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1. What to expect in the courtroom

   ...also allows evidence to be given by video conference if the judge or registrar agrees and parties consent. Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010 Under section 103 of the Evidence Act 2006, applications can be made to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and any District Court, Family Court or Youth Court for witnesses to give evidence in an alternative way. Alternative ways are outlined in section 105. Video conferencing would be suitable if a witness gives evidence: from an...

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2. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v Woodroffe [2025] NZLCDT 21 (9 April 2025) [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...during a radio broadcast, and spoke about her client in disrespectful terms; • and she failed to treat him with respect and courtesy when she threatened to sue him unless he retracted what he had told the Samoan Court. [2] Mrs Woodroffe has appealed our liability decision. Nonetheless, our task at this penalty hearing involves considering the gravity of the misconduct as we found it in our earlier decision, weighing it against comparable cases and adjusting for aggravating and...

3. Firearms reform

   ...other agencies alert the regulator when they receive information that raises concerns about a licence holders’ “fit and proper” status. Penalties increased to reflect the seriousness of offences. A Firearms Licensing Review Committee to consider appeals against decisions to suspend or cancel firearms licences. Greater flexibility for licence holders to store firearms in the most appropriate location to prevent theft and unlawful access. Dealer’s licences renamed ‘business licences�...

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4. Waitangi Tribunal - The Whanganui district [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI DISTRICT 9 THE WHANGANUI DISTRICT SUZANNE CROSS AND BRIAN BARGH APRIL 1996 WORKING PAPER: FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other reports in the Rangahaua Whanui Series available: District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 11A: Wairarapa, P Goldsmith District 13: The Northern South Island, Dr G A Phillipson FOREWORD The research report that follows is one of a series of historical surveys commi

5. ORC - Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd - 3 September 2021 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...discussed further in paragraphs [84] to [98], [105] to [109] and [112] to [116] respectively. (c) At the time that PC8 was developed, Chapter 3 of the PORPS 2019 (which contained the primary freshwater and land management provisions) was under appeal and had not been made operative. Chapters 5 (Land) and 6 (Water) of the Regional Policy Statement for Otago 1998 (RPS 1998) were therefore still operative and had to be given effect to. In March 2021, most of the PORPS 2019 was made...

6. Justice Sector forecast 2012 to 2022 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...framework and operational delivery settings could have a significant impact on current and future forecasts. Justice Sector Forecast 2012-2022 Page 13 4. Forecast results 4.1. Prosecutions requiring a Crown Solicitor Crown prosecutions and appeals are mainly undertaken by Crown Solicitors (under the oversight of the Solicitor-General) or lawyers from Crown Law and are funded by Vote Attorney-General. Crown prosecutions tend to be the more serious cases and, though small i...

7. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government reply to issues 5th report [pdf, 458 KB]

   ...inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act. Such declarations are possible under the Human Rights Act in the context of discrimination law. One declaration has been made to date in respect of age discrimination. That decision is currently under appeal. However, once the appeals process has been exhausted, and if the declaration of inconsistency is upheld by the appellate courts, the Government is obliged to make a formal response in Parliament within four months. Question 3. R...

8. Le Lievre v Muriwhenua Incorporation - Muriwhenua Incorporation (2016) 123 Taitokerau MB 240 (123 TTK 240) [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...right of exclusive possession has been given. The only intention of the parties that matters is their intention as to substantive rights, not their intention as to legal classification. In Fatac Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue the Court of Appeal quoted with approval the following statement made by Windeyer J in Radaich v Smith: Whether the transaction creates a lease or a licence depends upon intention, only in the sense that it depends upon the nature of the right which...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 139 NZ Post Primary Teachers’ Assn v Secretary for Education [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...of problem was filed which included as parties Mr Robert Gray and the Board of Trustees of Cambridge High School. However, in the recent decision of Secretary for Education v New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa Inc, 1 the Court of Appeal confirmed that the Secretary is both a party to and bound by a collective agreement applicable to employees of the education service. It had not been necessary, therefore, to have the Board of Trustees of Cambridge High School joined i...

10. CAC 10007 v Wallace [2012] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 222 KB]

    BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2012] NZREADT 34 READT 050/10 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under s.111 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BETWEEN REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY (CAC 10007) Complainant/Prosecutor AND JANINE WALLACE Defendant MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Judge P F Barber - Chairperson Ms J Robson - Member Mr G Denley - Member HEARD at AUCKLAND on 27 and 28 March 2012 DATE OF DECISION: 18 June 2012 COUNSEL Mr S Wi...