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1. [2021] NZEnvC 034 Coneburn Preserve Holdings Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...drafting of policy 41.2.1.22; (c) Issue 3: the appropriateness of the additional homesites included in the Ch 41 structure plan; ( d) Issue 4: the Village Activity Area; and (e) Issue 5: the approach to the Peninsula Hill ONL/Peninsula Hill Landscape Protection Area overlay. [9] This decision is confined to Issues 2 and 3.9 [1 OJ As for the remaining issues: 8 9 10 (a) the appeal point for Issue 1 was withdrawn by Jacks Point; (b) Issue 4 remains live but is subject to the prop...

2. MG v Hu [2019] NZIACDT 33 (17 May 2019) [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...5 advises that she has purchased proprietary file management software specifically designed for immigration practitioners which assists in complying with file management obligations. She operates a sizeable immigration practice responsibly, carefully, successfully and in compliance with the Code. [22] The Tribunal was also sent the auditor’s report of 29 September 2017 and a further letter from her dated 30 April 2019. [23] The report was a follow-up to an earlier review t...

3. INZ (Calder) v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 68 (1 October 2019) Sanctions [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [21] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:3 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish...

4. BORA Social Security Amendment Bill [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...to: o the application process: o residence criteria: o the maximum stand down period (reducing the stand-down period to two weeks for all primary benefits): o periods for which main benefits are paid: • broadening a reference to hospital care (for the domestic purposes benefit for care of sick or infirm persons) so other forms of full-time, disability related care are included. SUMMARY OF BILL OF RIGHTS ACT ISSUES 7 Below is a summary of how the issues of inconsistency with...

5. BORA Animal Welfare Amendment Bill [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...with societal expectations, scientific knowledge, good practice, and available technology. Consistency with the Bill of Rights Act Section 21 – Right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure 5.Section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act protects the right to be secure against “unreasonable search or seizure, whether of the person, property, or correspondence or otherwise”. Audit powers 6.Clause 37 inserts new ss 123A to 123D, which will enable the Ministry for Pr...

6. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Morahan [2017] NZLCDT 34 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...in considering the penalty must always be the nature and seriousness of the negligence or incompetence of the conduct complained of.1 [5] We have found that the respondent’s conduct involved breaches of a number of rules of conduct and client care over a number of years firstly by allowing his longstanding client relationship with one person to overlook his obligations to others involved and secondly by his conduct in respect of proceedings in the Family Court

7. RN v QW LCRO 226/2012 (8 September 2016) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...evidence, and that fresh evidence was not 17 invited. I note, however that this Office is charged with a review function and that further information can be obtained at the LCRO’s discretion. Nonetheless, I have been assisted by counsel’s careful submissions, and can find no cogent reason to refer matters back to the Committee. Decision Pursuant to s 211(1)(a) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 the decision of the Standards Committee is confirmed. DATED this...

8. Kaufusi v Tangilanu [2014] NZIACDT 70 (19 June 2014) [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...grounds of complaint: [4.1] The adviser breached the Licensed Immigration Advisers Act 2007 (the Act), in that: [4.1.1] She was negligent (section 44(2)(a) of the Act); [4.1.2] While performing professional services she breached her duties of care, diligence, respect and professionalism under the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2010 (the Code), (clause 1.1(a)); [4.1.3] Breached her duties in relation to written agreements (clauses 1.5(a), (b), (d) and 8(b) of the Code)...

9. LCRO 206/2018 JA v CL (22 July 2020) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...client…”.4 It noted that Ms BS herself had not made any complaints about Ms CL’s conduct. [9] It said: “…the existence of a duty to a non-client is very much an exception” and that, “these principles are recognised in the client care rules”.5 [10] The Committee continued:5 For that reason, under most circumstances it is not conceivable that a lawyer could owe a duty of care to a third party on the opposing side of a dispute, as this would have clear potential to...

10. Butcher v NZ Transport Agency [2022] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 586 KB]

    ...teaching, either individually or in community with others, and either in public or in private. [5] In light of those provisions, Mr Butcher submitted that the religious beliefs of people such as him whose religious beliefs are not widely shared are protected, directly and indirectly by s 19 of the Bill of Rights Act. [6] Mr Butcher further relied on ss 13 and 15 to argue that the meaning of religious belief under the HRA must be understood to include both the belief itself and the mani...