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1. LCRO 182/2017 TP v ZN (14 September 2020) [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...Sunday 24 April 2016 Mr VB spoke to Mrs ZN about a settlement offer that Mr TP had then just received from the insurer’s lawyers. Mrs ZN was asked to consider the offer and give instructions about it. [19] Mr VB spoke again to Mrs ZN by telephone. He understood her to have instructed him to settle the proceedings with her insurer on the terms that they had discussed less than 30 minutes earlier. [20] Mr VB immediately informed Mr TP, who in turn immediately notified the insurer...

2. ENV-2016-AKL-000TBA Radiata Properties Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...Registry of the Environment Court and is served today by email on the Auckland Council at unitaryplan@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Waivers and directions have been made by the Environment Court in relation to the usual requirements of the RMA as to service of this notice on other persons. 12. The Appellant attaches the following documents to this notice: (a) An extract from Hearing Panel's report and recommendations on Topic 064 Subdivision - Rural. (b) A copy of the submission b...

3. UF v OU LCRO 90 / 2011 (20 March 2013) [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...discretion to a lawyer to make a similar confidential report to the Society where he or she suspects another lawyer’s conduct amounts to unsatisfactory conduct. [18] The complaint was not lodged in those terms but it was open to the Complaints Service to treat UF’s complaint as a report in terms of Rules 2.8 or 2.9 and I have previously suggested to the Law Society that it should give consideration to treating complaints by a lawyer about another lawyer in this way.7 If the So...

4. VT Ltd v BN [2020] NZDT 1535 (30 April 2020) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...parties’ experts in attendance and a joint export report be filed setting out the areas of agreement and disagreement in relation to the damage and the appropriate reinstatement method (the Joint Expert Report). 2. VT 2 Limited and VT Limited provide services in relation to assessing of and reporting on damaged residential foundations. VT Limited was incorporated in March 2001 and CD is the sole director of the company. He is also a licensed building practitioner with foundations 2...

5. [2021] NZSSAA 9 (26 March 2021) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...purpose of refinancing the loans. Further, the Ministry says that the appellant pays water charges and rates which are more indicative of an owner than a tenant. The Ministry also says the appellant has not provided any accounts to show the cost of services provided to his boarders so it is unable to assess his level of income from the boarders. [42] The Ministry produced a series of emails and records of telephone calls between the appellant and ASB Bank from 2013 to 2020. The em...

6. NP v KT [2021] NZDT 1706 (12 October 2021) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...6 17. The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) provides a guarantee that work will be completed by a supplier in trade with reasonable care and skill (section 28). The standard applying to this guarantee is that of an ordinary supplier supplying a service. 18. NP says KT cut the hedge too low and pruned her camellia too low, both of which have caused her to lose privacy. She says trees and shrubs were poorly shaped, particularly the maple and robinia behind her house, and that instead o...

7. [2023] NZIACDT 28 – YI v MM (8 November 2023) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...relationship ended on 25 September 2022. [6] The couple resumed living together in late November or early December 2022. [7] On about 9 January 2023, the complainant approached the adviser for immigration advice. This was followed by a telephone discussion between them on the same day. The adviser then sent an email to the complainant on 10 January 2023 relevantly stating (verbatim): Based on the information provided, it should meet the minimum requirements of lodgement. Howe...

8. Te Manutukutuku 74 [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...Professor Pou Temara and Sir Tīmoti Kāretu in 2004 to found Te Panekiretanga o te Reo Māori, the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language. In the 2012 New Year’s honours, he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the Māori language. His wisdom and his generosity in sharing his knowledge were greatly respected by all who worked with him at the Tribunal, and he will be greatly missed.  Professor Te Wharehuia Milroy at the Creative Ne...

9. OIA-119289.pdf [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...nation, or one of the two least corrupt nations in the world. The concept of bribing public officials in New Zealand is pretty limited. It is not unknown. We had a recent case, I think, of the bribery of an official of the New Zealand Immigration Service to wrongfully give a permanent entry visa to a person who allegedly paid him a considerable sum of money. Internationally, corruption and bribery is a much more widespread offence, and as a result of that the OECD set up a worki...

10. Standards of Care 2018 [pdf, 450 KB]

    STANDARDS OF CARE FOR WOMEN REQUESTING ABORTION IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Report of a Standards Committee to the Abortion Supervisory Committee January 2018 i TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................. II  GLOSSARY OF MĀORI TERMS ..........................................................................................................