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1. Liddle v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 74 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 93 KB]

   ...complaints he abused his status as a licensed immigration adviser, to provide the opportunity to use misrepresentations to induce potential clients to pay fees. [5] He dishonestly misrepresented both the opportunities potential clients had to migrate to New Zealand, and the services he would provide to assist them. The misrepresentations were tailored to what Mr Standing though might be effective in particular cases. His dishonest misrepresentations included deceit such as: [5.1] he p...

2. Nair v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 71 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...complaints he abused his status as a licensed immigration adviser, to provide the opportunity to use misrepresentations to induce potential clients to pay fees. [5] He dishonestly misrepresented both the opportunities potential clients had to migrate to New Zealand, and the services he would provide to assist them. The misrepresentations were tailored to what Mr Standing though might be effective in particular cases. His dishonest misrepresentations included deceit such as: [5.1] he p...

3. [2012] NZEmpC 47 TLNZ Auckland Ltd and C3 Ltd v Maritime Union of NZ and Parsloe & Ors and Jennings & 21 ors [pdf, 202 KB]

   TLNZ AUCKLAND LIMITED AND C3 LIMITED V MARITIME UNION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED NZEmpC AK [2012] NZEmpC47 [13 March 2012] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2012] NZEmpC47 ARC 22/12 IN THE MATTER OF interim injunction BETWEEN TLNZ AUCKLAND LIMITED AND C3 LIMITED Plaintiffs AND MARITIME UNION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED First Defendant AND GARRY PARSLOE, DAVE PHILLIPS, AND RUSSELL MAYN Second Defendants AND JAMES JENNINGS AND 21 OTHERS Third Defen...

4. LCRO 159/2014 AB and RJ v OC and BR [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...unsatisfactory conduct against Ms OC and Mr BR. Background [2] Mr BR is the principal of BR Legal and Ms OC was a non-lawyer employee of the practice. [3] Mr AB approached BR Legal to seek advice after receiving correspondence from Immigration New Zealand (INZ) dated 14 November 2012 advising his application for a work visa had been declined. [4] Mr AB was at the time working for [Supermarket] in [Town] as a [XXXX] apprentice. [Supermarket] was supporting Mr AB in his applica...

5. WL & BN v SD LCRO 106/2015 (5 July 2016) [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...in clear breach of rulings by the relevant body. That would engage the complaints and disciplinary process, but in a different way from making an initial decision as to whether or not the material in question was privileged. The only forum for addressing those disputes, must be the forum within which they arise. The law of privilege dictates what is admitted into evidence or not, and that will directly affect the outcome of the matter in question. It must then be left to the decisio...

6. EA v ZZ LCRO 138/2011 and 124/2012 (24 January 2014) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...co-executor which she considers Mr ZZ should have taken steps to prevent. Her complaints also arise from the fact that Mr ZZ did not seemingly deal with both executors equally. The complaints [2] Mrs EA’s first letter of complaint was sent to the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service on 4 April 2011. Issues arising from her letter of complaint were: (a) Mrs EB died on 15 June 2010. Mr ZZ was advised of this by Mrs EC the following day. Mr ZZ’s first communication wit...

7. LCRO 229/2017 and 021/2018 VL v YN (8 May 2019) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...determination) imposed penalties following the finding of unsatisfactory conduct in the findings determination. Background [2] Ms VL acted for Mr and Mrs YN. On 29 November 2016 Mr and Mrs YN entered into an Agreement to purchase the property at [Address]. The Agreement was conditional upon the YNs selling their own property by 4 pm on 16 December 2016. [3] The Agreement also contained a clause (commonly referred to as a Vendor’s Escape Clause) which read: If before this a...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 234 2015 AFT v BCM [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...circumstances. The first is that the applicant is unrepresented and an unusual degree of leniency has been allowed to him to lodge proceedings that are not in the required formats. The second is that the applicant now lives and works outside New Zealand and in circumstances in which it is difficult and time-consuming both to put together those pleadings and to have affidavits sworn any more than very infrequently. Order prohibiting publication [2] On 26 May 2015 the Court made a...

9. Vailea v Hakaoro [2016] NZIACDT 8 (02 February 2016) [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...point: [2.1] The Registrar has provided evidence, and Mr Hakaoro has not sought to dispute it before this Tribunal, that: [2.1.1] Mr Hakaoro negligently failed to take steps to advise and assist his clients until many months after they were in New Zealand unlawfully; [2.1.2] He did not set out his fees in writing with particulars of amounts, terms and conditions; [2.1.3] He did not have a written agreement; [2.1.4] He stopped providing services after initially taking instructions,...

10. ENV-2016-AKL-000TBA Waste Management NZ Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...Limited against decisions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan Dated: 16 September 2016 REFERENCE: Paula Brosnahan (paula.brosnahan@chapmantripp.com) Jill Gregory (jill.gregory@chapmantripp.com) In the Environment Court of New Zealand at Auckland ENV-2016-AKL- in the matter of: the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (LGATPA) and the Resource Management Act 1991 and: in the matter of: an appeal under sectio...