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1. HH v ASC2 LCRO 33 / 2011 (21 December 2011) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the deposit was to have been paid by Mr and Mrs SY to HI Law within 10 working days of the date of the Agreement to be held by that firm as stakeholder. Ms HJ also noted that the two conditions inserted for the protection of the purchaser were due to have been satisfied by 20 January 2007. 3 [12] There is no indication on the file that Ms SX communicated with her clients at that stage and no further correspondence appears until 27 June...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Fendall [2018] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...DECISION OF TRIBUNAL ON LIABILITY Introduction [1] This decision records our considerations after a hearing where the issues were whether the practitioner, Ms Fendall, made false declarations to her insurer, intentionally, recklessly or carelessly. Such was relevant to the level of culpability, which, at the conclusion of the hearing, we found to be misconduct. [2] The practitioner had been charged in the alternative with the three available levels of culpability1 and h...

3. LCRO 144/2016 QT v UF (24 August 2018) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...transaction as well as acting for the borrower and covenantor, and, secondly, had not provided Ms UF with competent advice. In doing so, Mr QT had contravened the relevant rules in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the rules) which constituted unsatisfactory conduct. [3] The second decision concerned penalty (the 16 June penalty determination). [4] In September 2008, Ms UF was in a relationship with Mr RP, who owned a business which...

4. EA v FC LCRO 91 / 2011 (20 December 2013) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...research led her to a [X] website, ZZU where she noted that Mr DP was advertising legal services. [6] Ms FC prepared a “Confidential Report” to the New Zealand Law Society, pursuant to Rules 2.8, 2.9 and 2.11 of the Rules of Conduct and Client Care (the Rules), 2 alleging lack of professionalism on the part of Mr DP. Her Report referred to his “unauthorised practice of law”, explaining that she had found Mr DP to be currently advertising himself on a local [X] website (s...

5. Muraahi v Phillips Rangitoto Tuhua 55B1B and 55B1A2 Manu Ariki Marae [2013] Māori Appellate Court 528 (2013 APPEAL 528) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox Judge G D Carter Judge D J Ambler Appearances: Ms T Wara for the Appellants P Jefferies and H Putaranui for the Second Respondent Judgment: 14 November 2013 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF DEPUTY CHIEF JUDGE CAREN FOX AND JUDGE GLENDYN CARTER OF THE MĀORI APPELLATE COURT Copies to: T Wara, Aurere Law, P O Box 1693 Rotorua 3040, DX JP30025, admin@aurere.com T Phillips, P O Box 425, Taumarunui 3946 P Jefferies, O’Sheas, P O Box 460, Hamilto

6. 2014 to 2018 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...a year. Achieving this has required a different model of sector leadership and a real focus on results. In the past couple of years drinking laws have been tightened to curb alcohol‑related harm and other laws are in progress that will help to protect the public from individuals who cause a lot of harm. We are strengthening our response to serious offending like child pornography and tackling newly emerging crimes such as cyber‑bullying. Progressing these reforms is key to continu...

7. [2017] NZEmpC 94 Crimson Consulting Ltd v Berry [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...what the Supreme Court appeared to regard as being central, namely whether the making of a non-publication order was really necessary to secure the proper administration of justice. [48] He argued that commercially sensitive information should be protected only if publication would cause obvious commercial harm; the evidence did not cross that threshold in the present case. Embarrassment was not enough. [49] If the Court considered there were potentially damaging allegations in...

8. CARROLL v Coroners Court at Auckland (2013 NZHC 906) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...In the early hours of 11 October 2004 Iraena Asher, a 25 year old woman, disappeared into the night at Piha, a rural beach side area west of Auckland. She was never seen again. The three applicants, Ms Carroll, Ms Woodhouse and Mr Woodhouse, cared for Iraena in the hours preceding her death, having earlier found her wandering near the road, semi-clothed and distressed. Immediately following a coronial inquest into her death, held in July 2012, the Coroner issued a finding in whic...

9. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavits 1 of 4 [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON REGISTRY CIV 2011-485-821 UNDER IN THE MAnER OF IN THE MAnER OF The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 An application by NGATI pAHAUWERA DEVELOPMENT TRUST for Customary Marine Title and Protected Customary Rights An application by NGATI pAHAUWERA (as originally filed by WAYNE TAYLOR, KUKI GREEN AND RUKUMOANA WAINOHU) for Protected Customary Rights AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES WILLIAM ADSEn AFFIRMED /2~ ~ J<..Or 'f 201...

10. [2024] NZEmpC 133 Gumbeze v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children [pdf, 422 KB]

    ...November 2023 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: D Fleming, counsel for plaintiff RM Butler and DT Smith, counsel for defendant Judgment: 24 July 2024 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE K G SMITH [1] Bigson Gumbeze began working as a care and protection social worker for Child, Youth and Family on 22 March 2010. By November 2011 he had become a senior social work practitioner. [2] On 1 April 2017, Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children came into exi...