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1. BORA Consumer Law Reform Bill [pdf, 341 KB]

   ...transfer of goods, having the responsibility for the insurance of goods and leasing premises where auctions are being held. Age restrictions necessarily involve a degree of generalisation using age as a proxy measure of maturity and capacity to act responsibly. This avoids the onerous assessment of each individual's maturity and responsibility. However, it is necessary to identify specific justification for the imposition of an age limit in each instance. We consider th...

2. IW v SD LCRO 1 / 2011 (9 March 2012) [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...addition to lawyers hourly rate”. The desired “outcome” was expressed as “a reduction in the amount payable to better reflect the work involved and in line with accepted hourly rates” [6] The Practitioner responded on 8 April 2010. His response included his understanding that the complaint also covered an invoice for professional services for the period 30 October 2009 to 26 November 2009 for a fee including GST of $7,265.25, which with disbursements totalled $8,365.2...

3. LCRO 235/2017 B and A LT v HF (28 March 2019) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...entered into by the parties. [7] Mr and Mrs LT believed that Mr RR was not acting in the best interests of [DEF] and signalled their intention to remove him from the [DEF] board. [8] Lawyers became involved. [9] Mr HF, acting for [XYZ], provided response to [DEF]’s signalling of their intention to remove Mr RR, and in correspondence to [DEF] dated 30 August 2017: (a) questioned whether Mr and Mrs LT’s lawyer was acting in a conflict of interest situation in purporting to act...

4. LCRO 202/2015 BT v DG (1 October 2018) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...accepted these instructions; and • That Dr DG received money from Mr BT directly into his own bank account in advance of providing legal services to him. [10] Dr DG responded to the complaints and the Complaints Service forwarded a copy of his response to Mr BT on 29 July 2014. Mr BT responded on 30 September 2014: Dear Mr QV Thank you for your letter dated 29 July 2014 in which you provided me with a copy of Mr DG’s response to my complaint. I respond as follows: (1) Tha...

5. Director of Proceedings v Evelyn Page Retirement Village Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 482 KB]

   ...district nursing service was made for the management of the aggrieved person's IDC.3 A referral was also made to Geneva Healthcare, for one hour per day of personal care and home help only. EPRV incorrectly understood Geneva Healthcare was responsible for the aggrieved person's IDC. 10. At the time of his discharge, the aggrieved person had several other medical issues, including: Type II diabetes, prostate cancer, Paget' s disease, and problems associated with his...

6. LCRO 171/2017 PA v GQ (1 May 2018) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...have been the basis for submissions, specifically one from 2005; and (e) in essence, the whole process had left him worse off than he was. [19] Mr GQ was invited to comment on the review application. The central points of his 13 February 2018 response were that:5 5 It appears that initially Mr PA’s review application was copied to Mr GQ at an out-of-date address, hence the delay in Mr GQ’s response. 5 (a) as to Mr PA’s con...

7. [2020] NZIACDT 8 - GQ v Ramos (10 February 2020) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...complainant would telephone her. Their mode of communication was therefore more verbal. [18] The Authority wrote to Ms Ramos on 11 September 2018 informing her of the details of the complaint and inviting her explanation. [19] There was no response from Ms Ramos to the Authority’s letter. 5 Complaint referred to Tribunal [20] The Registrar referred the complaint to the Tribunal on 1 October 2018. It alleges the following breaches of the Code against Ms Ramos: (1) faili...

8. NZCVS Cycle 4 Core Report FAQs [docx, 43 KB]

   ...we can be very confident in the findings across surveys in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. These consistent findings over four years validate the survey and readers can be confident it reflects reality. It also means that now the NZCVS now has over 29,000 responses which is a very valuable resource which can be analysed further. Trends which were indicated in 2018, but could not regarded as statistically sound then, can now be confirmed as we have a bigger sample to work from. This data can and wil...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 127 Climate Justice Taranaki Incorporated v Taranaki Regional Council [pdf, 383 KB]

   ...inconsistencies between activities which directly created greenhouse gas emissions, and activities which indirectly created greenhouse gas emissions.12 The majority in the Supreme Court also emphasised that limiting effects on climate change is not a responsibility that lies with local authorities. It stated:13 [172] In light of the examples just discussed in our discussion of the scheme and purpose of the relevant provisions of the RMA and their legislative history, we ar...

10. OIA-119557.pdf [pdf, 2.2 MB]

    ...communications with the IPCA relating to this report, excluding anything relating to any specific complaint. Given that the IPCA has indicated it collaborated with the Ministry, I expect this would include emails, briefing notes, formal and informal advice, and responses to the positions of the IPCA and its other collaboration partners and stakeholders. On 14 March 2025, the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) advised that pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, an extension of time was requ...