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1. Legal aid grants June 2022 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 5c: Number of civil legal aid grants, by age of applicant, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Table 5d: Number of Waitangi Tribunal legal aid grants, by age of applicant, 2012/2013 - 2021/2022 Definitions and data notes If this information does not answer your query you may wish to request specific information via an Official Information Act request. Information on this process is available on the Ministry website: https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-a...

2. LCRO 117/2022 VN v SC (16 May 2024) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...not just act on the instructions of one party to the retention arrangement. [7] Ms WT responded also on 24 October 2019: Upon reading the contract, I couldn’t see what our client’s contractual obligations were in regard to what (if any) information needed to be provided before funds were to be released. I will revisit this, but I wondered if you had anything on your end? Won’t do anything at this stage until we have confirmed. [8] On 25 October 2019, the respondent replied s...

3. LCRO 109/2023 W and F JM v EB and MK [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. This is commonly referred to as a hearing “on the papers”. [29] After undertaking a preliminary appraisal of the file, I formed the provisional view that the review could properly be conducted on the papers. The parties were given the opportunity to comment on that proposal. The applicants wished to be heard in person. The respondents were content with the matte...

4. LCRO 124-2014 SM v TK [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...wife. [3] Ms SM rendered an account for her services in July 2012. [4] Her account was not paid. 2 [5] Ms SM claimed a lien over Mr TK’s file on account of unpaid fees. Included on the file was Mr TK’s passport. [6] Mr TK made repeated requests to Ms SM to have his passport returned. Ms SM refused to provide the passport. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [7] Mr TK lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (the Complaints S...

5. Firmin v ACC [2013] NZACA 15 [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...the purpose of fixing his RE amount, ACC was correct to apply s 52(2)(d) of the Accident Compensation Act 1982 to exclude Mr Firmin’s Location Allowance for Singapore (the Singapore allowance) of $26.06 per day because this was tax-free, his Uniform Upkeep Allowance and Dry Cleaning Allowance (the clothing allowances) of $339.45 per year because they were included 2 in his gross pay, and the value of his Rations and Quarters charge (RQC)1 , and because he did not receive...

6. ENV-2016-AKL-000198 G M Welsford Family Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...is the activity status of subdivision in the rural zone. 7. The reasons for the appeal include that: a. The Decision fails to give effect to the principle of sustainable management; b. The Decision was based on incomplete and inaccurate information and reached through a flawed process which constituted a denial of natural justice, In particular, and without derogating from the generality of the above: 090615 - appeal Page 3 8. The Council failed under s290A of the RMA to...

7. LCRO 98/2018 and 201/2018 HK v CN (22 May 2019) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...of the sale agreement; and the s 225 condition.4 [8] Mr HK delegated the task of looking after the legal work on that matter to Ms EH, a law clerk who had commenced work with the firm in February 2016. [9] On 17/18 March 2016, the purchasers requested a variation to the sale agreement by inserting an issue of title condition for their benefit and an extension of the finance condition date (the variation).5 Although it is not certain whether the variation was prepared by Ms EH or...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 082 Ormiston Workshops Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 571 KB]

   ...requirements of the wastewater utility provider. Certification from the utility provider that works have been satisfactorily undertaken must be provided when applying for a certificate under section 224(c) of the RMA. Advice notes: • Acceptable forms of Evidence from the Utility Providers include a Certificate of Acceptance. • Alterations to the public wastewater reticulation network require Engineering Plan Approval. Additional approval is required from Watercare/Veolia as...

9. Logan v Logan - Patangata 2F Section 2B (2022) 95 Takitimu MB 52 (95 TKT 52) [pdf, 341 KB]

   ...farm gate. The farm was advertised in the rural section of the local newspapers, Hawkes Bay Today and Farming Today. The farm also appeared in the real estate agent’s catalogue. As a result of this marketing process, Sandra Logan received 14 requests for tender. On the close of the tender period, she received three tenders. She says that many of the persons who made requests for tender did not submit an actual tender because the farm includes Māori freehold land. One of the r...

10. Soulsby v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2024] NZACC 31 [pdf, 301 KB]

    ...Orthopaedic Surgeon. Mr Poon diagnosed Mr Soulsby’s right shoulder problems as being the result of a supraspinatus tear and dislocated long head of biceps tendon. He advised that he considered this injury to have been caused by the 2013 accident and requested funding for surgery to repair it. [9] The request was reviewed by Clinical Advisor, Mr Patrick Medlicott, who agreed with Mr Poon that the current problem and need for surgery was linked to the 2013 accident. On this b...