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1. Legal aid for civil family disputes - Tongan [pdf, 850 KB]

   ...ma‘u atu ha tokoni fakalao ‘i he kahau´. ‘E ‘ikai fiema‘u ke ke totongi fakafoki ‘a ho‘o tokoni fakalao´ kapau na‘e ngāue‘aki ki he: • ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni malu‘i fakalao ki he houtamaki ‘i ‘api´ (domestic violence protection orders) • ni‘ihi kuo fokotu‘u atu ko ha tokotaha mahaki (proposed patient) ‘i ha keisi fakalao ‘i he malumalu ‘o e Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 • ni‘ihi kuo fokotu‘u atu ko ha mahaki...

2. McCarthy & Anor v CAC 20007 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 94 [pdf, 53 KB]

   ...he did not make any recommendation about due diligence and in any event such a general recommendation would not advise the appellants of the significant potential risk of mining. [13] Mr Galloway for the second respondent emphasised the lack of care that the appellants took in the purchase and their [attempt to] minimise their knowledge of the Waihi area. [14] Evidence was given to the Tribunal of the disclosure statement that Wrightsons now required agents to provide to anyone inte...

3. Penalty Davenport v REAA CAC 20005 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 38 [pdf, 50 KB]

   ...Committee in exercising its discretion. [30] It is emphasised that the Committee acknowledged that the licensee was careless rather than dishonest when providing the complainant with the specific information sought. It is clear that the Committee also carefully considered the principles underpinning disciplinary orders. Publication [31] Counsel for the Authority have helpfully made submissions on the issue of publication in terms of a non-publication order of the licensee’s name...

4. Part 1 Application legal aid lawyer [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ... Electronic    Manual M O J0 0 52.1-A PR IL17_A PPLIC ATIO N FO R A PPR O VA L TO PR O V ID E LEG A L A ID SER V IC ES PAGE 6 / 9 Please describe your accounting (invoicing) system  Electronic    Manual Client care letters   Please attach copies of your client care and standard terms of engagement letters. Please make sure they refer to the Ministry of Justice (not the Legal Services Agency) and clearly refer to any legal aid obligations that you,...

5. Manaena-Biddle v Biddle-Bassett - Te Atuareretahi (2019) 223 Waiariki MB 182 (223 WAR 182) [pdf, 159 KB]

   ...Appellate Court MB 110 (2019 APPEAL 110) 223 Waiariki MB 189 Discussion [34] It is trite law that the paramount duty of trustees is to obey their terms of trust and adhere to trust duties at all times. They equally have crucial duties of protecting the assets of the trust and acting prudently when investing trust funds: 9 ...Breaches of trust are of many different kinds. A breach of trust may be deliberate or inadvertent; it may consist of an actual misappropriation or...

6. [2021] NZREADT 47 - Cavanagh (25 August 2021) [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...of skill and experience considered average in the High Court”6 with a time allowance in band B (where “a normal amount of time is considered reasonable”).7 He submitted that the proceeding was very important for Mr Cavanagh, and required careful and thorough analysis of the law, marshalling of relevant evidence from witnesses and preparing detailed submissions. Mr Judd set out a schedule of costs, leading to a claim 5 Section 110A of the Act was inserted, as from 14 Nove...

7. [2025] NZIACDT 31 – LY x Jiang (16 June 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...8. Failed to have proper file management. [19] In mitigation, Mr Jiang pointed out: 1. There was no financial loss or adverse immigration outcome. The outcome would have been similar if the misconduct had not happened. 2. His breaches were careless, not deliberate. 3. His misconduct was technical and administrative, in that there was no dishonesty or negligence. 4. He responded to the Authority’s enquiries with the utmost good faith and admitted misconduct. 5. This was the...

8. [2025] NZIACDT 32 - CM v Jiang (16 June 2025) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...8. Failed to have proper file management. [19] In mitigation, Mr Jiang pointed out: 1. There was no financial loss or adverse immigration outcome. The outcome would have been similar if the misconduct had not happened. 2. His breaches were careless, not deliberate. 3. His misconduct was technical and administrative, in that there was no dishonesty or negligence. 4. He responded to the Authority’s enquiries with the utmost good faith and admitted misconduct. 5. This was the...

9. Gollins Commercial Ltd v Registrar of the REAA [2016] NZREADT 16 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...submitted that the applicant has never been prohibited or disqualified as a director of a company nor been permitted to be a director under conditions; and there is no matter in his past behaviour to prevent him trading as a real estate agent with the protection of a corporate structure. Mr Waymouth pointed out that if Mr Gollins is incorporated, a consumer can complain to the Authority in terms of the Act or the Real Estate Agents (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 and cou...

10. BORA Customs And Excise Amendment Bill [pdf, 419 KB]

    ...they have been processed under the Immigration Act and the Biosecurity Act, and detain persons for public health or law enforcement purposes. We have considered whether these powers are consistent with the right not to be arbitrarily detained, as protected by section 22 of the Bill of Rights Act. 8. Where an issue arises, a provision may nevertheless be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act if it can be considered a reasonable limit that is justifiable in terms of section 5 of that Ac...