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1. BORA Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill [pdf, 377 KB]

   ...4. The penalty for this offence, prescribed in section 118 of the Act, is $50,000 for an individual and $200,000 for a body corporate. 5. We have considered whether this clause is a prima facie breach of section 9 of the Bill of Rights Act, which protects the right not to be subjected to disproportionately severe punishment. We note that the penalty is high for an offence which we consider is regulatory in nature. We further note that, while other sections in the Motor Vehicle Sales Act a...

2. National Standards Committee 1 v Peters [2020] NZLCDT 34 (27 October 2020) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...appropriate to recognise the professional breach. 6 Orders 1. There will be a censure of the practitioner in the following terms. Censure Mr Peters, as you are now acutely aware, you have breached a fundamental duty of lawyers to “protect and hold in strict confidence all information concerning a client”. Members of the public must be able to speak with their lawyers with complete confidence and trust that their communications and presentation will remain private....

3. McCreath v Attorney-General (Interim Non-Publication Order) [2014] NZHRRT 59 [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...granted the court or tribunal must identify and weigh the interests of both the public and the individual seeking publication. [11] In the present case the affidavits by Nurse A and Nurse B establish: [11.1] They provided immediate and appropriate care to Mr McCreath and appear to have been named as defendants simply because their initials appear in the Controlled Drugs signing sheet as having administered controlled medication to Mr McCreath on 21 April 2012. Their names were provided...

4. Maori Land Court Recusal Guidelines [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...consideration will be needed in situations where a judge’s spouse, partner or a family member has an involvement or a financial interest in the outcome of a proceeding. Disclosure of conflict of interest Principles Adequate disclosure protects the integrity of the judicial process and is also a defence against later challenges to the decision. Disclosure does not constitute an acknowledgement that the circumstances give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias....

5. LCRO 124/2018 BK v [Area] Standards Committee (25 February 2020) [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...statements as to whether or not their client was the settlor of any funds. The attempt to correct this issue does not amount to a complete answer to all the issues the judge identified. [16] The lawyer also observed the lawyer’s evidence was carefully scrutinised by senior lawyers, including a prominent lawyer. That does not relieve the lawyer of the responsibility for the evidence provided, as they had the duty to the Court. Further, the scrutinising lawyers would have only had i...

6. LCRO 149/2023 HV v BQ (29 April 2024) [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...received such an 2 explanation, it is unlikely she would have made her fees complaint or expressed the understandings she expressed in it. [5] The applicant emphasises that his fees were “cheap”. The answer to that submission is that client care under the Rules is not assessed solely in terms of outcome and cost but also in terms of information, communication and understanding of the legal process. [6] The applicant’s breach of r 13.4 is less material. In particular, I h...

7. Livingstone v Animal Health Board — Lake Rotoaira Forest Lands (2009) 245 Aotea MB 124 (245 AOT 124) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...been dealing with the issue appropriately and as a consequence, a review of trust has been sought along with an inquiry in accordance with section 238 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. More importantly, the trust order refers to conserving and protecting fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources. It also refers to the protection of historic and sacred places. By dumping 1080 on the important sites of the iwi and hapū, the Board are committing desecration of ancestors;...

8. [2020] NZREADT 20 - AJS Rental Ltd - penalty (1 May 2020) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...submitted for AJS that its conduct in failing to provide monthly reconciliations within the prescribed period must be regarded as mistakes, albeit mistakes which have been found to be reckless (but not wilful). She submitted that AJS has been working carefully with the Public Trust to ensure that it never makes such mistakes again. [18] Ms Hwang acknowledged that this is not the first charge AJS has faced, but submitted that its prior failure did not involve any ill-intention or de...

9. [2020] NZEmpC 165 Culturesafe NZ Ltd v Turuki Healthcare Services Charitable Trust [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...The claim amounts to a claim to obtain a right to a defamation action without a defence. (c) The disputed correspondence attracted qualified privilege. (d) The plaintiffs were entitled to correspond with Ministers by virtue of the Protected Disclosures Act 2000. (e) The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) protected their correspondence. (f) The Authority Member should have considered recusing himself after CultureSafe made complaints about him. [48] I...

10. LCRO 8/2022 QQ v LW (8 October 2024) [pdf, 227 KB]

    ...Mr FM was not prejudiced in any way. That must necessarily be a subjective assessment and, whether or not it is correct, does not alter the fact that Mr QQ interfered with the relationship between Mr LW and his client. [127] The community must be protected from interference in the relationship between a client and his or her lawyer of choice and the profession must be protected from interference by another lawyer in that relationship. [128] I am firmly of the view that it is in the int...