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1. LCRO 136/2021 YL v OB (28 February 2022) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...standards of professionalism in the lawyer’s dealings. [100] I am not persuaded that Ms YL’s concerns regarding Mr OB’s general demeanour are sufficient to establish to the necessary threshold, that Mr OB had breached rules 3.1 or 10. [101] Attention then turns to the concerns Ms YL had regarding Mr OB’s comprehensive questioning of her in regard to the numerous emails her husband had forwarded to her in July and August 2020. [102] These emails focused almost exclusively...

2. 2021-03-11 Nga Runanga - opening submissions [pdf, 443 KB]

   ...irrigation activities. 33 Carter Holt Harvey Ltd v Waikato Regional Council [2011] NZEnvC 380 at 99-101. 34 Aratiatia Livestock Limited v Southland Regional Council [2019] EnvC 208 at [314]-[318]. Page 22 34717334_2.docx 82. It is also unclear why a short-term permit would frustrate investment in more efficient irrigati...

3. Human-Rights-Commission-submissions-on-scope-of-inquiry.pdf [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...human rights and death investigations has 21 Chamberlain v Minister of Health [2018] 2 NZLR 771 (CA) at [31]. 22 Attorney-General v Chapman [2011] NZSC 110, [2012] 1 NZLR 462, (2011) 9 HRNZ 257 at [4] per Elias CJ; See also Hamed v R [2011] NZSC 101, [2012] 2 NZLR 305, (2011) 9 HRNZ 424 at [36] per Elias CJ. 23 R v Hansen [2007] 3 NZLR 1 at [179] per McGrath J. 24 At [252]. 25 At [252]. 26 Quilter v Attorney-General [1998] 1 NZLR 523, at 530. 27 See Fleming v Attorney-General [202...

4. LCRO 126/2023 EG v HJ (28 November 2023) [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...case of failing to repay the debt of NZD600,000 to Mr OB by 10AM on 30 March 2022. If this promise fails to be kept, twenty thousand dollars are to be paid per day for the interest. 26 March 2022 EG (Signed) Debtor OB (Signed) [101] It has not been explained how any lawyer could reasonably consider this document to constitute an agreement for the sale and purchase of land between [Company A] and the creditor. [102] The second problematical concept is the referenc...

5. McKenzie v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 008 [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...[2008] 1 NZLR3 40 at [77], [78]. Result [100] The Decision and the Review Decision are correct in concluding that Mrs McKenzie has no cover for and entitlement to surgery funding to treat her right knee medial compartment osteoarthritis. [101] The appeal is dismissed. Costs [102] Although Mrs McKenzie is unsuccessful on appeal, the Corporation does not seek costs and I make no order for costs. I C Carter District Court Judge Representation/Solicitors: Mrs Judith McK...

6. Retemeyer v Loloa - Estate of Tahuaka Waipouri (2016) 129 Taitokerau MB 288 (129 TTK 288) [pdf, 363 KB]

   ...entitled to succeed to the interests in the Waipipi block. In the normal course of events, this part of the application would be dismissed. However, there are special circumstances in this case which mean that it is not appropriate to do so. [101] If the will fails with respect to the interests in the Waipipi block, those interests would go to Ms Loloa on intestacy as the only child of Tahuaka’s deceased siblings. 34 However, Ms Loloa is not seeking to succeed to those interest...

7. LCRO 170/2020 KLM Limited v ND (30 March 2021) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...nature of mediation” to Mr OE. [100] In support of [ABJ]’s concern that Mr OE “was sympathetic” to [KLM], Mr ND says Mr OE did not send to [ABJ] his 28 August 2017 email to [KLM] in which Mr OE forwarded his 25 August 2017 email to [HH]. [101] In his 29 September 2017 letter to Mr OE, Mr ND said (a) early termination of the sublease was not a matter in dispute, (b) the “current disputes” between [ABJ] and [KLM] did not include “the day-to-day farming of the property”...

8. Regulatory Impact Statement all-of-Government Response to Organised Crime [pdf, 331 KB]

   ...of the jurisdiction in which the crime was committed or where the criminal is currently located. New Zealand must be able to share law enforcement information with our international counterparts if we are to expect such information in return. 101. The objectives of this part of the reform are to: (a) implement the PCC Agreement with the United States 16 (b) ensure Police has an explicit legal framework which allows them to continue to share personal information with their inte...

9. LCRO 05/2018 ZZ v XX and WW Lawyers (26 September 2018) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...which the time recorded by Ms XX, reflected time spent. [100] The event which significantly contributed to Mr ZZ’s sense that he had been unfairly treated by his lawyers, was the decision made by the lawyers to deduct fees from funds held. [101] It is fair to say, that Mr ZZ was outraged when he learnt that fees had been deducted without, he says, his knowledge or his authority to do so. 17 [102] The extent to which he felt aggrieved is accurately gauged both by the manner...

10. Wynn-Parke & Anor v CAC20008 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 8 [pdf, 232 KB]

    ...However, it seems to us that Mr Wynn-Parke was extremely well informed on the so-called problems relating to the properties and, indeed, knew more about those than anyone else so that if the playing field was not level that tilt was in his favour. [101] In fact, we have no reason to find other than that the playing field was generally level. Accordingly, it is puzzling why Mr Wynn-Parke felt the need to incur, apparently, an extra $10,000 in legal fees. [102] It is somewhat curious t...