of the deceased: 1 . D E T A I L S...

5. OIA-113258.pdf [pdf, 217 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 4 July 2024 Ref: OIA 112258 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Conviction information relating to Members of Parliament I refer to your letter of 21 May 2024 to the Electoral Commission requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). On 7 June 2024, your request was partially transferred to the Min...

6. OIA-Treaty Principles [pdf, 201 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 15 October 2024 Ref: OIA 115962 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Treaty Principles Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 12 September 2024, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). Specifically, you requested: The NZ First Coalition Agreement of 2023 states: Conduct a...

7. OIA-124291.pdf [pdf, 760 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 22 August 2025 Our ref: OIA 124291 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Recruitment shortlisting process Thank you for your email of 24 July 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), regarding the recruitment shortlisting process. Specifically, you...

8. LCRO 57/2018 G RC and D RC v YS (30 April 2019) [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...available”. [23] The Committee concluded that Mr YS “acted appropriately in the termination of the retainer” having received the report from Dr EF, who had been appointed by the Family Court, to assess Mrs RC’s mental capacity. (2) Request for Mrs RC’s files, records (a) Mr G, as attorney [24] The Committee accepted that “it was arguable” that Mr YS “was entitled to refuse to provide” Mrs RC’s files to Mr G when Mr G’s conduct, as Mrs RC’s attorney, wa...

9. Legal aid - limited approvals Operational Policy & application form draft [pdf, 888 KB]

   ...Decision and Review 9 Application assessment and recommendation 9 Criteria for approval 10 Secretary for Justice’s decision 10 Review of Secretary for Justice’s decision 12 Appendix 1– Glossary of Terms 13 Appendix 2 – Application Form 15 DRAFT 4 Overview of Limited Approvals Purpose This policy outlines the circumstances in which the Secretary may grant an approval to provide legal aid services or specified legal services, limited to a specific proceedin...

10. Puohotaua v Cribb (2019) 402 Aotea MB 230 (402 AOT 230) [pdf, 399 KB]

    ...Whanganui) Judgment: 11 July 2019 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Introduction [1] Shelly Puohotaua is an owner is Rakato B and now seeks a review of the Rakato B Residue Trust. She says the trustees have failed to properly respond to her request to build on and occupy trust land and have delayed holding meetings of owners to discuss her request. [2] Ms Puohotaua also claimed that the trustees have shared information about her request with non-owners and that they have...