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1. LCRO 113/2013 AB v EF (3 August 2017) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...AB applied for a review of the Committee’s determination. He said:4 … the decision is deeply flawed in its methodology and … it follows that the Committee’s decision to absolve Mr EF of any and all responsibility for his actions is both careless and null and void. [14] His issue with the methodology would appear to be that the Committee did not direct Mr EF to answer each and every aspect of Mr AB’s complaints and the determination was so unreasonable as to amount to “a d...

2. BORA Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...adverse effect on the environment or a serious prejudicial effect on the proper conduct of the Rugby World Cup. 7. We have considered whether the types of activities that would fall within the ambit of cl (1)(b) are of a nature that attracts the protection of s 14 of the Bill of Rights Act. We note that for the purpose of the Bill the term activity is defined narrowly as “a use, trade, business, occupation and service that is undertaken or conducted for or in connection with the R...

3. FCA Judicial appointment information booklet [pdf, 615 KB]

   ...2023. Sections 7A to 7K (inclusive) of the Family Court Act 1980 provide the legislative framework to establish the role. Included are sections prescribing the appointment process and criteria for appointment, the term of appointment and immunity protections for a Family Court Associate. A Family Court Associate will fulfil a vitally important role in the hierarchy of decision-making in the Family Court. A Family Court Associate will be empowered to take on some of a Family Court judge’...

4. LCRO 137-2016 HA v TY Decision [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...ensure proper discovery might be considered an aspect of the duty not to mislead the Court. It is a positive duty and an ongoing one”. [8] The importance of this duty is reflected in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) relating to discovery2 which include a positive obligation on a lawyer to:3 advise the client of the scope of the client’s obligations in respect of discovery, including the continuing nature of those oblig...

5. 2022-03-02 Hearing Notice - PC8 (Urban Provisions) - Commencing Monday 21 March 2022 - updated [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...(Queenstown), PO Box 201, DX ZP95010, Queenstown Interested Party S274 Phil Murray Resource Management Ltd Phil Murray Resource Management Ltd Interested Party S274 Pine Terrace Ltd Nicole Dowling Interested Party S274 Pomahaka Water Care Group Pomahaka Water Care Group Interested Party S274 Puketoi Farming Company Ltd Puketoi Farming Company Ltd Interested Party S274 Queenstown Lakes District Council Brandon Watts, Meredith Connell, PO Box 90750, Auckland...

6. Central Standards Committee 3 v Bong [2023] NZLCDT 24 (8 June 2023) [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...dishonourable by lawyers of good standing. Alternatively, the Standards Committee must establish a wilful or reckless breach of the LCA or the Rules, in this case, a breach of r 11.4 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. (b) The alternative of negligence or incompetence requires that the negligence or incompetence must be of such a degree as to reflect on the practitioner’s fitness to practice, or as to bring the profession into...

7. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Burton [2023] NZLCDT 23 (26 May 2023) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...profession. [26] We do not propose to treat the previous unsatisfactory conduct finding as aggravating (having taken place contemporaneously with the present). But we are troubled that a pattern of behaviour may be emerging at the late stages of the career of this otherwise valuable and long-serving member of the profession. Mr Burton is 76 years old and has been in practice, (in a poorer socio-economic part of Auckland) for 52 years. He told us that he routinely had been working...

8. LCRO 239/2016 RY v P AN and T AN (25 September 2018) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...which the builder’s lawyer would hold the deposit as stakeholder? (c) Did Mr RY respond to Mrs AN’s subsequent request for advice, contained in her email to him on 4 July 2013, 11.45 am, about those terms? (d) Did Mr RY take reasonable care when he considered the builder’s lawyer’s 4 July, 2.32 pm email before he confirmed the purchase agreement in his email to the builder’s lawyer at 3.15 pm that day? (e) Did Mr RY obtain Mr and Mrs AN’s instructions before he co...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 101 Kumeu Properties Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...paragraph needs to be renamed to: Consents granted by the Auckland Council: Land Use Consent L68000 - Wastewater Discharge Consent Reg 68001; Water Take Reg 68002; Bore Reg 68003; and Stormwater Discharge Reg 68004 are granted authorizing an aged care facility: (i) Comprising a maximum of 114 residents; (ii) Single access from Taupaki Road; (iii) Generally contained within four buildings connected by covered walkways; (iv) Associated landscape planting; (v) Earthworks of approxi...

10. Family Violence, Sexual Violence and Violence within Whānau: Workforce Capability Framework [pdf, 2.5 MB]

    ...for example: E Tū Whānau, Nga Vaka o Kaiga Tapu • Revision of existing practice guidelines in the future (for example, the Ministry of Health Violence Intervention Programme guidelines) • Social Workers Registration Board new competencies • CareerForce training schedule (for example, Level 5 Health and Wellbeing Diploma) Informs Ministry of Social Development family violence and sexual violence provider contracting • Contracting arrangements specify safe practice requirements as d...