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1. [2025] NZREADT 08 - OQ v Knowles & Maclean (21 March 2025) [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...By not inserting OQ’s GST number in the ASP at the time of negotiating the sale, and not listing the property as a going concern in the terms of sale, Mr Knowles breached rule 9.9 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules). (c) Mr Knowles did not have a sound knowledge of the Act and Rules relevant to real estate agency work in breach of rule 5.2 of the Rules. (d) The Committee accepted that Mr Knowles did advise OQ to seek legal...

2. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2021 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...applications In 2020/2021, there were 61,054 substantive applications filed in the Family Court. This increased 2% from 2019/2020. The largest number of applications filed were for guardianship cases (28%). These applications relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2020/2021 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (15%), family 8 v...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 089 CEP Services Matauwhi Limited v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 089 IN THE MATTER OF appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN CEP SERVICES MATAUWHI LIMITED (ENV-2019-AKL-000111) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-000127) Appellants AND NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge J A Smith sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Date of Order: 11 May 2023 Date of Issue: 11 Ma...

4. Body Corporate 85927, 38 Roxborough St v Wellington City Council [2010] NZWHT Wellington 12 [pdf, 203 KB]

   ....................................................................................................... 5 II ISSUES ....................................................................................................... 6 III – CLAIM IN NEGLIGENCE AGAINST MR STEVENS ................................... 6 Was a Duty of Care owed by Mr Stevens? .............................................. 6 Design Defects and Leaks ...................................................................... 9...

5. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

   ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenance o...

6. 2019 Directory of Official Information V-Z [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenanc...

7. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

   ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenance o...

8. LCRO 143/2017 AC v BT (19 February 2019) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...on Ms AC’s complaint. [25] In arriving at that position, the Committee stated it was satisfied Ms BT “had not breached her professional obligations under Rules 6 and 8.7.1” of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) “and/or any other Rule or enactment”.3 (1) Sale of the property [26] The Committee noted that: (a) in respect of the sale of the property the firm had acted on Ms AC’s and Mr CN’s joint instructions...

9. BORA Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...empowers police to require a person suspected of an offence to supply the name, address and whereabouts of any other person connected in any way with an alleged offence under the Bill, is inconsistent with section 23(4) of the Bill of Rights Act (which protects the right to refrain from making any statement if arrested or detained). We do not consider that this inconsistency can be justified in terms of section 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. 3. We recommend that, as soon as practicable, yo...

10. INZ (Foley) v Niland [2019] NZIACDT 16 (19 March 2019) [pdf, 126 KB]

    ...the decline of their applications, in breach of cl 26(b). (8) Allowed a visa application for one client to be lodged based on eligibility criteria which had not been assessed, in breach of the obligation in cl 1 to exercise diligence and due care; and (9) failed to assess one client’s employment agreement accurately against the relevant immigration instructions, in breach of the obligation in cl 1 to exercise diligence and due care. Second complaint [8] The second complaint...