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1. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Horsley [2014] NZLCDT 47 [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...to having a previously unblemished career he has contributed to his profession in terms of continuing legal education and committee work for the Law Society. He is certainly deserving of credit for all of these matters. [36] As to his guilty plea on the second charge, he ought to receive some credit for that but it came very late in the piece, on the morning of the first hearing. [37] The acceptance of responsibility by the practitioner and the mitigating features referred to are...

2. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences December 2021 [xlsx, 172 KB]

   ...2021 Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015 - 2021 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015 - 2021 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015 - 2021 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicted of Harmful Digital Comm...

3. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences June 2022 [xlsx, 172 KB]

   ...Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015/2016 - 2021/2022 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015/2016 - 2021/2022 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015/2016 - 2021/2022 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicte...

4. Environment Court annual review 2015 [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review Calendar Year 2015 By Members of the Court Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review 2015 2 PUBLISHED MAY 2016 CONCERNING CALENDAR YEAR 2015 In this review Calendar year 2015: an overview by Principal Environment Judge ........................................ 4 Profile of the Court ........................................................................................................

5. Manuirirangi v Parininihi Ki Waitotara Incorporation - Waiokura Te Kauae blocks, Section 27-29, 33,34, 40-44 and Section 111 Block VII Waimate Survey District and Lot 1 Deposited Plan 5603 (2013) 312 Aotea MB 104 (312 AOT 104) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...attempts to have the lands returned to the Trust. The Trust he said was eventually put into liquidation following action taken by PKW to recover rental arrears. Tongawhiti Manuirirangi also made submissions in support underscoring in an impassioned plea that the requests of now deceased owners and kaumātua had inspired him and those supporting the applicant to leave no stone unturned in their quest to have the subject lands restored to the authority of the hapū. [15] The applica...

6. CAC20002 v Daji [2015] NZREADT 14 [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...COUNSEL Ms J MacGibbon for the prosecution Mr T D Rea for the defendant DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL ON PENALTY Introduction [1] Ms Sangeeta Daji (“the licensee”) was initially charged with misconduct. Prior to the charges hearing, she pleaded guilty to unsatisfactory conduct under s.72(b) of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (“the Act”) in that she breached s.6(1) of the Act in acting as a salesperson when she was not licensed. However, the Committee did not accept that thi...

7. LCRO 229/2016 MN QC v HT [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...Introduction [1] Mr MN QC has applied for review of the determination by the [XX] Standards Committee (the Committee) that a bill of costs which included a trial cancellation fee of $120,000 (the trial had been vacated due to Mr MN’s client pleading guilty to charges) constituted unsatisfactory conduct pursuant to s12(b) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). Background [2] Mr MN was instructed by [Law Firm A] to act for Mr HT in defending charges laid against hi...

8. BG v TC LCRO 199/2013 (22 January 2015) [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...assertion, and I therefore disregard it. [30] Mr BG says he found Mr TC “the most awkward person to try and reason with”, and that he refused to accept his instructions that he did not commit the offences alleged, advising him to enter guilty pleas to three charges on the basis that the Police might discontinue others. He repeats his view that Mr TC is not a fit and proper person to be a lawyer, and if he had been able to choose (rather than allocated a lawyer by Legal Aid),...

9. G Eckhoff - SoE - 21 April 2021.pdf [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...failure to genuinely consult with water users over PC7 ThP. fan 7 t.on~ult~tion where riw· ~peaking time on the<;e important m,~tler:; before th~ u1urt •· - ·• ····---wa<:- halved from r3 merf' 10 minutes to S mi1nites Allow me please to quote a sentence from the former chair of the 0RC Marian Hobbs to me Quote "You will have a chance to put in a submission once the plan has been notified, and we will adhere to the times advised t o you ... ... . The plan wil...

10. Complaints Assessment Committee 412 v Singh [2019] NZREADT 004 [pdf, 187 KB]

    ...letter of apology to the vendors); [f] Mr Singh’s offending occurred when he had been a licensed salesperson for just over one year, he had an otherwise unblemished record, he had co- operated with the investigation and entered an early guilty plea, and he had received in-house training on disclosure requirements. [26] Mr Barrowclough submitted that the appropriate penalty would be an order for censure, a fine of $6,000, and an order to complete further training. Discussio...