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1. S v L [2017] NZIACDT 3 (4 April 2017) [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...adviser met to discuss the applicant’s immigration circumstances. At the time, the applicant held a work visa issued under the partnership category which was due to expire on 30 August 2014. [7.2] The adviser was instructed to prepare a work visa application, and complete the appropriate formalities. The Registrar says that at a meeting on 5 August 2014 there was a discussion concerning the applicant not having been declared as a partner on the complainant’s residence visa app...

2. KN v D Ltd [2024] NZDT 371 (23 May 2024) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...that it is most likely that KN’s loss is therefore actually more likely to be in the order of $300.00 and this is the amount I find that D Ltd is liable to pay KN. Referee: L Trevelyan Date: 23 May 2024 Page 2 of 2 Information for Parties Rehearings You can apply for a rehearing if you believe that something prevented the proper decision from being made: for example, the relevant information was not available at the time. If you wish to apply for a...

3. LCRO 74/2018 PG v EJ (29 November 2019) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...requested full details of the house cleaning work, including the time taken by the contractor to do the work. She also enquired as to the whereabouts of the $20,000 left by Mrs SC to look after her two dogs. (3) Ms EJ’s affidavit [16] Ms PG claimed Ms EJ ought to have “remain[ed] impartial” in the family protection proceedings. She claimed comments made by Ms EJ, as executor, in [Ms EJ’s] affidavit filed in those proceedings were “prejudicial to the outcome” sought...

4. National Standards Committee v Shand [2019] NZLCDT 2 [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2019] NZLCDT 2 LCDT 006/18 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE Applicant AND GRANT DONALD SHAND Respondent CHAIR Judge BJ Kendall (retired) MEMBERS Mr S Hunter Mr W Smith Ms S Stuart Mr I Williams DATE OF HEARING 15 and 16 November 2018 HELD AT Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre, Auckland DATE OF DECISION 25 Janua...

5. Mollett v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Weekly Entitlement and Delay) [2023] NZACC 112 [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...(b) any delay in processing the claim for entitlement that the claimant believes is an unreasonable delay: … [53] Section 148 of the Act provides: … 13 (2) Whether or not there is a hearing, the reviewer— (a) must award the applicant costs and expenses, if the reviewer makes a review decision fully or partly in favour of the applicant: (b) may award the applicant costs and expenses, if the reviewer does not make a review decision in favour of the applicant but c...

6. Canterbury District Law Society v Wood [2009] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...[2] In March 2008, the Canterbury District Law Society (CDLS) received a complaint, from Mr C A McVeigh QC, concerning Mr D A Wood, a Timaru practitioner. [3] Mr McVeigh QC had been acting as counsel for CDLS in opposing a non party discovery application made by Mr Wood. Mr McVeigh advised CDLS that in the course of those proceedings, matters had come to his attention which he believed warranted investigation. [4] After considering the issues raised, CDLS decided that there was rea...

7. Bryan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Attendant Care Payments) [2024] NZACC 155 (30 September 2024) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...Background [2] Jessica was born on 1 November 1988 and suffered from spastic tetraplegia and epilepsy. On 15 July 1992, Jessica was prescribed Epilim to control her seizures. She remained on this medication for a number of years. [3] In 2020, a claim for treatment injury was filed with the Corporation on behalf of Jessica by her mother, the second appellant, Alicia Bryan, claiming that the Epilim had had a profound long-term impact on Jessica’s weight and cognition. It was...

8. AAT and AAU as Trustees of LM Trust v ZZH [2010] NZDT 17 (24 August 2010) [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...APPLICANT AAU SECOND APPLICANT AND ZZH RESPONDENT Date of Order: 24 August 2010 Referee: Referee Robertshawe ORDER OF THE DISPUTES TRIBUNAL The Tribunal hereby orders that the Applicants’ claim be dismissed. Facts [1] On 1 September 2003, AAT and others, as trustees of the LM Trust, leased a 250 ha farm property at [a town] to the PM Trust Partnership. [2] Two professional trustees, PO and AT, w...

9. Mcleod - Part Harataunga 2B2 (2001) 103 Hauraki MB 117 (103 H 117) [pdf, 250 KB]

   Hauraki Minute Book Volume 103 Folio 117 In the Maori Land Court of New Zealand Waikato Maniapoto District File: A20000054328 IN THE MATTER of applications under Sections 86 and 88 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 by Robert Arnold McLeod and Joanne Elizabeth Hodge to vary access across Part Harataunga 2B2 Block being 12.4430 hectares more or less as described in CT 20B/844 South Auckland Registry ApPEARANCES: DECISION: Mr Powell - for the Applicants Mr Matenga - for th...

10. Ratima v Ratima - Tahoraiti 2A 12A (2023) 105 Takitimu MB 29 (105 TKT 29) [pdf, 312 KB]

    ...2A 12A and Others I WAENGA I A Between PAUL TE RAPA RATIMA, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM SOUTHGATE, MABEL WHAKARONGO RATIMA, RAYMOND MORRIS RATIMA AND WILLIAM TE WHETU RATIMA ON BEHALF OF THE WAIKARI RATIMA FAMILY TRUST Ngā kaitono Applicants ME And KINGI RATIMA, MILES RATIMA AND KIA RATIMA Ngā kaiurupare Respondents Nohoanga: Hearing 2 September 2020, 84 Tākitimu MB 236-246 3 November 2022, 101 Tākitimu MB 114-125 (Heard at Hastings)...