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1. Constitutional Advisory Panel Full Report 2013 [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...generations yet to come. The Panel heard that the current arrangements do not always fully reflect these different ways to belong and their different histories. Some positions formed around concepts and practices of biculturalism and multiculturalism to protect cultural and political identities from being subsumed: a multicultural society on bicultural foundations. One perspective supported a monocultural society, with a single language. Justice and fairness Justice and fairness is...

2. LCRO 35/2017 QK v JF and EG (29 May 2019) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...pursuant to s 206(2) of the Act, which allows a LCRO to conduct the review on the basis of all information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. [24] I record that having carefully read the complaint, the response to the complaint, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review, there are no additional issues or questions in my mind that neces...

3. Schiller-Cooper v Lozano [2013] NZIACDT 1 (08 January 2013) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...industry which hitherto had been subject to much justified criticism. The Registrar and Tribunal have a Parliamentary mandate to enforce standards.” Ms Lozano’s Response to the Third Minute [53] Ms Lozano claimed that her assertion that she had carefully read the First Minute and not believed she was required to respond (refer para [46] above) was true. It was the result of work pressure and it should be accepted as she had no motive to provide a false explanation. [54] She provi...

4. TR v NI LCRO 109 / 2011 (21 February 2013) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...TR and TS. [13] The file note then included a heading: “Do our clients have a claim?” and continued: It appears they do. In the in-house Counsel letter dated 14.06.07, they deny all responsibility and the “failure to take in [sic] due care and perform due diligence”. Ironically, this is what they failed to do by my two hour review of the paperwork. [14] He then recorded the proposed strategy in respect of the claim in the following way: We will have a meeting with bot...

5. [2022] NZREADT 18 – QQ v REA NQ (7 September 2022) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...He noted that the appellant had provided him with an exhaustive list of issues relating to the property. He had instructed the licensee to market the property ‘as is where is’ and to advise all potential purchasers they would need to take due care in making their offers. He noted that time had been given to the appellant to vacate the 6 property as that was prudent to best market it. The appellant elected not to vacate, but he had substantially improved the appearance of the...

6. LCRO 172/2015 and 173/2015 WL v XC and HF v XC (16 May 2019) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...repeating the allegations in open court; and (d) there was media interest driven by Ms XC’s need for publicity. [18] Ms WL also submitted that Ms XC’s conduct breached r 13.8 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules). 4 [19] Forming part of Ms WL’s complaint was a memorandum prepared by M partnership’s counsel Mr BB, in support of the partnership’s application for costs against Ms XC. Ms WL submitted that the memoran...

7. Elhassan v Webby [2022] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...part way through. The transcript of that recording is set out in full below (it refers to Ms Webby as Judy Castle, the name Mr Elhassan knew her by at the time): JC Judy Castle TE Tarig Elhassan JC [Indecipherable] … because I couldn’t care what he says either. I would be out digging holes in the ground rather than lying on my fat ass here, doing nothing. That’s what I’d be doing and that’s what any human being with any sense of self-worth would be doing. They wouldn�...

8. Thompson v Van Wijk [2021] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...flashbacks of her dead baby and was struggling with her faith. Reverend Moss referred the plaintiff to the church counsellor, Ms Hammond. Reverend Moss also recommended the plaintiff speak with Reverend Van Wijk as he had specialised in pastoral care and counselling during his ministry studies. [25] Trusting Reverend Moss’s recommendation, the plaintiff began spiritual counselling sessions with Reverend Van Wijk in December 2004. [26] During the first spiritual counselling session...

9. 2017 NZSSAA 062 (20 October 2017) [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...that WINZ allowed her until September 2014, without any effect on her benefit, to make a firm decision in respect of the relationship with Mr Z. She regarded this as a trial period. [74] While she lived at [Place C] Ms XXXX enrolled A in day-care as [A] Z, and named Mr Z as her partner on a hospital outpatient form dated 16 May 2014. [Place B]: August 2014 16 [75] Ms XXXX moved into [Place B] and shortly after she gave birth to B. On 2 October 2014 Ms XXX...

10. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...tonu ai te wairua. Death and dying are a central part of Māori life. The family have an intimate connection with the body of the deceased and are usually closely involved with the preparations leading up to the burial. Respect – in the form of caring for the tupāpaku, mourning the deceased and speaking to them – is shown because, although the physical remains of a person are lifeless, the spirit continues to live on. New Zealand Law Commission, Coroners: A Review, Preliminary...