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1. [2007] National Distribution Union Inc v General Distributors Ltd AK AC 7/07 [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...arose in relation to an employment agreement and were therefore covered by the good faith dealing requirements of s4(4), and in particular paragraphs (b) and (g) of s4(4), of the Act. We also agree that the judgment of this Court in Association of University Staff Inc v Vice- Chancellor of the University of Auckland4 has set a high standard of good faith behaviour in bargaining including bargaining for variations of existing individual agreements....

2. Guest v New Zealand Law Society [2009] NZLCDT 12 [pdf, 390 KB]

   ...Otago. Mr Guest has three brothers who have all become lawyers. Mr Guest is married with four children, two of whom are practising lawyers. Mr Guest has the support of his wife, his children and his wider family. Mr Guest had a successful university education, and was admitted as a barrister and a solicitor when aged 23 years. After what was for those times an unusually short period of employment as a lawyer Mr Guest commenced practice on his own account as a sole practitioner...

3. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert Steve White [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...AUCKLAND 1143 1 INTRODUCTION 1. My name is Stephen Eric White. I am a sole trading consulting coastal ecologist trading under the name of Pacific Coastal Ecology. I hold a Master of Science degree with Honours in Zoology from the University of Auckland. I have practised as a consultant ecologist for the past seventeen years, sixteen of which were as a coastal ecologist in the consulting firm Bioresearches Group Limited. Prior to this I was employed as a marine eco...

4. Kartikeya v Fernyhough [2014] NZIACDT 44 (03 April 2014) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...BETWEEN Dipti Kartikeya Complainant AND Kenneth Anthony (Ken) Fernyhough Adviser DECISION REPRESENTATION: Registrar: K England, lawyer, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, Auckland. Complainant: R J Hooker, lawyer, Vallant Hooker & Partners, Auckland. Adviser: In person Date Issued: 3 April 2014 2 DECISION Preliminary [1] The complainant and her husband attended the advise...

5. [2008] NZEmpC Maritime Union of NZ Inc and ors v TLNZ Ltd and anor [pdf, 46 KB]

   MARITIME UNION OF NEW ZEALAND INC AND ORS V TLNZ LTD AND ANOR AK AC 7/08 10 April 2008 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 7/08 ARC 34/07 IN THE MATTER OF proceedings removed from the Employment Relations Authority and for declarations and injunction BETWEEN MARITIME UNION OF NEW ZEALAND INC First Plaintiff AND HENRY NEE NEE AND HENRY TOLEAFOA Second Plaintiffs AND TONY SMART Third Plaintiff AND TLNZ LTD First Defendant AND TLNZ (AUCKLAND) LIMI...

6. Geldenhuys v C Yap [2013] NZIACDT 42 (15 July 2013) [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...to a professional 4 disciplinary offence: Complaints Committee of Waikato Bay of Plenty District Law Society v Osmond [2003] NZAR 162 (HC). [26] Rehabilitation of a practitioner is an important factor when appropriate (B v B HC Auckland, HC4/92, 6 April 1993). In Patel v Complaints Assessment Committee (HC Auckland CIV-2007- 404-1818, 13 August 2007), the Court stressed when imposing sanctions in the disciplinary process applicable to that case, that it was necessary to...

7. Khan v New Zealand Law Society [2014] NZLCDT 18 [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...BETWEEN MUHAMMAD SHAMSUD-DEAN SAHU KHAN Appellant AND NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY Respondent CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr W Chapman Mr A Lamont Mr P Shaw Mr S Walker HEARING at AUCKLAND DATE 2 and 3 April 2014 COUNSEL Mr R Pidgeon for the appellant Mr P Collins for the respondent 2 DECISION OF NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL Introduction [1] This is an...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 193 The Cabinet Place Ltd v Kubesch [pdf, 171 KB]

   THE CABINET PLACE LIMITED v FRANZ KUBESCH NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 193 [3 November 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 193 EMPC 93/2015 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN THE CABINET PLACE LIMITED Plaintiff AND FRANZ KUBESCH Defendant Hearing: 19 October 2015 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: C Baumann, as agent for plaintiff F Kubesch...

9. LCDT - 2018 annual report [pdf, 572 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/lawyers-and-conveyancers/lc-disciplinary-tribunal/about/upcoming-hearings/ https://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/lawyers-and-conveyancers/lc-disciplinary-tribunal/about/upcoming-hearings/ Page | 7 Number of hearings by location 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2010/11 2009/10 Auckland 30 23 23 32 45 22 20 15 15 Hamilton - - - 2 1 - - - 2 Tauranga - - 1 - - - - - - Rotorua - - - 2 - - - - - Napier - - - - 1 - -...

10. LCDT - 2015 annual report [pdf, 249 KB]

    ...rights in the criminal trials to be held, the disciplinary process must await the conclusion of the criminal process. That wait has, so far, been in excess of five years. We are acutely aware of the comments of the Court of Appeal in Orlov v. Auckland Lawyers Standards Committee and Or1 : “[107]……almost five years later it has still not been resolved. Such a situation is totally unsatisfactory and contrary to the statutory policy that complaints are to be dealt with expedi...