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1. Ram v Tan [2016] NZIACDT 39 (9 August 2016) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...failed to fully engage with the reality that he did accept instructions as a licensed immigration adviser and accordingly, failed to comply with some of the client engagement requirements. He also accepts he behaved badly, as he did not take sufficient care and some of his behaviour was misguided. [5] The key area of dispute is that Mr Tan faces an allegation he deliberately engaged in misleading and dishonest behaviour. The behaviour alleged to be dishonest and misleading includes: [5...

2. Ward-Williams - Ngāti Tānewai 6A section 5 (2003) 123 Aotea MB 159 (123 AOT 159) [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...were used for tribal business. On the contrary, it would appear that the Reservation and Wharepuni Marae in particular benefited from funding obtained through the offices of the tribal authority for various initiatives and projects. Having then carefully reviewed the application, the annual accounts for the last three years, the material filed by the Applicant and other parties and having heard evidence from both sides, the conclusion reached is that the "detailed grounds" req...

3. [2022] NZACC 32– CJ v ACC (9 March 2022) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...was reviewed by Dr Syed Ahmer, Consultant Psychiatrist. Dr Ahmer reported that the appellant did not identify any acute psychiatric symptoms and had stopped taking medication 6-7 weeks earlier. The appellant was discharged back into his GP’s care. [21] On 20 May 2012, Dr Fran Lowe, Registered Psychologist (who had been seeing the appellant for the previous six months), reported that the appellant had been diagnosed with PTSD in 1990 by Professor Basil James. Dr Lowe noted the...

4. Wellington v MacDonald - Te Maika B4 Residue (2008) 129 Whangarei MB 258 (129 WH 258) [pdf, 6.1 MB]

   ...Rosie MacDonald is within the preferred classes of alienees and that the interests of others have been considered. The gift is subject to certain understandings. As to the objection because of the transferee possibly selling, there is now sufficient protection in the new legislation even if that were a consideration. Order accordingly vesting 600 shares in Rosie MacDonald as sought. Stamp duty of $360 is payable within 2 months and evidence of payment of gift duty or that same other arr...

5. Guo v CAC304 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 35 [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...purchasers by contacting them after they had placed an offer on the property through another agency. [8] In respect of Ms Beaton, Mr Guo alleged that she: [a] Failed to comply with r.9.11 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (Rules) in that, upon receipt of an agency cancellation, Ms Beaton failed to provide the client with a list of customers names in respect of whom Barfoot & Thompson Ltd would claim a commission should any of them conc...

6. LCRO 29/2023 CP v SW and KM (19 December 2023) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...attached to the A+I form. It is so that anyone looking at the A+I can be sure that the person signing the form before the notary public was indeed your wife, as there is proof of ID (certified at the same time) attached to the A+I form. This is for the protection of the clients so as to ensure that all transactions have the proper authority of the parties named therein. Your many refusals to follow our instructions are not only time-consuming for both you and us, they are also concerni...

7. Three-strikes-document-release_Combined_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...below the threshold (either warning only or both warning and consequences), retaining current threshold of more than 24 months' imprisonment B A threshold of above 12 months' imprisonment at each stage of the regime lNOTE: OPTIONS BAND CARE REVERSED IN THE CABINET PAPERl C A threshold of above 12 months' imprisonment at stage-1 (where the offender receives a warning only); and retaining the current threshold of more than 24 months' imprisonment at stages 2 and 3 (w...

8. LCRO 8/2024 HC v QG and VO (28 February 2025) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...signed. [20] In October 2022, the respondents wrote to the NZLS alleging misconduct by the applicant. Their letter straddles the fence between being a confidential report under r 2.8 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) and a complaint under s 132 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). The Lawyers Complaints Service (the LCS) treated it as a complaint. The complaint [21] There were two discrete complaints. The fi...

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

   ...years’ experience, charged an hourly rate of $300 + GST. [73] Mrs GR had no complaint about Mr EB’s fees. [74] The Committee considered the reasonable fee factors set out in r 9 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) and concluded that “overall … the fees [were not] beyond the parameters of what would be expected in administering an estate of this nature”.14 [75] Accordingly, the Committee did not consider that the fee...

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

    ...“seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work”. Work of that nature would also involve a marked and serious departure from particular standards; the standards to which s 73(b) is directed are those relating to competence and care in conducting real estate agency work. [30] This is not to say that s 73(a) could not apply to work carried out by a licensee so incompetently or negligently as to amount to disgraceful conduct according to the s 73(a) tests....