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1. Complaints Assessment Committee 404 v Hawkins [2017] NZREADT 35 [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...may impose under s 93 of the Act (these include censuring or reprimanding the licensee, and ordering the licensee to undergo training or education); [b] Impose a fine of up to $15,000; [c] Order cancellation or suspension of the licensee’s licence; Submissions [15] Mr Waalkens submitted for the Committee that the appropriate penalty is to censure Mr Hawkins, and to order him to pay a fine in the range of $4,000 to $5,000. He submitted that the primary conduct issue is Mr Ha...

2. All charges and convicted charges December 2018 [xlsx, 874 KB]

   ...regulatory offences 140: Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences, nfd Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences, nfd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 14: Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences 141: Driver licence offences Driver licence offences, nfd 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 27 25 28 40 49 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14: Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences 141: Driver licence offences Drive while licence disqualified or suspended...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 089 Schwartfeger v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...for a retaining wall and pontoon system on their property at Ewing Road. The property fronts the Hatea River near the Whangarei town basin. [2] Notwithstanding a Council remission granted on 19 January 2012, which remitted resource consent and licence fees on the retaining wall and pontoon until 2042, the Council has sought to levy charges against the Schwartfegers on several occasions since 2014. Background [3] The latest occasion was after a court decision Schwartfeger v North...

4. LCRO 150/2016 DN v [Area] Standards Committee (14 November 2018) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...submission that there needs to be a clear rule against retaining passports before a lawyer’s conduct in doing so can be the subject of an adverse disciplinary finding. 4 Immigration Advisers Authority, Licenced Immigration Advisers’ Code of Conduct 2014 at [27](b). 5 As set out in the Declaration of Human Rights. 5 [22] That submission is addressed elsewhere in this decision. The members of the Committee represent lawyers of...

5. KIT v Zhu [2019] NZIACDT 34 (20 May 2019) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...with Mr Zhu until late in the process. Nor did Mr Zhu provide her with a written client agreement or maintain a proper file record of communications. Mr Zhu largely admits breaching his professional obligations. BACKGROUND [2] Mr Zhu is a licenced immigration adviser. He is a director of Pioneer Education & Immigration Services Group Ltd (Pioneer). [3] The complainant arrived in New Zealand on 2 November 2015 on a working holiday visa. [4] On 22 October 2016, the co...

6. Pollett v REAA (reserved decision) [2013] NZREADT 4 [pdf, 49 KB]

   ...found that Mr Brown, who operates Browns Real Estate Ltd, had engaged in unsatisfactory conduct and made similar orders against him, except he was ordered to pay a higher fine of $4,000. [3] Mr Pollett has voluntarily suspended his salespersons licence from 31 October 2011 until 1 April 2015 and now seems to work in Australia. Background [4] The Licensee admitted that he showed a prospective client through a property at 85 Vintage Lane, Waiheke Island, without an agency agreemen...

7. 07.-Evidence-of-Ms-Janelle-Tamihana-Nga-Hapu-o-Kereru.PDF [PDF, 263 KB]

   ...this area is one of the broader outcomes we are seeking to achieve through the Te Ripo o Hinemata Wetland Restoration work we are Page 9 doing, and we are looking in particular for formalised access (for example through a rail safety licence). 41. I understand there are safety issues at play but this is also a legacy issue. My great-great-grandfather used to catch the train at this location by simply flagging it down and hopping on. This would never happen now. Now we...

8. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v Beacham [2012] NZLCDT 29 [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...alcohol) and 13 October 2007 (excess breath alcohol); (b) Her conviction under s.56(1) LTA was punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding $6,000, and disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for more than one year, by reference to s.56(4) LTA. (c) In the event, she was sentenced to a term of disqualification from driving for one year and one day and fined $1,200 and ordered to pay Court costs of $132.89; and (d) The...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 107 Watson v Capital & Coast District Health Board [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...attended the mediation services building in Wellington on 20 May 2015, they remained in separate rooms for several hours. She says Ms Watson never entered the same room as the CCDHB attendees, and that those attendees did not understand they had licence to enter the room in which Ms Watson and her legal advisor and supporter were positioned. They say that the mediation, in effect, never commenced. This fact was relevant to the subsequent decision to terminate Ms Watson’s employ...

10. HC & KP v QT [2023] NZDT 413 (10 July 2023) [pdf, 230 KB]

    ...is, a wooden fence was better than a corrugated iron fence because the wind could circulate through a wooden fence, but with corrugated iron, it was simply a wind barrier. This would increase the likelihood of it blowing down again. He said as a Licenced Building Practitioner, he would be unable to certify the structural integrity of the fence if repaired and not replaced. I accepted his evidence after I questioned him, and QT questioned him. 7. QT’s quotes indicated that the quo...