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1. BT v YB LCRO 128 / 2010 (26 May 2011) - Costs Decision [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...Committee decision. That right builds on the right to complain about the conduct or service of a lawyer provided by section 130, and reinforces the consumer protection provisions of the Act. 3 [12] An application to the LCRO is not by way of an appeal. There is no requirement to provide grounds for review or adduce evidence in support of the application. [13] A review involves a consideration of all of the material before the Standards Committee including issues of law, fac...

2. CD v XS LCRO 186 / 2010 (27 May 2011) [pdf, 45 KB]

   ...recorded that section 138(1)(f) of the Act provided that a Standards Committee may in its discretion, decide to take no action on any complaint if, in the opinion of the Committee “there is in all the circumstances an adequate remedy or right of appeal …that it would be reasonable for the person aggrieved to exercise.” [10] The Committee therefore considered that the Applicant had remedies available to him through the Court. Review [11] In his application for Review, the...

3. White v Rodney District Council [pdf, 53 KB]

   SUMMARY Case: White & Anor v Rodney District Council & Anor – COSTS DECISION File No: TRI 2007-100-000064/ DBH 01814 Court: WHT Adjudicator: KD Kilgour Date of Decision: 23 April 2009 Background An application was filed by the claimants seeking costs against the second respondent, Mrs Kerkin pursuant to s91 of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 (Act). However the claimants were not successful as the Tribunal found that the defences raised by

4. BORA Resource Management and Electricity Legislation Amendment Bill [pdf, 32 KB]

   ...that the majority membership of hearings panels are "accredited" for hearing resource consents, private plan changes, designation and heritage order hearings: • empowers all hearings panels with more inquisitorial powers; • focuses appeals in the Environment Court on testing the merits of the first (local authority) hearing; • provides new mechanisms for non-local decision making that build on the existing ministerial call-in processes; • streamlines the plan making...

5. Dablo v Tan [2013] NZIACDT 41 (26 June 2013) [pdf, 47 KB]

   ...power to regulate its own procedure (section 49(1)). However, for a professional disciplinary body in contemporary New Zealand to operate without its decisions being available to the public would be a truly exceptional situation. [12] The Court of Appeal in R v Liddell [1995] 1 NZLR 538 at 546 per Cooke P said, in relation to the question of name suppression: [T]he starting point must always be the importance in a democracy of freedom of speech, open judicial proceedings, and the right...

6. KX v WA LCRO 84 / 2012 (30 April 2012) [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...be made within 30 working days after the date of this decision. The contact details for the LCRO are 0800 367 6838, Private Bag 92535, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141 or www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/legal-complaints-review-officer/contact-us Appeals must be on the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee ($30.67 inclusive of GST).” [6] There is no definition of “working days” provided in the Act. That definition is provided by section 29 of the Interpretation...

7. Memorandum of New Zealand Air Line Pilots Association dated 1 March 2017 [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...adjournment of the proceedings Dated 1 March 2017 MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: 1. I refer to my Memorandum of 23 February and the Court's subsequent Minute seeking responses from other parties. The position has altered as a result of the Court of Appeal decision released today in Ne w Zealand Air Line Pilots ' Association v Director Civil Aviation and Wellington International Airporl Limited. 1 2. The decision overturns the Director's decision to approve WIAL's pr...

8. Application for in-court media coverage [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...COVERAGE 3 Step 2 Write down what you want to record Case name  Case number (if known)  Scheduled start date  Court (such as Wellington District Court)  We want to cover: the trial sentencing (if the defendant is convicted) the appeal other (please give details)  Expected dates of coverage  We ask permission to: film take photos record sound Conditions The following conditions of coverage should apply: standard conditions standard conditions as modif...

9. Presentation NZPI Breakfast Club [pdf, 988 KB]

   ...matters  Locations  Auckland  Wellington  Christchurch  Circuit Court – in and out of courthouses Hearing Room in Auckland The Pre-Hearing and Hearing Processes of the Court Types of cases filed in the Environment Court:  Appeals against decisions of councils  Originating cases – interpretation of the RMA, national or local plans  Direct Referral – “first instance jurisdiction” Other types of hearings:  Civil enforcement  Criminal prosecution...

10. 26 February Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 366 KB]

    ...http://www.justice.govt.nz/services/information-for-legal-professionals/information-for-legal-aid-providers/documents/documents-for-whats-new-for-la-provders/vulnerable-childrens-final-decisions-and-response http://www.justice.govt.nz/services/information-for-legal-professionals/information-for-legal-aid-providers/documents/documents-for-whats-new-for-la-provders/childrens-workers-exemption-appeals-fixed-fee-schedule http://www.justice.govt.nz/services/information-for-legal-professionals/inform...