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...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...
...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...
...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....
...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...
...A review is undertaken of PTS and that this takes place every three years. • PTS be kept as a free service. • Introduction of Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) • FDR should be available at the most appropriate time for parents, caregivers and their whānau, whether or not an application to court has been made. • Where an application to court has been made but FDR not undertaken, the matter be referred to FDR, unless good reasons are given not to (rebuttable...
...(2) alternatively, failing to inform the complainant in a timely manner that an invitation had been issued and then failing to submit a residence application prior to the expiry of the invitation, thereby failing to exercise diligence and due care and to conduct himself in a timely manner, in breach of cl 1 of the Code; and (3) failing to provide the complainant with a written agreement before proceeding with his services, in breach of cl 18(a) of the Code. JURISDICTION AND PROCE...
...$14,191.80 to fix the issue with the coping, and the balance being an overcharge due to mismeasurement. 5. The issues to be determined are: • Did JF Ltd carry out its service with respect to the laying of coping at the pool edge with reasonable care and skill? • What remedy, if any, is available to HK and QK? • What is payable on the claim and counter-claim? CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 4 Did JF Ltd carry out its service with respect to the laying of...
...party I need to consider and evaluate the evidence presented to the Tribunal by the parties. Did EN drive negligently and cause the collision while driving F Ltd’s van? 10. A person may not drive a vehicle, or cause a vehicle to be driven, carelessly or without reasonable consideration for other persons: s8 Land Transport Act 1998. A driver also owes a common law duty of care to other drivers to take reasonable care in operating their vehicle and will be responsible for any re...
...failing to advise the complainant that her salary did not meet the threshold in immigration instructions required to support a dependent student visa and failing to file an application in the correct visa category for the son, thereby lacking due care, in breach of cl 1; (2) failing to inform the complainant about the District Court order regarding her licence status, in breach of cl 3(a); (3) failing to inform the complainant and obtain her instructions concerning Immigration NZ...