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1. Criminal case assignment report 01 July 2019 to-30 June 2020 [pdf, 628 KB]

   ...1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 PAL 1 Statistics (Excluding Public Defence Service) Number of Providers Average Assignments per Provider Median Assignments per Provider Auckland 257 49.7 62 Christchurch 96 63.5 77 Dunedin 31 40.2 53 Gisborne 18 101.8 122 Hamilton 71 53.7 59 Invercargill 21 64.7 49 Napier / Hastings 26 91.1 107 Nelson / Blenheim 25 68.7 68 New Plymouth 17 76.8 86 Palmerston North 31 88.2 103 Rotorua 45 76.6 91 Tauranga 49 65.9 76 Wellington 92 47.7 56 Whanganui 14 80.9 84...

2. J v Khetarpal [2016] NZIACDT 7 (22 January 2016) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...a full licence. [9.3] Such financial penalty as the Tribunal considers appropriate. Ms Khetarpal’s response to this complaint [10] Ms Khetarpal through her counsel provided submissions, and supporting materials. The key contentions were: [10.1] Ms Khetarpal accepted the findings of the Tribunal on this complaint, but said it was not her usual standards. In particular, she did not deal well with the complainant not speaking English, as she was used to effective communication in Eng...

3. LCRO 110/2017 EB v APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF A PROSECUTORIAL DECISION [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...was receiving on her behalf. [100] In my view, the detail of Ms AD’s complaint provides the complete answer to Mr CW’s submission that the Committee ought to have requested, at the very least, a copy of the letter and terms of engagement. [101] Ms AD’s complaint unequivocally states that she did not receive one. There could be no clearer indication to a lawyer facing a complaint, that one of the key grounds of complaint concerned a lack of terms of engagement. [102] It fell...

4. LCRO 139/2020 MX v RJ and DJ (30 September 2021) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...had significantly incentivised the parties to push to settlement. 13 Paragraphs [87]–[95] from R and N Family Trust v EL LCRO 205/2015 at [41]–[49]. 14 Letter from Mr RJ to the Lawyers Complaints Service (12 December 2019) at [4]. 18 [101] She explained that there had, in the month of July, been a considerable amount of “to-ing and fro-ing” between the parties, and some productive discussions on refining the deed of settlement. This had encouraged the lawyers to retain...

5. LCRO 272/2016 XK v JB (24 June 2019) [pdf, 346 KB]

   ...XK’s three brothers] [100] From the terms of the consent order it is clear that the parties did not agree that Ms XK would receive the funds represented by the mortgage. The negotiated result reflected an approximately 70:30 split. 16 [101] At the time of the settlement conference the mortgage was still in place. It was not repaid by the mortgagors until 28 August 2015, several years after the initially agreed term and some five years after the judicial settlement conference...

6. [2014] NZEmpC 144 Nash v NZ Trade & Enterprise and Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...Society Inc [2011] NZERA Wellington 12. 2 Nash v Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce [2013] NZERA Wellington 31 [Authority strike-out determination] at [11]. 3 At [8]. 4 At [10]. 5 Nash v New Zealand Trade and Enterprise [2013] NZEmpC 101 at [15]. said, as Mr Nash claimed, that NZTE had been a joint employer with WRCC at the material time. 6 [5] Following delivery of my judgment, the matter was referred back to the Authority. In a further determination dated...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 54 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...parties, and may, in investigating the matter, concentrate on resolving the employment relationship problem, however described. [57] Turning to the remedies that the Authority may allow in respect of personal grievances, the starting point is s 101 of the Act which sets out the objects of Part 9. These objects include: (a) to recognise that, in resolving employment relationship problems, access to both information and mediation services is more important than adherence to rig...

8. [2023] NZREADT 14 - CAC 2107 v Sheldon (13 June 2023) [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...qualified to be an agent of good standing or a member of the public. 2 Real Estate Agents Act 2008, s 105. 3 Section 109(1). 4 Section 109(4). 5 Section 110. 6 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [101]–[102] and [112]. 7 Morton-Jones v Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZHC 1804. 10 [58] So while the reasonable person is a mythical ideal person, the Tribunal can consider, inter alia, the standards that an agent of goo...

9. Wilton TRI-2021-100-002 Procedural Order 7 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...about July 2019. Neither Tiling Solutions nor the council has proven that the date the trustees sought the assessor’s report was at least three years after the late knowledge date or at least 10 years after the relevant acts or omissions. [101] The trustees’ claims against Tiling Solutions and the council based on the original build are not time-barred. It is therefore not fair and appropriate to remove Tiling Solutions or the council. [102] There is no need for the Trib...

10. IK v VR LCRO 227/2014 (21 December 2015) [pdf, 102 KB]

    ...particulars of the complaint. He argues that the requirement to provide the practitioner with particulars cannot be achieved by the Committee simply providing a copy of the complaint. [79] The Lawyers Complaints Service Procedures Manual, notes at [10.1], that if a Committee determines there is to be an inquiry into a complaint, the complaint should be further particularised “if required”. [80] On 19 September 2013, the Committee decided to appoint an investigator. Objections w...