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LCRO 115/2017 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN BV Applicant AND RD and KR Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Ms BV has applied for a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee 1 (the Committe...
...was approached by an unlicensed agent on 3 March 2023 to seek work visas for the complainant and others. He was informed that employment had already been arranged. Mr Liu dealt exclusively with the agent and his unlicensed associate. A visa application was made to Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) by Mr Liu on 17 March 2023. It was based on employment of the complainant as a truck driver’s offsider for a named cartage company working on recovery work following extreme w...
...REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: No appearance Adviser: S Laurent, counsel 2 INTRODUCTION [1] The adviser had no contact whatsoever with the complainant on whose behalf she made a visa application. She communicated with an unknown and unlicensed agent who ostensibly represented the complainant. [2] A complaint to the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority) was referred by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Re...
...Judge I acknowledge especially the following: Mrs Margaret Perkins. We regret that your daughter Katherine Perkins cannot be with us today, having very recently gifted you another grandchild I understand. Also present is Sir Bruce Slane who was formerly in partnership with Judge Perkins in the firm Cairns Slane. I also acknowledge the presence of Mrs Margaret Johnson: the late Chief Judge of the District Court, Russell Johnson, was a good friend and colleague to us all. I als...
...or hours of work unless otherwise agreed.3 While the Authority reached these conclusions, no orders were made because no remedies were sought beyond a finding about complying with the Act. [5] That was where matters stood until a subsequent application was decided in December 2019.4 Gerald Seymour, one of the ten employees involved in the November 2018 proceeding, applied to the Authority for an order that ISO comply with the Act. His union, Maritime Union of New Zealand Inc...
...recovered from the Malaysian Consumer Tribunal. He also sought compensation for inconvenience and interest. Mr Yap [7] Mr Yap referred to attempts to settle with the complainant over fees, and the decision of the Malaysian Tribunal for Consumer Claims, which awarded a refund of RM5,000. He says the Malaysian Tribunal’s decision makes potential sanctions subject to res judicata, which he says is synonymous with issue preclusion and collateral estoppel. [8] He said he has taken steps...
...for plaintiff No appearance for first defendant S Hornsby-Geluk and M Vant, counsel for second defendant Judgment: 4 July 2022 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK [1] This challenge relates to a dispute about the interpretation and application of cl 5.4 of the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement 2019–2022 (the 2019 STCA). [2] Clause 5.4.3 of the 2019 STCA provides that where teachers are required to attend school or elsewhere when the school is not open for ins...
...Reinstating three strikes sentencing law Date of issue: 11 June 2024 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04 . Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released . Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no publ ic interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it....
...Baker-Galloway for the appellant K Hockly and L Bielby for the respondent J Macdonald for the section 27 4 parties Date of Decision: 2 July 2019 Date of Issue: 2 July 2019 INTERIM DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: Directions are made to allow the applicant further opportunity to modify its Proposal to address identified deficiencies. B: Costs are reserved. REASONS GIBBSTON VINES LTD v QLDC - INTERIM DECISION 2 Introduction [1] Gibbston Vines Limited ('GVL'...
...motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO RETIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 17 May 2021 in Dunedin Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Commissioner Bunting Commissioner Edmonds Appearances: P Maw and M Mehlhopt for Otago Regional Council D van Mierlo for Aotearoa New Ze...