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1. [2022] NZEnvC 093 Waimea Plains Landscape Preservation Society Inc v Gore District Council [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...filed its response to the Society’s application on 19 April 2022, submitting that costs should lie where they fall. They submit the following in response:4 (a) the Council met all procedural directions and requirements for this matter. It was careful to conduct its case in a way that would not unnecessarily lengthen the hearing; (b) all aspects of the Council’s case were relevant to the matters to be determined by the Court. The case advanced by the Council was consistent...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Brill [2022] NZLCDT 13 (16 May 2022) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...Wellington District Law Society [2011] NZLR 850. 3 [5] Having reached this point, we then stood back and considered whether the overall penalty to be imposed in this case met the purposes of the legislation. That is, was it sufficient to protect the public, maintain the reputation of the profession and uphold professional standards. Those are the primary purposes of disciplinary sanctions rather than any punitive purpose, although it is recognised that orders may well have a...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 021 Jacks Point Residential No.2 Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...vehicle access was formed and water supply, wastewater treatment and stormwater infrastructure established. Large areas of open space have been set out to provide areas of private amenity, native vegetation enhancement, public trails and landscape protection almost all, on my casual observation, to a very high standard. 2. Chapter 41 (Jacks Point) of the proposed plan and JPG's responses 2.1 Jacks Point under the notified PDP [8] In Chapter 41 of its notified PDP ("PDP n...

4. [2025] NZREADT 41 - DQ & KU v CAC 2204 Rule (19 September 2025) [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...was upheld by the Tribunal which reversed the Committee’s decision and substituted a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against both licensees.1 The Tribunal found they had breached the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules). [3] It is now for the Tribunal to determine the penalty for each licensee and decide whether to make an order for compensation. BACKGROUND [4] The chronology leading to the complaint is set out in the earlier...

5. Kaufusi v Tangilanu [2014] NZIACDT 54 (24 April 2014) [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...complaint on wider grounds, but the Registrar identified material that supports the following grounds of complaint: [4.1] The adviser breached the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2010, in that: [4.1.1] She breached her duties of care, diligence, respect and professionalism under the Code of Conduct, in performing her services and carrying out her instructions (clause 1.1(a) and (b)); [4.1.2] Breached her duties in relation to written agreements and fees (clauses 1.5(a)...

6. Crosswell v Auckland City Council [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...involvement and responsibility based on the information available to the Tribunal, even though he did not participate in the adjudication hearing. All parties accepted that Mr Malone was the builder of the property and therefore he owed a duty to use care and skill in carrying out the building work and to ensure that the approved documents for construction contained sufficient information. The Tribunal found that Mr Malone’s carelessness and negligence was the major reason for the d...

7. Ringwood v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 44 [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...LACK OF MAINTENANCE? ......................................................................................... 14 WHEN WAS THE HOUSE BUILT? .............................................................. 15 DID THE DEVELOPERS BREACH THEIR DUTY OF CARE TO THE CLAIMANT? ................................................................................................. 18 WAS THE COUNCIL NEGLIGENT IN ISSUING THE CCC AND IF SO DID THIS NEGLIGENCE CAUSE LOSS? ..................................

8. BORA Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill [pdf, 25 KB]

   ...interest of the intrusion on the particular right protected by the Bill of Rights Act; 3. The limits sought to be placed on the application of the Bill of Rights Act provision in the particular case; and 4. The effectiveness of the intrusion in protecting the interests put forward to justify those limits." This passage emphasises that the assessment under s 5 BORA must be a nuanced and context-specific one. 7. Ministry of Justice officials have indicated that the Government con...

9. DA v EB LCRO 7/2013 (26 August 2014) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...paid it into a trust account, as she has since accepted she should have done. By thwarting the operation of Regulation 9, Ms DA cannot be said to have breached it. While that is a logical outcome, it is not satisfactory in that it side-steps the protections Regulation 9 provides to lawyers’ clients. [77] The Committee was also correct to find that Ms DA had breached Regulation 10, which makes provision for fees and disbursements to be paid in advance of a practitioner renderin...

10. [2022] NZIACDT 29 - EQ v McCarthy (19 December 2022) [pdf, 322 KB]

    ...Immigration NZ to Mr McCarthy on 6 succeeded only once, speaking to him on 14 October 2021. He told the officer he would reply to their emails that day, but he did not do so. [32] On 4 November 2021, Immigration NZ wrote to the complainant, care of Mr McCarthy, stating that the mandatory character information was missing. The government agency said it had sought to contact Mr McCarthy numerous times between 23 July and 28 October 2021, but he did not respond. They were given...