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1. PG Ltd v KH Ltd & JC Ltd [2014] NZDT 1346 (31 October 2014) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...claims that sum from JC. 7. KH says the first claim was paid in error. It seeks recovery from PG of the $9,477.29 paid. 8. The issues to decide are: a. Is KH required to pay PG because it paid on a previous claim? b. Did JC take reasonable care and skill to effect/renew PG’s insurance and let PG know if it couldn’t? c. If not, would cover have been available? Would it have responded? Did PG suffer $11,114.81 of loss? d. Is KH’s estopped from ‘clawing back’ the $9,4...

2. QC v N Ltd [2024] NZDT 782 (24 September 2024) [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...2. QC claims $6000.00 from N Ltd comprising $1500.00 for paint defects and $4,500.00 for an absent fibre conduit. 3. The issues to be determined are: a. Was N Ltd the builder of the property? b. Did N Ltd fail to exercise reasonable care and skill and/or fail to produce an outcome that was reasonably fit for purpose in relation to the paint work? c. If so what is the remedy? d. Did N Ltd fail to exercise reasonable care and skill and/or fail to produce an outcome that wa...

3. SP v GC Ltd [2024] NZDT 500 (17 June 2024) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...by a defect in the roofing at the property and seeks an order that GC Ltd is liable to pay him $3,029.00. 2. Attendance, 3. The issues to be resolved are: a. Is the claim within the limitation period? b. Was the roof laid with reasonable care and skill? c. If not, what remedy is appropriate? Is the claim within the limitation period? 4. SP bought his house in June 2016 brand new from GC Ltd, who had built the house. In February 2024 SP found a leak in a bedroom in the ho...

4. Grants-Handbook-v5.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Criminal, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Criminal Cases Review Commission • Family, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • ACC • Children worker’s exemption appeals • Employment • Public Protection Orders • Victims’ Orders against Violent Offenders • Civil (General), including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Auckland - Auckland Central, Manukau, North Shore, Papakura, Pukekohe, Waitakere • North...

5. Grants Handbook v4.89 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Criminal, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Criminal Cases Review Commission • Family, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • ACC • Children worker’s exemption appeals • Employment • Public Protection Orders • Victims’ Orders against Violent Offenders • Civil (General), including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Auckland - Auckland Central, Manukau, North Shore, Papakura, Pukekohe, Waitakere •...

6. Grants Handbook v4.92.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Criminal, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Criminal Cases Review Commission • Family, including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • ACC • Children worker’s exemption appeals • Employment • Public Protection Orders • Victims’ Orders against Violent Offenders • Civil (General), including Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases • Auckland - Auckland Central, Manukau, North Shore, Papakura, Pukekohe, Waitakere • North...

7. AB v CD LCRO 332/2013 [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...are practice rules made under the Act that apply to Mr AB. Rules [85] The following rules are particularly relevant when considering Mr AB’s conduct: 6 In acting for a client, a lawyer must, within the bounds of the law and these rules, protect and promote the interests of the client to the exclusion of the interests of third parties. 6.1 A lawyer must not act for more than 1 client on a matter in any circumstances where there is a more than negligible risk that the lawyer may...

8. LCRO 47/2025 FI v SD (30 September 2025) [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...commencement of the retainer in August 2023, to its conclusion in February 2024. [41] In August 2023, Mr FI’s former partner served Mr FI with applications that had been filed in the Family Court including an: (a) on notice application for a protection order. (b) on notice application for variation of parenting order. (c) on notice application for enforcement order. (d) without notice application for orders reducing time for the respondent to file. (e) affidavit in support....

9. LCRO 178/2021 AA v EL (26 November 2021) [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...and again one strikes a client whose adamantine refusal to go to ADR is unshakable. Mr AA is just such a client for me. I am of course aware of the ethical obligations regarding the need to explain to a client alternatives to litigation. I have carefully and repeatedly given advice, but my instructions are clear. The plaintiffs wish to have a short trial. If that finally becomes a simplified trial then that is a matter for the judge. If the matter is to go to a judicial settlement c...

10. BORA Court Matters Bill [pdf, 194 KB]

    ...committed. As such, the proposal to expand the list of specified offences raises issues relating to consistency with s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act – the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. 28. The touchstone of s 21 is the protection of reasonable expectations of privacy.15 Reasonable expectations of privacy are lower in public places than on private property, and there is generally a higher expectation of privacy in relation to personal belongings (as comp...