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1. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Crampton [2015] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...namely whether the Director has established one of the forms of actual or potential harm contemplated by s 66(1) of the Act. Section 66(1) – whether an interference with privacy established – the requirements of the third sequential step [101] Breach of an information privacy principle on its own is insufficient to enliven the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to grant a remedy. For an interference with privacy to be established a plaintiff must prove both a breach of such principle and o...

2. Carter v Tulip Holdings Ltd [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...products/services; and • Architects generally carry indemnity insurance and are better able to protect themselves than are future purchasers. The liability of Architects in NZ NZBLQ 10(3) Sep 2004; pp258- 279; Darroch & Watson. [101] Mr Shand and Mr McRae appear to be advocating that the scope of duty and liability of an architect extends to providing each and every detail necessary for the proper and complete construction of a dwelling in any set of plans and specifi...

3. NO & NTO v Hakaoro [2013] NZIACDT 44 (01 August 2013) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...[100.3] That clause 3(d) of the Code required him to provide a refund of fees payable when his engagement ceased. [100.4] That the fees were repayable as they were not fair or reasonable. [100.5] He breached the Code by failing to refund fees. [101] The Tribunal was conscious Mr Hakaoro had not produced the relevant records, and the material before the Tribunal indicated there was no attempt to comply with the Code. 13 Unprofessional language and discussion [102]...

4. [2017] NZEmpC 71 Stormont v Peddle Thorp Aitken Ltd [pdf, 497 KB]

   ...being advanced is that Ms Stormont failed to mitigate her losses because she was honest with prospective employers and recruitment agencies, I reject it. She took reasonable steps in the circumstances to find alternative work. [101] Ms Stewart submitted that restricting any award for lost remuneration to the statutory minimum of three months would be inappropriate in this case and that the Court ought to exercise its discretion to award significantly more. Mr Sharp...

5. LCRO 156/2016 KZ v XL on behalf of [Company A] (18 January 2019) [pdf, 320 KB]

   ...early July 2013) there were time pressures to prepare a response to the Council’s application to strike out the District Court proceedings — [Company A]’s affidavits were due to be filed and served in that Court by 15 July 2013. 21 [101] [Company A] had some concerns about its exposure in relation to the application to strike out the District Court proceedings, and after speaking to both directors of [Company A], Ms KZ said that she received instructions to try and navigat...

6. LCRO 87/2018 QZ v FZB (20 December 2019) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...2017 invoice, and retained the trust’s documents until 7 July 2017. [100] Mr QZ says if he was entitled to charge the trust, as he did in those invoices, then FZB’s position that he could not claim that lien falls away. (b) Discussion [101] The question on this aspect of FZB’s complaint is whether Mr QZ, having received the authority to uplift on 18 April, was entitled to retain the trust’s documents until 7 July 2017, a period of just over two and a half months. [102] I...

7. 20231124-Justice-BIM_Redacted-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...Succession Act 2013 Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 Occupational regulation Hotel Association of New Zealand Act 1969 New Zealand Council of Law Reporting Act 1938 Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 201017 Prostitution Reform Act 2003 14 Administered jointly with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Land Information New Zealand. 15 Administered jointly with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Te Puni Kōk...

8. LCRO 58/2017 EB v AD and BD [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...letters to this Office dated 8 April and 2 May 2014. [100] In general terms Mr EB relies upon the responses that he provided to the Committee in answering the Ds’ complaint, as well as the Committee’s reasoning in its decision. 20 [101] In relation to the complaint that he did not obtain full copies of Mrs FD’s files from her former lawyers, Mr EB said that he obtained those files promptly — that is, within six weeks of her death on [date]. The executors were not s...

9. Mairs v The Real Estates Agents Authority (CAC 413) NZREADT 9 [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...sell the property. Right from that point, he would have known he had no right to be there and the fact that he stayed there and did not immediately report the situation was a serious breach of obligation on his part. Disgraceful conduct [101] In our judgement, a reasonable agent of good standing or a reasonable member of the public would agree that the conduct of the agent in this case was disgraceful. Conduct of this kind is erosive of public confidence in real estate agents....

10. Legal Aid Payments to Firms 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 [pdf, 577 KB]

    ...27,490.98 E J Bruen Auckland 90,790.00 E R Brown Takanini 111,195.01 E S W Law Ltd Auckland 174,353.37 E.A. Law Christchurch 35,210.00 Eagles Eagles & Redpath Invercargill 564,503.83 Eastbay Law Limited Whakatane 126,973.10 Eastside Law Hamilton 101,076.70 Ebborn Law Limited Christchurch 879,790.98 Echo Haronga - Barrister Auckland 65,677.00 Edmonds Marshall Matamata 32,583.37 Edward John Werry - Barrister Auckland 4,393.20 Eilidh Hook - Barrister Hamilton 71,574.00 Elaine Ward...