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1. W Ltd v Z Ltd [2024] NZDT 251 (19 March 2024) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...not that the parties had agreed that Z Ltd would pay 100% of the costs to obtain resource consent? b. Is it more likely than not that Z Ltd knew the traffic and urban reports were needed for the resource consent application? c. Was W Ltd responsible for advising Z Ltd that it would need its landlord’s consent? Is it more likely than not that the parties had agreed that Z Ltd would pay 100% of the costs to obtain resource consent? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 7....

2. QX v ZW LCRO 134/2014 (21 October 2016) [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...listing price of $400,000 was too high. A listing price of $300,000 was described as “helpful to gain more interest from prospective buyers”. [47] Lawyers on behalf of Mr RF replied to the firm’s letter on 1 February. The essence of the response was to deny that Mr RF was being obstructive, and to put forward the argument that difficulties with sale were because the family home was “a lifestyle block in the back of beyond”.

3. OIA-122358.pdf [pdf, 891 KB]

   ...Waitangi Tribunal legal aid files. Specifically, you requested: Could you please provide the total number of active (open) Waitangi Tribunal legal aid files being managed by the Ministry as at 1 May 2025? Your request has been referred to me for a response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Legal Services Commissioner and is being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. In response to your request, please find attached to this letter Table 1 for the number...

4. GS v SHH & HSG [2015] NZDT 1045 (30 September 2015) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...there was no record of any call about incidents in the area until the afternoon, long after the trucks had already responded. [8] The trucks arrived to clean up the spill within around 29 minutes of Ms GS’s crash. Therefore SHH/HSG’s total response time was anything up to a maximum of around 49 minutes, but may have been less depending on when it was notified. There is insufficient evidence to determine the actual response time, but even if it was 49 minutes, it is doubtful w...

5. TB v KP LCRO 174/2016 [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...evidence that caveat lodgement was not justified at the time. [33] This can be a difficult area. A practitioner who fails to lodge a caveat may, depending of course on circumstances, face accountability for that. It is not a practitioner’s responsibility to, as it were, try the case at that point. [34] That the High Court subsequently let the caveat lapse does not go to the first hurdle issue. Mere failure to sustain the caveat does not show an absence of due consideration in...

6. LCRO 60/2016 MO v Standards Committee (27 September 2018) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...cavalier, not that I suggest such of Mr DE”. [10] The Committee did not accept the suggestion made by Mr BC as to the responsibilities of each lawyer and said: “The Standards Committee was satisfied that all three practitioners were equally responsible for ensuring that the firm’s nominee company lending complied with applicable regulations”.1 [11] The firm of FGH Ltd had eight partners at the time the various issues raised by Mr BC arose, but there is no indication on the C...

7. OIA-109908.pdf [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...Corporate and Digital Services o Realigned the Ministry’s corporate, governance and ICT functions by bringing the corporate and ICT functions together under a Deputy Secretary, Corporate and Digital Services. Formerly Corporate Services and IT. In response to your request, please see attached to this letter, the following documents which are released in full to you. 1. National Service Delivery Review, Proposal for Consultation, July 2019 2. National Service Delivery Review, F...

8. Ministry-of-Justice-June-2022-BIM-to-Minister-Allan-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...expenditure. The breadth of topics reflects the span of the Justice portfolio. It also reflects the scale of the operations the Ministry runs. The way this document is designed to support you 10. This briefing starts by outlining the boundaries of your responsibilities as Minister of Justice. 11. It goes on to provide a concise thematic overview of the Ministry’s work programme. Within each area, the briefing lists the individual topics you will receive briefings about over the c...

9. LCRO 127/2024 ZU v TC, NE, GQ and Law firm A (13 June 2025) [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...by the firm, a law clerk. She progressed to becoming a junior solicitor with the firm and assisted with the debt recovery proceedings. [6] [Law firm A] were named, together with Ms TC, Ms GQ and Ms NE, as parties to the complaints. [7] The responses to the complaint are advanced on behalf of the individuals named, and the firm. [8] The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 does not treat partnerships as distinct legal entities for disciplinary purposes in the same way it does incor...

10. Adams v Easthope (on appeal) [2012] NZWHT Auckland 13 [pdf, 91 KB]

    ...in respect of the amount to which it would otherwise be liable. Section 17(2) of the Law Reform Act 1936 sets out the approach to be taken. It provides that the contribution recoverable shall be what is fair taking into account the relevant responsibilities of the parties for the damage. [25] Given the respective roles and responsibilities of Mr Easthope and Mr Sayles, and the responsibility each has for the claimants loss, I conclude that the contribution for each of them...