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1. Family legal aid response to consultation [pdf, 565 KB]

   ...legislative framework required to support these reforms has now been enacted. The reforms include the establishment of a new family legal advice service to provide initial advice and information for parties in dispute over arrangements involving the care of their children. The service will be available for people who meet an income eligibility threshold. It is intended to help clients understand their responsibilities and options, provide guidance on possible outcomes, and help with...

2. LCRO 341/2013 QE v ML (nee BM) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...jurisdiction to consider this issue of complaint. Failing to reply to correspondence:13 75. In the Committee’s view, Mr QE’s failure to respond to correspondence from Mr QA was in breach of both Rule 10 and 10.1 of the Rules of Conduct and Client Care. Accordingly, the Committee determines that in respect of Mr QE’s failure to respond to correspondence after 1 August 2008, that there has been unsatisfactory conduct on his part as defined in s 12(c) of the Act. Failing to...

3. AJ v BJ LCRO 258 / 2011 (18 July 2013) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...that the Committee had made significant errors of both law and fact, resulting in a determination that was untenable as a matter of law. 1 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. 2 Standards Committee Decision dated 4 October 2011 at para [44]. 4 [14] The Practitioner wrote that he had provided a full explanation to the Committee to specific questions that had been asked of him, and that the...

4. Family justice: An administrative review of family justice system reforms [pdf, 967 KB]

   ...to resolve issues without the need to engage in formal court proceedings which can be adversarial and exacerbate conflict. The purpose of this report is to evaluate whether the changes made in the 2014 Family Justice reforms, primarily related to Care of Children Act 2004 (CoCA) proceedings, have achieved a number of intended benefits. The reforms aims were to create a family justice system which is responsive to children and vulnerable people; encourages individual responsibility where...

5. Recommendations recap - issue 14 [pdf, 891 KB]

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6. [2024] NZREADT 48 – CAC2105 v Chen, Stevenson & Buy West Realty (18 December 2024) [pdf, 565 KB]

   ...Real Estate Agents Act (2008) (the Act) in that her conduct constituted a wilful or reckless contravention of the Act by failing to meet the standards set by rr 5.1, 6.1 and 9.13 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules). In the alternative, Ms Chen is charged with misconduct under s 73(b) of the Act in that her conduct constituted seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work. As a further alternative, Ms...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 127 Kainga Ora v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...land and will increase the Plan-enabled housing capacity to help accommodate Whangārei’s growing population and assist with housing affordability (NPS-UD objective 2); (b) the agreed amendments to the bulk and location provisions continue to protect the character, privacy and amenity values of the CCZ, MUZ, LCZ and NCZ (as well as the values of the relevant adjoining zones), achieve the zone objectives, and retain a differentiation between the Business zones to provide for diff...

8. Grants Handbook v4.83.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...7(1)(a) - (d) or (f) - (o) of the Act • hearings before the District Court, Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court • an application in a Youth Court under Part 7 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, (child or young person in care of the chief executive of a social or cultural service agency) or for the review of a determination or order made by a Youth Court in proceedings of that type • a claim to be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal • a claim to be heard before t...

9. LCRO 105/2018 SW v NL (23 August 2019) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...said “[w]hen it is obvious that two parties are separating and are displaying contrasting outcomes, it is not wise for a lawyer to act for both parties”. She referred to r 6.1.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) commenting that a lawyer who considers that the clients’ respective 4 interests do not conflict can act for more than 1 client but must first obtain their informed consent to do so. [22] She also refer...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 142 Neil Construction Limited v Far North District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

    ...regrowth. The land then follows down to a river terrace alongside the Rangitane River. There are a number of stands of native trees and other forest species which form an attractive edge to the river which appears to have been relatively well protected and fenced. The Subject Site currently operates as a farm unit, although there are no substantial buildings on this site. The subdivision proposal [26] The proposal did change during the course of this hearing. We were told in ope...