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1. LCRO 70/2020 FL v TP (8 October 2020) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed Introduction [1] Ms FL has applied for a review of a determination by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] in which the Committee made a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against her former lawyer Mr TP in relation to delays in issuing invoices, but also took no further action in relation to her complaint that Mr TP had overcharged her. [2] Various penalty and compensation orders flowed from the Committee’s de...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 151 Transpacific v Harris & Ors [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...and pp 212-214 which it accepts are not confidential and can be disclosed to the second defendant, Smart Environmental Limited, and Mr Christian. The second category of documents at pp 94-97 of Mr Brown’s attached exhibits has confidential information redacted so that in this form the plaintiff accepts that these can be seen by Smart Environmental Limited and Mr Christian. There does not appear to be much, if any, difficulty with these first two categories. [3] The third categ...

3. O'Reilly v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZREADT 78 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...cancelled Mr O’Reilly’s licence, effective from 7 September 2016. Background Mr O’Reilly’s application to renew his licence [2] Mr O’Reilly has been a licensed salesperson since 2007. On 22 January 2016, he completed an online application form to renew his licence (“the renewal application”). Mr O’Reilly was required to answer a number of questions set out on the application form. These included the following questions, both of which Mr O’Reilly answered “NO...

4. CA v XU LCRO 196 / 2010 (18 May 2011) - Publication Decision [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...details published which may lead to identification of the parties involved. Coupled with this is the fact that the matter arose some time ago in circumstances which are unlikely to be repeated. 2. The matter in large part revolved about the issue of informed consent which the respondent believed he had taken all appropriate steps to obtain. 3. The decision will have no general application to clients of the firm, but may cause unnecessary alarm in circumstances where there has been no c...

5. Registrar of IAA v Ho [2019] NZIACDT 54 (31 July 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...to New Zealand. Ms Ho says she then spoke to someone at the consultancy about the client’s eligibility for New Zealand migration.1 [6] There followed a series of emails between the client and (Mr C) of the consultancy in which she provided information about herself, in answer to queries from him. He met her at the consultancy’s offices on 10 April 2014. In an email to her that day, Mr C advised that “we feel” she would be eligible to migrate to New Zealand under the gener...

6. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Pomeroy [2020] NZLCDT 7 [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...her practice. [10] She also emphasised that her conduct was not deliberate. [11] In reaching our decision on penalty we have taken into account what counsel for the Committee has described as the unusual feature of this case in that the conduct forming the basis of the underlying complaint being investigated by the Committee did not form part of the charge before us. The charge focused on Ms Pomeroy’s approach to the investigation of the complaint by the Committee....

7. 2017 NZSSAA 071 (15 December 2017) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...the document amongst his personal records. There is no dispute that this document was completed by his employer during the relevant period of time. On its face, it indicates that there are four conditions under which a person might complete the form: [7.1] They were an employee who compulsorily participated in the pension scheme. [7.2] They were an employee who voluntary participated in the scheme. [7.3] They were a self-employed person who participated in the scheme. [7.4]...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 66 Solander Maritime Limited v Munro [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for freezing and ancillary orders) (Application for urgency) Introduction [1] Solander Maritime Ltd (the applicant) has applied on notice for a freezing and ancillary order against Mr Munro, a former employee. The application follows the making of orders in the High Court, which were subsequently rescinded after the Supreme Court judgment of FMV v TZB was drawn to counsels’ attention by the High Court.1 Counsel filed a joint m...

9. ENVC Matiatia party corresp WML memo resume hearing 20150415 [pdf, 58 KB]

   ...reshaped marina (the Court’s 1 comments in this regard being explicitly on the basis that no final views had been reached as to whether there should be a marina or should not). 6. In summary, those amendments are: a. Breakwater Form amendment– as described in paragraph 11 – 13 of the 15 December 2014 memorandum (which included creating a curve within the structure to move away from the linear lines of the breakwater within the original proposal); b. Breakw...

10. BORA Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premises Bill [pdf, 292 KB]

    ...Government premises without reasonable excuse. CONSISTENCY WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS ACT Freedom of expression 5. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to freedom of expression, which includes the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind and in any form. The right is as wide as human thought and imagination.[1] 6. Gang insignia can be considered a form of expression and may fall under the protection of s 14 of the Bill of Rights Act. Ga...