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1. Hawke's Bay Standards Committee v Queenin [2020] NZLCDT 26 (25 August 2020) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...attend the employment related meeting set for 11 December. Her employment was terminated by way of a settlement agreement on 13 December 2018. Charge 2 [31] In relation to Charge 2 the Wellington Standards Committee 2 conducted an own motion investigation of Ms Queenin in relation to 140 dormant balances following the closing of her trust account in the practice Terrace End Law Limited in which she was sole director and shareholder. [32] Although the Committee made, on 10 Decem...

2. National Standards Committee 2 v Mr Y [2022] NZLCDT 8 (24 February 2022) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...of the complainant (if any)) and to the public interest, it may make any 1 or more of the following orders: (a) an order prohibiting the publication of any report or account of any part of any proceedings before it, whether held in public or in private: (b) an order prohibiting the publication of the whole or any part of any books, papers, or documents produced at any hearing: 13 (c) an order prohibiting the publication of the name or any particulars of the affairs of the perso...

3. [2024] NZREADT 16 TG v CAC 2204 & XW (5 June 2024) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...photographs on a TradeMe listing. He contacted the listing agent and on 4 May 2022, he received an email from the principal agent. [14] The neighbour said he then contacted the local council and was told it did not issue consents for such work. An investigation by the CAA found the drone operator to be in breach of the CAA rules. The operator asked the agency to remove the photographs, but they were not removed. He contacted the Authority and spoke to an officer on 7 Septemb...

4. [2015] NZEmpC 137 Stevens v Hapag-Lloyd (NZ) Ltd costs [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...litigation in the Authority and subsequently on Mrs Stevens’ de novo challenge. Mrs Stevens was being invited to compromise her entire claim against Hapag-Lloyd, not a step in the resolution of that claim. [24] There is both a public and a private interest in encouraging early offers of compromise in legal proceedings. The public interest lies in the prompt and economic disposal of litigation, and in discouraging wasteful and unreasonable behaviour by litigants. 11 There is...

5. LCRO 131/2024 RD v PS (28 January 2025) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader th...

6. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-of-37-Families.pdf [pdf, 619 KB]

   ........................................................................................... 10 D. ISSUES PROVISIONALLY RULED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION’S INQUIRY AND FINDINGS ...................................................................... 10 WHEN A CORONER MAY RELY ON OTHER INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................. 10 LIMITATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE RCOI ...................................................... 12

7. [2021] NZACC 135–NT v ACC (10 August 2021) [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...should be treated with caution. It is submitted that the affidavit evidence is not consistent with the contemporaneous record, and that there was sufficient time and opportunity for a sexual assault to have taken place. NT refers to the report by private investigator Mr Pizzini that there was an unaccounted period of time between about 7.15 and 8.30 pm on 7 December 2004. The Court’s analysis [66] This Court acknowledges the submissions and evidence presented by and on behal...

8. Jeuken v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 403) & van Schreven [2018] NZREADT 5 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...absence of a sewer lateral was a hidden defect in the property which a reasonably competent licensee could not have been expected to suspect existed.7 Submissions (a) Mr Jeuken [21] Mr Jeuken submitted that a licensee has an obligation to investigate and check everything which is claimed to be on the property being sold. He submitted that Ms van Schreven could have gone to the Council and viewed the property files, and thus learned that there was no sewer lateral to the proper...

9. LCRO 164/2019 SM v NL (25 June 2020) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader th...

10. Hikaka v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 416) & M Lovell, S Lovell, O'Shea and Lovell Real Estate Limited [2018] NZREADT 72 [pdf, 197 KB]

    ...to have any further involvement, as negotiations were conducted by the parties’ respective solicitors. [11] We note, however, that extensive water ingress and damage was discovered in June 2013. Subsequently, Mr Owens instructed Mr Hikaka to investigate the “producer statement” provided by Mr Short. Mr Owens then commenced a private prosecution of Mr Short, leading to his being convicted and sentenced on 13 April 2017. Complaint [12] On Mr Owens’ instructions, Mr Hika...