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1. LCRO 38/2024 & 39/2024 SM v CV and CV v SM (13 August 2025) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...as that term is defined in s 12(c) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). 2 [2] The Committee ordered Mr CV to pay the sum of $3,000 to Ms SM by way of compensation. The Committee also ordered Mr CV to pay costs of $500 to the New Zealand Law Society. Background [3] In August 2020, Ms SM instructed Mr CV to act for her on the purchase of a house to be constructed on land to be subdivided. [4] Mr CV made comments on the proposed Agreement for Sale and Purchase...

2. Nabi v Devi [2011] NZIACDT 28 (5 September 2011) [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...on the disciplinary sanctions. The key points made were: [7.1] The Complainant and the Adviser had a pleasant business relationship for the large part of the transaction. [7.2] He agreed to pay $3,500 in accordance with an agreement. [7.3] The services were performed, and additional services provided. [7.4] The Complainant refused to pay the fees claimed in full. [7.5] The Complainant “got the bargain that he paid for”. [7.6] The Adviser has incurred administrative costs. Dec...

3. Dunstable v Leighton LCRO 73 / 2009 (14 July 2009) [pdf, 16 KB]

   ...Applicant AND MR LEIGHTON of Napier Respondent DECISION Background [1] This is a review of a decision of the Hawkes Bay Standards Committee in respect of a complaint by Mr Dunstable against Mr Leighton. Mr Dunstable complained to New Zealand Law Society that he was instructed by Mr Leighton (or his firm) to provide expert advice regarding the value of certain paintings. That valuation was urgently required in connection with a hearing in the Family Court in whi...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 48 Brown v The Clinician Holdings Ltd [pdf, 287 KB]

   CRAIG BROWN v THE CLINICIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED [2025] NZEmpC 48 [17 March 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2025] NZEmpC 48 EMPC 355/2023 IN THE MATTER OF an application for a declaration under s 6(5) of the Employment Relations Act 2000 BETWEEN CRAIG BROWN Plaintiff AND THE CLINICIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 21–25 October 2024 Appearance...

5. [2007] NZEmpC AC 22/07 Khan v Khan [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...the trouble of having Mr Ryken represent him. Mr Ryken has filed the application to strike out. [26] Quite considerable efforts have been needed to have that application for strike out served on Mr Sher Khan, who incidentally has always had an address for service in this Court, which was in the form of a post office box number rather than a residential address. This would seem to me to have been a breach of the rules in any event. But further directions have been necessarily ma...

6. Tomov v Auckland Council [2012] NZWHT Auckland 34 [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...Limited, entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement for the property for $700,000. The agreement was conditional on the directors obtaining a satisfactory LIM report and a satisfactory building report. [20] In a report dated 27 May 2005, the New Zealand House Inspection Company issued a written building inspection report to the claimants. The report did not cause the claimants any concerns except in relation to the minor issue of the adhesion of the butyl rubber membrane (d...

7. [2020] NZEmpC 25 Sexton v Lowe [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...5 Employment Relations Act 2000, ss 5 and 6. [26] While each inquiry is intensely factual, the principles to be applied in determining whether an arrangement is one of employment or pursuant to a contract for services include:6 • An employee is a person employed by an employer to do any work for hire or reward under a contract of service, a definition which reflects the common law.7 • The Authority or the Court, in deciding whether a person

8. OIA-109743.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...February 2024, you asked a series of questions about Pātaka Whenua. Your questions and my answers are laid out below. Have the Ministers or their combined officials met to discuss these issues and have they asked for a plan to be developed to address them? If so, have they had any indication of the cost of bringing Pātaka Whenua up to an acceptable standard, such as the standard te kooti achieved in 2017 when it was assessed as the most efficient of the NZ courts case management,...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 15 TradeZone Industrial Group Ltd v Stanton [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...that they had not received any payment and requested proof of payment. Ms Mitchell emailed proof of payment, which included the bank account number into which the payment was made. Ms Mitchell also sought confirmation of Supplier A’s email address on TradeZone’s system. Supplier A advised Ms Mitchell that both the bank account and email address was incorrect. Despite the incorrect bank account number, Supplier A had been receiving payment for its invoices to TradeZone on tim...

10. [2010] NZEmpC 138 George v Auckland Regional Council [pdf, 36 KB]

    ...disciplinary process, an allegation of serious misconduct based on how the employee had responded to the original allegation? b) To dismiss the employee for serious misconduct based on how the employee responded to the original allegation? [6] In addressing the first question, Ms Perkin, for the plaintiff, noted that the defendant admits that a new allegation of serious misconduct about the truthfulness of the plaintiff’s explanation in relation to the initial allegation was added...