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1. RX v KL LCRO 31/2014 [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...sufficiently persuasive reasons to expunge the costs assessor’s report. Her concern is particularly acute in relation to the comments the Committee made about her conduct at the Committee hearing which are recorded under the heading “Other Matters” at [69]–[71] of the decision. It is not necessary to repeat the detail of those paragraphs here. Suffice to say the Committee expressed concern about what it considered to have been unsupported attacks by Miss RX on Committee m...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 122 Centraus Ltd v Barcena [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...respondents, together with Mr Michael King. [6] Mr King is a director of Centraus Ltd, as is Mr Barcena, the first respondent. [7] The first, second and third respondents are all employees of Centraus Ltd and work with clients on various engineering matters for Centraus Ltd. On 22 September 2017, they advised Mr King that they were resigning from Centraus Ltd. [8] Subsequently the applicant learned that a new company had been incorporated on 1 September 2017. Thi...

3. FMI v Accident Compensation Corporattion (Leave to appeal to High Court) [2025] NZACC 128 [pdf, 208 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 128 ACAR 271/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL UNDER SECTION 162(1) OF THE ACT BETWEEN FMI Applicant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Submissions: L Newman for the Applicant B Marten and T Lynskey for the Corporation Hearing: On the papers Judgment: 7 August 2...

4. LCRO 30/2023 YO obo TM v EB (13 May 2025) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [60] If a lawyer makes a presumption that a client lacks capacity merely because the person is elderly, it will offend against these principles. In the Foreword to the text referred to, Justice Glazebrook describes the issues discussed in the text as going ‘to the essence of what it is to be human; it is about upholding dignity when our condition might be thought to bring indignity, about protecting us from abuse when we ar...

5. Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC 403) v Licensee B [2017] NZREADT 1 [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...AND ANY IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE PARTIES AND WITNESSES TO THIS PROCEEDING, AND THE AGENCY INVOLVED, IS PROHIBITED. BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2017] NZREADT 001 READT 78/15 IN THE MATTER OF A charge laid under s 91 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BROUGHT BY COMPLAINTS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 403 AGAINST [LICENSEE B] Defendant Hearing: 28 and 29 September 2016, at Christchurch Tribunal: Hon P J...

6. LCRO 024/2018 NN v AE (23 April 2019) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...options for consideration by Ms NN for response by 4.00 pm that day. First, he and Mrs SL would claim compensation in the [Disputes] Tribunal; secondly, he would complain to the Law Society about Ms NN’s conduct; and thirdly, they could settle the matter themselves thereby allowing Ms NN to apologise for her “error”. [13] Nine days later, on Saturday, 25 February 2017, Ms NN, while at home, learned from another client that Mrs SL, when showing the client through a house for...

7. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-Section-5-sv-and-fv-fin.pdf [pdf, 907 KB]

   1 Survey findings - Cycle 4 report Section 5 – Sexual violence and violence by family members June 2022 Results drawn from Cycle 4 (2020/21) of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey 2 ISSN 2744-3981 Disclaimer 1. While all care and diligence has been taken in processing, analysing, and extracting data and information for this publication, the Ministry of Justice gives no warranty that it

8. 27-Sept-2022-Redacted-SAR-for-publication-suggested-redactions2.pdf [pdf, 5.6 MB]

   ...suspect that an offence has been committed, or is being committed, or will be committed, and to believe that using a surveillance device will obtain evidential material in respect of the offence. That warrant application must set out a number of matters, including: • The type of surveillance device to be used. • The name, address, or other description of the person, place, vehicle, or other thing that is the object of the proposed surveillance. • A description of the evident...

9. Supplementary Analysis Report Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill [pdf, 5.6 MB]

   ...suspect that an offence has been committed, or is being committed, or will be committed, and to believe that using a surveillance device will obtain evidential material in respect of the offence. That warrant application must set out a number of matters, including: • The type of surveillance device to be used. • The name, address, or other description of the person, place, vehicle, or other thing that is the object of the proposed surveillance. • A description of the evident...

10. AD v ZX LCRO 87 / 2010 (14 December 2010) [pdf, 82 KB]

    ...filed on their behalf in the Employment Relations Authority. [3] AAB had been created as a result of a merger of AAC (AAC) and AAD (AAD). [4] The Applicant had previously acted for AAC, and he had also been consulted in respect of a distinct matter arising during the course of the merger. 2 [5] The Respondent lodged a complaint with the Lawyers Complaints Service alleging breaches of Rule 8, and in particular Rule 8.7.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct...