Dickson v Real Estate Agents Authority - [2025] NZHC 50

Date of Judgment

04 February 2025

Media releases

Decision

Dickson v Real Estate Agents Authority (PDF 473 KB)

Summary

Application for judicial review relating to the Real Estate Agent Authority's decision in 2022 to mandate completion of a course, Te Kakano, as part of 2023 continuing education requirements for real estate licensees. Mrs Dickson claimed that the practice rules under which the Authority and the Associate Minister of Justice prescribed continuing education requirements are invalid under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008, that the Authority's decision to mandate Te Kakano was invalid, and that the decision of the Registrar of the registry of licensees to refuse to grant her an exemption from completing the course was invalid because he had applied a blanket "no- exemptions" policy. Application dismissed.