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1. Canterbury Standards Committee v Sisson [2011] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...deteriorate because there were a series of telephone calls and emails from Ms H to Ms Sisson inquiring about what was happening to the balance and how soon she could expect to receive the remainder of her money. She says that she received no responses from Ms Sisson and spoke with her receptionist who was unhelpful and abrupt with her. Because of this Ms H directly approached the LSA. She spoke to Ms Swindells at the LSA who advised her that the legal aid costs to that time were...

2. CAC 20005 v McGowan [2014] NZREADT 92 [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...immediately leave the room and he accepts that in an attempt to get her out he used a minor degree of force for that purpose. 6 The parties have completely different perceptions of what may have been appropriate. 7 Both parties have to accept responsibility for failure to have a proper agreement in place. The incident is perhaps an understandable attempt by Mrs Thomas to extract what she believed was an appropriate commission. It should have been reasonably clear to her that Mr McGo...

3. Berry v Rondel LCRO 130 / 2011 (26 April 2012) - Penalty Decision [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...pursue Ms Berry for further explanations and will allow this claim. 9 Mr Rondel’s accounts These are dealt with in [38] – [42]. Insurance instalments This claim is for instalments not paid by Mr WA’s trust when, as owner, it was responsible for payment of these. Mr AK objects to this claim because it is unconnected with Mr Rondel’s conduct. If the transaction had proceeded as intended, Ms Berry would have been responsible for half (at least for the first year)...

4. Nelson Lawyers Standards Committee v Stevenson [2020] NZLCDT 42 (15 December 2020) [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...due to his hands shaking and being unsteady on his feet. Again the practitioner denied being intoxicated at this time. 8 [36] The fourth incident occurred in August 2018 when the presiding Judge became concerned at the practitioner’s responses while appearing in Court. Mr Stevenson was said to be slow to responding to cues, including directions from the Bench and at times appeared confused, with lengthy pauses between words and apparent inability to form coherent sentenc...

5. Proposed model for establishing a Criminal Cases Review Commission - Redacted [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...Practice (Ministry of Justice, 2003); Sir Thomas Thorp, Miscarriages of Justice (Legal Research Foundation, 2005). 4 constitutional arrangements and good practice in dealing with suspected miscarriages of justice, including: 19.1. criminal responsibility is decided by the courts 19.2. convicted persons should generally have exhausted their appeal rights before seeking intervention from the executive 19.3. intervention by the executive should be compatible with the constituti...

6. Referendum Proactive Release Combined Final Part 1 General Election 2020.pdf [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...referendum-related public information, we are mindful of the fact that the Electoral Commission is an independent Crown Entity, and therefore independent of government policy and Ministerial direction. Appendix A to this Memorandum outlines the respective roles and responsibilities of the Ministry and the Electoral Commission in relation to the explanatory material. Design 9. Once the content of the explanatory material has been approved, Saatchi and Saatchi (our contracted advertising agen...

7. W v EQC [2021] CEIT-2019-0007 [pdf, 820 KB]

   ...only 10% of two cracks and 20% of the third. As Mr Long said in his report, the epoxy grout used was unsuitable because of its high viscosity. What should have been a structural repair was only cosmetic. [44] I am not able to say who is responsible for this defective repair, but there is only a limited range of options. Was that: (a) the person who specified this unsuitable grout; (b) the person who applied this unsuitable grout; or (c) EQC for approving this repair str...

8. [2023] NZIACDT 4 – TC v MacLeod (7 February 2023) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...application for about half the normal fee. It remains the complainant’s conviction that all the work following the letter was totally due to Mr MacLeod’s own doing. [53] According to the complainant, a worrying aspect of Mr MacLeod’s earlier response to the Authority is that he never accepted responsibility for what transpired. He blamed either Immigration NZ or the complainant. He excludes his own failure to read and understand the BP. [54] The consequences had been fa...

9. [2023] NZREADT 7 - CAC 2002 v Sun (6 April 2023) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...in the subdivision on two occasions over the previous two years, Ms Sun knew that BR would have been engaging her services to sell the lots as part of a third attempt now that resource consent had been granted. Ms Sun acknowledged in her written response to the Committee that BR “wishes for me to find suitable purchasers at the earliest instance if possible.” In that same response Ms Sun also referred to the site visits to the subdivision in 2016 as being with “Prospective Pu...

10. LCRO 167/2021 MP v IC (28 April 2022) [pdf, 202 KB]

    ...provided a further comprehensive submission (14 October 2021) and had benefit of thorough submissions from her counsel. [71] The Committee’s decision was understandably informed from a consideration of the material filed by Ms MP and the various responses provided by Mr IC. [72] I think it unlikely that much more could be said than has been said. I see little merit and considerable disadvantage in returning the matter to the Standards Committee. [73] The critical question to ad...