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1. R v Secretary for Justice [2024] NZRA 001 (23 February 2024) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...“easily appeared” on over 50 matters at PAL 2 level as lead provider and as junior counsel for jury trials. Her appearances were said to include trial call-overs, case review hearings, sentencings, sentencing indication hearings, bail hearings and plea hearings. She said that she had appeared as lead counsel on the majority of her PAL 2 appearances. [7] With her application, the Applicant provided details of seven case examples. She acknowledged that one of those sample cas...

2. Justice Sector Projections 2020 report [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...to resolve On average, people are spending longer on remand as their court cases are taking longer to resolve. Historically, this increase in the time to resolve court cases has been due to a complex set of factors, namely: • Later guilty pleas in the criminal court process which has led to more court hearings which require more court resources; • An increase in the number of days between each court hearing for a case due to the lack of court resources to administer the addit...

3. Auckland Standards Committee v Andersen [2012] NZLCDT 17 [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...Practitioner 2 DECISION ON PENALTY Introduction [1] The practitioner faced, initially, 10 charges of professional misconduct. At the beginning of the hearing Charges 5 and 7 were withdrawn by leave and the practitioner entered pleas of guilty to the remaining eight charges. Charges Charge 1 in relation to AK [2] In May 2009 the practitioner was acting for herself as trustee, as vendor in relation to the sale and purchase of a property occupied by herself...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 208 Hayne v ASG [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...material times, ASG 1 was an employee of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago, working in a security position that required him to interact with students and staff, and potentially members of the public, in challenging situations. [2] ASG pleaded guilty in the District Court at Dunedin to a charge under the Crimes Act 1961 that, being a male, he assaulted a female; and a wilful damage charge under the Summary Offences Act 1981. The Judge discharged him without convictio...

5. LCRO 145/2015 and 148/2015 YK v GS and GS v YK [pdf, 407 KB]

   ...substance of Mr GS’ complaint was that: (a) Mr YK had not kept him informed during the progressing of the case. (b) He had instructed Mr YK privately on the basis of assurances that he would get him off the charge. (c) Mr YK had advised him to plead guilty when he had no wish to do so (by electing to seek a sentence indication when he had not been instructed to do so). (d) He had paid Mr YK $1,580 and did not feel he had received value for money. (e) Mr YK did not turn u...

6. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences December 2020 [xlsx, 163 KB]

   ...2020 Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015 - 2020 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015 - 2020 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015 - 2020 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicted of Harmful Digital Comm...

7. Your guide to legal aid [pdf, 774 KB]

   ...you • explain to you what offence you are charged with and how serious it is • tell you if you might have a defence to the charge • tell you about the usual range of sentences the courts give for the charge • explain what happens after you plead guilty or not guilty • enter a guilty plea if that’s what you want • tell the judge about your personal circumstances and your point of view about the offence (a plea in mitigation) if you are pleading guilty to a minor charge �...

8. Legal-Aid-Projection-Report-2022.pdf [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...recent years, offsetting the fall in numbers. The proportion of more serious cases has continued to increase. These more serious cases require substantially more effort and court events2 as they progress. There is also a continuing trend of guilty pleas occurring later in the process which further increases the number of court events. This in turn increases the cost of a case and therefore the amount of legal aid required. While the inflow of more serious cases has stabilised, legal...

9. Regulatory Impact Statement child witnesses in the criminal courts proposed reforms [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...counsel, to be present, to present a defence and to examine the witness. One of the proposed reforms – a presumption in favour of pre-recording children’s evidence – may lead to an earlier resolution of cases, through either early guilty pleas or withdrawn or reduced charges, based on all parties having the opportunity to assess the credibility of important evidence early in the process. This is supported by anecdotal evidence from Western Australia, where pre-recording is co...

10. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences December 2019 [xlsx, 642 KB]

    ...2019 Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015 - 2019 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015 - 2019 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015 - 2019 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicted of Harmful Digital Comm...