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1. LCRO 272/2016 XK v JB (24 June 2019) [pdf, 346 KB]

   ...parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Ms XK has applied to review the determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] (the Committee) to take no further action on three issues of complaint she had raised with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (the Complaints Service). [2] The complaint concerned Mr JB’s conduct as a co-executor with Ms XK in her late father’s estate (Mr B), as well as Mr JB’s conduct in acting for the estate. Backg...

2. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Fendall [2018] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...this insurance was to cover the practitioner’s inability to work as a lawyer. [38] Ms Dew, on behalf of Ms Fendall submitted that s 7(1)(a) did not apply because the conduct did not occur at a time when Ms Fendall was providing “regulated services”. Ms Dew’s analysis proceeded along the lines of the Tribunal’s analysis of this issue in Orlov at first instance. But it is to be noted that that reasoning was overturned by the High Court on appeal. [39] Ms Dew submitted t...

3. McKinney v Cassidy [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...12 Gretna Green, Browns Bay, North Shore City, in March 2001 from Kelvin and Wei Wee. The Owners are the second owners of this house. 2.2 The first respondent is Mr Cassidy, who was the principal shareholder and director of a company called New Millennium Developments Ltd. This company owned the property and arranged for the design and construction of the dwelling in 1997. It is alleged that Mr Cassidy was the builder responsible for the construction of the house. 2.3 Th...

4. Territorial Authorities - MW Twose - Supplementary - 12 May 2021.pdf [pdf, 822 KB]

   ...RDA rule. Version A from the 6 May Planners JWS version of PC7 is shown. Although for the purposes of community water supply there is little substantive difference between the versions, Version A of Objective 10A.1.1 supports the inclusion of a new RDA rule and consequential amendments as these provide for an efficient and timely transition towards the long-term sustainable management of freshwater in the Otago region under a new Land and Water Plan. Policies 10A.2.2 and 10A.2.3...

5. [2017] NZEmpC 141 Lewis v Immigration Guru Ltd [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...statutory context. A pleading point of that nature would be contrary to s 122 which expressly permits the Court to make a finding that a personal grievance is of a type other than that alleged. [12] The Court of Appeal in Nathan relied upon New Zealand Van Lines Ltd v Gray.3 That case was decided under the Employment Contracts Act 1991. However, s 34 of that Act had a materially identical provision to s 122 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act). Clearly, the Gray case...

6. [2021] NZACC 159 – Hawkins v ACC (12 October 2021) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...finger in March 2013. 5. At the time of her original shoulder/neck injury on 29 July 2006, Mrs Hawkins and her husband were working directors and shareholder employees of Southern Homes Ltd, which provided house construction and building services. Mrs Hawkins was primarily responsible for the administration side of the business and her husband the building work. Each director held 400 shares and a further 400 shares were jointly owned. 6. After injury, Mrs Hawkins returned...

7. Williams v Attorney-General [2024] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Williams dated 29 May 2020, a copy of a letter from Ms Williams about the assault and an offense report form about the assault. The health information was not included. 4 [15] On 3 September 2020 the assembled packet was sent by tracked courier addressed to Hikaka Investigations Ltd’s PO Box address. The evidence of Ms Alicia Murray, who at the relevant time was the Custodial Systems Manager at ARWCF, was that, from the courier reports, Corrections understood that the packet...

8. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee No 2 v X [2010] NZLCDT 14 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...practitioners. For non-practitioner employees, powers and available scope of action were extremely restricted, as shown by the limited powers and orders that may have been made, encapsulated in s.114. That was the only section in the Act specifically addressing non-practitioner employee conduct, in marked contrast to the extensive provisions applicable to practitioners. 5 [14] Section 114 is directed to a serious misconduct charge, which, if involving a practitio...

9. OIA-121212.pdf [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...Information System (NCIS) and the Ministry. Your request was as follows: 1. I would like to request the communications between the national coronial information system (NCIS) in Australia and the staff of the Ministry of Justice regarding halting of New Zealand access to the NCIS data, including a copy of the access agreement that the MOJ did not agree to sign for renewal of data access with the NCIS. 2. Also can you provide any correspondence around who is being consulted on this...

10. [2010] NZEmpC 151 Kiwis Stat Ltd v Nichols [pdf, 42 KB]

    ...similar to or likely to be in competition with the activities of the employer, whether alone or jointly with any other person, firm or corporation or as a director, agent, associate or employee. The provisions of this clause shall apply throughout New Zealand but only as to such activities with companies or persons who are actual or potential competitors of the employer. 17.3 Each of the undertakings contained in each of the sub- clauses of clause 4.2 constitute a separate undertakin...