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1. LCRO 39/2019 Yuri Lukas v BW and CV (29 November 2019) [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...retainer. Mr Lukas failed to keep Mr BW and Dr CV updated about what was happening with their case, in particular, the delays caused by INZ needing further information. The Committee was left with the impression that Mr Lukas’ approach to client care and file management is particularly laissez-faire. [28] The Standards Committee considered that, taken together, Mr Lukas’ failings in relation to these three issues demonstrated an overall lack of care and represented conduct that fa...

2. LCRO 186/2019 ZU v FD (15 June 2021) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...[Area] Standards Committee [X] in which the Committee determined that Mr ZU’s conduct constituted unsatisfactory conduct pursuant to s 12(c) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act) by reason of a breach of r 3 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules.2 1 At various times the Standards Committee file includes Ms WD as a complainant. The two costs assessors’ reports also include her as a complainant. Ms WD has lodged a separate complaint about Mr ZU. This review is a r...

3. RIA - Prohibition of Conversion Practices [pdf, 355 KB]

   ...All settings where such practices might occur are in scope, including within regulated and unregulated health services and faith-based communities. Conversion practices are less likely to occur in regulated health services as there are a number of protections in place such as the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumer’s Rights and professional codes of ethics. Some stakeholders have suggested that sex characteristics and surgical sex assignment of intersex children should...

4. WB v Stevenson LCRO 301/2013 (11 December 2014) [pdf, 112 KB]

   ...Often the answer to that question will be to consider whether the interests of the public, including the profession, will be adequately protected if a suppression order is made. In many cases the issue is whether or not the balance is in favour of protecting the public by means of publication, or 1 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Complaints Service and Standards Committees) Regulations 2008. 2 Regulation 30(1) provides that publicat...

5. Green v De'Ath [2018] NZIACDT 50 (13 December 2018) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...and the Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code). [4] This misunderstanding occurred because of the tripartite nature of Mr De’Ath’s contractual relationships. Mr De’Ath had contractual relationships with both Mr S (as to immigration and pastoral care matters) and with the Greens (as to recruitment and financial matters). The Tribunal noted at [47] of the decision that Mr S had not signed the “Candidate Terms of Business”, so whether there was in fact any binding written agreem...

6. KIT v Zhu [2019] NZIACDT 46 sanctions (8 July 2019) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...the student application or better explained it at the outset. Certainly, he should have investigated the complainant’s immigration status prior to lodging the student visa. I note though that this specific head of complaint, acting without due care on this matter, was not pursued by the Registrar. Furthermore, the complainant should have told him of the interim visitor visa. 9 [37] Immigration New Zealand’s concerns arose from a statement as to intention made by the co...

7. LCRO 104/2019 RY v DN (1 May 2020) [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...a lawyer has acted for more than one client in circumstances where there was a more than negligible risk that the lawyer would be unable to discharge the obligations owed to one or more of the clients, is r 6.6 [49] Consistent with the consumer protection purposes of the Act and a lawyers’ fundamental obligation to protect their clients’ interests, r 6 requires that: 7 [i]n acting for a client, a lawyer must, within the bounds of the law and [the rules], protect and promote the...

8. Proactive-release-firearms-reform-programme_FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...responsibility for the Arms Act has been reassigned and work is well underway. We have delivered all your 100-day commitments and are working at pace to support you with your immediate priorities, related to clubs and ranges. 5. Alongside this, we have been carefully planning the approach to delivering all the commitments to reform the broader firearms regulatory regime within the Parliamentary term. 6. We propose progressing this programme of work in four, overlapping phases. The pha...

9. BORA Criminal Justice Reform Bill [pdf, 398 KB]

   ...protection to ensure criminal process rights are not breached in individual cases. 2.5 The power to require offenders to attend medical, psychological or therapeutic programmes can be exercised consistently with the right to refuse medical treatment protected by the BORA, by the courts imposing such orders against the wishes of the offender only in cases when it is justifiable under s 5 of the BORA. 2.6 The various restrictions upon the rights to freedom of association and freedom of...

10. BORA Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill [pdf, 418 KB]

    ...potential issues of inconsistency with s 19(1) (right to freedom from discrimination) and s 25(c) (right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty). Our analysis is set out below. Purpose 3. The purpose of the Bill is to promote the identification, protection, preservation and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand. It replaces the Historic Places Act 1993 (the Act), which established the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) (the Trust) in...