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1. CAC10063 v Picknell [2013] NZREADT 41 [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...Picknell’s error is out of step with her general good character. [8] Ms Picknell’s counsel identified the four issues which are important in a sentence (see Real Estate Agents Authority v Lum-on [2012] NZREADT 47). These issues are: [a] Protection of the public; [b] Maintenance of standards; [c] Punishment; and [d] Rehabilitation of the agent. [9] Mr Collecutt submits on behalf of Ms Picknell that there is no need for protection of the public as there is no risk of a rep...

2. [2025] NZIACDT 45 - NA v Wharekura (2 September 2025) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...state he was unwell while there. ASSESSMENT [39] The Registrar relies on the following provisions of the Code: General 1. A licensed immigration adviser must be honest, professional, diligent and respectful and conduct themselves with due care and in a timely manner. Client Care 2. A licensed immigration adviser must: … e. obtain and carry out the informed lawful instructions of the client, and … Code and complaint documents 17. Before entering into a written agr...

3. Shankar v Ahuja [2015] NZIACDT 36 (31 March 2015) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...did so without giving proper advice and taking informed instructions on the matter, and Immigration New Zealand rejected the request. [2.9] The complainant could not work and suffered hardship while she successfully appealed to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. [3] Mr Ahuja says the complainant’s account is untrue. He says he did receive instructions, but before he could lodge the application, the complainant removed papers from his office and took over the instructions. She l...

4. LCRO 45/2020 MN v RK (22 December 2020) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...proposal. [10] Mr MN rendered fees in the sum of $9,162.63 (GST inclusive). [11] On 25 January 2019, Ms RK filed a complaint against Mr MN with the Lawyers Complaints Service. [12] On 7 February 2019, Mr MN lodged a caveat against the property to protect his fees. [13] Mr MN provided a first response to the complaint on 19 February 2019. To the extent that his comprehensive response addressed issues of complaint that are not relevant to this review, there is no purpose served i...

5. Education and Training Bill Advice [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...removes redundant provisions, and gives effect to policy changes including: Early childhood education • requiring police vetting of all adults who live, or may be present, at a home in which children are receiving early childhood education and care; • providing the Education Review Office with the power to enter homes where home- based early childhood education is taking place; • allowing the Minister of Education to approve or decline applications to open new early learning se...

6. BORA Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...as having breached the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. 4. The vesting of the fee simple estate under clause 22 is subject to a number of qualifications. The Crown retains ownership of the water and airspace above the bed. There are various protections of recreational activities, existing structures and commercial activities, a category of "public utilities". 5. The Bill provides for other forms of "cultural redress". These include the issuing of "protocols...

7. CJARS Guide to Filing a Claim [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...may include supporting statements from the police as well as other proof of the existence of the property being claimed for, its current value, and its loss. The Scheme will not meet losses incurred after a witness is accepted onto the Witness Protection Programme. Where a claimant is on, or has been on, the Witness Protection Programme administered by the New Zealand Police, any losses incurred after that claimant was placed on the Witness Protection Programme will not be met by the...

8. EA v NR LCRO 130/2015 (31 October 2016) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...over the “Conveyancers Code of Conduct” (presumably the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008) as well as correspondence and discussions between the new lawyer and Ms NR’s firm and NZLS. [56] I have carefully considered the attendances recorded in the invoice. I am not satisfied that it was necessary for Mrs EA to incur fees of $4,488 (plus GST and disbursements) to be able to make a complaint. All she needed to do was find out that t...

9. National Standards Committee 2 v Mr Q [2023] NZLCDT 14 (2 May 2023) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...• Do two of the assaults each amount to unsatisfactory conduct or misconduct? • What is the appropriate penalty? • Should we order compensation? • Should Mr Q’s name be suppressed? [4] In describing Mr Q’s conduct, we have thought carefully about whether we should use the word “assault”. We have considered alternatives, such as “exploitative sexual contact” which was the term used by the High Court in Gardner-Hopkins (although counsel for the Standards Commi...

10. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Jindal [2024] NZLCDT 45 (24 December 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

    ...National Standards Committee [2019] NZHC 2268. 8 services. Conduct which was “connected to” the regulated services also fell within the professional role, because a wide interpretation of the definition was justified, having regard to the protective purposes of the legislation. [37] Orlov is also authority for the proposition that Parliament intended that there be no gap between the two roles of personal and professional through which a practitioner could escape. [38...