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1. Pritchard v Toa-Wairere - Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B2 3C2B3 (2021) 432 Aotea MB 112 (432 AOT 112) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...2013, when the parent title, Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B, was partitioned into Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B1 and Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B2 and 3C2B3.3 Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B1 was vested in the D J Bethel Family Trust solely, with the applicants as responsible trustees. Rangitatau Waitotara 3C2B2 and 3C2B3, as the residue of the land, was vested in all owners of the parent title, including the applicants. [7] The ahu whenua trust that was in place over the parent title was termina...

2. Edwards - Maraehako C3D (2006) 91 Opotiki MB 26 (91 OPO 26) [pdf, 761 KB]

   ...notice to all owners listing the agenda items. (See 84 OPO 285-286) In SUInInary the agenda was to specify for discussion ... : Election of Trustees; • Operation of the trust since 1995; • Variation of the Trust Order; and • Roles and Responsibilities of trustees. [17] The matter was back before the Couli on 5 August 2004. (See 85 OPO 253- 266) The Maori Land Couli advisory officer, Ms N ock attended the meeting of o\vners. She reported that Takapuna Rei, Charlie Rei and...

3. LCRO 123/2018 RA v [Area] Standards Committee (24 April 2019) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...RA in the way he responded to the investigator’s request for that information. Own Motion investigation [10] The Committee resolved on 8 March 2018 to commence, pursuant to s 130(c) of the Act, an own motion investigation concerning Mr RA’s response to the investigator’s request for his documents, and records including time records. The Committee informed Mr RA of the investigation by letter dated 21 March 2018 and served him with a notice of hearing. Standards Committee de...

4. LCRO 40/2018 RS v DL (27 June 2019) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...3 (a) Mr DL had breached privilege; and (b) she had suffered loss as a consequence of the breach. [14] The complaint was initially dealt with through the Complaints Service Early Intervention process. Mr DL was not required to provide a response to Dr RS’s complaint. [15] The Committee approached the complaint by a consideration of the question as to whether it had jurisdiction to intervene in a matter that was before the Employment Court. [16] The Committee delivered i...

5. LCRO 20/2019 OT v GA (25 January 2021) [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...that reconciliation exercise headed “Reconciliations Between the Parties”. … [27] According to [this] June 2015 reconciliation, the net amount owing to [QRS] by [XYZ] was recorded at a figure of $383,676. [28] [QRS] maintains that in response to this June 2015 reconciliation [XYZ], through Mr OT, raised the allegation of the oral agreement varying the ASP (for the first time). He suggested that, rather than [XYZ] owing a significant wash-up sum to [QRS], [QRS] actually owed...

6. Seymour v Spelman - Kawhia 02 Section 4 Block (Waipapa Marae) (2020) 205 Waikato Maniapoto MB 294 (205 WMN 294) [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...me making a direction that the trustees serve Gareth Seymour with a copy of their report, that did not appear to have happened.2 I directed the case manager to immediately attend to that and gave the applicant an opportunity to file a written response by 9.00 am, Monday, 29 June 2020. [4] Mr. Seymour filed and served his written response on 28 June 2020. The trustees then filed a letter with the Court on 1 July 2020 stating that they believed that they had “now addressed all o...

7. LCRO 253/2015 SL v NA (28 June 2019) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...Complaints Service on 29 January 2014. His complaint was simply that Mr SL was in breach of r 10.7 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) for failing to pay the outstanding amount. Mr SL’s response [7] Mr SL’s response to the complaint, dated 11 March 2017, included: • “From the outset Mr NA knew that payment of his fees was based on the financial support of Mrs E EO (and her company EO Farms Limited) for her daught...

8. Lewis v New Zealand Law Society [2018] NZLCDT 33 [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...[25] Ms Lewis challenged the thoroughness of the Law Society investigations of the historical complaints, seemingly unaware of the inappropriateness of such a submission at this point. [26] Ms Lewis stated repeatedly that she had been wrongly held responsible for her client’s action. It was only at the actual hearing before us that she accepted personal 5 Leary v New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal [2008] NZAR 57 at [43]....

9. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...and determining cases. The court’s Judicial Resources Manager co-ordinates the court’s sitting programme. This follows directions from the Principal Environment Judge who, pursuant to s 251(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), is responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court...

10. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...and determining cases. The court’s Judicial Resources Manager co-ordinates the court’s sitting programme. This follows directions from the Principal Environment Judge who, pursuant to s 251(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), is responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court...