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1. LCRO 212/2015 KC v MZ (24 August 2018) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...and his former partner, Ms UV in July 2014. Mr KC was disappointed in the result. He says he lost too much and didn’t gain enough. Mr KC does not accept that Mr MZ conducted his matter competently and carefully. He made a complaint to the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) accordingly. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [3] Mr KC refers in his complaint to comments in the Family Court decision regarding a lack of evidence, expertise and readiness. He says Mr MZ di...

2. LCRO 243/2016 KE v HO (21 June 2019) [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...complied with it. If she did not, her conduct may be unsatisfactory pursuant to s 12(c) of the Act. [36] In forming a view, it is important to remember the purposes of the Act, which are:5 (a) to maintain public confidence in the provision of legal services and conveyancing services: (b) to protect the consumers of legal services and conveyancing services: 3 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZHC 158, [2012] NZAR 209 at [39]–[41]. 4 Deliu v Co...

3. RM v LN LCRO 106 / 2011 (2 October 2012) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...applied for a review of the determination by Auckland Standards Committee 4 in which it found that RM had breached Rules 3.1, 3.6, 9 and 9.4 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules1, ordered RM to reduce his fees and ordered him to pay costs to the New Zealand Law Society. [2] In his review application, RM accepted the findings of the Committee with regard to the breaches of Rules 9 and 9.4 and the Orders to reduce his fees, and requested that the review focus on the findings of breach...

4. Beef+Lamb-New-Zealand-Limited.pdf [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...proceedings. CP Thomsen Counsel for s 274 party Beef+Lamb New Zealand Ltd 29 September 2020 3 This notice was filed by CHRISTOPHER PAUL THOMSEN, solicitor for the party of the firm Fletcher Vautier Moore. The address for service of the above- named party is at the offices of Fletcher Vautier Moore, Solicitors, 265A Queen Street, Richmond, Nelson. Documents for service on the party may be: (a) Posted to the solicitor at Fletcher Vautier Moore, Soli...

5. Beef+Lamb New Zealand Limited.pdf [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...proceedings. CP Thomsen Counsel for s 274 party Beef+Lamb New Zealand Ltd 29 September 2020 3 This notice was filed by CHRISTOPHER PAUL THOMSEN, solicitor for the party of the firm Fletcher Vautier Moore. The address for service of the above- named party is at the offices of Fletcher Vautier Moore, Solicitors, 265A Queen Street, Richmond, Nelson. Documents for service on the party may be: (a) Posted to the solicitor at Fletcher Vautier Moore, S...

6. Five complainants v Kumar [2015] NZIACDT 82 (17 August 2015) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...barrister and solicitor (section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006). [6.3] The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 provides that the giving of legal advice to any person in relation to the direction or management of any proceedings before any New Zealand court or New Zealand tribunal, or appearing as an advocate before them are defined as “reserved areas of work” (section 6). Section 24 provides it is an offence for an unqualified person to carry out any reserved area of work....

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   Welcome to Justice Matters, the Ministry of Justice’s newsletter from 2015-2019. Note this is no longer published. On this page: Justice Matters issue 17 - December 2019 Justice Matters issue 16 - October 2019 Justice Matters issue 15 - July 2019 Justice Matters issue 14 - April 2019 Justice Matters issue 13 - December 2018 Justice Matters issue 12 - October 2018 Justice Matters issue 11 - June 2018 Justice Matters issue 10 - March 2018 Justice Matters issue 09 - December 2017 Justice Matters

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8. [2025] NZIACDT 44 – SC v Wharekura (28 August 2025) [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...B Rasalan, representative Adviser: S Laurent, counsel 2 PRELIMINARY [1] The advisor unsuccessfully sought residence for the complainant. The application was declined because it included the complainant’s partner, but Immigration New Zealand (Immigration NZ) did not accept the couple met the immigration criteria for a partnership. The complainant says the adviser did not comply with his instruction to remove the partner from the application and lied to him about a furt...

9. Wilton TRI-2021-100-002 Procedural Order 8 [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...submitted that the drawings and emails relied on by the council on joinder do not concern any of the matters identified by the assessor or set out in the claim. [22] Furthermore, those communications sent by Mr Wilton from the Wilton Joubert email address which were unrelated to the engineering work, were sent as a trustee and not a director of the company. He used the email address for convenience and Wilton Joubert cannot reasonably be said to be responsible for those communi...

10. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Silvertown Group Limited (previously East Coast Farms Limited) v Auckland Council [pdf, 3.1 MB]

    ...precinct with some amendments, as detailed below, in response to the submissions. At the hearings for the precinct evidence was received from Mark Bellingham and Jan Woodhouse on behalf of Todd Sylvester, Ashala Enterprises, Peter Snell Youth Village (New Zealand Sunday School Union), Pauline Fudge and Silvertown Group Ltd; from Chris Dickson; from Fiona Flay; and from Burnette McNicol and Melean Absolum on behalf of D A Aley Estate. Planner Mr Paul had reported on the submissions for C...