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1. LCRO 205/2015 R and N FAMILY TRUST v EL (27 June 2019) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...trustees were dissatisfied with the service provided by Mrs EL, and unhappy about the invoice she had rendered when her retainer had been terminated. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [21] The trustees lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 11 December 2014. The substance of the Trust’s complaint was that: (a) Mrs EL had wasted costs in advancing an unsuccessful application to set aside notices of protest to the High Cour...

2. LCRO 7/2018 AB v CD (26 November 2019) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...settlement which provided that the temporary protection order that was then in place would be discharged, and the application for a final order withdrawn. 2 The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [6] Mr CD lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (the Complaints Service) on 20 January 2014. The substance of his complaint was that: (a) Mr AB had failed to provide him with an account of where time had been spent on his file or...

3. LCRO 74/2017 SD v TM (31 January 2019) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...3 Standards Committee determination, [Date] at [7]. 4 At [8]. 5 At [8]. 6 At [11]. 4 (a) Mr TM had acted for the company, and for each of Mr SD and Mr RN on personal matters. (b) Mr TM’s 20 November 2014 letter of engagement addressed to Mr RN did not make it clear whether that letter “was addressed to [the company] or Mr RN personally” and did not limit the “scope” of the legal services described as “assist with restructuring matters”. (c) Mr TM had...

4. Costs Application - Jumpjet dated 30 December 2018 [pdf, 622 KB]

   ...25626 Invoice Number: 100.100 City: Wellington 6146 Phone (Bus.) (+643) 379 3720 Email Address: amanda.dewar@laneneave.co.nz Notes: Claim is pursuant with the Environment Court Practice Note 2014 concerning Clause 6.6(f). SERVICE & EXPENSE DESCRIPTION AMOUNT Legal Consultancy: Andrew Cameron (inc. Attendances and Conference) 759.00 Documents: ICAO Annex 14, Volume 1, 8th Edition 418.78 Business Consultancy: J D Cook (inc. Judicial Conference Attendan...

5. LCRO 41/2015 CL v JW and IB (26 June 2018) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...that have been rendered, not proposed, the Committee concluded it lacked jurisdiction to consider the fee complaint. Application for review [32] Mr CL filed an application for review on 19 February 2015. He says that the Committee did not address his concern about the firm not having received the email confirming satisfaction of the condition by 5 pm and contends that the firm should have made arrangements to ensure that any response from HK was addressed. He noted the gap of...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 178 Chapel Road Partnership Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 25 MB]

   ...is discernible as to the date of construction of the Dairy Factory Manager's Cottage. Where any such evidence is located, it shall be recorded and sent to the Team Leader Built Heritage, Plans and Places, Auckland Council. Public utility services 18. The consent holder shall make adequate provision for the protection of existing public drains. Any necessary repairs to the public drains that may be required as a consequence of the works shall be the consent holder's respo...

7. December 2019 National Panui [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in the District in which the application is being heard in writing by 4pm on the 2nd of December 2019, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address, if any, and setting out your connections with the applications and brief details of your concerns. The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down fo...

8. [2008] NZEmpC AC 14/08 Board of Trustees of Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake O Tawhiuau v Edmonds [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...by the Employment Relations Authority. The Authority’s determination [24] The Authority held that the test for raising a grievance is that the advice to the employer, written or oral, should be sufficiently specific to enable the employer to address the grievance. Although what is raised must be more than bare advice of a personal grievance or even the type of grievance, the requirement is certainly not for the sort of detail that may be required subsequently when lodging a state...

9. BORA Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill [pdf, 211 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 21 5 December 2017 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This a...

10. [2020] NZIACDT 39 - IK v Tian (23 September 2020) [pdf, 213 KB]

    ...immigration adviser, is a director of Abstract Solution Limited, of Auckland. She has been licensed since May 2009. [5] The complainant, a national of China, engaged Ms Tian in about February 2017 to seek a student visa for him. He was then in New Zealand on a visitor visa. [6] On 7 April 2017, Ms Tian lodged a student visa application for the complainant. [7] Immigration New Zealand wrote to Ms Tian and the complainant on 1 May 2017 advising that the latter had insufficient funds...