‘Default’ duties must be performed by the trustee unless they have been changed or excluded in the terms of the trust (the trust order). These include the general duty of care, the duty not to exercise power for the trustee’s own benefit, and the duty to avoid conflicts of interest.
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This ranged from protections they are implementing in China to protect lawyers to allow them to prosecute cases without being persecuted by the State, to the unfair reporting of judicial decisions in general and social media in Hong Kong, and to corruption amongst the judiciary in Malaysia where (apparently) lawyers have been known to turn up to Court with bags of money. 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific This was the 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and...
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you go through the dispute resolution process.
The pōwhiri taking place at the MACA hearing Taitokerau N gātiwai Trust Board Applications created Applications completed Applications on hand Hearings completed 925 638 1,450 855 Applications created Applications completed Applications on hand Hearings completed 688 432 758 462 Applications created Applications completed Applications on hand Hearings completed 759 267 2,622 671 Applications created Appl...
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The modern Māori Land Court exists in an environment that is significantly different to that in which was created on 30 October 1865 by the General Assembly of the New Zealand Colony under the Native Lands Act 1865.
Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
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Access to Māori land was generally considered when the title of the land was originally issued and in many cases: a roadway would have been created to give access to the land there may have already been a public or private roadway servicing the land, or a right of way to access land, across a neighbouring property, may have been put in place.
