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1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - list of issues 6th report [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...situation, including new measures and developments relating to the implementation of the Covenant 1. Please provide detailed information on any significant developments in the legal and institutional framework within which human rights are promoted and protected at the national level that have taken place since the previous periodic report, including any relevant case law. Please also provide information on measures adopted to disseminate the Covenant among judges, lawyers and prosecuto...

2. [2019] NZEnvC 049 Haines House Haulage Northland v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...application were not subject to Plan appeals, nor to any major changes through the mediation process. This relates in particular to RPE Objectives 1.2.1, .2, .3 and Policies 1.3.1 and 1.3.5. However, there has been the addition of a new Policy 1A to protect identified elements of the zone's distinctive rural character and amenity. [7] During the course of this hearing, the relevant Plan provisions were approved by the Court, and in any event all parties agreed these provisions co...

3. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...necessary to preserve such confidentiality, the inquiry must be held, in whole or in part, in private. In addition, the RCOI was required to restrict access to inquiry information where it considered it necessary to do so for reasons including protecting New Zealand’s security or defence interests, protecting the identity of witnesses or other persons, avoiding prejudice to the maintenance of the law, and ensuring protection of fair trial rights. The RCOI was expressly prohibited...

4. LCRO 261/2016 TJ v DM and ZP (26 September 2019) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...a complaint submission as extensive as that filed by Ms TJ, that a degree of distillation of the material is necessary in order to ensure that the issues can be effectively and efficiently addressed. [20] The Committee noted that it had given careful consideration to all of the issues raised by Ms TJ in her complaints and indicated that it did not consider it necessary to respond to all of the matters raised. The Committee cited case authority to support its position.1 [21] Ms...

5. [2024] NZIACDT 14 – SC v Murthy (23 April 2024) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...the complainant, prior to being engaged. 5. Failing to provide the Authority with a complete client file and confirm material discussions in writing. Breaches of the Code 6. Failing to conduct herself with professionalism, diligence and due care in failing to request the complainant’s previous immigration records and therefore failing to recognise he could not submit another application, in breach of cl 1. 7. Failing to recognise that the complainant’s application was like...

6. LCRO 43/2020 SL v DN (29 September 2021) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...identifying details of the parties in this decision have been anonymised Introduction [1] Mr SL has applied for a review of the determination by [Area] Standards Committee [X] that he had breached rr 6.1, 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules.1 The Committee made a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against Mr SL pursuant to s 12(c) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. Background2 [2] Mr DN was the owner of the rear unit of a three-unit development. Title...

7. HNL v SEC [2013] NZIACDT 11 (19 March 2013) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...required to complete the application for a work permit. [17] Mr SEC explained his approach to this professional engagement and his entitlement to fees in these terms: “In order to maintain a professional standard of service it is necessary to protect the intellectual property which is my knowledge and experience of Immigration Law and Practice. It is also necessary to keep clients fully informed of the process(es) required for their application but ensure that clients do not withdra...

8. McMeeken and Anor v CAC306 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 79 [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...the conduct in question; and [e] Whether the Committee’s decisions further the purposes of the Act. The Law on Disclosure [41] There is a clear and express disclosure obligation in the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 for the benefit of both vendor clients (described in the Rules as ‘clients’) and purchasers (described in the Rules as ‘customers’). This is found at Rule 6.4 which states: “A licensee must not mislead a customer or...

9. BG v YQ LCRO 161 / 2010 (4 April 2011) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...these other matrimonial matters. 2 [4] The Standards Committee file that was obtained for the review contained copies of numerous exchanges between Ms BH and the Practitioner concerning relationship property and other matters involving the care of children, and also the drafting of a Section 21 agreement. The nature of the letters suggest that that the relationship break up was not amicable. [5] The Applicant eventually filed complaints against the Practitioner. She all...

10. BORA Wills Bill [pdf, 381 KB]

    ...Dealers and Pawnbrokers Bill in May 2003) an age restriction has been justified in terms of section 5 of the BORA as a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. In other contexts (eg the Care of Children Bill in May 2003), we have concluded that they cannot. 8. This Bill is concerned with the age at which the law should recognise the capacity of a person to do a testamentary action. This is a significant life decision that conce...