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1. BORA Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Bill [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...7. Part 2 amends the Holidays Act 2003 to clarify that penalties for failure to comply with provisions of that Act apply to persons who are involved in the failure to comply as well as employers. 8. Part 3 amends the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987. It extends the definition of ‘primary carer’ to include a spouse or partner who takes on permanent primary responsibility for the care, development and upbringing of a child under 12 months old, in situations where the b...

2. Revictimisation-Policy-brief.pdf [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...complex needs These findings indicate that people who are at higher risk of poly-victimisation have complex needs. A more nuanced understanding of how characteristics intersect to increase risk can help service providers and policymakers reach and protect crime victims. We recommend early identification of people at risk of becoming poly-victims through a multi-agency approach, using targeted support to reduce vulnerability to re-victimisation. Screening questions at services like victim...

3. LCRO 9/2024 & 12/2024 QB v WF and SY & WF and SY v QB (27 June 2024) [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...clients together as the respondents, to respondent Ms SY as “Ms X” and to respondent Mr WF as “Mr Y”. I will also refer to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 as “the Act”, to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 as “the Rules” and to the New Zealand Law Society as the NZLS. Background [4] The respondents worked for the same employer and in the same area of work. From mid-2015, the employer advised staff of a restructuring p...

4. Chand v Devi [2016] NZIACDT 4 (14 January 2016) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...standards of conduct are maintained in the occupation concerned.” [7] When imposing sanctions those statutory purposes require consideration of at least four factors which may materially bear upon maintaining appropriate standards of conduct: [7.1] 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 ...” [7.2] Demanding minimum standards of conduct: Dentice v Valuers Registrat...

5. Threshold REAA CAC 20005 v Drever [2014] NZREADT 41 [pdf, 36 KB]

   ...us for an order under s.115 of the Act to suspend the defendant’s licence pending the outcome of the 2 hearing of the said charge on the grounds that is necessary or desirable having regard to the interests of the public including: 1. Protection of the public in light of the serious nature of the charge, namely: (a) Obtaining payment of vendor client funds into his personal bank account when he knew this money was rightly the property of Hedgman Real Estate Ltd (the agency)...

6. LG v Hakaoro [2013] NZIACDT 32 (27 May 2013) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...costs and expenses [33] The Authority has not sought the payment of costs and expenses, accordingly no order will be made in that regard. Publication [34] It is necessary and appropriate that this decision is published. It is important for the protection of the public. [35] Mr Hakaoro has sought to defer publication until he has the opportunity to lodge an appeal. However, there are no rights of appeal against the decision upholding the complaint, only the penalty (ZW v Immigration...

7. E60 Bob Hawkins - Nautical - EIC - Sealink [pdf, 711 KB]

   ...phase and development of the construction methodologies and enabling works to be undertaken in Hamer Street to ensure the potential effects on trees and the number of tree removals required are minimised. (b) Condition 125A: All reasonable care shall be taken during the works to ensure that the trees within Hamer Street that are growing outside the project area are retained in a safe and healthy condition. Only in instances where the Appointed Arborist (taking into consideration...

8. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Woulfe [2017] NZLCDT 5 [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...affairs to legal practitioners are entitled to know that a professional disciplinary body will not treat lightly serious breaches of expected standards by a member of the profession.” [26] It was urged upon us by both opposing counsel that the protection of the public was not a significant factor in this case because Mr Woulfe is no longer practising. As to that Daniels had this to say:2 “It will not always follow that a practitioner by disposing of his practice and undertaking...

9. Data tables

   ...and people where name suppression was granted. View or download the name suppression data tables Family Court Family Court applications The number of substantive Family Court applications filed by case type. This includes more detailed information on Care of Children Act (excluding Hague) cases, such as parenting order applications filed without notice, and family violence cases. View or download the family court applications data tables Protection Order applications Information includes total...

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10. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Kwon [2025] NZLCDT 45 (11 November 2025) [pdf, 100 KB]

    ...should he wish. [27] We also consider that our public protective function requires us to make an order under s 242(1)(g) that the practitioner not practise on his own account. Given Mr Kwon’s lack of insight, we have reached the view that only careful oversight of his day-to-day work will be sufficiently protective of future clients. [28] While we consider that a period of 12 months suspension is a proportionate period, we are prepared to overlap this with his previous period...