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1. OIA-106563.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...outline the additional criminal justice proposals and explain their intended effect in denouncing the offending. The paper proposes improvements to operational responses to youth offending, along with legislative changes to the youth justice and care and protection systems 3. The paper focuses on operational and legislative changes to the care and protection of children systems, and youth justice processes. This includes proposed amendments to the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 to increase th...

2. OIA-109706-v2.pdf [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...including both in FDR and the in-court system through a lawyer for the child, specialist reports, and the judicial meeting. The purpose of this report is to identify best practices for children’s participation in decision making relating to their care, provide advice on where current practice differs from best practice, and propose improvements that could be made to child participation practices within the context of Care of Children Act (COCA) and FDR proceedings. Out of scope o...

3. Chee v Stareast Investment Ltd [2010] NZWHT Auckland 33 [pdf, 298 KB]

   ................................................................................. 23 WHAT IS THE REMEDIAL WORK REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE DEFECTS? .................................................................................................. 23 CAN DIRECTORS OF COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION OWE A DUTY OF CARE TO SUBSEQUENT OWNERS? .................................... 25 RESPONSIBILITY OF MR HUNG ............................................................... 26 RESPONSIBILITY OF...

4. LCRO 176/2021 BR v UE and VJ (7 December 2022) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr BR has applied for a review of the determination by [X] Standards Committee, in which the Committee determined that Mr BR had breached rule 10.1 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules1 and made a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against Mr BR by reason of that breach. [2] The Committee censured Mr BR and ordered him to apologise to Mrs UE. It also ordered him to pay a fine of $3,000 and costs of $1,000. Mrs...

5. [2020] NZIACDT 44 - Registrar v Yoon (8 October 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...for her. She had been exonerated of any wrongdoing. Furthermore, Immigration New Zealand had wrongly questioned her health. The claimed annual cost of treating her was totally disproved. He relied on a specific decision of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (the IPT) which had allowed the appeal of a person convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder. The advocate signed off the letter as an “Advocate”. [13] On 1 November 2017, the advocate sent an email to the Mini...

6. JD v RU LCRO 55 / 2011 (22 March 2012) [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...took place at the [Auckland] District Court when the accused appeared to answer the charges laid against him. [3] Mr JD complains that Mr RU’s conduct on the day breached a number of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. He lists these in his complaint to the Complaints Service of the New Zealand Law Society as follows: Chapter 10, s 10 (obligation to promote and maintain proper standards of professionalism in all dealings) Chapter...

7. GQ v TO LCRO 57 / 2011 (12 January 2012) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...to that draft which were made, and the will was signed in September 2004. [6] In January 2006 she again made contact with Mr TO to instruct him to prepare Enduring Powers of Attorney for her. She wished to appoint her son GR as her Personal Care and Welfare Attorney, and GR and Mr TO as her Property Attorneys. GR and Mrs GQ (Mrs) were Mrs HA’s only two children. [7] At the time of making those Powers of Attorney, Mr TO met GR for the first time. [8] In July 2008, Mr HA...

8. 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...

9. Barfoot & Thompson v CAC 20003 [2014] NZREADT 48 [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...[3] The Committee’s concern was that Barfoot & Thompson’s in-house policy failed to ensure that it and its salespersons met their obligations to vendor clients under the 2 Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2009, particularly rules 6.1 and 9.1. In particular, the Committee was concerned that Barfoot & Thompson does not require an employee interested in purchasing a property to negotiate through the listing salesperson, or if the int...

10. Kennedy v Scanner Investments Ltd [pdf, 169 KB]

    ...detailed in the estimates by Octa Associates (submitted as an appendix to Mr O’Connor’s report). 4.3 The claims against Scanner are in tort and based on allegations of negligence. The Owners say that Scanner owed them a non-delegable duty of care to ensure that all building work was carried out in compliance with the building regulations. They claim that it breached that duty by failing to carry out, or have carried out, the building work in a compliant manner. 4.4 The...