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1. Regulatory Impact Statement Vulnerable childrens bill child harm prevention orders [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...Green Paper for Vulnerable Children (the Green Paper). This paper aimed to open up discussion around vulnerable children in New Zealand. Close to 10,000 submissions were received on the Green Paper. The Government considered the response to the Green Paper, and began considering proposals that would address the problems that had been raised. The Ministry of Social Development considered various options and, after settling on a legislative option to address t...

2. Wynn-Parke & Anor v CAC20008 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 8 [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...an information pack about the property from them and noted that a number of issues were not dealt with. It seems he caused the first auction to be postponed pending clarification of various issues. He had put it to the licensees that it was their responsibility and duty to investigate his points and he told them that he wanted a level playing field on auction day. He noted they had advertised the property as “a developer’s dream” which he felt it was not. [34] Mr Wynn-Parke see...

3. INZ v Soni [2018] NZIACDT 6 (9 March 2018) [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...in relation to the restrictions on unlicensed personnel providing immigration services. [11] It is of course critical to bear in mind that any professional responsibility Mr Soni bears must be founded on what he did, or failed to do. He is not responsible for the conduct of other people, except to the extent it is a result of him breaching his professional obligations. The Complaint The background facts [12] The Registrar filed a statement of complaint which set out a factual na...

4. LCRO 33/2016 GW v AX (27 June 2018) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...they apply to every attorney down to and including a new associate.28 (b) A supervising attorney has the duty not to ask the associate to act in violation of the rules.29 (c) A law firm is required to supervise an associate and may be legally responsible for an associate’s ethical violations.30 (d) The ABAMR impose responsibility upon any lawyer with managerial responsibility who ratifies an associate’s ethical violation.31 (e) An associate is not responsible for a partner�...

5. LCRO 133/2017 AD v BE (18 September 2019) [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...Mr AD had failed to act competently for [EJP] in the liquidation proceedings; and (b) Mr AD should not have accepted instructions to act for [EJP] in the liquidation proceedings because the work was outside of his normal field of practice. Response by Mr AD [22] In an email to the Complaints Service sent on 21 November 2016, Mr AD responded to the complaint as follows: (a) He had been instructed to act for [EJP] by its director (CF) on 31 August 2016.1 (b) By the time he was...

6. [2021] NZEmpC 95 Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd v Rottier [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...brief and sanitised file note Mr Henderson prepared later in the day, which suggested that the issue relating to the taking of a drug test arose immediately after the argument about whether Mr Rottier had been lying. It contains reference to the response given by Mr Rottier, to the effect that there was no point in him taking a drug test as he would not pass it. [33] I do not accept Mr Rottier’s evidence that what caused him to leave the factory was a brief but heated exchange...

7. IPT Practice Note 3/2023 Residence [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...establishing that such recognition was procured by fraud or the like. sections 162(1), 162(2)(a), and 206(1)(d). N/A 28 days [3.4] The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to accept an appeal out of time. The Tribunal’s staff are not responsible for calculating the time for lodgement of an appeal 10 for intending appellants. Intending appellants are responsible for making any such calculation for themselves. Any intending appellant should consult section 6 of t...

8. [2024] NZEmpC 198 Fredricsen and anor v Air New Zealand Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd v Fredricsen and anor [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...aircraft, but shall not include any other members of the aircrew. [8] The CEA defines the term ‘supernumerary crew’ as: ‘Supernumerary crew’ means any pilot not rostered as part of the operating crew. Pilots with training or checking responsibilities for a particular flight are not supernumerary. [9] Section 2 of the CEA defines the area and incidence of a pilot’s duty as: The Company shall employ its pilots and the pilot shall serve the Company in the capac...

9. OIA-121372.pdf [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested: I request all reports/advice the ministry has for the Feb 2025 NZCVS data on victims of violent crime, some of which the govt released yesterday with 157,000 victims for the year to feb 2025. In response to your request, please refer to the appendix below, which details the documents in scope of your request and my decision on their release. Please note, some information has been removed as it is out of scope of your request and some i...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v Johnston [2011] NZLCDT 14 [pdf, 207 KB]

    ...wording of Rule 1.03, room for misinterpretation of that because of what he submits are longstanding and settled practices to the contrary. Furthermore Mr Waalkens referred us to comments made by Professor Webb in his text “Ethics, Professional Responsibility and the Lawyer” at chapter six. That chapter opens with the words: “As with any fiduciary, a lawyer may not act in the situation where his or her own interests conflict with those of the client. In such a case the loyalt...