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1. LCRO 58/2018 QD v FZ (12 October 2018) [pdf, 133 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...

2. LCRO 173/2022 JV v QR (6 May 2024) [pdf, 183 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 t...

3. LCRO 135/2024 FA v TK and GY (25 March 2025) [pdf, 184 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...

4. [2025] NZREADT 10 - CAC 2105 v Chen & Stevenson & Buy West Realty Limited (14 April 2025) [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...vendors have not been refunded. [15] On 31 July 2019, the Authority expanded its instructions to Grant Thornton Financial Advisory Services (Grant Thornton) who were investigating SI, to include other licensees at Buy West including Ms Chen. The investigation included Ms Chen’s listings for the 14 months for the period that ended 31 May 2019. [16] On 7 October 2019, Grant Thornton finalised its investigation report (the GT report) which concluded that: (a) VPA funds were paid i...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 019 Willowridge Developments Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 10 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO 0 AOTEAROA Court: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 19 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal pursuant to section 120 of the Act WILLOWRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (ENV-2017 -CHC-027) Appellant QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J R Jackson Environment Commissioner D J Bunting Hearing : In Chambers at Christchurch Final submissions received 12 Janua

6. WHT - Introduction to the Weathertight Homes Tribunal [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...to attend the hearing. The hearing will be held in the city closest to the leaky home unless parties agree on an alternative venue. (In some circumstances, with prior approval, witnesses can attend by telephone or video link.) The hearing is an investigative process, the focus being an inquiry on the part of the Tribunal member. All parties will be given an opportunity to question witnesses; however, the Tribunal member can stop questions that are unnecessary or time wasting. Decisio...

7. Appellant v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 410) & Geoffrey Twigden [2017] NZREADT 79 [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...submissions [12] In part, [the appellant’s] submissions addressed the substantive decision, and were not relevant to [the appellant’s] appeal against the penalty decision. [The appellant’s] submissions also addressed the Committee’s processes in investigating and determining her complaint, and again were not relevant to her appeal against the penalty decision. With respect to the penalty decision, [the appellant] submitted that the Committee’s decision not to make penalt...

8. CAC 306 v White [2016] NZREADT 38 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...November 1999. On 13 August 2013 the complainants, Ms Phillips and her partner Mr Wright, entered into an agreement to purchase the property. The purchase was settled on 10 October 2013. The sale of the property was undertaken by Ms White in her private capacity, not in her capacity as an estate agent. [4] The charge focuses on representations allegedly made by Ms White concerning the septic tank (“the tank”) by which the property’s sewerage system was managed. [5] In the c...

9. Complaints Assessment Committee 408 v Reed [2017] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...offer to purchase the property himself, for $1.1 million. The offer was on an Agency sale agreement form. Mr Reed had drawn a line through the box at the bottom of the form which stated that the sale was made by the Agency, and had written “PRIVATE SALE” under the box. The Whittys signed the agreement and returned it to Mr Reed on 6 August. [8] The Whittys’ sale to Mr Reed was settled on 3 October 2014. They were not charged commission on the sale. The Tribunal’s fin...

10. CA v DX & OX [2023] NZDT 17 (21 February 2023) [pdf, 211 KB]

    ...PLEASE NOTE: A rehearing will not be granted just because you disagree with the decision. Grounds for Appeal There are very limited grounds for appealing a decision of the Tribunal. Specifically, the Referee conducted the proceedings (or a Tribunal investigator carried out an enquiry) in a way that was unfair and prejudiced the result of the proceedings. This means you consider there was a breach of natural justice, as a result of procedural unfairness that affected the result of the pro...