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1. LCRO 211/2020 BU - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (30 July 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Background [2] Mr GC, and his mother Mrs RC, were engaged in a lengthy and acrimonious family dispute. [3] In 2016, Mrs RC instructed Mr BU to make application to the Family Court for a protection order. Mr GC was the subject of the application for protection. [4] The application was filed on 9 May 2016. The application recorded the parties to the application as Mrs RC, together with her husband SC. 2 [5] Unfortunatel...

2. Khan v Khetarpal [2016] NZIACDT 6 (22 January 2016) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...respective grounds for the complaints the Tribunal upheld were: [1.1] In this complaint Khan v Khetarpal [2015] NZIACDT 45 (IACDT 033/14) the Tribunal upheld the complaint on the basis Ms Khetarpal lodged a defective application through lack of care and professionalism, and failed to properly adviser her client in the course of that process. [1.2] In Prajapati v Khetarpal [2016] NZIACDT 5 (IACDT 023/14), the Tribunal has upheld the complaint on the basis Ms Khetarpal failed to handle...

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

   ...against Ms Khetarpal, the respective grounds for the complaints the Tribunal upheld were: [1.1] In Khan v Khetarpal [2015] NZIACDT 45 (IACDT 033/14) the Tribunal upheld the complaint on the basis Ms lodged a defective application through lack of care and professionalism, and failed to properly adviser her client in the course of that process. [1.2] In Prajapati v Khetarpal [2016] NZIACDT 5 (IACDT 023/14), the Tribunal has upheld the complaint on the basis Ms Khetarpal failed to handle...

4. [2020] NZEmpC 237 Gate Gourmet NZ Ltd and ors v Sandhu and Ors [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...legislation, common law and employment agreements. New Zealand employment legislation contains what is often referred to as a minimum code, which includes minimum standards in the Employment Relations Act 2000, the Holidays Act 2003, the Wages Protection Act 1983 and the MWA. [23] The COVID-19 pandemic, and response from the Government, upended employment in New Zealand. This meant that employers, employees, unions and other stakeholders in the employment framework, including go...

5. Chapman v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 364 KB]

   ...Mr Hodgson, a building surveyor, acted as engineer for the remedial work to be done. He obtained a schedule of quantities and estimates for the work, appointed a builder, and supervised the remedial work. During such remedial work, Mr Hodgson carefully maintained a full record of the repairs, which included a photographic record, and usefully listed the defects in his evidence. With this list, Mr Hodgson found that not all the defects he listed had actually caused damage. [5...

6. Recommendations Recap Issue 17 [pdf, 562 KB]

   ................................................................................................................................... 23 Brown [2018] NZCorC 74 (26 September 2018) .................................................................... 23 iii Aged care ................................................................................................................................. 23 Russo [2018] NZCorC 64 (25 July 2018) ......................................................

7. Recommendations Recap Issue 16 [pdf, 498 KB]

   ...Contents Coroners’ recommendations and comments............................................................................... i All recommendations and Comments — 1 April to 30 June 2018 ............................................. 4 Health care ................................................................................................................................. 4 Maguire [2018] NZCorC 28 (9 April 2018) ......................................................................

8. Henton v REAA, Max House & Barfoot & Thompson Ltd [2013] NZREADT 18 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...information to the purchasers of the property between the date on which the agreement for sale and purchase went conditional and its settlement date. The information related to proposed fencing work at a neighbouring property to be used as a Childcare Centre to which neighbours had raised objections. [7] An enquiry into the conduct of the salesperson concerned is the subject of separate proceedings before a Complaints Assessment Committee of the Real Estate Agents Authority. No deci...

9. [2017] NZEnvC 090 Pierau v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...Regional Council C81/2007; Calder Stewart Industrtes Limited v Christchurch City Council C1712006. 3 Such as Canterbury Regional Council v Christchurch City Council (2001) 7 ELRNZ 113; Campbell v Napier City Council W6712005; Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Inc v Whakatane District Council [2012] NZEnvC 38. 4 At paragraph [17]. 5 [2015] NZEnvC 218 at [24]. 7 assessment of the application. We add that we can see no basis upon which Parliament could have intended that...

10. [2017] NZEnvC 090 Pierau v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

    ...Regional Council C81/2007; Calder Stewart Industrtes Limited v Christchurch City Council C1712006. 3 Such as Canterbury Regional Council v Christchurch City Council (2001) 7 ELRNZ 113; Campbell v Napier City Council W6712005; Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Inc v Whakatane District Council [2012] NZEnvC 38. 4 At paragraph [17]. 5 [2015] NZEnvC 218 at [24]. 7 assessment of the application. We add that we can see no basis upon which Parliament could have intended that...