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1. LCRO 83/2024 AGM v CPF (24 March 2025) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...correspondence she had received. [32] The Committee did not consider it had jurisdiction to consider the fees complaint as the amount in dispute ($1,320.12) fell below the threshold required to be met before a Committee could review a fee complaint.2 [33] Consequential on its conclusion that Ms AGM had breached a number of the conduct rules, the Committee made orders that Ms AGM: 2 Section 29 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Complaints Service and Standards Committees) Regula...

2. LCRO 103/2021 & LCRO 58/2022, LCRO 104/2021 and LCRO 105/2021 GS v ABC Ltd & HY, [Law Firm A] v ABC Ltd & HY and SW v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (24 November 2022) [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...provide Ms HY with competent advice, did that failing merit or require the unsatisfactory conduct findings? (g) If the Committee was correct to conclude that the lawyers’ conduct constituted unsatisfactory conduct, were the penalties imposed consequential on those findings appropriate? Analysis Should Mr PR’s opinion be accepted into evidence, and if so, what weight should properly be accorded that evidence [60] Shortly prior to the review hearing proceeding, Mr KZ filed an...

3. LCRO 177/2021 FA v LL (14 March 2022) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...mind of course that the test in r 8.7.1 includes the very low threshold of “more than negligible risk” of disclosure. 14 [76] However, by adopting that course I am depriving the parties of a first-instance inquiry by a Committee with the consequential and relatively benign review rights to this Office. [77] If I was to deal with the breach of duty issue, that would effectively amount to a first-instance consideration of it, from which the only remedy lies in judicial revie...

4. Trustees Executors Ltd as trustee for the Simpson Family Trust v Wellington City Council [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...that the claim was now the amount reported as the cost of repairs by the assessor, namely $83,437.00. [78] On 21 February the claimant then added a sum of $84,896.00 to the claim for ‘full repair costs’, $80,000.00 for diminution in value, consequential losses of $24,080.87 and remedial work of $55,455.83. [79] Later on 21 February 2008 the claimant adjusted its claim to $168,333.00. The Damage [80] The experts appointed by the parties met and agreed to the follow...

5. Tribunal Guidelines [pdf, 674 KB]

   ...resolving matters may be more effective, cheaper and faster to establish. Creating a new tribunal may be expensive because operational costs will need to be met by the department – unlike the general courts. Establishing a new tribunal may also be time consuming. New legislation will usually be required, which will need to be factored into timeframes. It is important to begin with a clear understanding of the purpose of the potential decision-making body. This may involve considering th...

6. [2020] NZEmpC 230 Arachchige v Rasier New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 398 KB]

   ...cease to provide Transportation Services using your mobile device, and you must delete the Driver App from your mobile device. You agree not to give the Driver App or any associated data to anyone else. You agree that using the Uber Services may consume very large amounts of data, and Rasier NZ and Uber recommends that your mobile device should only be used under a data plan with unlimited, or at least very high, data usage limits. Neither Rasier NZ, Uber, nor their Affiliates, shal...

7. 2010 to 2013 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 498 KB]

   ...of cases through the courts. Overall, this project should shorten the average time for a case to be decided upon and improve value for money. From 2012, a new legislative and operational framework will make the court system simpler and less time consuming for participants. 18 Electronic Operating Model for Courts The electronic operating model for courts will use existing, and some new, technology to replace paper court records and case files with an electronic court record a...

8. LCRO 68/2018 TY v HG (29 November 2019) [pdf, 220 KB]

   LCRO 68/2018 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 TY Applicant AND HG Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr TY has applied to review a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] to take no further

9. OIA-116775 [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...Amendment Bill;  the Regulatory Systems (Occupational Regulation) Amendment Bill; and  the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill. 3. These bills will make 74 amendments to 20 Acts and three consequential amendments to secondary legislation. 4. The Minister of Justice is leading the Regulatory Systems (Courts Improvement) Amendment Bill and the Associate Minister of Justice is leading the other three bills. 5. Talking points are p...

10. [2019] NZEnvC 160 Hawthenden Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 21 MB]

    ...outstanding natural feature; (ii) determination of the nature and content of an associated schedule of ONF values and other matters is reserved, with directions for a pre-hearing conference to follow; (iii) Rob Roy Residents Group's request for a consequential amendmenUs293 determination to change the Low Density Residential zoning of Areas B and C to a Rural zoning is declined. E: Costs are reserved. Timetable directions will be made in due course (following determination...