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1. SD v AE & BE LCRO 229/2013 (21 August 2014) [pdf, 67 KB]

   ...promoting of Mrs SD’s cause to engage in personal denigration or advancement of aggressive submission to the Court. (iii) Mrs SD was given frequent opportunity to discuss the settlement with him. (iv) The consequences of the settlement were carefully explained to Mrs SD. (v) The solicitor for the estate considered that Mrs SD should accept the settlement. (vi) All estate assets were taken into account when agreeing the terms for final division. (vii) Whilst Mrs SD conveyed t...

2. Morpeth v Ramsey LCRO 110 / 2009 (12 November 2009) [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...Discipline). One of the purposes outlined in s 120(2)(b) is that complaints ―may be processed and resolved expeditiously…‖. The Act in s 4 also affirms the fundamental obligation of a lawyer to act in accordance with all fiduciary duties and duties of care owed to clients. It is therefore appropriate to interpret the respective provisions in a way which is consistent with the protection of consumers of legal services, and the provision of a responsive and expeditious complaints...

3. BORA Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill [pdf, 347 KB]

   ...advertising is permissible from nine and a half hours down to just two hours (new section 184C(1)). 13. Currently, Principle 4 of the Code requires liquor advertisements not to be shown between 6:00am and 8:30 pm. It also requires broadcasters to take care to avoid the impression that liquor promotion is dominating the viewing or listening period when broadcasting liquor advertisements. The associated guideline 9 states that television liquor advertising shall not exceed six minutes per...

4. 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...

5. 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....

6. LA Provider Manual Part 1 Approvals - December 2018 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...applying  original or certified copy of Certificate of Standing - this must be valid when the complete application is received by the Ministry  information about service delivery systems 16 specified legal services  Client Care letter and/or standard letter of engagement  information about work experience history  signed declaration • information about the applicant’s competence and experience in the areas of law for which they are applying  rece...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. 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...