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1. Kelly v Tall Poppies Education Limited [2024] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...not deliver those services directly. Rather it contracted with home-based educators, including the plaintiff, for the delivery of those services in an educator’s own home. [2] The plaintiff is a registered Early Childhood Teacher. She was caring for young children between 0 and 6 years of age in her own home pursuant to her August 2019 contract with Tall Poppies (and separate contracts between the plaintiff and fee-paying parents/caregivers). [3] Tall Poppies suspended its...

2. Atkins & Ors as Trustees of the Bruce Family Trust v North Shore City Council [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...Trustees – Owners - Fourth Respondents 53 9. Liability: Grant Williams – Second Respondent 57 10. Liability: Anthony G Smits – Fifth Respondent 57 11. Liability: F J Murphy and P Murphy – Sixth and Seventh Respondents 60 Is there a Duty of Care in this Case? 66 Application of Duty 70 Cladding to Paved Decks and Ground Level 72 Liability Outcome 72 12. Liability – Eighth Respondent – Plaster Systems Limited – Duraplast Supplier 74 13. Liability – North Shore City Co...

3. BORA Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...The release of this advice should not be taken to indicate that the Attorney-General agrees with all aspects of it, nor does its release constitute a general waiver of legal professional privilege in respect of this or any other matter. Whilst care has been taken to ensure that this document is an accurate reproduction of the advice provided to the Attorney-General, neither the Ministry of Justice nor the Crown Law Office accepts any liability for any errors or omissions. Criminal P...

4. Family Court rewrite submission: Northern Specialist Report Writers [pdf, 495 KB]

   ...This is already apparent, as there many unallocated reports across NZ, with a major shortage of report writers in the South Island. Specialist report writers in the Family Court work from a private practice. They generally work under s133 of the Care of Children Act (CoCA) or s178 Of the Oranga Tamariki Act and Children and Young Person’s Well-being Act (1989). There are also appointments under the Protection of Personal Property Act and the Hague Convention but these are less f...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Hong [2020] NZLCDT 5 [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...(c) The complete absence of any attention by Mr Hong to his professional responsibilities including: (i) his apparent lack of awareness that he was even facing any professional issues at all; (ii) the abandonment of basic notions of client protection; and (iii) his lack of awareness about the need for his clients to be independently advised. 3 Factual Background [4] From 2001 until 2010 Mr Hong was Mr K’s lawyer acting for him personally and for his business inter...

6. [2025] NZREADT 08 - OQ v Knowles & Maclean (21 March 2025) [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...By not inserting OQ’s GST number in the ASP at the time of negotiating the sale, and not listing the property as a going concern in the terms of sale, Mr Knowles breached rule 9.9 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules). (c) Mr Knowles did not have a sound knowledge of the Act and Rules relevant to real estate agency work in breach of rule 5.2 of the Rules. (d) The Committee accepted that Mr Knowles did advise OQ to seek legal...

7. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2021 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...applications In 2020/2021, there were 61,054 substantive applications filed in the Family Court. This increased 2% from 2019/2020. The largest number of applications filed were for guardianship cases (28%). These applications relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2020/2021 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (15%), family 8 v...

8. [2023] NZEnvC 089 CEP Services Matauwhi Limited v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 089 IN THE MATTER OF appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN CEP SERVICES MATAUWHI LIMITED (ENV-2019-AKL-000111) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-000127) Appellants AND NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge J A Smith sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Date of Order: 11 May 2023 Date of Issue: 11 Ma...

9. Body Corporate 85927, 38 Roxborough St v Wellington City Council [2010] NZWHT Wellington 12 [pdf, 203 KB]

   ....................................................................................................... 5 II ISSUES ....................................................................................................... 6 III – CLAIM IN NEGLIGENCE AGAINST MR STEVENS ................................... 6 Was a Duty of Care owed by Mr Stevens? .............................................. 6 Design Defects and Leaks ...................................................................... 9...

10. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

    ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenance o...