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1. LCRO 187/2017 MO v FP (13 December 2019) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...determinations by a Standards Committee (and this Office) where allegations and submissions by (in particular) complainants, are often made in a ‘scatter-gun’ manner and often without merit or substance. It would be an appalling misuse of the resources of Standards Committees and this Office, if the requirement is to specifically address every allegation and submission. [44] I agree with those observations. Review on the papers [45] With the parties’ agreement, this review has...

2. Provider Manual for legal aid providers - DELETE [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...(legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz). mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz 8 Providing legal aid Grants Handbook The Grants Handbook is a useful resource that sets out our policies relating to legal aid in detail. Use the grants handbook to learn more about legal aid applications, eligibility, assignment, reassignments, fees, payments and more. We encourage y...

3. LCRO 125/2019 AB v CD and EF (3 June 2021) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...response [29] In her response to the complaint Ms CD drew attention to the concluding paragraph of the Minute issued by His Honour [XX] J:18 I warmly congratulate the parties and their diligent counsel for resolving this long- running, corrosive and resource-consuming litigation. The experience of this Court is that settlements reached between family parties are ultimately greatly preferable to those imposed by any Judge. I am … cognisant of the very significant difficulties which...

4. Provider Manual for legal aid providers - DELETE [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...(legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz). mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz 8 Providing legal aid Grants Handbook The Grants Handbook is a useful resource that sets out our policies relating to legal aid in detail. Use the grants handbook to learn more about legal aid applications, eligibility, assignment, reassignments, fees, payments and more. We encourage y...

5. LCRO 52/2022 AD v OC (12 July 2024) [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...September 2020 The respondent seeks the applicant’s approval of and sends an email in response to the Council’s lawyers’ letter of 27 August 2020. 7 September 2020 The Council’s lawyers send another letter, this one relating to the lack of a resource consent for works being undertaken on the applicant’s property. 10 September 2020 Further letter from the respondent to the Council’s lawyers. The letter includes a request under the Local Government Official Informatio...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 148 Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...within a further 10 working days.12 Costs in the Environment Court As the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 does not contain any provisions relating to an award of costs, any costs applications are to be determined by s 285 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). Under s 285 of the RMA, the Environment Court may order any party to pay any other party the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the other party. Section 285 confers a broad discretion. The Envi...

7. Hopps v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2025] NZACC 014 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...treatment. (2) Treatment injury does not include the following kinds of personal injury: (a) personal injury that is wholly or substantially caused by a person's underlying health condition: (b) personal injury that is solely attributable to a resource allocation decision: (c) personal injury that is a result of a person unreasonably withholding or delaying their consent to undergo treatment. (3) The fact that treatment did not achieve a desired result does not, of it...

8. LCRO 12/2025 AO v FA and CY (28 February 2025) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...the date of the decision.6 4 KX v WA LCRO 84/2012 (30 April 2012) at [9]–[10]. 5 UQ v OI LCRO 19/2013 (2 April 2013) at [4]. 6 For an example of a provision in an enactment empowering a judge to extend a time limit, see s 281(1)(a)(ii) of the Resource Management Act 1991. In short, in proceedings under that enactment a judge may waive the time within which an appeal may be lodged. 5 Meaning of “working day” [23] Section 13 of the Legislation Act 2019 (LA) relevantly defi...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 90 Youtap Ltd v Johnston [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...Johnston’s relationships with YMMA and Youtap Ltd. Although YMMA received funding from other companies in the Youtap Group, ultimately Dr Johnston’s salary was paid by YMMA. It is not contested that companies across the Youtap Group shared some resources, including that Dr Johnston performed some services for other Youtap companies. However, that is not inconsistent with Dr Johnston being employed by YMMA, as part of the wider Youtap Group. [58] Mr Jones did, of course, exert...

10. LCRO 148/2022 NH v MV (13 June 2024) [pdf, 220 KB]

    ...was responsible for his own due diligence and was not to rely on anything I might have said. 6 2. DELAYS … There should have been a clause covering the consequence if he breached the clause (by adding a habitable space that would have needed resource and building consent) ie that therefore I would be absolved of obligation to provide CCC …. 3. UNDERTAKING The “undertaking” that [MV] gave to [Law firm 2] I did not know about. See [Law firm 4] comments em April 21 2017 4....