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1. [2020] NZIACDT 8 - GQ v Ramos (10 February 2020) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...Moses, counsel 2 PRELIMINARY [1] The complainant, GQ, instructed the adviser, Ms Genoveva Evelyn (Gennie) Ramos, to obtain a post-study (employer assisted) work visa, following study in New Zealand. The complainant had an offer to work as a caregiver. The visa application made was unsuccessful as Immigration New Zealand did not regard the job as related to the qualification obtained. The complainant alleges that Ms Ramos was incompetent. [2] A complaint against Ms Ramos...

2. Auckland Standards Committee v Fendall [2012] NZLCDT 1 [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...amount. She also repaid the Ministry of Justice $4,123 it had been overcharged. [12] The Legal Services Agency concluded, following the investigations, that there was no dishonesty. It accepted that it was a matter of failure to take proper care when recording time and subsequently invoicing charges based on that incorrect time record. This also appears to have been the view of the Serious Fraud Office, to whom a complaint about Ms Fendall’s invoicing practices had been made, as...

3. E81 Karen Wilson (Engagement) - EIC - Te Ākitai Waiohua [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...set out Te Ākitai’s view on engagement generally as there are a number of layers. 14. Firstly, te Tiriti o Waitangi (“Te Tiriti”) is the cornerstone of our relationship with the Crown. 15. Pursuant to Te Tiriti the Crown must actively protect our customary rights and interests in all of our taonga including the Waitematā. Implicit in the principle of partnership includes the duty to consult. 16. Secondly, the nature and extent of the engagement required is in part based...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 123 Wiles v University of Auckland [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...Professor Wiles and the other academics that they should consider pulling back from COVID-19 commentary and that providing such commentary did not form part of their jobs. Mr Phipps noted it was a balance between the critic and conscience role, and protecting staff from situations that create undue or unreasonable risks of harm. The University’s legal counsel, who was at the meeting, went further and said that if a hazard could not be managed or eliminated, the only option in te...

5. 14.-Evidence-of-Dr-Jack-McConchie-Hydrology-Flooding-Groundwater-and-Water-Abstraction.PDF [PDF, 5 MB]

   Barristers and Solicitors Wellington Solicitor Acting: David Allen / Thaddeus Ryan Email: david.allen@buddlefindlay.com / thaddeus.ryan@buddlefindlay.com Tel 64 4 044 620450 Fax 64 4 499 4141 PO Box 2694 DX SP20201 Wellington 6011 ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON REGISTRY I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ENV-2023-WLG-000005 Under the Resource Management Act 1991 In the matter of the direct referral of applications for resourc

6. Matchitt v Butler - Matangareka 3B (2018) 189 Waiariki MB 74 (189 WAR 74) [pdf, 673 KB]

   ...consideration is that the payment must be just and reasonable in all the circumstances: 13 [91]…In making this assessment the Court must balance two competing considerations: that the office of trustee is generally gratuitous and beneficiaries must be protected from the claims of trustees; and second, the importance to beneficiaries that trusts be well administered and their interests advanced. 12 Marks v Orbell – Rowallan Block...

7. LCRO 74/2020 NS v AD (29 January 2021) [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...carried out by Mr NS. [5] Ms AD has not applied to review the Committee’s determinations in relation to the estate and sale matters. Accordingly, this decision relates only to the immigration work. Background Ms ND’s instructions: Domestic protection [6] In early 2017, Ms ND approached Ms G, a lawyer with her own law firm, to act for her in domestic protection proceedings involving her husband (the DV proceedings). [7] Ms G practised in [suburb A], from the floor of a bui...

8. OIA-120214.pdf [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...the matter to registrar to consider whether it should be placed on the Evatt list. Family DOORS Triage Framework: - DOOR 1 Client self-report – not just screening for victimisation but also for perpetration, high conflict, substance abuse, child protection issues. - DOOR 2 Enquiry – asks questions based off survey answers given. Identifies ability and willingness to access support. - DOOR 3 – Develop safety plan The Family Counsellor: - Concern originally that completing the surve...

9. BORA Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...Minister, the Attorney- General and the High Court. A summary approved by the Court will be available to the person affected. 16. The provisions that restrict available information to a summary reflect a balancing exercise between the importance of protecting classified information and the need to preserve an individual’s right to natural justice. Combined with the appeal provisions outlined above, we consider that this section provides a person with an adequate opportunity and abil...

10. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2522 2.5.0019 TPPA [pdf, 814 KB]

    ...required. Issues for inquiry 2. In our decision of 31 July 2015 we granted urgency/priority with respect to the following two issues 0/Vai 2522, #2.5.9, para 74): (a) Whether or not the Treaty of Waitangi exception clause is indeed the effective protection of Maori interests it is said to be; and (b) What Maori engagement and input is now required over steps needed to ratify the TPPA (including by way of legislation and/or changes to Government policies that may affect Maori). 3....