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1. Campbell & Anor v REAA CAC 20007 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 42 [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...the clear Rule 9.21 prohibiting disclosure of confidential personal information and, on the other, the requirement of Rule 6.4 of disclosure of what “in fairness” should be provided to a prospective purchaser. [19] Mr Rea noted the CAC’s statement that current industry training suggests that best practice is to disclose the fact of a suicide. He referred, inter alia, to the CAC having stated in its decision “given the purpose of the Act is to promote and protect the interests...

2. RV v ZL LCRO 85/2012 (23 May 2016) [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...details of complaint attached to Mr RV’s complaint form dated 29 November 2010: 2. … Mr ZL acted for [Company A] in this matter under the instruction of its sole director HD. 3. The transfer of property was carried out without the knowledge or consent of all shareholders. 4. The property was transferred from [Company A] to a new company that had just been formed and whose director and shareholder are recorded at the company’s office as HD’s brother-in-law, WS. 5. The prop...

3. Bratton v Le Lievre - Muriwhenua Incorporation [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 131 (2017 APPEAL 131) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...pine trees. In 1991 she shifted that structure off the disputed site back on to her parent’s property south of the pine trees. 6 Discussion [14] Ms Bratton first raised the suggestion that a lease had been executed in her favour in her third statement of evidence received in October 2014. As Judge Ambler noted if Ms Bratton had been granted such a lease in 1984 why did she need to apply for LTO in 2007 and why did her letter of 13 October 2008 to the Incorporation make no menti...

4. Property Ventures Limited v Parata - Ngarara West B3B (2006) 180 Aotea MB 15 (180 AOT 15) [pdf, 820 KB]

   ...to their representatives who could easily stand in the shoes of the company with an amendment to the proceedings per section 71 of the Act. Status change [26] The minutes of the 24 February meeting of assembled owners record counsel's statement that without a change of status the contract would be at an end. Mr Takarangi made the point emphatically that without a status change the sale would not proceed: "It is not possible to sell and retain the status of the land as...

5. LCRO 84/2020 WF v BP (11 June 2020) [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...started to run before the applicant was aware the determination had been issued and provided with a copy. 8 [46] Section 198 was amended by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill 2010. When the Bill was first introduced, the general policy statement set out the explanation for amending s 198 of the Act states:13 (a) New section 198(b) ensures that those applications must be lodged within a 30-working-day period commencing on the day after a copy or notice of the decision o...

6. [2021] NZACC 90 - Goh v ACC (24 June 2021) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...decision, or the true and only reasonable conclusion on the evidence contradicts the decision: Edwards v Bairstow , 57. The Court of Appeal in Lang v Eagle Airways Ltd [1996] 1 ERNZ 574, 576, cited Edwards v Bairstow in support of the following statement: “If those conclusions were not reasonably open to the Judge then this Court can rule, as a matter of law, that they are unsustainable and should be set aside . . .” Whether or not particular evidence is relevant to a particular...

7. [2025] NZREADT 16 – DQ & KU v CAC 2204 & Rule (20 May 2025) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...access over the driveway of the no. 5 properties in favour of the no. 7 properties, proposing that each no. 7 owner pay one-third of the costs involved. In addition to obtaining agreement from the no. 5 owners, an application to the council for consent would have to be made. The purchasers’ solicitor replied on 12 July generally supporting the proposal. [12] The agency’s compliance manager wrote to the purchasers on 1 November 2022. The manager repeated that there was nothi...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 25 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...because he specifically told me that he wanted me there as his support person and/or witness in case things needed to be independently verified and not as his lawyer.” Discussion [41] We prefer the contemporaneous correspondence to the later statements made by the practitioner and find therefore that he was present at the ADLS committee room on 14 September 2008 as Counsel to Mr Orlov and as such was providing regulated services. [42] Having established that threshold we must...

9. Waitangi Tribunal - District 11 Wairarapa [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI DISTRICT llA WAIRARAPA PAUL GOLDSMITH JUL Y 1996 WORKING PAPER: FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other reports in the Rangahaua Whanui Series available: District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh District 13: The Northern South Island, Dr G A Phillipson FOREWORD The research report that follows is one of a series of historical surveys conunissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal

10. Proactive release – Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill [pdf, 1.7 MB]

    ...accordance with section 61 of the Legislation Act 2012 and section 9(2)(h) of the Official Information Act 1982 to maintain legal professional privilege. The bill is publicly available from www.legislation.govt.nz. 1b Departmental Disclosure Statement This document has been withheld because it is publicly available at www.legislation.govt.nz/disclosure. 2 Transferring Judicial Officers to the Remuneration Authority Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee minute Cabinet Office Meet...