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1. CH v XO LCRO 119 / 2010 (3 May 2011) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...time. [61] I am inclined to accept that the Applicant’s version of events as correct. He says that the sale was an aggressive takeover, and the purchaser was not prepared to pay anything for goodwill. Approximately one-third of the business was generated by 12 persons ringing the business and requesting servicing of ride-on mowers on site. Logic would have it therefore that the Applicant would not wish to provide this to the purchaser if the purchaser was not prepared to...

2. IK v VR LCRO 227/2014 (21 December 2015) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...about aspects of IK’s representation of her. The complaint alleged: • A failure by Mr IK to hold fees she had paid in advance, in a trust account (the trust account complaint). • A failure by Mr IK to provide engagement and client care information (the terms of engagement complaint). • A failure by Mr IK promptly to invoice Ms VR (the invoice complaint). • A failure by Mr IK to return documents to Ms VR following termination of the retainer (the documents complaint). [2...

3. LCRO 81/2018 QQ v RR (26 November 2019) [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...change his mind. 5 Mr QQ provided Mrs RR with advice, which Mrs RR acted on. On Mrs RR’s instructions, Mr QQ engaged the enforcement processes established by the 2010 agreement and related documents. That involved the issue of demands and requests for information from various institutions involved in the affairs of Mr RR, [KLJ] and other related entities including trusts of which Mrs RR had formerly been, but was not at the time, a trustee. Mr RR commenced Family Cou...

4. Moonen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Rehabilitation – Aid for Appliance) [2024] NZACC 186 (20 November 2024) [pdf, 354 KB]

   ...the judo accident. Mr Moonen then sought entitlements and on 14 May 1999 Mr Ray Fong, orthopaedic surgeon, reported to the Corporation: “Xray done in the Hutt Radiology Clinic on 31.5.90 shows marked narrowing of the L3/4 disc with osteophyte formation. In the lateral view there is no displacement. In the AP view there is slight lateral subluxation of the vertebral body of L3 on 4.” [12] Mr Moonen was also seen by Mr Andrew Simmonds, orthopaedic surgeon, who noted: (a) Letter...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 214 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...Ministerial Coordinator in the Ministerial and Official Correspondence Team. His role involved coordinating responses to incoming Ministerial and official correspondence. It included responsibility for formatting and proof-reading MPI responses to formal requests for information under the Official Information Act. On 13 December 2012, Mr Goel was suspended from his employment; principally for failing to follow what MPI claimed was a lawful and reasonable instruction regardi...

6. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2200 A186 Scoping report [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   Wai 2200 Ngātiawa / Te Āti Awa Research Needs Scoping Report Tony Walzl WALGHAN PARTNERS 18 January 2016 Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatū District Inquiry Report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2200, #A186 camerja Official camerja Received camerja Text Box 18 Jan 2016 2 Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................

7. Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...approach 7 Provider rates and hearing activities 7 New policy 8 Case management levels 8 Amendments to grants 8 Amendment criteria 9 Non-lawyer costs and agents’ fees 9 Applications received before and after the July 2012 start date 9 New forms 9 Changes to existing policy 9 Reassignment policy 9 Consultation feedback 11 Questions 11 Proposed Family Fees Schedules: 12 4 Introduction he Ministry of Justice is introducing a new fee framework for fam...

8. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...approach 7 Provider rates and hearing activities 7 New policy 8 Case management levels 8 Amendments to grants 8 Amendment criteria 9 Non-lawyer costs and agents’ fees 9 Applications received before and after the July 2012 start date 9 New forms 9 Changes to existing policy 9 Reassignment policy 9 Consultation feedback 11 Questions 11 Proposed Family Fees Schedules: 12 4 Introduction he Ministry of Justice is introducing a new fee framework for fam...

9. LCRO 53/2021 ST on behalf of the Executors of the Estate of KK v QM, WP, RS and DJ of ABC Law Limited (9 March 2022) [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...personal accounts, and generally attend to matters which would normally have been attended to by himself or family members. 1 Mr ST is a partner in [Law firm A]. 2 I use the name [ABC] in the same manner as Mr YC, to mean the firm in its various forms of incorporation and partnership … and where applicable, its antecedent name; [redacted]. 2 [3] I include here the background section of the Standards Committee determination:3 1. Mr FQ died on 14 January 2014. 2. His sister,...

10. ZF v XC LCRO 266/2013 (19 February 2015) [pdf, 103 KB]

    ...of Mr AB’s death was one half of the net proceeds of sale. [32] After a period during which there was no further correspondence, proceedings were issued by Mr AB’s children in January 2012. [Firm B] did not have a litigation team and Ms GA requested authority from Mrs XC’s family to seek a second opinion from Ms MT of [Firm C). [33] It would seem Ms MT then acted directly for Mrs XC and the matter was ultimately settled. The terms of settlement are unknown but from a brief r...