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1. DR v BU Ltd [2022] NZDT 199 (22 November 2022) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...information they were given after the tow. While this may have been the case, this did not negate the respondent’s right to tow the applicants’ car from private land. 9. The applicants also told the Tribunal that the respondent had a general duty of care to the public to act with integrity. However, as this is not a legal duty of care, I am unable to consider this argument. The applicants also expressed frustration at the inability to get information from the Police and the New Zeal...

2. [2025] NZSSA 05 (3 February 2025) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...contained within the broader SNG Programme. 15. The SNG Programme provides for payments for people in specific circumstances. Clause 15 provides for re-establishment costs. The Re-establishment Grant at issue in this case is specific to refugees, protected persons, Afghan interpreters and Afghan evacuees and is established under clause 15.1 of the SNG Programme. Under clause 15.1 there are several key provisions relevant to this appeal. Clause 15.1.1 allows the Ministry to make...

3. [2020] NZIACDT 44 - Registrar v Yoon (8 October 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...person; and 1.2 failing to personally obtain and carry out the client’s informed instructions. 11 2 Alternatively, the adviser breached the Code by – 2.1 acting in an unprofessional manner and failing to exercise diligence and due care in relying on an unlicensed person to communicate with the client, in breach of cl 1; 2.2 failing to obtain and carry out the client’s informed instructions, in breach of cl 2(e); and 2.3 facilitating the provision of immigration advi...

4. INZ (Greathead) v Ortiz [2019] NZIACDT 59 (29 August 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...client asking him to write a letter stating he had worked at the salon voluntarily. He did not, so she kept ringing him and sending texts urging him to send the letter. The client told Immigration New Zealand’s investigator that Ms Ortiz was careful not to mention in any of her texts what the letter was in relation to. The client then stopped communicating with her. [24] On 27 November 2015, Ms Ortiz replied by email to Immigration New Zealand’s second letter advising that sh...

5. A v Van Wijk (Access to File) [2019] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...Van Wijk has made no submissions. [9] While the plaintiff, in principle, neither opposes nor consents to Ms Johnston’s application for access to the statement of claim and statements of reply, the plaintiff asks that the documents be redacted to protect her and her family’s identity and to protect her against the potential harm of publication of facts detailed in the statement of claim without the full context that will emerge at trial. Accordingly redactions have been sought: [9....

6. [2025] NZIACDT 58 - NF v Wilson (9 December 2025) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...circumstances; and (h) looked at overall, is the penalty which is fair, reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances. DISCUSSION [19] The Tribunal has upheld three breaches of the Code. This includes a failure to be professional and exercise due care by overlooking a police certificate when she filed the application. This resulted in a work visa of short duration. [20] This is the first complaint against Ms Wilson brought before the Tribunal. On the other hand, she has...

7. LCRO 98/2019 EL v SV, DV & JV (31 March 2021) [pdf, 510 KB]

   ...million. [8] D, S and J V (the Vs) were amongst the residual beneficiaries of Mr OM’s will. D was Mr OM’s daughter, and S and J were two of his grandchildren. [9] Litigation over Mr OM’s estate ensued. This included claims under the Family Protection Act 1955 (FPA), and a claim by Mrs PE under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA). [10] As executor and trustee, Mr EL was the defendant in all of the proceedings. [11] Mr EL instructed counsel to act in the PRA proceedi...

8. OIA-121693.pdf [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...SURVEY ................................................................. 100 ADULT SAFETY PROGRAMMES – CLIENT FEEDBACK SURVEY ..................................................................... 101 CHILD SAFETY – CLIENT FEEDBACK SURVEY (PARENT/CAREGIVER) ............................................................. 103 CHILD SAFETY – CLIENT FEEDBACK SURVEY (CHILD) ................................................................................ 105 NON-VIOLENCE PROGRAMME – CLIE...

9. BORA Crimes Amendment Bill No.5 [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...example, by increasing the age of consent for sibling incest to 20 from 16, one increases the likelihood of true consent, and thereby casts further doubt on the need for a prohibition above that age. 15. Against this background it is necessary to look carefully to see whether there is a justified reason for maintaining and indeed expanding the prohibition. On balance, we have concluded that it lies in a rationale advanced by Jennifer Temkin in the article cited above. If one accepts tha...

10. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v PL [2016] NZLCDT 12 [pdf, 59 KB]

    ...that the case called for a deterrent penalty when regard was had to the serious consequences that flowed from the respondent’s failure and in order to meet the legislative requirements for the maintenance of professional standards and consumer protection. [6] Counsel further submitted that the penalty imposed ought to serve as a reminder to all practitioners that the consequences of failing in one’s discovery duties can be far-reaching. It was said practitioners must be proacti...