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1. Schiller-Cooper v Lozano [2013] NZIACDT 17 (21 March 2013) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...appropriate standards of conduct are maintained in the occupation concerned. [17] The statutory purpose is achieved by considering at least four factors which materially bear upon maintaining appropriate standards of conduct: 5 [17.1] Protecting the public: section 3 of the Act states “The purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the interests of consumers receiving immigration advice ...” [17.2] Demanding minimum standards of conduct: Dentice v Valuers Registratio...

2. Geldenhuys v C Yap [2013] NZIACDT 42 (15 July 2013) [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...required to weigh the public interest against Ms Yap’s interests. 6 [44] When dealing with integrity issues there is never any certainty that, short of exclusion from a profession, a person will not reoffend. This Tribunal must carefully weigh the circumstances. It is appropriate to place an element of considered trust in a practitioner who has shown the capacity and willingness to rehabilitate. [45] A significant factor in this case is that it involves dishonesty....

3. [2020] NZEnvC 212 Dunedin City Council v Ross [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...expressions of opinion unreliable in view of the concession Ms Dempster was forced to make and the comparative experience of Mr Ross operating such machinery in such terrain . (42] While the Rule endeavours to offer a fair balance between vegetation protection and property rights, it is unfortunately unworkable in circumstances such as these as illustrated by the lengths Ms Dempster went to, to endeavour to prove a breach . [43] I find that Ms Dempster was on somewhat safer ground r...

4. [2022] NZIACDT 3 - IL v Khetarpal (10 February 2022) [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...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�...

5. 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

6. [2015] NZEnvC 218 Waiheke Marinas Ltd [pdf, 11 MB]

   BEFORETHEE~ONMENTCOURT Hearing at: Court: Appearances: Decision No. [2015] NZEnvC 218 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 IN THE MATTER of a Notice of Motion under Section 87G requesting the granting of resource consents to Waiheke Marinas Limited to establish a Marina at Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, in the Hauraki Gulf BY W AIHEKE MARINAS LIMITED ("WML") (ENV -2014-AKL-OOO 174) Applicant at Auckland in the weeks of 6, 13,20 and 27 October 2014 and

7. Biel v Hall - Opepe Farm Trust [2011] Māori Appellate Court MB 535 (2011 APPEAL 535) [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...Court was a summary judgment instigated by Dorchester Finance Limited. In this judgment by his Honour Associate Judge Doogue, neither appellant was found personally liable. 23 The Associate Judge found that the appellants were entitled to the protection of section 227(6) of the Act because they had 21 Supra, fn 1, at [92]. 22 Ibid, at [150]. 23 Supra, fn 16. 2011 Maori Appellate Court MB 549 dissented in writing in Aug...

8. LCRO 125/2023 TR v HJ (28 November 2023) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...decision on 19 July 2023. It identified the issues for consideration as: (a) whether [the respondent] lodged caveats against the title to land knowing that (or failing to inquire whether) there is a caveatable interest on the part of his client to be protected (rule 2.3); (b) whether [the respondent’s] delay or refusal to remove the caveats after receiving correspondence from the registered proprietors’ lawyers requesting that the caveats be withdrawn breached professional stand...

9. 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...

10. 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...