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1. LCRO 122/2018 ZQ v VX (30 October 2018) [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...[Law firm] made further request for payment of fees. Mr ZQ replied by advising that [Law firm] could expect a response from his lawyer. No response was provided. [18] On 8 November 2017, Mr ZQ advised [Law firm] that he had complained to the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (LSCS). [Law firm] delayed taking any further steps, in contemplation that a complaint would be received. A lawyer is unable to take steps to recover outstanding fees, in circumstances where a client...

2. 16-May-2020-Regional-Plan-Waste-for-Otago-with-PC1-proposed-amendments.pdf [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...for Otago i Chairperson's Foreword It gives me great pleasure to present this Regional Plan: Waste, the Otago Regional Council’s first full plan developed under the Resource Management Act. The Regional Plan: Waste ushers in a new era for waste management in Otago and sets out clear directions in the vital areas of waste minimisation, and in the management of landfills, contaminated sites and hazardous substances and wastes. This Plan provides an integrated approach...

3. [2012] NZEmpC 218 NZ Airline Pilots Association v Mt Cook Airlines Ltd [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...problem came about because the company payroll system paid employees on the basis of an 80-hour fortnight payroll system whereas the pilots’ contract was constructed as a seven-day-a-week operation. After seeking advice from Datacom Employer Services Ltd, which manages Mount Cook’s payroll, the payroll system was changed in June 1997 to the current arrangements whereby payments are made to pilots for each day of the year. [10] Mr Crooke told the Court: 33. Therefore, it w...

4. D-G Conservation - Supplementary - M J Brass - Planning - Appendix 2 (23 March 2021) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...Respondent 23 March 2021 addition to: Supplementary evidence of Murray John Brass on behalf of the Director-General of Conservation / Tumuaki Ahurei. Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai RMA Shared Services Operations Group Private Bag 4715 Christchurch 8140 Solicitor: Pene Williams Email: pwilliams@doc.govt.nz mailto:pwilliams@doc.govt.nz 2 M Brass Supplementary Evidence on Proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Wa...

5. [2006] NZEmpC WC 26/06 Farmers Transport Ltd v Kitchen [pdf, 47 KB]

   ...Gray was there as a change manager because the business was in strife and that Mr Kitchen was not showing an appetite to be as aggressive in the marketplace as was required in order to survive in the industry. [7] Mr Kitchen agreed to take on a newly created role of assistant branch manager at Feilding the purpose of which was, in part, to assist Mr Gray by introducing him to existing clients. Mr Roebuck said that Mr Kitchen had become insular and office-bound. In terms of chan...

6. Brown v New Zealand Post Ltd (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 207 KB]

   1 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT CLAIM1 [1] Mr Brown’s claim alleges that New Zealand Post Ltd (NZ Post) subjected him to discrimination and victimisation in breach of various provisions of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). The claim, however, fails to identify the facts and circumstances on which Mr Brown relies to support his allegations of breaches of the HRA and the Tribunal ordered 1 This decision is to be cited as Brown v New Zealand Post Ltd (Strike Out) [2024] NZHR...

7. Williamson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 134 [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...you must either be in agreement with me to the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling, or have simply overlooked due process. I record that you have simply not responded to this concern. (h) Accordingly, I repeat my request that these matters be addressed prior to the scheduled 20th March assessment, or (i) In the absence of the comprehensive addressing of these concerns prior to the meeting occurring, I repeat my request that the purposed assessment scheduled for 20th March...

8. Greensmith v Auckland Council [2025] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...the PA20. 13 In respect of the 27 September 2016 request, Council failed to meet the 20 working day timeframe by one working day. In respect of the 24 June 2021 request, the delay was five working days. 14 See Lochead-MacMillan v Nimble Financial Services Group Ltd [2024] NZHRRT 25 at [21]–[24]. 15 Sections 66(3), 66(2)(a)(i) and 66(2)(b) of the PA93. 16 Sections 69(3) and 69(4)(a) of the PA20. 7 [29] Council has not advanced reasons that would establish a proper basis for these...

9. LCRO 78/2020 NS v GL (29 June 2021) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...or enactment; • Whether Ms GL failed to promptly disclose all relevant correspondence and generally failed to keep Mr NS informed, and if so, whether Ms GL breached Rule 7 of the RCCC and/or any other Rule or enactment. [19] The Committee addressed both issues together. Rules 3 and 7 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) provide: 10 Mr RK, letter, above n 9, at [23]. 11 At [33]. 12 At [35]. 13 Standards Committee det...

10. Xu v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 412) and Lim and Lynch [2018] NZREADT 63 [pdf, 293 KB]

    ...2018, in which, after inquiring into the complaint, it decided to take no further action on it. Factual background [4] The property was advertised for sale by negotiation, and was described (as relevant to the appeal), as a “substantial, now as new, five-bedroom home”, “the subject of a high-end rebuild”, and as “now thoroughly modern”. [5] Mr Xu and his wife viewed the property with Mr Lim on 27 August 2017. That evening, Mr Lim emailed a property information file fo...