Search Results

1. LCRO 158/2023 QMY v WAN (30 June 2025) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...breached r 11.1(b) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) by not adequately supervising Mr Y and that this constituted unsatisfactory conduct. [43] The Committee found that the applicant was responsible for the fee charged, that the fee charged was neither fair nor reasonable for the work done (or not done) and that the charging of the unreasonable fee constituted unsatisfactory conduct. 10 [44] The Committee found no eviden...

2. Kumar v Ahuja [2015] NZIACDT 105 (21 December 2015) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...Complainant’s positions in relation to the Shankar complaint [5] The Registrar noted the three complaints occurred in a short space of time after Mr Ahuja became a licensed immigration adviser. She further placed some emphasis on Mr Ahuja’s evidence in response to the Shankar complaint, and submitted it illustrated the high degree to which Mr Ahuja is unfit to practise. In short, the Registrar’s position is that Mr Ahuja’s response involved an attempt to deceive this Tribunal; an...

3. Chand v Ahuja [2015] NZIACDT 104 (21 December 2015) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...Complainant’s positions in relation to the Shankar complaint [5] The Registrar noted the three complaints occurred in a short space of time after Mr Ahuja became a licensed immigration adviser. She further placed some emphasis on Mr Ahuja’s evidence in response to the Shankar complaint, and submitted it illustrated the high degree to which Mr Ahuja is unfit to practise. In short, the Registrar’s position is that Mr Ahuja’s response involved an attempt to deceive this Tribunal; an...

4. Safe harbour provisions

   On this page: You may be legally responsible for all content on your website or app Are you an online content host? How to protect yourself when someone complains about content on your site – the ‘safe harbour’ process Forms Contact details Details of why the content is illegal or harmful You may be legally responsible for all content on your website or app If you host a website or app that other people can post to, you may be legally responsible for their content. You can’t be held r...

   Located in:

   1. Courts >
   2. Civil >
   3. Harmful digital communications

5. OIA-124180.pdf [pdf, 837 KB]

   ...apologise for the time taken to finalise this response. In response to part one of your request, the Ministry’s Gifts Policy requires gifts valued at $100 or more to be recorded in the gift register. This information is detailed in the Ministry’s responses to questions asked as part of Parliament’s annual review process. Information on gift registers can be found at question 42/appendix 15. . • The 2022/23 Annual Review responses can be found here: Annual Review 2022/2023 - Wr...

6. Tonks v Stone [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...disputed. 7.1.3 The subcontractors involved, if there were any, in the building of the house have not been identified and the First Respondent did not seek to join any other parties to the adjudication. As the builder Mr Stone must accept responsibility for the building. 7.1.4 The existence of a duty of care has been clearly established in New Zealand and the ‘Reply of the Claimant to Responses by Respondents’ cites the decision in Chase v De Groot [1994] 1 NZLR 613. The...

7. Eppanapally v Zhou [2014] NZIACDT 118 (28 November 2014) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...breaches of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act). [2] Ms Zhou took over Mr Eppanapally’s file soon after she started working in the practice. She was the sole licence holder in the practice at that time. She wrote a submission in response to a query from Immigration New Zealand. However, Immigration New Zealand was not satisfied with the response, requested more information and provided a deadline for the reply. Ms Zhou rang Mr Eppanapally’s agent (though he disputes...

8. OIA-125794.pdf [pdf, 764 KB]

   ...under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), relating to legal aid lawyers working within the social security system. That same day, your request was transferred in full under section 14 of the Act to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), for response. Specifically, you requested: Please provide the details of all the lawyers who have made use of the legal aid system in the last five years in matters to do with the Ministry of Social Development. On 16 September 2025, the...

9. Ram-Raid-Offending-and-Related-Measures-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 7.4 MB]

   ...The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 4, subject to some redactions consistent with the grounds under the Official Information Act 1982. No. Document Comments 1 Strengthening the response to serious Some information has been withheld in accordance offending behaviour in children and with sections: young people • 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the constitutional Cabinet paper conventions that protect the confidentiality Of...

10. OIA-112197.pdf [pdf, 1.5 MB]

    ...otherwise punished for not turning up to jury service? What were the circumstances of each case? 4. If known, how many trials were held up because of a lack or jurors? What were the circumstances in each case? Your request has been numbered for ease of response. In response to questions 1 and 2 of your request, please refer to Tables 1 and 2 below. For the purpose of this response, the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) has interpreted ‘the past five years’ to mean the past five c...