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1. SE v VT, DJ and CM LCRO 163/2014 (11 March 2015) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...“that none of the conduct concerned reached the threshold of being conduct such that proceedings of a disciplinary nature could have been commenced under the 1982 Act”.2 Complaint against Mr DJ [19] Mr DJ had no involvement with the legal services provided by Messrs VT and CM. The complaints against him related to his purported failure to comply with his professional duty to report alleged wrongdoing on the part of his partner and their employee. Mr SE contended that that...

2. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-The-NZCVS-and-Cycle-4-key-findings-fin.pdf [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...consequences” describes the location of crime and some of the consequences of crime for victims like injuries and time taken off work. Almost three-quarters of all victimisations (71%) took place either in residential areas or online/over the phone compared to the other areas investigated (public area, community area, business/retail area). In contrast, one-third (33%) of sexual assaults and 18% of interpersonal violence incidents occurred in business/retail areas. One in eleven...

3. ENV-2016-AKL-000198 G M Welsford Family Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND ENV-2016-AKL- IN THE MATTER AND IN THE MATTER AND IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (LGATPA) and the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) of an appeal under section 156(1) of the LGATPA against a decision of the Auckland Council on a recommendation of the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel (Hearings Panel) on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (Proposed

4. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Youth Law [pdf, 453 KB]

   ...PO Box 76891 Manukau Auckland 2241 Phone 09 250 2670 Fax 09 279 2407 info@youthlaw.co.nz s 9(2)(a) s 9(2)(a) 2 1 Introduction 1.1 YouthLaw Aotearoa (“YouthLaw Aotearoa”) is a Community Law Centre vested under the Legal Services Act 2000. We are part of the nationwide network of twenty four community law centres throughout Aotearoa / New Zealand. 1.2 YouthLaw Aotearoa was established in 1987 as a national centre providing free legal advice and advocacy speci

5. Director of Proceedings v N [2019] NZHRRT 38 [pdf, 953 KB]

   ...its jurisdiction and issues a declaration pursuant to section 54(1 )(a) of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 ("the Act") that the defendant has breached the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996 ("the Code") in respect of Right 4(1) by failing to provide services to the aggrieved person with reasonable care and skill. 3. In relation to the declaration sought in paragraph 2 abov...

6. LCRO 78/2017 UT v HB (26 June 2019) [pdf, 346 KB]

   ...March 2010 Mr HB, assisted by Mr CT, obtained probate of Mr JWS’s 2001 will. Mr HB distributed Mr JWS’s estate the following year in February 2011. Complaint (1) Proposed 2009 will [10] In her complaint, lodged with the Lawyers Complaints Service on 9 January 2017, Ms UT complained that Mr HB did not act on Mr JWS’s 27 November 2009 telephoned instructions to prepare the proposed 2009 will. (2) Application for will validation [11] She also alleged that Mr HB did not, as h...

7. [2013] NZEmpC 13 NZ Post Primary Teachers Assn & Gray v Cambridge High School & Secretary for Education [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...Monday 18 July 2011, she emailed some comments on Ms Borrell’s email to Mr Bunker and Ms Alison who would be attending the meeting. In the other email dated 18 July 2011, Ms Alison reported back to Mrs Norton and Mrs Cross on a “three-way phone conversation” she and Mr Bunker had had with Ms Borrell in the knowledge that the meeting planned for that day was likely to be postponed until Monday, 25 July 2011. Discussion on the “without prejudice” issue [35] The principle...

8. [2021] NZACC 6 - MacDonald v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...2019 by Mr Langley. He identified five job options that he thought would be vocationally suitable for the appellant; small business owner and/or manager, motor vehicle or caravan salesperson, importer or exporter, purchasing officer and customer services representative. [35] The appellant subsequently contacted the Corporation to indicate that he disagreed with the VIOA. He reportedly asked for assistance regarding the stress, depression and anger he gets, but indicated that he...

9. LCRO 166/2020 GM - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (18 December 2020) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Background [2] Mr GM was the sole partner in the law firm GMT Law. [3] He was responsible for supervising the management of the firm’s trust account. 2 [4] On 6 December 2019, the Lawyers Complaints Service received a report from the New Zealand Law Society Trust Account Inspectorate. [5] The report identified a number of concerns regarding Mr GM’s management of his firm’s trust account. [6] Matters identified by the inspector as...

10. O'Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2024] NZACC 191 (26 November 2024) [pdf, 250 KB]

    ...event at work described as follows: “Had been picking up heavy items at work and had sudden pain in R groin”. The date of accident was recorded as 7 December 2022. [9] After the claim was lodged, the Corporation contacted Mr O’Neill by telephone to obtain further information about the accident. According to the record of the conversation completed by a case manager, the accident was described by Mr O'Neill as follows: Moving couch on back of transit van with another...