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1. 16-May-2020-Regional-Plan-Waste-for-Otago-with-PC1-proposed-amendments.pdf [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...This Plan provides an integrated approach to these waste issues, the aim of which is to reduce the adverse effects associated with Otago’s waste stream. This integrated approach encompasses the elements of reduce, reuse and recycle with careful consideration of the appropriate management and disposal of the waste that is generated. Every product needs to be considered in a life-cycle manner with respect to waste. This issue of waste is a crucial one for all of us in Otago. I...

2. Malik v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 7 [pdf, 313 KB]

   IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI-2010-100-000004 [2011] NZWHT AUCKLAND 7 BETWEEN AMIT MALIK AND MELISSA MARGARET DAWN MALIK Claimants AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL First Respondent AND EVERBRIGHT HOMES LIMITED (struck off Companies Register) (Removed) Second Respondent AND PUTZ TECHNIK PRODUCTS LIMITED (struck off Companies Register) (Removed) Third Respondent AND HITCHINS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED (Removed) Fourth Respondent AND ABLE WATERPROOFING LIMITE

3. R. Singh v Kumar [2016] NZIACDT 14 (23 March 2016) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...of his professional offending. [30] Mr Moses correctly submitted that the Tribunal must not speculate and go beyond the evidence before it. The parties may be aware of matters they do not, and should not, disclose to the Tribunal. The Registrar protects the public interest in that regard. [31] Accordingly, the Tribunal accepts Mr Kumar’s evidence that in the circumstances in which he provided his professional services he did so with care, diligence and professionalism, except for a l...

4. CAC10017 v Xu [2013] NZREADT 16 [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...(ii) On 24 August 2007 the complainant entered into an agency listing agreement with the defendant to sell the property; 2 (iii) On 24 August 2007 the defendant had received interest in the property from potential purchasers Tauroa Age Care Limited (Tauroa) and York Yu; (iv) On 24 August 2007 the defendant presented the complainant with an offer from Tauroa to purchase the property for $650,000; (v) On 24 August 2007 the complainant entered into a conditional agreement wit...

5. CAC20004 v Li & Ors [2015] NZREADT 6 [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...behalf of Ms Wang has been dismissed. We now deal with the issue of penalty. 2 General principles on penalty [3] It is settled law that penalty decisions of disciplinary tribunals should emphasise the maintenance of high standards and the protection of the public through specific and general deterrence. While this may result in orders having a punitive effect, this is not their purpose: Z v CAC [2009] 1 NZLR 1; CAC v Walker [2011] NZREADT 4. [4] The Real Estate Agents Act...

6. [2014] NZEmpC 43 Booth v Big Kahuna Holdings Limited Interlocutory [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...will be unable to meet an adverse award of costs. That must be taken as contemplating also that an order for substantial security may, in effect, prevent the plaintiff from pursuing the claim. An order having that effect should be made only after careful consideration and in a case in which the claim has little chance of success. Access to the Courts for a genuine plaintiff is not lightly to be denied. [16] Of course, the interests of defendants must also be weighed. They must...

7. Justice Matters - issue 07 - June 2017 [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...with multiple interactions with different government agencies. But data from IDI has specifically shown us, for example: • three out of every four young prisoners were notified to Oranga Tamariki – formerly Child Youth and Family – for a care and protection concern before they turned 15 years old • for a group of people born in New Zealand in 1978, 80% of convictions went to those who were first convicted before the age of 20. Of those people born in 1978, 1 in 4 had a...

8. Water Services Entities Bill [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...member of a water services entity if the person is subject to a property order or some personal orders under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (PPPRA). Property orders under the PPPRA provide for the management of property and care of adults who do not have the mental capacity to manage their own affairs or care for themselves. 39. Section 21(h) of the Human Rights Acts prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, including psychiatric illness and intellect...

9. NQ & SS v QG & Ors [2024] NZDT 83 (9 January 2024) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...acknowledgement (on behalf of E Ltd), and the Tribunal’s record of their discussion, that: a. this work is covered by s28 CGA and SS and NQ are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee in s28 that these services were done with reasonable care and skill; and b. if any failure of that guarantee as to reasonable care and skill were to occur, SS and NQ are entitled to enforce remedies available to them under s32 CGA; and c. E Ltd would, if requested by SS and NQ, directly pr...

10. Auckland Standards Committee 4 of the New Zealand Law Society v Thoman [2011] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 136 KB]

    ...instructing solicitor in evidence in relation to these seven clients, nor is there a single bill of costs. Only one client managed to retrieve his passport, others lost valuable documents such as marriage certificates which they had entrusted to her care, or as it turns out lack of care. [7] The Society submits that this behaviour to clients is totally unacceptable to the profession as a whole and seeks that their disapproval be marked by the most serious sanction, striking off t...