Past complaint decisions
Summaries of past complaint decisions by the Board.
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Complaint CB25072 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB25072
- LBP number: BP106701
- Region: Canterbury
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 13 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Respondent fined $1,500. Costs of $500.
Complaint CB25070 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB25070
- LBP number: BP126150
- Region: Canterbury
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 13 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)d Censure 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: Negligence upheld. Respondent carried out building work without a building consent. Found guilty in the District Court under section 40 of the Act. Board applied issue estoppel to make a finding under section 317(1)(b). Fine could not be imposed due to provisions of section 318(4) of the Act. Respondent censured. Costs $750.
Williamson [2019] BPB CB25057 – Not upheld decision
- Complaint number: CB25057
- LBP number: BP115422
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 13 August 2019
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent - not upheld 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute - not upheld
- Summary: Complaint not upheld. Allegations of negligence, building contrary to a building consent and disrepute. Insufficient evidence to establish on the balance of probabilities that the Respondent had committed the disciplinary offences.
Evans [2019] BPB - CB25056 - Substantive decision
- Complaint number: CB25056
- LBP number: BP 106895
- Region: Hawke's Bay
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 8 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Negligence not upheld, conduct did not reach the seriousness threshold for disciplinary action to be taken. Fined $1,500, costs $2,000.
Evans 2019 [BPB] CB25112 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25112
- LBP number: BP118105
- Region: Bay of Plenty
- Licence class: Design 2
- Decision date: 8 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: Design LBP found to have carried out design work in a negligent manner. Design flaws, overreliance on cut and paste detail, inclusion of irrelevant detail, failure to deal with RFI’s and poor-quality assurance processes. Fined $2,500 and ordered to pay $1,750 in costs.
Goad [2019] BPB CB25045 - Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25045
- LBP number: BP102217
- Region: Hawke's Bay
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 2
- Decision date: 8 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)d Censure 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Significant mitigation presented. Respondent censured, costs of $500. Matter dealt with on the papers.
Complaint CB24082 2019 - Penalty
- Complaint number: CB24082
- LBP number: BP112492
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Design 2, Site 2
- Decision date: 7 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)e Retraining 318(4) Pay costs 318(5) Public notification of the Board's action
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: Penalty amended following submissions. Training ordered. Costs $2,000. Publication ordered.
Gavin [2019] BPB CB25021- Penalty Decision
- Complaint number: CB25021
- LBP number: BP120625
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 7 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Penalty upheld. No mitigation presented. Fined $1,500, costs of $500.
Complaint C2-01829 - District court referral
- Complaint number: C2-01829
- LBP number: BP127231
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 7 August 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Rehearing following an appeal to the District Court. Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work upheld. Board held Respondent had carried out restricted building work and was required to provide a record of work. Fined $1,000, costs of $500.
Complaint CB24899 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB24899
- LBP number: BP132300
- Region: Bay of Plenty
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 23 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)b Suspend licence 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Negligence, contrary to a building consent and failure to provide a record of work upheld. Negligence related to the failure to adequately supervise unlicensed persons which resulted in significant noncompliance issues. Contrary to a building consent in respect of a failure to use correct processes for changes to the building consent. Respondent’s licence suspended for 9 months, fined $3,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,500. Publication ordered.
Tierney [2019] BPB CB20529 –Substantive decision
- Complaint number: CB20529
- LBP number: BP122075
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 23 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)(a)(ii) Order they may not apply to be relicensed before the expiry of a specified period 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Building work fell below acceptable standards and was not in accordance with the building consent. Failure to provide a record of work. Fined $3,000, costs $2,000.
Ninian [2019] BPB CB25063 – Substantive decision
- Complaint number: CB25063
- LBP number: BP116645
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 23 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Fined $1,000 and costs of $500. Matter dealt with on the papers. Fine reduced as Respondent accepted wrongdoing.
Reid [2019] BPB CB25085 – Substantive decision
- Complaint number: CB25085
- LBP number: BP102942
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 23 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: Negligence upheld. Building work carried out without a building consent. Fined $1,000 and costs of $750. Matter dealt with on the papers. Conduct occurred in 2012. Penalty consistent with penalties issued at the time.
Prakash [2019] BPB CB25039 – Substantive decision
- Complaint number: CB25039
- LBP number: BP132679
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 23 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)b Suspend licence 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Negligent supervision, repeated inspection failures, building work not in accordance with building consent. Failure to provide a record of work. Licence suspended for 9 months. Fined $1,500, costs $2,000.
Complaint CB25081 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB25081
- LBP number: BP123619
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 19 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Negligence, building contrary to a building consent and failure to provide a record of work. Building work not to acceptable standards, and changes to the building consent not managed correctly. Fined $2,500, costs of $1,000. Matter dealt with on the papers.
Complaint CB25068 2019 - Not upheld
- Complaint number: CB25068
- LBP number: BP123967
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 17 July 2019
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work - not upheld 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute - not upheld
- Summary: Complaint not upheld. No evidence that the Respondent had carried out the restricted building work to which the complaint related.
Do Manh [2019] BPB CB24290 - Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB24290
- LBP number: BP102340
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 15 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Fined $1,500, costs of $500. Matter dealt with on the papers.
Complaint CB25034 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB25034
- LBP number: BP134005
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Roofing
- Decision date: 15 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: Negligent roofing. Respondent did not adequately supervise unlicensed persons or check the complete work. Fined $2000, costs $500.
Complaint CB25097 2019 - Substantive
- Complaint number: CB25097
- LBP number: BP117166
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 15 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Respondent fined $1500. Costs of $500. Matter dealt with on the papers.
Gardiner [2019] BPB CB25049 - Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25049
- LBP number: BP131819
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 15 July 2019
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: Failure to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. Fined $1,500, costs of $500.