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1. LCRO 205/2016 EK v IQ (15 October 2018) [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...legal work to put in place the management structure that Mr EK wished to have his development operate under. [46] Specifically, he says that he wanted to operate his business under the vehicle of a limited partnership, and that Mr IQ himself had informed Mr EK, that he (Mr IQ) had no experience of having set up such a partnership. [47] Mr EK’s concerns were, he says, amplified when he received documentation from Mr IQ. In Mr EK’s opinion, the document received was simply a temp...

2. Ministry of Justice consultation paper on Phase Two of the AML/CFT Act [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...Act’s obligations and legal professional privilege may occur in the following circumstances: • when a lawyer is required to file an STR under the Act but information relating to the transaction may be privileged, or • when a sector supervisor requests information from a lawyer under the Act but information relating to the request may be privileged. This tension is increased by the fact that legal professional privilege is owned by the client and may be difficult for a legal pra...

3. Collier v Stevens - Tataweka Island (2015) 107 Waikato Maniapoto MB 161 (107 WMN 161) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...desired. He added that if counsel were prepared to accept not only his finding but that of the previous investigation by the Court he was prepared to make a final order accordingly. [12] There was no response from counsel. In 1984 Judge Cull requested that the Māori Land Court staff provide him with an updated list of owners of Te Mata Block. This was completed and referred to the Judge on 6 June 1984 and a copy sent to Mr Phillips. Mr Phillips then raised with the Court the q...

4. Seymour v Spelman - Kawhia 02 Section 4 Block (Waipapa Marae) (2020) 205 Waikato Maniapoto MB 294 (205 WMN 294) [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...harangued and that debate was shut down; (c) He is concerned at the exclusion of beneficiaries from the marae for “corporate bookings”; and (d) That a recent tangi request had to be turned down due to the marae being booked. [43] Mr Seymour requests further assistance from the Court in the form of directions and support for a two-weekend wānanga to discuss a collective vision and plan for the short-term future of the marae. [44] These are new concerns. As I have previou...

5. [2011] NZEmpC 67 Pivott v Southern Adult Literacy Inc [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...the plaintiffs take issue. The first dealt with the procedure the Authority proposed to adopt to investigate and determine the plaintiffs’ two separately filed employment relationship problems it had before it. It declined the plaintiffs’ request for ―joinder‖ of these proceedings and set out a bespoke process for their sequential investigation. The Authority’s second decision, contained in the same written determination, was to decline to remove the matters before it t...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 77 Poulter v Antipodean Growers Ltd [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...[5] The defendant has taken no steps whatsoever in respect of the challenge despite being served with the proceedings. Accordingly, once the time limit for the defendant to take steps in the proceedings had expired, they were set down for a formal proof hearing. [6] The matter proceeded by way of formal proof on 27 April 2010. Mr Poulter himself gave evidence confirming the allegations contained in his amended statement of claim, his brief of evidence and other documentation. I

7. [2006] NZEmpC WC 26/06 Farmers Transport Ltd v Kitchen [pdf, 47 KB]

   ...work up to then. While I do not find that Mr Roebuck told Mr Kitchen that he was not to return to the workplace after he was made redundant, it is also clear that he was not encouraged to return. By telling him to go and check out alternative forms of employment in another part of the company, I find that Mr Roebuck made it clear to Mr Kitchen that he was not to return. Mr Roebuck now says that: He was encouraged by me to use his time to best advantage to sort out what else he w...

8. Pure - Ahipara 1B2B - (2013) 69 Taitokerau MB 109 (69 TTK 109) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...69 Taitokerau MB 113 [16] Ms Taurau, appearing for Annie, submitted that the application should not be granted. She pointed out that her client’s fellow trustees had not been able to attend the meeting. Further, her client was only informed of the meeting at the last minute and she had limited opportunity to consider the revised partition plan. The plan itself has difficulties. The proposed access way is impractical as it cuts through an area of swamp (Jonnie acknowledg...

9. Barry v Devi [2011] NZIACDT 29 (5 September 2011) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...the payment of a penalty not exceeding $10,000; (g) an order for the payment of all or any of the costs or expenses of the investigation, inquiry, or hearing, or any related prosecution; (h) an order directing the licensed immigration adviser or former licensed immigration adviser to refund all or any part of fees or expenses paid by the complainant or another person to the licensed immigration adviser or former licensed immigration adviser; (i) an order directing the licensed immigra...

10. A v ZN LCRO 321/2012 (29 April 2014) [pdf, 143 KB]

    ...seeks such an order ranges from his statement that the lease (or Agreement to Lease) should have provided for an assessment of the rental at the time the lease was entered into, to assertions that Mr ZN should have advised Mr AX of the right to request a variation to the rental as provided for in the Agreement to Lease. [20] The first observation to make in respect of these assertions, is that they are assertions of negligence, or, in terms of s 12(a) of the Act, conduct that falls s...