Search Results

1. AB v DE & Ors LCRO 75/2014 (11 July 2016) [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) and effectively ignored 3 other provisions in those rules and was a ruling that there was no effective restraint on the four practitioners and that they were permitted to indulge in illegal activities to protect their client. (c) Misinterpreted legislation in favour of the practitioners complained about. (d) Ignored examples of where the practitioners had acted outside the law and legal prece...

2. [2019] NZEmpC 173 Allied Investments Ltd v Flowers [pdf, 387 KB]

   ...entitlements, but there were occasions when he received less than them. Mr Nevell submitted that meant Mr Flowers had not suffered any detriment because, over time, the position “evened out”. [32] Mr Cranney submitted that such an effect was not permitted under the Act and, even if it was, would only have a neutral outcome provided the employee remained employed. He submitted that, while Mr Flowers may not have a claim for unpaid wages, the roster system could operate to e...

3. Kruger v Nikora - Tuhoe -Te Uru Taumatua [2021] Māori Appellate Court MB 444 (2021 APPEAL 444) [pdf, 296 KB]

   ...that is designed to capture any trust that holds Māori land or General land owned by Māori, including those trusts not constituted under Part 12. That is the intent of s 236, having regard to the scheme in Part 12. This scheme does not easily permit a reading that would exclude some trusts that hold these land statuses. [32] Mr Harman encouraged us to observe that the Preamble, and in particular its reaffirmation of rangatiratanga, imports into the Act a focus that is much broad...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 105 Watkins v Highmark Homes Ltd Interlocutory Judgment [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...the application for security an abuse of process? (c) Were Ms Watkins’ financial circumstances caused by Highmark Homes? What are the merits of Ms Watkins’ challenge? [15] Schedule 2 cl 4 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act) permits the Authority to reopen an investigation upon such terms as it thinks reasonable. The overarching principle is that a reopening will be granted where it is necessary to avoid a miscarriage of justice. A miscarriage of justice can occ...

5. EA v BO LCRO 237 / 2010 (29 September 2011) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...important therefore to examine each Rule to determine the circumstances in which it is to apply. [32] There can only be a finding of unsatisfactory conduct if a specific Rule has been breached. A review of the Rules reveals that this does not permit a Standards Committee to investigate and punish lawyers for conduct outside their professional lives as has been suggested. As noted above, each of the Rules give a clear indication as to the circumstances in which it is to apply, and...

6. NT v OX & B Ltd [2023] NZDT 476 (2 May 2023) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...this way, did not mitigate their losses, so such costs must be to their account. Further, B Ltd would not be liable for damages of $10,000.00 claimed for distress, time, and harm suffered because these are more than compensatory costs and are not permitted costs for which the Tribunal can award damages. 22. I therefore award total damages of $1,822.67 to the Applicants, calculated as follows: • $870.00, being $435.00 refund per passenger for the value of the domestic flights between...

7. LCRO 174/2017 DN v CI [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...Cook, above n 10, at [10.3]. 14 At [10.3]. 15 See discussion in Sandy v Kahn LCRO 181/2009 (25 December 2009) at [38]. 16 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, s 4(c). 11 third parties. (d) Parties’ positions [43] A term of the Cleaning Contract permitted the contractor to “assign or sub- contract part of the Contract for Services”. In that event the Contractor was required to: … advise the [School] in writing, either at the time of the [Cleaning] Contract or during the Peri...

8. Stewart v CAC10064 & Cooper [2013] NZREADT 58 [pdf, 58 KB]

   ...2010 when the initial contract ‘fell over’”. At law, that was a surprising conclusion. [27] The appellant put it that after he had undertaken these extensive enquiries, he was satisfied that the sale and purchase should proceed. He had not permitted execution of the agreement until then. [28] He emphasised that he was very conscious of his legal obligations under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 and felt he had been very careful and thorough to ensure that a double commission...

9. [2020] NZREADT 11 - Catley & Boyle - Ruling (3) (10 March 2020) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...submitted that Mr Boyle should have taken reasonable steps to obtain documents he knew existed, and his failure to do so meant that leave to submit them now should be declined.5 [28] She submitted that both Mr Catley and Mr Boyle now wish to be permitted to produce evidence that was available to them at time of the complaint, merely because they took a casual attitude to preparation of their response to the complaint, or made or approved tactical choices they now regret. [29] Ms...

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

    ...consent for lighting; and b. luminated (back-lit) and all variable message or LED screen signage will be covered by the Event Management Plan or subject to separate resource consent or signage bylaw approval. 2.6. No more than two flag poles are permitted for each base (on the base building or its associated yard area), with each: a. extending to not more than 20 metres above finished ground or wharf level; and b. able to accommodate a flag with a total area of not more than 3...