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1. LCRO 34/2020 KL v OP (4 August 2020) [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...NE. 2 [3] Mr KL says he had independent advice from his own lawyer at the time the trust was formed, and that lawyer has received confirmation from Mr OP that the deed was properly executed at the time.1 [4] Mr KL says he and Ms JS formally separated in 2016 and have been unable to finally resolve their differences over parenting and property. At the time of Mr KL’s complaint to the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) in August 2019, the trustees had yet to reach unanimity over,...

2. Otago Standards Committee v Klinkert [2014] NZLCDT 60 [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...257 costs of the Tribunal. [4] This judgment contains the reasons for the penalty imposed. [5] The practitioner has admitted the underlying facts relating to the charge, which in summary are: (a) In 2006 the practitioner was acting for the parents of J. J held powers of attorney for his parents (the Zs). Previously, in 2005 the parents had applied to Work and Income New Zealand (“WINZ”) for a Residential 3 Care Subsidy (the “Subsidy”) that was declined because t...

3. BORA Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...justification). 12. By granting the Registrar-General a right to decline to register a name in certain circumstances, the Bill constitutes a prima facie limit on freedom of expression. 13. The three limits on what a person’s name can be have three separate purposes. The first limit aims to protect the public (including the individual) from harm; the second aims to mitigate any administrative burden that an overly long name may pose; and the third aims to avoid any misrepresentation or...

4. Succession Factsheet [pdf, 355 KB]

   ...the MLC determine all the deceased person’s land interests. The information you’ll need is: • all the deceased person’s names (including maiden name, if applicable) • the deceased person’s siblings’ names • the deceased person’s parents’ names (including their mother’s maiden name) • the names of anyone from whom the deceased person may have obtained interests • the names of the lands in which the deceased person may have had interests. Assets the Māori La...

5. Deputy Registrar - Taupo 24A and Taupo 24B (2011) 25 Taitokerau MB 296 (25 TTK 296) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...Taupo 24B, being the balance of the block that was said to comprise 909.3.04 acres. 1 The Court did not define the boundaries of Taupo 24A other than to describe it by reference to the burial place of the applicant’s (Motukiwi Hone Tua II) parents: 1 57 Northern MB 81 (57 N 81). However, the certificate of title (NAPR 115/31) shows Taupo 24 as containing 937.1.24 acres. 22 Taitokerau MB 72 Applicant states that his father...

6. Paniora v Kereopa - Waipoua 2B3D2A2A and Waipoua 2B3D2A2B2C (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 227 (99 TTK 227) [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...of Court proceedings I address four key factual issues to bring the application to a conclusion. [7] First, what is the boundary between the Birch and Paniora blocks? Given the fact that Mrs Kereopa appears to deny the fact of the partition and separate title orders, and claims unfairness in that historic division, it is necessary to recount the title history in some detail. [8] Second, what is the status of the fence between the two blocks? [9] Third, what rights, if any, do the...

7. Youth Court - 10 suggested characteristics of a good youth justice system [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...responses than adults. A good system recognises their vulnerability and includes protections that enable them to desist from offending in the future. It is beneficial to young people to offer them a response, interventions and treatment that is separate to that of adults. Why is this? What is a “youth specific” justice system? What is it that can be offered to young people through these processes that is so beneficial to them? What is it that makes a youth justice system effecti...

8. Panapa - Ngawhare rāua ko Merepapuha Raukura Maika Te Rangipuawhe Whānau Trust (2017) 159 Waiariki MB 277 (159 WAR 277) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...Maika’s 1/15 th share and vest it in the Frank and Ngarangimihi Maika whānau trust. 1 . The underlying reason being disharmony within the whānau. [3] Huru Maika, chairperson of the Whānau trust opposes the application. He says that it was his parents’, Ngawhare and Mere Maika’s, intentions that the lands be held in trust and not fragmented. Background [4] Ngawhare Maika died on 16 August 1989. His Māori land interests were vested in Te Rangipuawhe Maika, Frankie Ma...

9. [2016] NZSSAA 100 (24 November 2016) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...contaminated blood products, as income when assessing the appellant’s entitlement to Supported Living Payment. Background [2] The appellant suffers from Haemophilia. As a seven-year-old child, while travelling in the United Kingdom with his parents, he received contaminated blood products. This was not discovered until he was 13 years old and back in New 2 Zealand. As a result of receiving the contaminated blood products, the appellant developed an HIV infection an...

10. Heta - Taiharuru 4C3B (2010) 13 Taitokerau MB 203 (13 TTK 203) [pdf, 146 KB]

    ...The land has 11 owners holding 50 shares in total. Eric Heta holds 10 shares and has applied to the Court to partition his interests into a 2000m² section. He wishes to build a house on the land for himself and his family and says that he needs a separate title in order to obtain mortgage finance. [3] The owners of the land have met and support Mr Heta’s request for partition but have stipulated that “...a clause is made to never allow the land to be sold out of the family.”...