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1. Legal aid grants December 2020 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...is available at www.justice.govt.nz/courts/going-to-court/legal-aid/ Criminal grants Legal aid may be granted in respect of the following criminal matters: (a) criminal proceedings in the District Court, the Youth Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court: (b) appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal proceedings, where the Attorney-General certifies that a question of law of exceptional public importance is involved and that the grant of crimina...

2. Reweti - Part Waikoukou No 406 (2015) 96 Taitokerau MB 231 (96 TTK 231) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...title order as a step in carrying out the arrangement they seek to enforce. 15 Tau v Ngā Whānau o Morven and Glenavy – Waihao 903 Section IX Block [2010] Māori Appellate Court MB 167 (2010 APPEAL 167). 16 Including the Native Lands Act 1862; Native Lands Act 1865; Native Lands Act 1866; Native Lands Act 1867; Native Land Court Act 1886; Native Equitable Owners Act 1886; Native Land Court Act 1894; Native Land Act 1909; and...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 135 Timu v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   TIMU & SIMMERS v QLDC – CONSENT ORDER IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2022] NZEnvC 135 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN J K TIMU, K M TIMU & H D SIMMERS (ENV-2021-CHC-100) Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J J M Hassan – sitting alone under s279 of the Act In Chambers at Christchurch D...

4. Legal aid grants December 2018 [xlsx, 91 KB]

   ...is available at www.justice.govt.nz/courts/going-to-court/legal-aid/ Criminal grants Legal aid may be granted in respect of the following criminal matters: (a) criminal proceedings in the District Court, the Youth Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court: (b) appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal proceedings, where the Attorney-General certifies that a question of law of exceptional public importance is involved and that the grant of crimina...

5. [2021] NZACC 69 - Auva'a v ACC (28 April 2021) [pdf, 312 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2021] NZACC 69 ACR 065/17 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN AUTUSITINO AUVA’A Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Second Respondent Hearing: 14 April 2021 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: H Peart for the appellant F Becroft for the Accident Compens...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 150 Blueskin Energy Ltd v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT Court: Hearing Decision No. [2017] NZEnvC 150 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of an appeal pursuant to s 120 of the Act BETWEEN BLUESKIN ENERGY LIMITED (ENV-2016-CHC-047) Appellant AND DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J E Borthwick Environment Commissioner W R Howie Environment Commissioner D J Bunting at Dunedin on 27, 28, 29 and 30 June 2017 and 18,19 and 20 July 2017 (Site visits carried out 26 J...

7. Otago Standards Committee No. 1 v Zhao [2016] NZLCDT 22 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...connection required by the Saxmere16 Discussion decision is entirely absent”. [48] The mere fact that a Court or Tribunal has decided a matter in one manner, such as has occurred here, albeit found to be in error (as to penalty only), on appeal, cannot of itself be a ground for imputed bias. If that were the case, the Civil and Criminal litigation system of justice would grind to a halt. 13 See note 12. 14 Transcript p 7. 15 Tra...

8. Haddon v Rahui Te Kuri Inc – Pakiri R (1994) 3 Taitokerau Appellate MB 178 (3 APWH 178) [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...still before the Maori Land Court at Whangarei. In the course of those proceedings the Lower Court issued an order of injunction restraining the present owners of the Pakiri R Block (formerly the land of the Incorporation) from dealing with the land. An appeal against that order of injunction was to be heard at the conclusion of the hearing of this case stated and the parties represented by Messrs Peters and Bell are the parties to that appeal. 2. In arranging for the hearing of the case state...

9. LCRO 83/2020 BA v SC (18 December 2020) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...scope of review [34] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:5 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for tha...

10. Pue v Kingi - Te Rununga o Ngati Maru (Taranaki) Whenua Topu Trust (2012) 291 Aotea MB 257 (291 AOT 257) [pdf, 227 KB]

    ...problematic, 4 Pue - Ngāti Maru Wharanui Pukehou Trust (2006) 166 Aotea MB 290 (166 AOT 290) 291 Aotea MB 263 [26] In a comparable context I note the following statements from a recent Court of Appeal judgment Ngai Tai ki Tamaki Tribal Trust v Karaka that are strikingly similar to the present and on-going challenges facing Ngāti Maru: 5 [8] To put the matters in issue in context, it is necessary to refer to the general...