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1. LCRO 233/2018 VM v XZ (21 December 2020) [pdf, 700 KB]

   ...VM appealed the ERA decision to the Employment Court. They reached an agreement with XZ to retain XZ to advance their case before the Employment Court for a fixed fee of $40,000 (plus GST), that fee being agreed on the basis of an estimate that the matter would involve three days before the Employment Court. The time anticipated for the Court hearing expanded initially to five days, and then was set down in [X] to run for 6 days (one of which was a reserve day). VM and XZ became engag...

2. RH v LV LCRO 189 / 2011 (25 September 2012) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...Standards Committee 1 BETWEEN MR RH Practitioner AND MR LV Complainant DECISION Introduction [1] Just days before Christmas in 2007 the Practitioner, Mr RH, was approached by Mr LV (the Applicant) and asked for assistance in matters connected with the unexpected death of his wife. The Applicant had been a long standing client of the Practitioner (about 25 years) in his general law practice. At the time in issue the Practitioner had been some months in pr...

3. Sharing Information Safely [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   Sharing information safely Guidance on sharing personal information under the Family Violence Act 2018 Ministry of Justice Tāhū o te Ture justice.govt.nz ISBN 978-0-478-32481-5 June 2019 This Guidance may be revised periodically. Make sure you are working with the most current version. Images used throughout this document are intended to illustrate providers networking and are from a photolibrary using models. Fo re w or d Foreword New Zealand has unacceptable rates o

4. [2019] NZSSAA 05 (31 January 2019) [pdf, 529 KB]

   [2019] NZSSAA 05 Reference No. SSA 047/17 & 071/17 IN THE MATTER of the Social Security Act 1964 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal by XXXX of XXXX against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee BEFORE THE SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL AUTHORITY Mr G Pearson - Chairperson Mr K Williams - Member Mr C Joe - Member Hearings on 4 December 2017, and 9 November 2018. Appearances Mr Ord, Barrister and Solicitor, Nelson for the appellant Mr Stain...

5. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v Clarkson [2012] NZLCDT 37 [pdf, 73 KB]

   NOTE SUPPRESSION ORDER RECORDED AT PARAGRAPH [54] WHICH RELATES TO REDACTIONS NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2012] NZLCDT 37 LCDT 019/09, 020/09 IN THE MATTER AND of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 IN THE MATTER OF CATHERINE MARJORIE CLARKSON, Lawyer, formerly of of Hastings, now of Wellington D J Mackenzie CHAIR Mr W Chapman MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr J Clarke Mr C Rickit Mr W Smith H...

6. Waters v Alpine Energy Ltd (Discovery No. 2) [2015] NZHRRT 7 [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...to which the information has already been disclosed to other persons; and (4) society’s interest in protecting the privacy of victims of offences and, in particular, victims of sexual offences. (5) The Judge may, in addition to the matters stated in subsection (3), have regard to any other matters that the Judge considers relevant. A Judge may give a direction under this section that a communication or information not be disclosed whether or not the communication or...

7. BZ v FI LCRO 245/2013 (5 April 2016) [pdf, 67 KB]

   ...29 May 2013, Mr FI wrote to the BZs’ real estate agent. It is that correspondence which is at the heart of the complaint. In his correspondence, Mr FI made request of the agent to bring to any prospective purchaser’s attention, a number of matters including: • The existence of proceedings before the Court to resolve matters relating to the driveway. • Proceedings before the Court to determine a claim to reduce maintenance costs incurred under the easement. • A disput...

8. [2018] NZEmpC 87 Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd v First Union Inc [pdf, 382 KB]

   JACKS HARDWARE AND TIMBER LIMITED v FIRST UNION INCORPORATED NZEmpC CHRISTCHURCH [2018] NZEmpC 87 [1 August 2018] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2018] NZEmpC 87 EMPC 177/2018 IN THE MATTER OF part of a proceeding removed from the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for a stay BETWEEN JACKS HARDWARE AND TIMBER LIMITED Plaintiff AND FIRST UNION INCORPORATED Defendant Hearing:...

9. BORA Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...Rights Act, in relation to any person, as any other person who “is related to the person by blood, marriage, civil union, de facto relationship, affinity or adoption”. 6 19. The Bill reflects the principle that tikanga Māori is central to matters involving Māori land. The Bill expressly defers to tikanga Māori for the manner in which relationships of descent are determined. Clause 8 provides: 8 Descent relationships determined by tikanga Māori (1) This section applies to a...

10. LCRO 60/2016 MO v Standards Committee (27 September 2018) [pdf, 174 KB]

    ...Vaughan acting as a delegate duly appointed pursuant to cl 6 of sch 3 of the Act. Mr Vaughan has been delegated to report to me and the final determination of this review as set out in this decision is made following a full consideration of all matters by me after receipt of Mr Vaughan’s report and discussion. [7] The Committee issued its determination against three partners in the firm of FGH Ltd, one of whom was the applicant. The three lawyers lodged separate applications....