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1. LCRO 80/2022 NL v EB (23 July 2024) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...their father. 3 Being 72.5 per cent of $2 million. 3 [16] Mr EF remained unaware of the payment to Mr VF and the transfer of funds to [Trust 2] until over a year later. [17] After becoming aware of the payment, Mr EF made a number of requests for information from Ms NL. During the course of that correspondence, Ms NL advised4 that the payment to Mr EF had not been made at the same time as the payment to Mr VF because she was not sure of the correct bank account number for Mr...

2. LCRO 87/2019 G OR v F HM (10 July 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...suggested Dr OR take [Ms KD’s] notes to Mrs OR’s doctor “to protect the validity” of the enduring power of attorney. Complaint [13] Dr OR lodged a complaint with the Lawyers Complaints Service on 9 October 2018. She claimed that Mr HM, by requesting information from Ms KD, had breached his duty of confidence owed to Mrs OR, now owed to [Dr OR] as executrix of Mrs OR’s will, and to the trustees of the trust. [14] She asked that Mr HM (a) be prevented from acting for M...

3. LCRO 224/2018 (31 October 2019) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...In subsequent email communications, Mr TA responded on 25 November 2017 with some of the information requested. On 1 December 2017 he informed Mr UD that he had “received funds”, presumably to pay Mr UD’s legal fees. Mr UD made further requests for information on 4 and 7 December 2017 to which Mr TA responded on 5 and 21 December 2017 respectively. [10] That information included matters discussed by Mr TA and Mr VG about the property before purchase, the purchase price pai...

4. Berry v Rondel LCRO 130 / 2011 (2 February 2012) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...the rear half of the house which she intended to develop into a unit for herself and her daughter. She advises that arguments developed over this arrangement and although the Agreement was signed, she states that she did not sign any A & I forms in relation to this Agreement, and she assumed that the Agreement was extinguished. [40] A second Agreement was then prepared by Mr WA and signed by Ms Berry on 10 April 2010. This Agreement referred to “an undivided half share in the...

5. Wellington Standards Committee v CLS [2014] NZLCDT 80 [pdf, 412 KB]

   ...the transfer of the intellectual property of OTW. The two residuary beneficiaries were 10 per cent shareholders of the new business which acquired the intellectual property of OTW. [8] The daughter of the deceased, T, had earlier in October 2009 requested that the shares in OTW be transferred to the beneficiaries as provided for in the will. The practitioner had at that time advised, that as OTW had been incorrectly named in the will, the gift of the shares failed and fell into th...

6. Ye v Wang [2015] NZIACDT 23 (13 March 2015) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...and processing complaints. The result has been the Registrar now investigates and evaluates complaints, and then lodges a statement of complaint. The statement of complaint identifies potential grounds where the Registrar is in a position to lodge information supporting the grounds, and identifies any wider grounds the complainant advanced for which the Registrar did not find support. Formerly, the Registrar only gave the Tribunal notice of the complaint as presented by the complainant.

7. Memorandum-of-counsel-Amir-Bastani-representing-Mrs-El-Shazly-and-family.-11.3.2022.pdf [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...submission, and Counsel appreciates the time of the Coroner for granting an extension. Due to a family health condition, Counsel was unable to work on this matter between 28 February and 4 March 2022. 3. Counsel has read your Minute on General Information Disclosure No. 1, and will review the information as set out in paragraph 20 of the Minute. Counsel will review the provided evidence and obtain full instructions from the Interested Parties and will provide a submission acco...

8. OIA-103353-Parts-1-2.pdf [pdf, 284 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 April 2023 Our ref: OIA 103353 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request Thank you for your email of 17 March 2023 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested: Statistics of children and young people, 17 years of age and under, charged with murder,...

9. SX v SD Ltd [2022] NZDT 208 (24 November 2022) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...supplier fails to do so, one of the options available to the consumer is to cancel the contract. In the case of goods, the consumer can obtain a refund of what they have paid; in the case of services, cancellation stops the obligation for further performance but does not necessarily require a full refund of payments made up to that point. 9. SD Ltd provided information about the materials used in the contraction of its cabins. It disputes that there was a chemical odour and says t...

10. BN v N Ltd [2024] NZDT 633 (12 September 2024) [pdf, 173 KB]

    ...state that 4 weeks’ notice of termination of a locum agreement is standard industry practice. 4. NQ says that locum agreements can vary and that he considers one week’s notice to be sufficient particularly given that the contract had only been formed the day before. In fact, 6 days’ notice was provided, given the repudiation occurred at 7.21pm on the Tuesday night and BN was to work the following Tuesday. 5. I find that because a binding contract was formed a week prior to...