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1. BORA Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...conferred on other people. For example, and in addition to the grant of particular assets and rights to claimant iwi, the redress includes provision such as cl 92(1), which reserves a right of access to certain wāhi tapu to “Māori for whom the protected site is of spiritual, cultural, or historical significance.” While the Bill does, in that respect, make distinctions based in ethnicity and/or family status, those distinctions do not engage s 19(1). 8. Discrimination arises only...

2. [2022] NZIACDT 12 - LS v Murthy (27 May 2022) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...submissions to the Tribunal prior to the issue of the liability decision. Following that decision, the complainant sent an email on 28 April 2022 stating that if Ms Murthy had guided him properly, he would now be a resident. This was affecting his career. In a further email on 19 May 2022, the complainant said he wanted a refund of the fees paid as he was struggling financially. He provided evidence of having paid her $4,350. Submissions from Ms Murthy [14] Ms Mortimer-Wang...

3. BORA Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015-16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Bill [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...require additional information from an applicant for a formula assessment for child support, so that the power is no longer explicitly to be used to ascertain listed matters. This potentially raises issues regarding the right not to express information protected under section 14 as it could be interpreted as significantly broadening the Commissioner’s power to require personal information from applicants for child support. 7. We do not consider that the amendment significantly broadens...

4. CAC 20006 v Azimi [2014] NZREADT 97 [pdf, 33 KB]

   ...regard to the particular statutory scheme set out in the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (Act) in CAC v Walker [2011] NZREADT 4: “[17] Section 3(1) of the Act sets out the purpose of legislation. The principal purpose of the Act is “to promote and protect the interests of consumers in respect of transactions that relate to real estate and to promote public confidence in the performance of real estate agency work.” One of the ways in which the Act states it achieves this purpose is by...

5. BORA Employment Standards Legislation Bill [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...(‘banning order’); and • creating several infringement offences for breaching obligations to keep employment agreements and produce them on request by a Labour Inspector. 4. Substantive amendments are also made to the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 to modernise, improve and expand the parental leave scheme. These measures include extending parental leave entitlements to primary carers other than biological or formal adoptive parents, non-standard workers (such a...

6. [2021] NZIACDT 1 - HQT v Singh (15 January 2021) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...practising since 2014 and had developed a successful, sustainable and expanding business. He employed New Zealanders and contributed to the wider industry by speaking at cultural events. He had an excellent overall reputation for dedicated client care, a good working relationship with the relevant government bodies and a high success rate. This was the first complaint which had been upheld against him. JURISDICTION [16] The Tribunal’s jurisdiction to impose sanctions is set...

7. Youth Crime Action Plan - full report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...across all this work will set the scene for reducing youth crime and allow all children and young people to reach their potential. Recommendations from the Social Services Select Committee Inquiry into the Identification, Rehabilitation, and Care and Protection of Child Offenders are addressed in the Youth Crime Action Plan. The challenge for frontline workers is to make each intervention the last justice sector intervention for the young person and their family, no matter what...

8. RIS: Strengthening the Family Court [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...Summary: Problem and Proposed Approach Problem Definition What problem or opportunity does this proposal seek to address? Why is Government intervention required? The Independent Panel (the Panel) appointed to review the 2014 reforms to the Care of Children Act 2004 (CoCA) released its report, Te Korowai Ture a-Whanau (the report), in June 2019. The Minister of Justice directed the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) to progress recommendations to strengthen the Family Court based on...

9. CA v XU LCRO 196 / 2010 (18 May 2011) [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...client information), Rule 6.1 (acting for more than one client where there is more than a negligible risk that the lawyer will be unable to discharge the obligations owed to all clients) and, Rule 3 (lawyer to act competently and to take reasonable care). The Rules referred to are the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (Client Care Rules). [21] The Complaints Service acknowledged the complaint and requested that Mr CC “clarify whether [hi...

10. WC VB UA v WC VB UA LCRO 189/2012, 184/2014, 180/2012 & 190/2012 (10 September 2015) [pdf, 83 KB]

    ...Probate was granted on 18 September 2009. [13] On 20 May 2010 Ms UA wrote to Mr WC on behalf of herself and Mr and Mrs VB, seeking compensation from Mr WC in respect of the loss they had suffered “as a result of [Mr WC] breaching [his] duty of care owed to each of [them]”. In the letter Ms UA referred in some detail to the Court of Appeal judgment in Gartside v Sheffield, Young and Ellis.2 1 WC submissions to LCRO (24 August 2015)...