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1. LCRO 183/2020 DX v SQ (26 February 2021) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...[date] where, two days later, he was diagnosed with cancer. [5] On [date], when visited by two representatives from the Public Trust, HX told them he had made another will since the 1998 will.1 [6] He returned home from hospital on [date]. A care roster was agreed whereby Mr DX and MX on the one hand, and YX and RX on the other would take turns looking after HX. On [date], MX overlooked telling YX and RX about a change in the roster. This led to an overlap, and to YX sending...

2. ASC Annual Report 2020 [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...be utilised in hospitals and clinics due to the particular wording of this Act. While well intentioned in 1977, the Act proved to be impractical in a real world setting and resulted in unnecessary challenges to all those involved with abortion care and to women receiving abortion services. The following section will outline some of the concerns various ASC members raised in their Annual Reports to Parliament regarding the legislation and its responsibilities under it: 1980 “M...

3. OIA-111433.pdf [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...Briefing: The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism system In response to your request, the documents requested are attached. Some information has been withheld under the following provisions of the Act: • section 9(2)(a) to protect privacy of natural persons, and • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. In withholding information under section 9 the Ministry has c...

4. LCRO 68/2018 TY v HG (29 November 2019) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...2016, Mr TY, on behalf of [EEE], lodged with the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (the Complaints Service) what he identified as a confidential report under r 2.9 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) of unsatisfactory conduct by Mr HG. The Complaints Service invited him to agree to that report being treated as a complaint, which he did. [15] At the core of what was now a complaint was the claim that Mr HG ha...

5. CAC 414 & 416 v Tafilipepe [2019 ] NZREADT 13 (10 May 2019) [pdf, 332 KB]

   ...Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (“the Act”) (disgraceful conduct); and in the alternative: [ii] A charge of misconduct under s 73(c) of the Act (wilful or reckless breach of the Act or the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (“the Rules”)). [b] Brought by Complaints Assessment Committee 416 (“the 416 charge”): [i] A charge of misconduct under s 73(c) of the Act; and in the alternative: [ii] A charge of misconduct under s 73(b) of the...

6. 03.-Evidence-of-Mr-Dean-Wilson-Muaupoko-Tribal-Authority.PDF [PDF, 402 KB]

   ...one of those seats) and we are part of the project management team; (e) undertaking effects assessments and submitting on urban development plan changes, for example Proposed Plan Change 4 to the Horowhenua District Plan, to ensure the Lake remains protected through these plan change processes; and (f) pollution clean-up / restoration of the Lake following two botulism events over the past two summers (and likely now an ongoing requirement) which: (i) required the removal of approximat...

7. Regulatory Impact Statement: Unilateral cancellation of voluntary time payment arrangements for unpaid fines [pdf, 733 KB]

   ...wide spread inclusion of the power to strike out an application or appeal o speeding up decisions on minor matters through the inclusion of the power to consider matters on the papers, if appropriate o ensuring sensitive information is suitably protected – through the inclusion of suppression order powers and offence/penalties.  Tribunal specific improvements – to: o provide for open and transparent motor vehicle disputes hearings in the Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal (...

8. TC vs Mr & Mrs SH LCRO 234/2014 [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...been a regrettable delay in having this decision available to the parties. I apologise to them for that delay. 2 Background [3] Mr and Mrs SH both had previous marriages and had, prior to entering into their marriage, established trusts to protect their individual assets with a view to ensuring that those assets would be protected for the children of those marriages. [4] In Mr SH’s case he had three children and had set up the Trust A. In the case of Mrs SH, she had two chi...

9. Family justice reforms: An initial cohort analysis [pdf, 898 KB]

   ...System. These reforms aimed to give families the opportunity to resolve issues without using formal court proceedings that could exacerbate conflict, be adversarial and costly to families and taxpayers. This report focuses on proceedings under the Care of Children Act (CoCA) which came into force on 1 July 2005 and the reforms that took effect on 31 March 2014. CoCA brought in significant new legislation dealing with the guardianship of children and resolution of disputes about care...

10. LCRO 134/2018 AH v NR (7 April 2019) [pdf, 200 KB]

    ...applied for a review of a decision by the Auckland Standards Committee 3 (the Committee). The Committee determined that by failing to honour an undertaking Mr AH had contravened r 10.3 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules (the rules) which constituted unsatisfactory conduct pursuant to ss 12(c) and 12(b) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). [2] In August 2017, Mr AH’s client sold a cafe business which occupied leased premise...