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1. BK v YM LCRO 177 / 2010 (14 April 2011) [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...Standards Committee decision focused on the complaint relating to the provision of affidavit evidence by the Respondent. In this regard the Committee took note of rule 13.7 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client 4 Care Rules) 2008 (the Client Care Rules) which provides that a lawyer must not be obstructive when approached to give evidence in Court proceedings. [18] The Committee considered that the Respondent was not in breach of the Client Care Rul...

2. LCRO 63/2021 FB v LK (31 May 2021) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...reached at that meeting, and the parties executed a written relationship property agreement, appropriately certified by their lawyers (the agreement).1 [9] Mr FB subsequently became unhappy about the agreement. He considered that Mr LK had failed to protect his interests in the negotiations leading up to the agreement being signed, and that the agreement unjustly favoured Mrs FB. Complaint [10] Against that background, on 18 February 2020, Mr FB lodged his complaint with the New...

3. VAB v Corrections [2022] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...to this particular case, as it was issued and discharged well after Ms Bakker disclosed information to Early Start. [43] The Tribunal understands that the plaintiff is aggrieved by this situation. It is unfortunate that while Ms Bakker had a careful plan for how to manage the disclosure, the speed and manner in which Early Start told the plaintiff’s partner meant that the impact of this disclosure on the plaintiff and his relationship with his partner was made worse than it perhaps...

4. 2025 NZPSPLA 099 pdf [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...APPEARANCES Constable K Sleep for NZ Police A Leijen, Certificate Holder DECISION [1] Police are asking for Anieta Leijen’s certificate of approval to be cancelled as she has recently been convicted of three offences of violence and breaching a protection order. Ms Leijen accepts she has these convictions but wants to return to work in security. She considers she is still suitable to be a certificate holder because she did not assault the victim and only pleaded guilty to avoi...

5. Disability-and-victimisation-final-report.pdf [pdf, 880 KB]

   ...did give me a card, somebody to ring at Victim Support. Victim Support were really good. They were awesome. They came around to visit me and the kids and they sat with us and had a cup of tea and talked. They were awesome; just by the way they cared about what happened. (Vision impaired, wahine Māori) mailto:michael@kaitiakiresearch.com michael@kaitiakiresearch.com +64 (0)27-511-1993 In contrast, two participants identified as victims of urgent and life-threatening offences...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 133 Gumbeze v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...November 2023 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: D Fleming, counsel for plaintiff RM Butler and DT Smith, counsel for defendant Judgment: 24 July 2024 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Bigson Gumbeze began working as a care and protection social worker for Child, Youth and Family on 22 March 2010. By November 2011 he had become a senior social work practitioner. [2] On 1 April 2017, Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children came into exi...

7. Deaths that must be reported to the coroner

   ...appears to be unnatural, violent or accidental   the death happened unexpectedly during or as a result of medical procedures or anaesthetic   the death is pregnancy or birth-related   the person who died was in official custody or care   the identity of the deceased person is unknown   the person may have died due to poison, toxins, drugs or medication   the death may be due to neglect, including self-neglect   the whānau, caregiver or the medic...

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8. The Impact of the Prostitution Reform Act on the Health and Safety Practices of Sex Workers Report [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...other sex workers, NZPC and for managed workers, the manager or receptionist at their place of work. • Most participants reported always using condoms for vaginal and anal sex. • Just over one tenth of survey participants reported not using protection at some time in the last 12 months for oral sex on the client and on them. Street-based workers were more likely than managed and private sex workers to report this and male sex workers were more likely than female and transgende...

9. Eppanapally v Zhou [2014] NZIACDT 118 (28 November 2014) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...fees. [42] Accordingly, licensed immigration advisers are given the freedom to practise as employees where they have little control over the business practices of their employer. However, they do so at their peril unless they establish proper protection for their professional independence, and assurance they can ensure they manage and deliver service for all aspects of the professional relationship (alone or with another licensed adviser). It is not open to Ms Zhou to claim they are s...

10. LCRO 211/2020 BU - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (30 July 2021) [pdf, 233 KB]

    ...Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Background [2] Mr GC, and his mother Mrs RC, were engaged in a lengthy and acrimonious family dispute. [3] In 2016, Mrs RC instructed Mr BU to make application to the Family Court for a protection order. Mr GC was the subject of the application for protection. [4] The application was filed on 9 May 2016. The application recorded the parties to the application as Mrs RC, together with her husband SC. 2 [5] Unfortunatel...