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1. LCRO 28/2024 EB v FI (30 May 2024) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...the Act, a Review Officer may direct such publication of his or her decision as the Review Officer considers necessary or desirable in the public interest. “Public interest” engages issues such as consumer protection, public confidence in legal services and the interests and privacy of individuals. [77] Having had regard to the issues raised by this review, I have concluded that it is desirable in the public interest that this decision be published in a form that does not identify t...

2. [2024] NZSSAA 05 (23 April 2024) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...The Russian Sanction Regulations 2022 came into force on 18 March 2022. Regulation 10 prevents New Zealanders from dealing with an asset that is owned or controlled by a sanctioned person. Regulation 11 prohibits New Zealand from dealing with a service that is provided by a sanctioned person. Sberbank is a sanctioned person under Schedule 2 of the Regulations. 3 SWIFT, to transfer money overseas.2 XXXX also submits that SberBank suspended cross-border transfers to New...

3. TR v NI LCRO 109 / 2011 (21 February 2013) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...the mediation and advised that it wished to pursue its defence of the proceedings in Court. [21] On 29 August 2008 CCK filed and served its Statement of Defence which included the following: That the parties had entered into a contract for services which had been acknowledged in writing by TR and TS which limited any claim to five times the fees paid, which amounted to $8,240.00; and 6 A denial that the losses claimed were recoverable as a matter of law. [22...

4. LCRO 186/2017 and 84/2018 WE v VF (28 May 2019) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...[5] Mr WE met with and spoke to Mr VF about the charges, who appeared in court for him, and received and reviewed extensive disclosure about the case from the Police. [6] During the retainer, Mr WE submitted three legal aid invoices to the Legal Services Agency together with covering letters briefly outlining his attendances and anticipated future attendances. [7] In about January 2011 Mr WE withdrew from acting for Mr VF in the Police prosecution after the Crown pointed out that he...

5. [2020] NZEnvC 051 Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...burgeoned. Its impact was being felt in New Zealand. A four-level alert system was introduced into New Zealand to plan for its impact on 21 March 2020, with Alert Level 4 being the most restrictive (effectively a “lockdown” apart from essential services of which farming is one). Alert Level 3 was declared on 23 March 2020 and the country was told to prepare to operate at Alert Level 4 from midnight 25 March 2020. A state of national emergency was declared by the Minister of...

6. Regulatory-Systems-Courts-Improvement-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 514 KB]

   ...in that death. They will enable a coroner to close an inquiry in cases where, had the information been available to them during their initial investigation, they would not have opened one. For example, coroners can only compel the provisions of phone records after an inquiry has been opened. The Act will still require inquiries to be completed for deaths that are self-inflicted, 5 A judicial conference involves the parties, lawyers and presiding judicial officer meeting to discuss...

7. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee 1 v Williams [2019] NZLCDT 33 [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...Transaction 6 57 On or around 24 April 2008 the Trust’s facility limit was extended by $60,000. 58 The agreement for this extension of the credit facility is signed by Mr Williams and Mrs Z. 59 On or about 29 April 2008 Mr Williams telephoned Mrs Z to obtain her agreement to draw down $53,034 on the Trust’s facility and advance those funds to DEF. 60 Mrs Z did not agree to this transaction, advising Mr Williams that if he went ahead with the transaction it would be his res

8. Director of Proceedings v McMillan [2020] NZHRRT 19 [pdf, 411 KB]

   ...exercises its jurisdiction and issues: (a) A declaration pursuant to s54(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: (i) Right 4(1) by failing to provide services to the aggrieved person with reasonable care and skill; (ii) Right 4(2) by failing to provide services that complie...

9. Proactive release - 2020 Cannabis Referendum [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...promote equity and improve opportunities for Māori. 50. A harm reduction approach to cannabis must seek to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders, particularly Māori. The Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction indicated that existing services do not always work for Māori. This will need to be considered as part of the investment in health services alongside the regulatory model. Models of legalisation 51. Options 2, 3 and 4 on the referendum question require the develop...

10. [2016] NZEmpC 136 Xtreme Dining Ltd t/a Think Steel v Dewar [pdf, 391 KB]

    ...incident of theft of petrol by use of a company fuel card, and may have been involved in 27 other similar incidents. [4] The event which triggered the dismissal occurred after Mr Dewar had driven his car at the request of a work colleague, to a Z Service Station at Belfast in Christchurch. The colleague, Mr Chris Feaver, and a friend who did not work for Think Steel, Mr Shane Jones, wanted cash so as to purchase beer. At the service station, Mr Feaver used Think Steel’s fuel ca...