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1. LCRO 8/2020 PA v ZN (21 December 2022) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...finding of unsatisfactory conduct against him. [2] This followed an extensive complaint that Mr ZN had made about Mr PA. [3] The Committee found that Mr PA had breached rr 2 and 13.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules). 2 Specifically, that in 2016 and 2017 he had sworn two affidavits in proceedings which were inaccurate and could potentially have misled the court.1 [4] By way of penalty, the Committee censured Mr P...

2. LCRO 184/2020 BC v NP and RS decision & minute (20 May 2021 & 30 April 2021) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...the LSO spoke to Mr RS, and also informed him of the Committee’s preliminary view about the complaint. The Call Log records that Mr RS 6 A reference to s 4(a) of the Act and r 2 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. 5 “offered to provide any further information Standards Committee required, understands that this will be recorded in the decision…”. [31] Both respondents were also informed that the Standards Committee was of t...

3. [2022] NZACC 8 – N v ACC (20 January 2022) [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...C type pain deep in the groin. This is fairly classical of labral pathology or joint pathology. She feels it is very deep and it grinds in the hip. She has never had a problem with it before. [The appellant] works in the disability sector as a care giver. She is unable to work at present. [17] On 28 June 2019, the file was reviewed by Ms Reid, Clinical Advisor who commented: There is sufficient medical information to establish a temporal and causal link between the accident e...

4. LCRO 153/2023 GP v DM (29 November 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...objection to GP’s conduct was complaint that GP: (a) had, in the course of engaging with DM, behaved in a bullying and disrespectful manner, such as to constitute a breach of rr 10.1 and 10.3 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules); and (b) became compromised and conflicted in continuing to act for SK as a consequence of filing her complaint; and (c) made repeated threats of intention to file complaints to the Law Society which consti...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 234 Bowen v National Australia Bank [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...The alleged bias arises from the member having dealt with essentially the same issue in Ms Bowen’s claims against BNZ. There was no suggestion that the member should have disqualified herself for any other reason. [24] Mr O’Brien was careful to separate submissions about s 179(5) from any analysis of the substance of the challenge. He separated them in this way because the protests to the Court’s jurisdiction meant the issue was a confined one; about the ability to chal...

6. LCRO 111/2024 MS v PC (24 March 2025) [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...undertook his role without supervision from a lawyer did not raise any professional conduct concerns; (e) a lawyer’s personal conduct is subject to certain provisions of the Act and the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules), including the obligations to uphold the rule of law and facilitate the administration of justice (s 4(a) of the Act and r 2), not to engage in conduct that tends to bring the profession into disrepute and not to eng...

7. Ngā Rūnanga - EiC – S McIntyre - Planning (5 Feb 2021) [PDF, 902 KB]

   ...SUBMISSIONS 14. The cultural evidence of Mr Ellison, for Kāi Tahu ki Otago describes the centrality of freshwater to Kāi Tahu identity and wellbeing. It also discusses Page 8 34629740_2.docx the rights and obligations of mana whenua to protect and sustain freshwater resources and the traditional and ongoing values associated with these resources.2 15. The Kāi Tahu submissions arise from concerns about the failure of the existing planning framework in Otago to mak...

8. Nga Runanga EiC S McIntyre Planning Amended tracked 17 Feb 2021 [PDF, 1 MB]

   ...Ellison, for Kāi Tahu ki Otago, and Mr Whaanga, for Ngai Tahu ki Murihiku, describes the centrality of freshwater to Kāi Tahu Page 8 34677655_1.docx identity and wellbeing.2 It also discusses the rights and obligations of mana whenua to protect and sustain freshwater resources and the traditional and ongoing values associated with these resources.3 15. The Kāi Tahu submissions arise from concerns about the failure of the existing planning framework in Otago to make ap...

9. Wider-stakeholders-individual-submissions.pdf [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...our democracy.This is shocking. Especially as the last point, clause 17. is "exercise accountability" and yet there is none. We have no accountability. This bill is nothing but hot air. Hot air that fails even these very important steps to protect our democracy: 1) Public disclosure of lobbying activities including submissions to government processes, or public officials interacted with 2) No donations or gifts should be given - this is bribery and that it is being tacitly all...

10. Hutt Valley Justice Sector innovation project phase 2 final report: Delivering better public services at the frontline [pdf, 1.9 MB]

    ...information to work better, smarter, and more closely together. Within this initiative there were a few small scale improvements to improve information process, and two larger initiatives: Prison-CYF information sharing for child visitors (to protect vulnerable Children without stopping them from visiting family/whanau), and Joint case management for the most high- risk Families. Members and associates of the two main gangs now appear on different days at court which has reduc...