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1. Heta - Taiharuru 4C3B (2010) 13 Taitokerau MB 203 (13 TTK 203) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...The land has 11 owners holding 50 shares in total. Eric Heta holds 10 shares and has applied to the Court to partition his interests into a 2000m² section. He wishes to build a house on the land for himself and his family and says that he needs a separate title in order to obtain mortgage finance. [3] The owners of the land have met and support Mr Heta’s request for partition but have stipulated that “...a clause is made to never allow the land to be sold out of the family.”...

2. [2012] NZEmpC 4 Haig v Edgewater Developers Ltd and Others [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...Developers Limited. In addition, although he claims also to have been a director and the Managing Director of Carrington Farms Limited, only his directorship of this company is admitted. [6] PH II Incorporated is a United States corporation which, through subsidiaries, is the parent and controller of the New Zealand companies Edgewater Developers Limited and Carrington Farms Limited. [7] Mr Haig first issued proceedings in the High Court against the defendants. Summary jud...

3. Questions and answers

   ...eligible people? No. Expungement does not happen automatically. An application needs to be made by or on behalf of a convicted person, and granted by the Secretary for Justice. Who can apply? The convicted person can make an application themselves, or through someone (such as a lawyer) they have authorised to act on their behalf.  If the convicted person has already died, a representative of the person may be able to make an application for them. The following people have the right to act...

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4. LCRO 200/2020 SK and WP v AQ (27 October 2023) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] about their professional conduct. [3] The matter relates to the fairness and reasonableness of fees charged by the Firm to the respondent, Ms AQ, for preparing and filing a without notice application for a parenting order under the Care of Children Act 2004 and a without notice application for a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and related attendances. 2 Background [4] The respondent met with the applicants on the mo...

5. Government-Response-to-Te-Aka-Matua-o-te-Ture-Law-Commission-report.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...succession law follows its review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 which took place from 2016 to 2019. The Property (Relationships) Act sets out how relationship property should be divided when a marriage, civil union or de facto relationship ends by separation or death. 10. In its 2019 report, Review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 – Te Arotake i te Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (the relationship property report) the Commission made 140 recommendations...

6. Stone v Couch - Rapaki MR875 39A (2020) 65 Te Waipounamu MB 61 (65 TWP 61) [pdf, 345 KB]

   ...Oti and Mere. He says the gazette notice does not accurately record the intended beneficiaries, and that it was well known in his family that his mother intended the urupā for her own immediate descendants rather than for the descendants of her parents. He opposes an inquiry and reconfirmation of the trust but does not oppose further trustees being appointed. He also seeks a redefinition of the class of beneficiaries to reflect what he says was his mother’s true intention. [4]...

7. 19 June 2020 Updated FC Caseflow Management Practice Note [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...taken place since that time. The Care of Children Act 2004 brought about some fundamental changes to the practice of family law, including a change in relation to many expressions. “Custody and access” disappeared and were replaced with “parenting orders” which in turn enabled the Family Court to make orders as to day-to-day care and contact. “Counsel for the child” became “lawyer for the child”. As a result, I have previously undertaken a revision of many of the ex...

8. Domestic violence programme evaluation report [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...authors acknowledge with thanks the women and men who shared with us their views and experiences of family violence programmes. We thank the providers who assisted with the recruitment of programme users and who contributed their views in person and through the survey. We are also grateful to other key stakeholders whose insights we learned from. Finally, we wish to acknowledge Roslyn Hefford, Michael Slyuzberg, Jools Joslin and advisory group members for managing and supporting the...

9. LCRO 85/2016 BA v FE [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...Mr Hesketh, additional background facts emerged which assume some relevance when looking, for example, at the issue of fees. [66] At the time Miss BA instructed Mr FE, she and Dr JI were still living in the same house, although largely leading separate lives. Their children were all adults. Miss BA had initiated the separation. Dr JI did not want the couple to separate. [67] The couple owned their house. [68] Miss BA ran (and still runs) her own practice as a dentist, and did so...

10. GZ v TE LCRO 17 / 2011 (17 February 2012) [pdf, 155 KB]

    ...HC, a firm of solicitors in [South Island], to attend to conveyancing matters. c) Mr TD retained Mr TC as his barrister. 2 d) Mr TD retained the firm of TB (Mr TA) to attend to conveyancing matters on his behalf. [2] At the time of separation from Ms HB, TD was in control of substantial business assets while Ms HB was in occupation of the family home against which was registered a mortgage to Westpac bank. [3] Attempts to resolve relationship property matters through n...