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1. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Taupo 20 May 2018 [pdf, 440 KB]

   ...commercial use of whenua. • Treaty settlement issues – A couple of Treaty settlement issues were raised which the speakers asked to be addressed. One speaker indicated that there needs to be a ‘tikanga process’ to sort out overlapping claims issues. A couple of speakers noted the unfairness of property valuations undertaken by the Crown in terms of making the properties available under a Right of First Refusal (RFR). They indicated that the property valuation should take acco...

2. CVA Media Release support available for victims during lockdown [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...social services with national help lines available to talk to you, as well as offer practical support and access to safe, emergency accommodation if you need it. “Leaving your home to get yourself and/or others to safety is considered an essential form of travel and you will not be in breach of the level 4 restrictions if you leave your neighbourhood for these reasons. “Sometimes it is unsafe for you to reach out for help while you are in the same space as the person who is hurting...

3. The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 413) v Taylor [2018] NZREADT 59 [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...commission as it was described, of $10,000. She received these payments without any need to carry out the general obligations incumbent upon a real estate agent. She did not need to market the properties for sale. She had only to draw up the form of agreement between the parties and arrange for its execution. [4] The basis upon which the case was presented to the Tribunal was that the transactions that the Licensee was involved in had all the hallmarks of, and in substance were,...

4. S v Xue [2015] NZIACDT 58 (15 May 2015) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...practitioner is an important factor when appropriate (B v B HC Auckland HC4/92, 6 April 1993). In Patel v The Dentists Disciplinary Tribunal HC AK AP 77/02 8 October 2002 at [30]-[31], the Court stressed, when imposing sanctions in the disciplinary process applicable to that case, that it was necessary to consider the “alternatives available short of removal and explain why lesser options have not been adopted in the circumstances of the case”. [24] In the present case, Ms Xue has ta...

5. VAN DER PASCH Willem Lambertus (CSU 2011 HAM 000424) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...to negotiate. [55] On the day the weather conditions were dry and there was nothing in the environment that would have contributed to Mr Van Der Pasch’s death. [56] On one side of the race there is a fence line. Mr Neal in his evidence claimed there were two loose and out of positioned poles. He was suggesting that it is most likely the quad bike has veered off to the left which is confirmed by the tracks surveyed by the Serious Crash Unit. The bike has most likely hit two...

6. Mark Brown (filed 6 June 2017) [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...landscape will be less than significant and will introduce a “new feature of interest” to it, 4 when the same people have argued, in the past, that nearby landscape features need to be protected from development. 15. In a resource consent application by Blueskin Projects, Mr More argued against houses being built on Potato Point because of the sensitivity of the site and the quality of the local landscape, (Proposed Potato Point Subdivision Landscape Assessment, June 2005)....

7. Central Standards Committee 3 v Bailey [2023] NZLCDT 53 (5 December 2023) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...CONVEYANCERS ACT 2006. NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2023] NZLCDT 53 LCDT 005/23 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN CENTRAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE 3 Applicant AND LIZANDRA MICHELLE BAILEY Respondent CHAIR Dr J Adams MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr S Hunter KC Ms K King Ms M Noble Ms P Walker MNZM HEARING 22 November 2023 HELD AT Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre,...

8. Penalty Davenport v REAA CAC 20005 & Anor [2014] NZREADT 38 [pdf, 50 KB]

   ...salesperson’s licence and at the relevant time was working for Property Brokers Ltd, Foxton. Background [2] Alison Shaw (“the complainant”) viewed a property at 21 Cook Street, Foxton with the licensee on 12 October 2012. The licensee informed the complainant that 2 the age of the property did not appear on the information flyer, but it seemed to be approximately 40 to 50 years old. [3] That evening, the complainant emailed the licensee with details of an offer that...

9. Interim Impact Summary: Public discussion document - Proposed changes to the incitement provisions in the Human Rights Act 1993 [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...explicitly or implicitly calls for violence. The Government accepted this recommendation in principle. Reframing this provision with a focus on hatred (as opposed to hostility, contempt, ill-will and ridicule) is likely to be useful, making the application of section 131 more straightforward, and achieving better certainty about its scope. This certainty would be particularly important as the increased penalty proposed would lead to a possibility of a prosecution being considered by...

10. Evidence Brief: Prevention of Repeat Burglary [pdf, 411 KB]

    ...removing excuses. xxii The validity of rational choice theory in relationship to burglary is supported by qualitative research from overseas that provides insights into the decision-making process of burglars.xxiii In this research, burglars claimed to be particularly sensitive to the presence of alarms, dogs, CCTV, and especially signs that the house is occupied – in other words, features that increase the likelihood of them being observed and thus caught in the act.xx...