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1. LCRO 3/2024 RP v TG (21 May 2024) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...make such payment, neither party will have any right or claim against the other as a result of such cancellation. 4 [16] On 11 January 2021, Ms NJ obtained an extension of the finance condition to 25 January 2021 and emailed the firm’s client care information and terms of engagement to the applicant. The firm quoted a modest fixed sum for acting on the purchase, subject to various exceptions, and hourly rates for work falling outside “the summary above”. [17] At about this t...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 027 Director-General of Conservation v Taranaki Regional Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...(policy 4). (d) The Project will maintain existing water quality. Therefore, the primary contact requirements in Appendix 3 of the NPSFM 2020 will not be affected (policy 12). (e) The Project has avoided the loss of natural inland wetlands, has protected their values and promoted their restoration. In particular, the Project has been carefully designed to avoid effects on the ecologically significant Mimi wetland (policy 6). (f) While the Project does involve the permanent loss of se...

3. Proactive-Release-Prisoner-Voting_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...it. No. Document Comments 1 Additional electoral reforms: updated and draft Cabinet papers Briefing Ministry of Justice 24 March 2025 Some information has been withheld in accordance the following sections of the OIA: • section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, and • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials. 2 Paper 4: Electoral Matters Bill – Further Policy Approvals Cabinet Paper Hon...

4. Johnston & Vining Realty Group Ltd v CAC 20002 & Reid [2013] NZREADT 82 [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...finding of unsatisfactory conduct against the applicant. (ii) the applicant was not found to have acted in bad faith; rather acted very responsibly towards the vendor in this case (refer paragraph [38] of the Tribunal’s decision). Accordingly, protection of the public interest will not be jeopardised by non-publication of the applicant’s name. (iii) the Tribunal imposed an order for costs rather than the more punitive order of a fine against the applicant and Mr Johnston; and (i...

5. [2025] NZIACDT 11 - INZ v Li (14 February 2025) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [21] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:4 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish...

6. [2025] NZIACDT 10 – INZ v Li (14 February 2025) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...directly, enabling immigration fraud to occur. While the breaches share one underlying issue, a lack of direct contact, they occurred consistently from the time Ms Li was first engaged until the very end of her services. There was also a failure to protect and appropriately handle personal and confidential information entrusted to her. The breaches can be considered moderately serious. [12] This is Ms Li’s first appearance before the Tribunal, albeit alongside a complaint fro...

7. National Standards Committee 2 v Tennet [2025] NZLCDT 28 (16 June 2025) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...proportionately, taking guidance from relevant precedents. Among appropriate options, the lesser sanction should be imposed. The orders should serve the purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (Act) “to advance the public interest (which include “protection of the public”), to maintain professional standards, to impose sanctions on a practitioner for breach of his/her duties, and to provide scope for rehabilitation in appropriate cases.”1 [4] And:2 [2] To address thi...

8. McDonald and Brummer v New Zealand Law Society [2012] NZLCDT 3 [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...exercise of the discretion. (a) The need to protect both the public and the standing of the profession [17] In this case that consideration needs to be divided into two parts. [18] The New Zealand Law Society considered that there was need for protection of the public. That submission appeared to be advanced on the basis that the offending was serious and prolonged. It is conceded however that the employment arrangements proposed would not allow Mr Hancock any access to the tr...

9. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Easy Read [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...physical ability to care for a child or • mental ability to care for a child. Physical ability is about things like being able to move or carry a child. Mental ability is about things like: • what you understand about caring for a child • remembering to do things when caring for a child. 28 Some people say: • this rule does not see that disabled parents can be good parents • that there needs to be changes to t...

10. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 765 KB]

    ...Limited .......................................................................................................... 24 Lakes District Health Board ................................................................................................ 29 Landcare Research New Zealand Limited ......................................................................... 34 Landcorp Farming Limited (Pāmu) ..................................................................................... 37 Law Comm...