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1. LCRO 126/2023 EG v HJ (28 November 2023) [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...at… [Suburb B]… to [the creditor], if he was failing to pay $600K (the monies) back to [the creditor] on 26 March 2022. [The applicant] did fail to repay [the creditor] in full on 26 March 2022. [The creditor] at this point of time has right to protect his interested property not to be disposed of without having his consent. This could only be done by lodging a caveat against the [Suburb B] property. …. [The applicant] wrote another promissory statement saying that if the moni...

2. [2016] NZEmpC 42 ITE v ALA [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...accessed the defendant’s computer system and had deleted information from it but contended that he had done so because the information belonged to other organisations which were involved in the shared services project and deletion was necessary to protect their interests. [3] The parties attended mediation in an effort to resolve matters and settlement was reached. One of the terms of settlement 1 was that the plaintiff’s employment would come to an end on an agreed basis,...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 167 UXK v Talent Propeller Ltd [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...[17] UXK had also argued there had been a breach of the suppression order. In the minute, the Authority said that issue was for the District Court. [18] The Authority made a further non-publication order, again on an interim basis. The order protected the parties’ names and the contents of the order of the District Court. The parties were directed to make submissions on whether the order should be made permanent at the outset of an investigation meeting which was pending at the...

4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 4th report [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...sometimes augment, statutes, regulations and governmental practices. The courts were required by law to interpret a statute in accordance with the provisions of the BORA wherever possible. The courts now wielded considerable power in matters of protecting rights and freedoms. The Human Rights Act 2001 guaranteed implementation of the new judicial remedies which had been introduced to give effect to the rights guaranteed. Under the same Act, complaints relating to discrimination could b...

5. Non-discrimination standards for government guidelines [pdf, 392 KB]

   ...available through which to lodge complaints about allegedly discriminatory public sector activities. Such matters had to be (and still can be) pursued through the courts. Prior to 31 December 2001, section 151 (now repealed) of the Human Rights Act protected the public sector from the full impact of the Human Rights Act non- discrimination standard. Section 151(1) stated that the Human Rights Act did not override other enactments, and those enactments stood even if there was discrimination....

6. Deputy Registrar v Graham - Parehuia June Durie Kaitiaki Trust (2015) 334 Aotea MB 201 (334 AOT 201) [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...setting out the terms of trust was also issued. 5 Clause one of the trust order states that the object of the trust is to preserve the interests of Parehuia Durie and to facilitate the administration of the interests vested in the trustee and to best protect and promote the interests of the trust’s beneficiary. From that time forward Mrs Graham was Ms Durie’s primary caregiver with authority over the latter’s personal affairs including her Māori land interests and income. A...

7. LCRO 98/2019 EL v SV, DV & JV (31 March 2021) [pdf, 510 KB]

   ...trustee in the administration of Mr OM’s estate. 6 Standards Committee determination at [10]. 9 (b) Whether Mr EL: (i) acted competently and in a timely manner consistent with the terms of his retainer and the duty to take reasonable care (as required by r 3 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules); and (ii) charged the estate a fee that was more than fair and reasonable – having regard to the observations by the cost...

8. LCRO 60/2017 NV v GW (31 July 2017) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...represented, she suffered substantial loss as a consequence of that failure, Ms NV is raising the spectre of a negligence claim. 5 Application for review, Part 8. 10 [39] Negligence involves a duty of care, a breach of that duty and some loss that has been caused by the breach of duty. The proper place in which to air such an allegation is the court. In that forum there is opportunity for claims of and defences to negligence t...

9. BG v HL LCRO 71/2013 [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...context of the Officer having directed the parties to attempt to negotiate a settlement, in my view, opportunity for a Review Officer to 4 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008, r 3.8. 5 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 201. 6 Section 201(4)(c). 8 exercise a discretion to continue with the review process, in circumstances where there has been a settlement reached following a directed med...

10. Lewis & Anor as Trustees of the Warren and Bronwyn Lewis Family Trust v Auckland City Council [pdf, 115 KB]

    ...all Respondents who wanted to, and I, could have re-inspected the dwelling before the commencement of the repair work and whilst the cladding was being removed, or once it was removed. I think it would have been particularly helpful to look carefully at the dwelling again, before repair work started, so that the issue of the cracking of the plaster could have been revisited in a practical way. Indeed, that was primarily what I was hoping to achieve. Instead, I was presented with...