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1. LCRO 6/2025 EI v NT (30 April 2025) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...6.1 of the Rules. (c) NT is a senior lawyer and has brought the legal profession into disrepute by failing to adhere to fundamental principles. (d) Although NT has corrected her “administrative practices” this only arise because EI drew the matter to her attention. (e) NT has never apologised nor has she reimbursed EI for legal fees. Response [30] In her letter to the Case Manager dated 25 March 2025, NT said the following: (a) The Committee’s decision was correct. (b) Her...

2. Love v Samuel and Sharon Gemmell Whanau Trust - Anatohia Section 90C Block XVIII Gore SD [2016] Chief Judge's MB 122 (2016 CJ 122) [pdf, 297 KB]

   2016 Chief Judge’s MB 122 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TE WAIPOUNAMU DISTRCI A20140008683 CJ 2014/9 UNDER Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Anatohia Section 90C Block XVIII Gore SD BETWEEN JAMES HECTOR MANAPOURI LOVE Applicant AND SAMUEL AND SHARON GEMMELL WHANAU TRUST Respondent Appearances: Mireama Houra, Right Law, for the Applicant Quentin Davies, Gascoigne Wicks Lawyers, for the...

3. CAC 10054 v Hume [2013] NZREADT 91 [pdf, 252 KB]

   BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2013] NZREADT 91 READT 024/12 IN THE MATTER OF charges laid under s.91 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BETWEEN COMPLAINTS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 10054 Prosecutor AND WILLIAM HUME Defendant MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Judge P F Barber - Chairperson Mr G Denley - Member Ms N Dangen - Member HEARD at WANGANUI on 14 July 2013 (but with subsequent written submissions) DATE OF DECISION 17 October 20...

4. Complaints Assessment Committee 416 v Prasad [2019] NZREADT 001 [pdf, 251 KB]

   BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2019] NZREADT 001 READT 028/18 IN THE MATTER OF charges laid under s 91 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BROUGHT BY COMPLAINTS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 416 AGAINST INDRA PRASAD Defendant Hearing: 21–23 November 2018 Tribunal: Hon P J Andrews, Chairperson Ms N Dangen, Member Mr N O’Connor, Member Appearances: Mr S Waalkens, on behalf of the Committe...

5. Biel v Hall - Opepe Farm Trust [2011] Māori Appellate Court MB 535 (2011 APPEAL 535) [pdf, 222 KB]

   RAMEKA V HALL MAC 2011 Maori Appellate Court MB 535 25 October 2011 IN THE MAORI APPELLATE COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIARIKI DISTRICT 2011 Maori Appellate Court MB 535 (2011 APPEAL 535) A20100012260 IN THE MATTER OF Opepe Farm Trust BETWEEN EMILY RAMEKA AND PUTIPUTI BIEL Appellants AND WILLIAM TEMUERA ROBERT HALL Respondent Hearing: 8 February 2011 (Heard at Rotorua) Court: Chief Judge WW Isaac (Presiding) Judge CT Coxhead Judge SF Reeves...

6. Waitangi Tribunal - remaining historical claims update [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...remaining claims with historical grievances that arise in the district and relate to issues heard in the preceding district inquiry; (b) Consult with and confirm which claimants want the Tribunal to consider their claims; (c) Resolve any jurisdictional matters affecting the Tribunal's ability to inquiry into the claims; (d) Commission an assessment of claim issue coverage in the evidential record of the preceding district inquiry and in the Tribunal report; (e) In consultation...

7. LCRO 145/2023 ET v PU (25 February 2025) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...ET about whether he had in fact terminated their retainer. (c) The text message exchanges between them make it clear that he had not terminated their retainer. (d) At their meeting on 3 May 2017, Ms PU “kept pushing [him] and wasting time on matters dealt with previously.” This was “tiresome and frustrating” and so he took a break, and at the same time topped-up his parking meter. (e) Ms PU has also withheld information from him, which she was obliged to provide. The Police...

8. LD v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Mental Injury) [2022] NZACC 199 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT IDENTIFY THE APPELLANT IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZACC 199 ACR 108/21; and 109/21 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN LD Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 4 October 2022 Held at: Hamilton/Kirikirioa Appearances: Ms Koloni for the Appell...

9. [2018] NZLCDT 1 Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Hay [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...be “professional”.3 [3] The Standards Committee alleges that Mr Hay, together with Barrie Skinner, then the complainant’s accountant, and currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for fraudulent tax avoidance and perverting the course of justice, devised and carried out a scheme to obtain $200,000 from the complainant Ms C. [4] Barrie Skinner proposed to Ms C that she invest in a “property development” in Queenstown, which would yield her 10% and was for a term of one ye...

10. LCRO 52/2017 BL v JC (30 November 2018) [pdf, 332 KB]

    ...January 2014, yet had billed them for in March 2014, when they purchased the property. Mr JC offered to reduce his invoice by $100. Ms BL offered to pay him $345, equivalent to one hour of his time. Mr JC informed Ms BL that he would refer the matter to his firm’s collection agency. Complaint [11] Ms BL and Mr SF lodged a complaint about Mr JC’s conduct with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 14 November 2016. [12] They described their complaint being ab...