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1. LCRO 42/2018 MF v Standards Committee (10 October 2018) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...payable to the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS); and (c) she was ordered to pay $1000 to the NZLS towards the costs and expenses of the investigation. [2] The Committee also directed the publication of an anonymised summary of the case in such form as the NZLS saw fit. 2 [3] That finding and those consequences flowed from an “own motion” inquiry by the Committee that led to a determination that Ms MF had breached undertakings that she had given to ASB Group Investments Lim...

2. 4 Auckland Standards Committee v Stirling 2010 NZLCDT [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...early release of deposits paid by purchasers to be used to partially fund the development. Due to the complexity and number of the transactions a schedule had been prepared by the first legal executive referred to. This set out in spreadsheet form information about the lot number, final purchaser’s name, final (and where applicable, the intermediate [wholesale]) purchase price, developer’s details, a record of first and second deposits, title reference, rebates, commissions an...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 32 Piefection Foods Ltd v Hume [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...to provide, and it failed deliberately to attend the investigation meeting. Although it did provide written comments to the Authority prior to the investigation meeting in a number of emails, no substantial supporting evidence in documentary form was supplied, and no sworn evidence was submitted. [5] Piefection Foods Limited, through its director, Mr Andrew McEwan, did not act in good faith towards Mr Ian Hume. It refused to communicate with Mr Hume's representative, re...

4. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand v CAL2012-E000627 [2013] NZCOP 9 [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...Respondent filed a one-page response to the Application, in an email from a Hotmail address. In her response, the Respondent said that her daughter had previously downloaded “a few songs” from uTorrent, having been told by her friends, and informed by the site itself, that this was legal. She said that her daughter would never have done this if she had thought it was illegal, and that she could not understand how it could be illegal. The Respondent stated that the site “all looks...

5. Lee v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process Injury) [2023] NZACC 176 [pdf, 352 KB]

   ...Compensation Act 2001. [3] The respondent’s position is that there is insufficient evidence of a causal link between the appellant’s Parkinson’s Disease and a workplace exposure. Background [4] On 30 June 2021, an ACC injury claim form was filed for poisoning due to a chemical substance. The description of injury was: Worked for the Post Office from 1979 to 1986, was regularly exposed to trichloroethane and is concerned that his Parkinson’s Disease was caused by...

6. Chand v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 25 (14 March 2014) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...first in an expression of interest and then in an application for residence. [2] Immigration New Zealand readily ascertained the complainant was not a diesel mechanic and declined to issue a visa. [3] The complainant says he provided the relevant information for lodging the expression of interest to an unlicensed person in the adviser’s practice. [4] The adviser has answered the complaint saying the complainant had claimed to be a diesel mechanic, he had provided information to suppo...

7. Gunning v CAC306 & Ors [2016] NZREADT 23 [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...relevant time, both she (the listing salesperson) and the appellant were employed by the said Property Brokers Palmerston Ltd. [4] Ms Love found a prospective tenant and, on 14 March 2014 after months of negotiations the landlords counter-signed a form of lease agreement, which had been changed by them in various respects including by deleting its clause 9 (relating to rental subsidy from landlords to tenant with regard to the tenant’s existing lease of other premises). There is evid...

8. Tully v Yerman [2012] NZIACDT 19 (9 May 2012) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...responsible for failing to lodge the appeal on time. She criticises them for lack of commitment. [4] The issues to determine are: [4.1] Did Ms Yerman discharge her professional responsibilities in identifying when the appeal had to be lodged, informing her clients of what was required to allow the appeal to be lodged, and undertaking the work required to file the appeal on time? [4.2] If not, did Ms Tully or her family act in a manner that affected Ms Yerman in her endeavours to m...

9. E29 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...these are temporary maritime-industrial and event buildings. A combination of fit-for- purpose techniques shall be used comprising a-d and at least three of e-j: a. expression of primary and secondary building volumes with modulation of height or form; b. roof form modulation; c. provision of human scale, fine-grained detail and richness at all edges that the public will view at close range, and larger forms and elements to respond to mid and long-range viewing distances; d. vis...

10. MacFarlane v Hurihanganui - Whakarewarewa 2B (2015) 133 Waiariki MB 290 (133 WAR 290) [pdf, 262 KB]

    ...and the use of proxies at the meeting. The opposition to the trust was based on insufficient time to consider documents and uncertainty over the election process. Judge Coxhead discussed the interim trustee arrangements with Shane Gibbons, a former Chief Registrar, who had been engaged to facilitate the meeting of owners. 2 44 Rotorua MB 57 (44 ROT 57) 3 121 Waiariki MB 48-49 (121 WAR 48-49) 4 124 Waiariki MB 1-22 (124 W...