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1. 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...

2. [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...

3. [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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. NM & WM v CL & ES [2024] NZDT 896 (20 December 2024) [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...ASAP, which states: 7.3 The vendor warrants and undertakes that at settlement: CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 4 of 9 (1) The chattels included in the sale listed in Schedule 2 and all plant, equipment, systems or devices which provide any services or amenities to the property, including, without limitation, security, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning, are delivered to the purchaser in reasonable working order, but in all other respects in their state of repair as at the date of...

7. OIA-119507.pdf [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...behind on fine payments. 6. The amount of money charged to people in the last 10 years for late fine or reparation payments. Your request has been referred to me for a response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Group Manager, National Service Delivery, and is being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. On 25 February 2025, the Ministry contacted you to clarify your request. On 26 February 2025, you responded: For my entire request (questions 1 – 6):...

8. Mills v Capital and Coast District Health Board [2019] NZHRRT 47 [PDF, 731 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OF WITNESS (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 012/2019 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN RICHARD EDWARD MILLS PLAINTIFF AND CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD FIRST DEFENDANT AND HUTT DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD SECOND DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Mr MJM K

9. Wiezoreck v McHugh [2013] NZIACDT 35 (4 June 2013) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...Wiezoreck in a letter dated 24 February 2010 that the “industry standard” hourly rate for a licensed immigration adviser was in the range of €400 to €545 (NZ$740 to NZ$1,000 - approximately). [7] Mr Wiezoreck ultimately accepted a “budget service” from Ms McHugh, which was based on an hourly rate of approximately $315. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr Wiezoreck had to pay for 18 hours of non-refundable service on a “take or pay” basis. However, he was still required to und...

10. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 1 v Campion [2019] NZLCDT 20 [pdf, 582 KB]

    ...LCA, or should one of the lesser alternatives apply? R Complaint Issue 1 1. At what date was a proper form of requirement that the practitioner resign as a trustee conveyed to him? Issue 2 1. Was the practitioner providing “regulated services” to Mrs R or the R Trust, or was he purely acting, as he says, as a trustee? Issue 3 1. If he was found to be a lawyer and to be in default of a request to resign as a trustee: (a) Does this constitute a wilful or reckless breac...