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1. Kauikia-Stevens v Trustees of the Rangitatau 1D5A1 Block (2014) 318 Aotea MB 217 (318 AOT 217) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...and abusive conduct of other marae trustees and beneficiaries to the point where the Police have been called to the marae on numerous occasions. Despite repeated requests to the trustees to intervene the applicant says that they have ignored his pleas and by such inaction have implicitly approved of the threatening and violent behaviour. For these reasons he says the trustees must be removed. [4] The trustees deny the allegations. They say that the applicant and his whānau have no...

2. Davies v Trustees of Te Tii Waitangi B3 Ahu Whenua Trust - Te Tii Waitangi B3 Trust [2015] Māori Appellate Court MB 611 (2015 APPEAL 611) [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...purporting to make an order it is the clear duty of the Appellate Court to annul that order. This principle is set out in Halsbury's Laws of England, 4the.d. Vol.10 at p. 325, para 717 viz "It is the duty of an Appellate Court to entertain a plea as to jurisdiction at any stage, even if the point was not raised in the Court below" - and at p. 326, para 718: "Where, by reason of any limitation imposed by Statute, charter or commission, a Court is without jurisdiction...

3. McDonald v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 14 [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...investigate the pain. He had suffered agonising pain and mental anguish for over two years without the stump revision. This would not have occurred if the ends of the tibia and fibula had been bevelled. The spike would have been removed, if his plea for help had been taken seriously. [65] The Corporation again declined cover on 8 February 2001. The claim being considered was not described, but it appears to be the amputation surgery. The Corporation said that the adverse conse...

4. LCRO 33/2016 GW v AX (27 June 2018) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...and Ms YN in September 2015 do not make happy reading. Even when INZ had demanded surrender of the passport for deportation purposes Ms YN emailed Ms TK “inviting” full payment of the [SGS] bill. Three days later, having rejected Ms TK’s pleas to return the passport to her, Ms YN emailed “As you can appreciate we are a business” and invited a settlement offer. There is no sign here of consideration of whether ethical issues might trump “business”. [96] A driver’...

5. Koso v Chief Executive Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment [2014] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...about to be deported or arrested and requires the information to resist this happening. Or a lawyer might take on a new client only a week or two before an appeal hearing and require information for the case. [28.3] In the Commissioner’s view a plea for urgency on the grounds that the client is an overstayer and that the lawyer needs to “advise [the] client about their status” (the ground given in the present case) is not a clear enough reason to find an agency in breach. If t...

6. Official Information Act request Family and Sexual Violence [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...documents regarding family and sexual violence. Specifically, you requested: Copies of all advice or any other document the department holds relating to family and sexual violence since 27 November 2023 to date. In response to your request, please refer to Table 1 which outlines the documents in scope. Note that some information has been marked out of scope and some information withheld under the following sections of the Act:  9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural person...

7. Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime - Final Report on Shoplifting [pdf, 390 KB]

   Ministerial Advisory Group for the Victims of Retail Crime – shoplifting Executive Summary 1. This report recommends three legislative reforms to the Crimes Act 1961 to improve Police’s ability to take enforcement actions to combat shoplifting— • the introduction of a new shoplifting offence that is easier to prosecute and avoids the risk of a lengthy jury trial, with escalating penalties for second and subsequent offences; • a corresponding infringement regime that

8. Tidmarsh v Glover [pdf, 271 KB]

   CLAIM NO: 01086 UNDER The Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2002 IN THE MATTER OF an adjudication BETWEEN RUSSELL WILLIAM TIDMARSH and JOY ISABELLE TIDMARSH Claimants AND JOHN GLOVER First respondent (Intituling continued next page) Hearing: 5 December 2005 Appearances: Russell Tidmarsh and Christopher Twigley for the Claimants John Glover, the First Respondent in person Jeremy Atkinson for the Second Respondent Raymon

9. Proactive-release-Review-of-the-Operation-and-Performance-of-the-Public-Defence-Service-2021.pdf [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...aid services in the Auckland and Manukau courts,” and found that the PDS had maintained or improved the quality of legal services.4 Further, Martin Jenkins found that over the course of the pilot PDS cases tended to result in greater use of guilty pleas, fewer changes of plea, and fewer substantive hearings.5 37. The 2008 Report went on to note the effects that PDS had on the CJS as a whole, including its ability to train junior lawyers and the fact that its introduction had not mat...

10. 2014 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3 MB]

    E.64 (2014) Annual Report 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 http://www.justice.govt.nz/ http://www.justice.govt.nz/ Am ou nt co llected each year $4million THROUGH THE OFFENDER LEVY $218million IN FINES & REPARATION SETTLED OF HISTORICAL CLAIMS TREATY56 TO OVER COMMUNITY LAW CENTRES GAVE LEGAL ADVICE 48,000PEOPLE ASSISTANCE& IN THE LAST 3 YEARS RECORDED DROPPED 17 DROPPED 33 8.9% REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE AGE OF ACTIVE DISTRICT COURT CASES 18.3% REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE