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1. [2020] NZREADT 03 - AJS Rental Realty Ltd (14 February 2020) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...replacement, before she left, but failed to do so. She also referred to evidence that while the Agency made enquiries with the external contractor in May 2016, it did not confirm instructions, and did not provide the contractor with documents requested by it, and the contractor advised that it could not do the work in August 2016. Ms Woolley further noted that it was not until September 2017 that the Agency appointed Public Trust to manage its trust account.

2. Cock - Succession to Paora Kingi [2020] Chief Judge's MB 50 (2020 CJ 50) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...King Whānau Trust. Details of payments made as a result of the Order 26. The Parinīnihi Ki Waitōtara Incorporation have advised that the five beneficiaries recorded at 5. above each received 28.276 shares from the Estate of Paora Kingi. A request has been made to suspend any future payments due to the beneficiaries until such time as this application has been determined. Reference to areas of difficulty 27. There are no areas of difficulty. Consideration of whether matter ne...

3. LCRO Annual Report 2019 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...the annual training day for Standards Committee members. Attendance at these training days continues to provide the LCRO with useful insights into the operation of both the Complaints Service and Standards Committees, and an opportunity for informal discussion about the regulatory process. An overwhelming impression left by each training day is the goodwill, diligence and hard and often thankless work of both the Complaints Service and Standards Committees. The regulatory regim...

4. Contempt of Court Bill: Approval for Government Supplementary Order Paper [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Government Supplementary Order Paper Date of issue: 29 August 2019 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it....

5. [2018] NZSSAA 49 (4 October 2018) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...the appellant has not challenged the Ministry’s ability to recover this overpayment if his appeal fails. Relevant legislation [4] Section 70 of Social Security Act 1964 (the Act) provides that where an overseas pension is a payment which forms part of a programme providing pensions for any one of the contingencies for which pensions may be paid under NZS, and is administered by or on behalf of the Government of the overseas country from which the benefit is received, the overs...

6. LCRO 213/2017 AA v BB and CC (26 April 2018) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...circumstances which merit an inquiry. [14] The Committee correctly noted that it has been held by this office that “special circumstances” may include a case where all of the invoices relate to the one legal service.1 [15] The Committee formed the view that, since each of the invoices related to the one [Town] house purchase, it was appropriate to aggregate them with the result that the total fees charged ($4,411) was open to examination. [16] Turning to r 9.1 of the Lawyer...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 236 Strategic Property Advocacy Network (SPAN) v Auckland Council [pdf, 374 KB]

   ...they submit that the purpose and objectives of the WRHAA were translated into the AUP RPS and district plan policy framework. This approach was adopted to satisfy s 10 and s 11 of the WRHAA that require RPS, regional plans and district plans to be formed in accordance with the purpose and objectives of that Act. [15] In addition, the Heritage Area provisions were developed to meet the prescribed statutory requirements in section 72-76 of the RMA, including the requirement for plan...

8. Port of Tauranga Limited Submissions - 6 December 2017 [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...activity rules, whether as proposed by Ngati Makino in reply evidence or by the Court in its decision, cannot be said to fall within this part of the appeal. 23. In relation to the other parts of the appeal notice, it is difficult to identify any form of relief against which the changes now proposed could have been reasonably anticipated or from which the changes logically arise (in a consequential sense). 24. For completeness, the relief sought by Ngati Ranginui in its appeal (as...

9. Proactive Release – Amendments to the Criminal Cases Review Commission Bill [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...nomination process bypasses the SSC recommended steps of advertising and using a selection panel to identify the proposed candidates. Instead, either I, with the Ministry’s support, identify candidates (direct nomination) or one or more bodies are requested to identify one or more candidates (indirect nomination). This process can result in appointments within a few weeks of enactment of the legislation. 3 w55f2if1v 2019-12-17 19:23:52 s9(2)(j) RE LE AS ED B Y TH E M IN IS TE R...

10. Rules-Committee-Amendment-Rules-2022.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...Rules 2004; 2.2 The Cabinet Legislation Committee minute LEG-22-MIN-0017; and 2.3 the Cabinet minute CAB-22-MIN-0053. 3. We have not recommended any redactions be made to the Cabinet paper. Some redactions have been made to the Cabinet minute of information that is out of scope. 4. We can publish the Cabinet paper and minute on the Ministry’s website as soon as we have your approval. We are required to proactively publish the Cabinet paper and associated Cabinet minute no later than 1...