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1. LCRO 154/2023 FH and NH v WA, BF and DT Limited (28 February 2024) [pdf, 347 KB]

   ...conduct of the [City]-based incorporated law firm, DT Limited (the firm), in litigation for the trust. Ms WA is a director of the firm. Ms BF is an employed lawyer at the firm. [5] The complaint was also made by the applicants and processed by the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (NZLS) against Mr RW. Mr RW is the firm’s General Manager. For the reasons stated later in this decision, I substituted the firm for Mr RW as respondent. Background [6] The trustee...

2. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Hemi [2013] NZLCDT 23 [pdf, 121 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2013] NZLCDT 23 LCDT 029/12 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN CANTERBURY-WESTLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE NO. 3 Applicant AND LEONARD JAMES LESLIE HEMI, Lawyer, of Gisborne Respondent CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr C Lucas Mr S Morris Mr T Simmonds Mr W Smith HEARING at Auckland on 15 May 2013 APPEARANCES...

3. Judge v Care Park New Zealand Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 326 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2018] NZHRRT 14 Reference No. HRRT 052/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN PAUL CRAWFORD JUDGE PLAINTIFF AND CARE PARK NEW ZEALAND LIMITED FIRST DEFENDANT AND WAIKATO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SECOND DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr P Judge in person Mr J Horner for first defend...

4. Environment Court annual report 2005 [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...COURT 4 1.1 Judges and Commissioners 4 1.2 Senior Administrative Staff 5 1.3 Judicial Retirement and Appointment 5 2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT 5 2.1 The Court's Jurisdiction 5 2.2 Proposed Legislative Change 6 2.3 New Zealand Environmental Law Committee 6 2.4 Additional Practice Note 7 2.5 Additional Dispute Resolution 7 3. WORKLOAD OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT 8 4. RESOURCES 8 4.1 Current and Future Initiatives 8 4.2 Court Expenditure and Revenue...

5. 2017 NZSSAA 034 (4 July 2017) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...of Social Development DECISION Background [1] XXXX and XXXX are entitled to payments from two Canadian pension plans, the Canadian Pension Plan and the Canadian Old Age Security Pension (OASP). They appeal the decision to deduct from their New Zealand superannuation (NZS) entitlement the payments they receive from the Canadian Old Age Security Pension (OASP). They each receive NZS at the half-married rate and their Canadian Pension Plan payments are directly deducted from the...

6. LCRO 5/2020 AJ v BN (30 September 2020) [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...Committee’s decision is “a case-specific consideration of the obligations which applied in the relevant circumstances”. (1) Act competently [32] BN says he maintains his position stated in his response to AJ’s complaint, but wishes to address the “additional points”, referred to in my later analysis, made by AJ in her application for review. (2) Complaints process [33] BN says the firm responded to AJ’s complaint “within three working days” which he says was...

7. Engelbrecht TRI-2020-100-007 Procedural Order 5 [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...Ltd (IRock), the seventh and eighth respondents respectively, collectively described as the Olds parties, have applied to be removed as parties to this claim. Legal principles Removal [2] Section 112(1) of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 (the Act) provides that the Tribunal may order that a person be removed from adjudication proceedings if it considers it “fair and appropriate in all the circumstances to do so”. [3] The Tribunal’s jurisdiction to...

8. 2017 NZSSAA 052 (15 September 2017) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...the date of hearing and set out a fully reasoned decision. [3] This Authority intended to hear the appeals in March this year. On 1 March 2017, the Authority received a document written by Mr George Van Ooyen, General Manager, Contact Centre Services of the Ministry of Social Development. This memorandum was addressed to the Chair of this Authority. It was neither addressed to nor supplied to the appellant. On the contrary, the memorandum was headed with the statement “Securit...

9. 2023-05-10-Form-33-Speldhurst-Country-Estate-Residents.pdf [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...Country Estate. I agree t pa· icipate in mediation or other alternative dispute resolution of the proceedings. Signature of person wishing to be a patty (or person authorised to sign on behalf of person wishing to be a party) Date 10 May 2023 Address for service of person wishing to be a party: 51 Farnham Close, Speldhurst Country Estate, LEVIN 5510 Telephone: 021 301 522: ' Email: roger@partonius.com Roger Parton, on behalf od the Speldhurst Country Estate Residents Assoc...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 169 Smiths City (Southern) Ltd (in receivership) v Claxton [pdf, 518 KB]

    ...Smiths City as was the installation service. [38] That conflict of interest was evident in the blurring of distinctions between businesses when Mr Claxton did things like follow up on payments due to Can Do Flooring using his Smiths City email address. Another example was that in October 2 A voluntary disclosure was made to Inland Revenue Department on his behalf during the hearing. 2016, using his Smiths City email address, he wrote instructions to flooring installers e...