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1. [2024] NZREADT 25 - CAC 2107 v RCG Reality Ltd (29 July 2024) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...case. [56] The Committee referred to RCG’s submission at paragraph [54] above that “RCG’s lack of compliance was inadvertent and not brought to its attention by REA”. It submitted that RCG seemed to suggest that it was the Authority’s responsibility to do more. It submitted that this is not accepted and that the purpose of the notification of auditor form is to notify the Authority that an agency is operating a trust account. It submitted that it was the responsibility...

2. [2024] NZREADT 34 – MY v CAC 2301 & MA (19 September 2024) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...reply texts from the licensee. [19] A conditional sale and purchase agreement was entered into on 24 June 2021 for $1,033,000. It had been signed by the owner on 23 June 2021. [20] On 25 June 2021, the owner met the agency’s manager. In response to her complaint about the alteration to the dates in the agency agreement, the manager offered to terminate the agency immediately. The owner did not accept this offer as she had already signed the sale and purchase agreement. S...

3. [2024] NZSSAA 05 (23 April 2024) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...As a result, XXXX’s Russian pension has been paid in roubles into her Russian bank account, SberBank. 7. Until February 2022 XXXX’s SberBank Mastercard allowed her to access funds in her Russian Bank account from New Zealand. 8. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, New Zealand alongside other countries adopted sanctions against Russia via the Russian Sanction Regulations 2022.1 While these Regulations allow for some payments, to be received...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 222  Courage & Ors v The Attorney-General & Ors   [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...would be fully consistent with the Gloriavale Community's foundational documents. The same point applies in this case. [34] In this regard it is notable that What We Believe states that:30 Where anybody is required to fill any position of responsibility in the Church, whether it be school teachers in the school, sisters in the kindergarten, men to manage finances or areas of work amongst the men, or any other position whatsoever, then it is the principal leader who has the aut...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 286 Newsome v Auckland Council [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...special circumstances. This is captured in the Court’s Practice Note. It is a high threshold, which Ms Bielby submitted has not been met by the Council’s conduct in this appeal. [31] Counsel argued that the Council had, at all times, been responsive, transparent and willing to engage, and had engaged further expert advice, at its own cost, to provide further clarity on the issues. Further, when it did receive further advice about the stormwater risk posed by the structure, it...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 200 Caleys Ltd v Deadman [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...and stressed and did not feel she could do her best for the company. [11] On 18 November 2022, she met with Cyril Pepper, a director of the company, and advised that she wanted to resign. They discussed her workload, and he suggested that responsibility for one of the company’s large clients be removed and that she focus on individual clients. He considered this resolved her concerns. He also reminded her of her obligation to provide one month’s notice or to make a payment...

7. LCRO 157/2024 TA v YQ (25 June 2025) [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...the relevant outcomes and the effects of those proceedings and the three deeds. In doing so, it was clearly endeavouring to be informative to the applicant, given her misunderstandings of the siblings’ legal position and of the respondent’s responsibilities as executor and administrator of Mr X’s estate. [40] It found that the arguments the applicant sought to advance were matters for her to pursue in a court and that the respondent had no applicable professional duties to...

8. Amendments to Court Rules 2025 [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...proposed amendments to the District Court Rules 2014 and the High Court Rules 2016 make changes to improve clarity and consistency in the rules for court procedure. The High Court Amendment Rules 2025 also reinstate two provisions that were revoked in response to COVID-19. These relate to requirements for signatures on documents, which the Committee has determined should be reinstated. 1 Rules Committee | Te Komiti Mō Ngā Tikanga Kooti Improving Access to Civil Justice (November 2022)...

9. [2025] NZIACDT 51 - NO v Ellis (2 October 2025) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...completed the fourth semester two months earlier and had not since been studying. He was preparing himself for New Zealand. [11] On 20 December 2022, the client sent an email to Mr Ellis to say he had provided all the documents and was waiting for a response. Mr Ellis immediately replied asking him to have patience, adding he would try to lodge it within the week. [12] On 9 January 2023, Unitech offered the client a place in a Diploma programme. It was fulltime for one year,...

10. Mullins v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2025] NZACC 103 [pdf, 242 KB]

    ...SSNHL be offered steroid treatment immediately, ideally within the first 14 days. Dr Waldman’s evidence was that New Zealand’s approach is similar but not identical to the AAO-HNS guidelines. He agreed there was the greatest likelihood of response if treatment was started within two weeks of the onset of hearing loss and referred to “Up to Date”1 recommending steroids within the two-week time frame. [21] Dr Waldman, relying on medical studies, stated the response to steroid...