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1. Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Hong [2019] NZLCDT 40 [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...Tribunal as appropriate. We do not find that the costs claimed are unreasonable. [20] We are persuaded by the submissions of Mr Collins that the penalties sought are those that should be imposed in this case. His submissions are comprehensive, careful and supported by authority. We adopt them as our reasons for making the following orders: (a) Mr Hong is suspended from practice for a period of three months, pursuant to s 242(1)(e) of the Act. (b) An order prohibiting Mr Hong...

2. [2020] NZIACDT 54 - DY v Parker (21 December 2020) [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...provided verbal feedback.2 [34] As for Mr Zhao’s completion of the draft application form, Mr Parker said he (Mr Zhao) merely recorded the complainant’s answers to the questions put to him. [35] It had always been Mr Parker’s intention to carefully review the plan and discuss the application with the complainant prior to filing it. They were close to finalising it at the time their engagement ended. [36] Mr Parker advised that Swiftvisa no longer offered the service of prep...

3. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-of-37-Families.pdf [pdf, 619 KB]

   ...must comply with and against which any decisions made by the Coroner would fall to be assessed (regardless of whether the Coroner carries out a separate determination of compliance with human rights issues). 6. Further, s 8 incorporates a “protective obligation” – in the sense that it imposes duties on the state when it is in a position of knowledge of potential risk to a person and fails to take steps to avert that risk.5 That, too, bears upon a coronial inquiry in the sense...

4. [2020] NZEmpC 149 Bay of Plenty District Health Board v CultureSafe NZ Ltd [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...Can directions be issued to bind a representative? [69] For the purposes of the present proceeding, it is also necessary to consider whether directions can be issued to bind a representative, as well as a party. [70] Parliament has taken some care in defining when a person may be represented, and by whom. Section 236 provides that where an employee has the right to do or take any action in the Authority, that employee may choose any other person to represent him or her for the pu...

5. 20231124-Justice-BIM_Redacted-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...aspects of our society and economy. You are responsible for more than 50 regulatory systems and more than 150 Acts. The Ministry of Justice administers more legislation than any other government department; the only agency with a comparable span of care (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) has 17 regulatory systems incorporating 121 statutes. We support a significant proportion of Bills passing through the House, including periodic Statutes Amendment Bills that we co...

6. 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...

7. HE and SD v QXF [2011] NZIACDT 32 (20 September 2011) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...overcharged, and misrepresented himself as a principal rather than an employee. In addition, that he failed to establish a client relationship in accordance with the Code which governs his profession. [2] The Adviser said he acted ethically and properly to protect his clients in a situation where his employer was failing financially. He accepted he may have made errors in establishing the client relationship but they were not more than oversights. Issues [3] The Tribunal must assess...

8. BORA Sports Anti-Doping Bill [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...that the Bill will be considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee at its meeting on Wednesday, 27 July 2005. 2. The Bill seeks to give effect to the World Anti-Doping Code in New Zealand in order to achieve the Code's purposes of: • protecting athletes' fundamental right to participate in doping-free sport and in this way promote health, fairness and equality for athletes throughout the world; and • ensuring harmonised, coordinated and effective anti-doping programmes...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 192 Sieling v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...‘Future Development’ area of the structure plan as shown in Diagram A; (viii) Establish a pedestrian access from the Tarapatiki Residential Area along with a cycle way to connect with State Highway 25. (b) Existing indigenous vegetation shall be protected or enhanced to ensure: (i) Stewardship over the protection, ongoing enhancement and management of areas with indigenous vegetation; (ii) Retirement and legal protection of 'Conservation' areas identified within Diagr...

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...