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1. LCRO 185/2020 BC v DE and FG decision & minute (20 May 2021 & 30 April 2021) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...The same basic principle of allowing a decision-maker to assess whether there has been some breach of their procedures before the lawyers’ disciplinary machinery is triggered, applies to a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. [101] If, after investigation of a complaint that a lawyer has interfered with another person’s privacy, the Privacy Commissioner forms the opinion that there has been an interference with privacy, it is open to the Commissioner to refer the m...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 141 Nature Preservation Trustee Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 30 MB]

   ...RECOMMENDED CONSENT CONDITIONS – RM210542 General Conditions 1. That the development must be undertaken/carried out in general accordance with the plans: Sorted Architecture Limited • Site Plan Existing – Ground Level, RC.A1-101, dated 26 August 202217 September 2021 • Site Plan Proposed – Ground Level, RC.A1-102, dated 26 August 202217 September 2021 • Site Plan Proposed – Basement Level, RC.A1-103, dated 26 August 202217 September 2021 • Basement, RC.A...

3. [2021] NZIACDT 19 ZK v Registrar (20 August 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...visa application, the issue as to the appellant’s remuneration (that any retainer or commission may be excluded by the immigration criteria) and appropriately warned the appellant as to the risks of the application. ORDER FOR SUPPRESSION [101] The Tribunal has the power to order that any part of the evidence or the name of any witness not be published.4 [102] There is no public interest in knowing the name of the adviser against whom the complaint is made, nor would that be fa...

4. LCRO 151/2016 and 157/2016 NS v TD and TD v NS (27 September 2018) [pdf, 325 KB]

   ...clear that the Committee effectively put the meeting material to one side when looking at Mr NS’ conduct in acting for two clients in one matter. It found the breach to have occurred some weeks before the round-table meeting, if not sooner. [101] It may have been preferable for the Committee to have declined to receive the meeting material as part of Mr TD’s complaint, and to have commenced an own-motion inquiry into the issue of whether Mr NS had breached r 6.1. Approaching t...

5. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Katui Early Childhood Learning Centre Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 55 [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...88(1)(a) and (b). [59.3] Damages for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings in the sum of $30,000: s 85(1)(c) and s 88(1)(c). [59.4] An order requiring all of Katui’s shareholders, directors and staff to attend an online “Privacy 101” workshop run by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, at Katui’s expense: s 85(1)(d). http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0028/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM297469 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0028/latest...

6. INZ (Carley) v De'Ath [2020] NZIACDT 10 (19 February 2020) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...[2017] NZHC 376 at [93]. 6 Section 50. 7 Section 51(1). 8 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] & [151] (citation omitted). 9 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee, above n 8, at [97], [101]–[102] & [112]. 13 [59] There are no submissions from the complainant. [60] On behalf of Mr De’Ath, Mr Moses has filed a statement of reply (20 February 2019). [61] No party has sought an oral hearing. ASSESSMENT [62]...

7. Henderson v Brooking - Wharekahika A47 [2023] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2023 APPEAL 17) [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...the Court expressed the view that removal was desirable because of the repetitive nature of his breaches of trustee duties. This 29 Brooking v Henderson - Wharekahika A47, above n 9, at [114]. 30 Above n 9, at [102]. 31 Above n 9, at [96]-[101]. 2023 Māori Appellate Court MB 36 conclusion was open to the Court on the facts, after taking into account all relevant considerations. No irrelevant considerations were entertained. The Court was not plainly wrong. The decis...

8. LCRO 118/2023 TC v GS (13 December 2023) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...of the Firm in respect of the invoice dated 31 March 2020 and under this decision is $3,620.00. A certificate under 161(2) of the Act will accompany this decision accordingly. (g) Does the applicant have any basis for a claim to compensation? [101] The applicant, on behalf of the Trust, has no basis for a claim for compensation under the Act. Any stress he may have suffered, and any costs the Trust may have incurred, have been a consequence of his own decisions and actions. (h) What...

9. International comparisons of recorded violent crime rates for 2000 [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...Canada in 2000 Violent crime Number of victims2 recorded in Canada Rate per 100,000 population3 Homicide 542 1.8 Attempted murder 766 2.5 Assaults total 233517 759.4 Other assaults 12133 39.5 Sexual assaults total 24049 78.2 Other sexual offences 3105 10.1 Abduction 751 2.4 Robbery2 27012 87.8 Total 301875 981.7 Notes: 1. Total population was used in calculating rates per 100,000 population 2. Canada’s violent crime rates, except for robbery, are counted in terms of the n...

10. Evidence - Traffic - Minister for Children - Samantha McCarthy - Final [pdf, 238 KB]

    ...payment requirement. I consider that this could reasonably be used to accommodate the occasional overspill of parking demand from the site in order to ensure efficient use of existing parking resources. 10. CYCLE PARKING DEMAND AND PROVISION 10.1. No cycle parking was observed to be provided on the site during my inspection. While it is difficult to estimate cycle parking demand where no provision exists, I consider that the Unitary Plan standards are a useful guideline. As...