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1. AB v CD Ltd [2022] NZDT 87 (23 June 2022) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...report carried out with reasonable care and skill and was it fit for purpose? c. Is AB entitled to $20,000 as claimed, or to any other sum? What was the agreed scope of the building report? 7. Under contract law, a legally binding contract is formed when both parties intend to contract on agreed terms and intend for those terms to be legally binding. The terms of a contract are formed at the beginning, not at the end, and what was agreed is looked at objectively, i.e., by looking a...

2. LCRO Guidelines for parties to review [pdf, 159 KB]

   General Information 1. The Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) is an independent statutory officer created by section 190 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). 2. The Legal Complaints Review Officer is an office of review and can only review decisions by a Lawyers Standards Committee or a Conveyancers Standards Committee on complaints that are made. 3. The purposes of the complaints and discipline system under the Act includes processing and resolving complaints as ex

3. LCRO 126-2017 PC v The Committee [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...taken appropriate steps to ensure the accuracy of the certification [41] In essence, the prohibition in the rule requires that the lawyer concerned take positive steps to ensure that the truth of the matter in respect of which the lawyer has been requested, or proposes to provide a certificate is accurate.27 Only if the lawyer then “believes on reasonable grounds” that “the matter certified is true” may the lawyer provide the certificate concerned.

4. ENV-2016-AKL-000TBA Radiata Properties Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...one of the persons described in section 274(1) ofthe RMA. To become a party to the appeal, you must, within 15 working days after the period for lodging a notice of appeal ends, lodge a notice of your wish to be a party to the proceedings (in form 33 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003) with the Environment Court by email (to unitaryplan.ecappeals@ justice.govt.nz) and serve copies of your notice by email on the Auckland Council (to unitaryplan...

5. LCRO 174/2017 DN v CI [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...made an error by not obtaining the School’s consent to the assignment of the Cleaning Contract before the conditions in the Agreement were satisfied; (b) did not give him clear information and advice; and (c) by not contacting the Broker to request the return of the deposit Ms CI did not protect his interests. Standards Committee decision [10] The Committee delivered its decision on 16 August 2017 and determined, pursuant to s 138(2) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (t...

6. LCRO 272/2015 PA v NT, RO and DS (31 August 2018) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...the standard of competence and diligence that a member of the public is entitled to expect of a reasonably competent lawyer? (b) Were the firm’s legal fees charged to Mrs FH’s estate fair and reasonable? [14] Because, as noted, Mrs PA has requested that this Office consider only Mr NT’s role relative to the sale of the property, it is not necessary for me to consider the Committee’s reasons for its determination to take no further action in relation to the other aspects of...

7. Otimi v Fa'uhiva - Hauhungaroa 1A3 (2019) 401 Aotea MB 102 (401 AOT 102) [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...announcement of the results at the marae, several submissions from concerned beneficiaries have been filed as to the conduct of the meeting by Court staff. In summary, two specific concerns were raised. First, that there were insufficient voting forms which resulted in hand written forms being used thereby raising questions as to the integrity of the vote. 1 Otimi v Fa'uhiva - Hauhungaroa 1A3 (Poukura Pā) (2018) 394 A...

8. LCRO 13/2023 DG v PS (26 February 2025) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...the [Suburb] District Court on 15 December 2017. [8] The proceedings were robustly defended. [9] In March 2019, [law firm] advised the District Court registry that Mr DG was proposing to file an interlocutory application for non-party discovery. Request was made that the proceedings be scheduled for a call over in April 2019. [10] A pre-trial settlement conference (to proceed by telephone) was scheduled for 8 April 2019. The parties were directed to file memoranda 3 days in advance o...

9. Directory of Official Information V-Z [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...one must be a lawyer who has at least seven years standing, and two must be medical practitioners, one of whom must be nominated by the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association; Veterans’ Advisory Board which responds to Ministerial requests for advice and may initiate work on such things as policies relating to veterans’ entitlements. The Board consists of not more than seven members and one serving veteran, nominated by the Chief of Defence Force, as an ex-officio;

10. Directory of Official Information V-Z [pdf, 1.3 MB]

    ...one must be a lawyer who has at least seven years standing, and two must be medical practitioners, one of whom must be nominated by the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association; Veterans’ Advisory Board which responds to Ministerial requests for advice and may initiate work on such things as policies relating to veterans’ entitlements. The Board consists of not more than seven members and one serving veteran, nominated by the Chief of Defence Force, as an ex-officio;