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1. Directory of Official Information P-R [pdf, 971 KB]

   ...Directory of Official Information Listings P-R About This is a living document. We endeavour to update it whenever there are changes to be made. If your department or agency’s information is out of date, please email oia@justice.govt.nz with the necessary amendments. We can send you a MS Word version if you need. Ministerial Relations and Services Strategy, Governance & Finance Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture oia@justice.govt.nz mailt...

2. Directory of Official Information P-R [pdf, 971 KB]

   ...Directory of Official Information Listings P-R About This is a living document. We endeavour to update it whenever there are changes to be made. If your department or agency’s information is out of date, please email oia@justice.govt.nz with the necessary amendments. We can send you a MS Word version if you need. Ministerial Relations and Services Strategy, Governance & Finance Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture oia@justice.govt.nz mailt...

3. [2017] NZEnvC 207 Auckland Council [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...test in s95E, which is whether the consent authority decides that the activity's adverse effects on the person are minor or more than minor (but are not less than minor). That decision in turn requires consideration of s950 which sets out the matters that are to or may be disregarded by a consent authority when deciding whether an activity will have or is likely to have adverse effects on the environment that are more than minor, being that the consent authority: (a) must dis...

4. WHT - glossary [pdf, 685 KB]

   ...Channel or pipe to convey water. (b) Tubing used as a protective casing for electrical cables or wires. Consent notice: A notice issued under the Resource Management Act 1991 and recorded on the certificate of title in respect of the ongoing matters affecting the property. For example, geotechnical or footpath matters. Construct: To assemble and combine construction materials and methods to make a structure. Contingency sum: A sum of money included in the contract documents to...

5. LCRO 283/2014 AD v FR and OR (31 August 2018) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...benefit on behalf of a client. In doing so Mr AD acted with an improper purpose. [42] However, the Committee did not rely solely on r 2.7, noting that Mr AD had a responsibility to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice. This obligation is captured by r 2 of the Rules, which directs that a lawyer is “obliged to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice”. [43] This rule, in its description of the more wide-ranging ob...

6. Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) In relation to property [docx, 104 KB]

   ...you have expressly stated in your EPA that your attorney cannot do so, your attorney may apply to the Family Court for authorisation to sign a will for you (in a form approved by the court) if you are not capable of making a will. 24 For matters involving the Family Court, an application to the Family Court is required. The application form can be found at the Ministry of Justice website. Glossary of terms Act The Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. Part...

7. Guo v PwC (Further Discovery) [2022] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...by Dr Culpan when he was practising at CityMed. Discovery and the importance of relevance [14] Central to the obligation on a party to disclose documents that are or have been in that party’s control is the relevance of those documents to the matters in issue as defined by the pleadings. See for example RHH Ltd v Anderson [2018] NZHC 2039 at [12]: [12] Relevance is determined by the pleadings. In standard discovery, a document is relevant if the document or its contents could be...

8. IJ v SO LCRO 76 / 2011 (15 February 2012) [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...applications had been withdrawn, and the Court made appointments in favour of another person who had been proposed by the Applicant. [9] The Applicant was much offended by the allegations against him, particularly those involving financial matters. He claimed to have had incurred 3 significant legal expenses in respect of court applications which he noted were not successful in the event, contending that it was known to the Practitioner to have no prospect of success, ad...

9. LCRO 49/2016 QG v WW (8 May 2018) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...health issues were related to the stress of the Court proceedings and issued him with a medical certificate saying, perhaps a little ambiguously, that he needed a break from the Court proceedings. As the Protection Order application was the only matter that was set down for a hearing at that stage, it is assumed Mr QG wanted a medical certificate to support an application for an adjournment of the hearing to determine whether the Protection Order should be made final. [18] Mr QG...

10. [2009] NZEmpC WC 27/09 Griffiths Drilling (NZ) Ltd v Jenner [pdf, 24 KB]

    ...taken over company plant or equipment to be available to the plaintiff if recourse to other funds is not in the event that the defendant is successful in Court. [18] I think those proposals made by the plaintiff meet adequately the interests of justice in attempting to set the balance between the parties’ interests referred to earlier. I therefore make orders formally that execution of the remedies awarded by the Authority is stayed upon condition that the plaintiff makes the payme...