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...courts and tribunals You have the right to speak Māori in courts and tribunals. This right is stated in the Māori Language Act 1987. This means that you can speak Māori in any legal proceedings at the following: • Supreme Court • Court of Appeal • High Court • District Court • Family Court • Youth Court • Employment Court • Māori Land Court • Māori Appellate Court • Coroners Court • Environment Court • Employment Relations Authority (ERA)...
...that bans have effect for a period of 5 years starting on and from the date of the conviction, failure or matter, as the case may be, for which the ban is imposed. If a ban is issued concurrent with a fine, the effect may be severe. 7. The Court of Appeal in Puli'uvea v Removal Review Authority held that the right not to be subjected to disproportionately severe treatment under section 9 of the Bill of Rights Act is not triggered unless the treatment is "so excessive as to outr...
...contribution towards the Committee’s costs. The payment must be made within 20 working days of the date of this decision. [20] Pursuant to s 113 of the Act, the Tribunal draws the parties’ attention to s 116 of the Act, which sets out the right of appeal to the High Court. The procedure to be followed is set out in part 20 of the High Court Rules. __________________ Hon P J Andrews Chairperson __________________ Mr J Doogue Member...
...turn consult, on a confidential basis, Presidents of relevant District Law Societies and/or respected and trustworthy practitioners. I consent to my name being passed to the Chief Justice, Chief High Court Judge or the President of the Court of Appeal and others deemed appropriate by them, or by the Attorney-General or Solicitor-General as part of the consultation process. I understand that my Expression of Interest form, my curriculum vitae, and any other material supplied and held...
...Applicant or Ms Pearson - the land would have been transferred to Mr Ward. I therefore amend the proceedings accordingly. Minute Book: 159 AOT 137 [16] I have also considered the authorities cited by Mr Grieve in addition to the Court of Appeal decision Bruce v Edwards [2003] 1 NZLR 515. I have also reviewed the Maori Appellate Court judgments in re: Part Orokawa 3B - Loma Cleave (1995) 4 Taitokerau Appellate MB 95, in re: Maketu 2A2 - White (1999) 1 Waiariki Appellate MB 116,...
...complaint that: Towards the end of 2016, I began to have some misgivings about BW’s ability to secure a visa, given the number that had been lodged by Mr Lucas [sic] and given the scarcity of the information coming from Mr Lucas about those visas and appeals. [9] In April 2017 Mr BW was notified by INZ to leave New Zealand. Dr CV says this came as a shock to both of them as Mr Lukas had not “indicated anything was amiss”.6 [10] Mr BW and Dr CV left New Zealand in May 2017 wi...
...relation to dishonesty on the part of the practitioner by misleading the Standards Committee on two occasions and the finding that he had represented non-chargeable time to 1 [1994] 2 All ER 486 (Court of Appeal), at 492. 5 appear as a discount to his clients in a manner which we found to be “utterly misleading”.2 [13] Mr Katz reminded us of the vulnerability of these clients, a matter which was in Hart3 considered an aggr...
...unable to agree. [2] The defendant now seeks a contribution towards its costs citing the well known principles in Binnie v Pacific Health Ltd [2002] 1 ERNZ 438 and Victoria University of Wellington v Alton-Lee [2001] 1 ERNZ 305. The Court of Appeal decisions indicate that a figure of 66 percent of actual and reasonably incurred costs provides a useful starting point in calculating the appropriate contribution of the losing party to the successful party’s costs. They also endo...
...disclosure of files and records. In fact, Mr Nguy was, at the relevant time, able to respond to Mr Collins coherently in his request for documents (11 February 2021), complain about the Law Society investigator (15 March 2021) and give instructions to appeal against early publication of the interim suspension order. [5] Mr Nguy sought to avoid compulsory strike-off by earlier inviting the New Zealand Law Society to remove him from the roll on the basis that being a lawyer was str...
...there being no opposition to the change of status application, the Māori Land Court may, in the exercise of its powers and 262 Aotea MB 97 responsibilities, make its own assessment whether to change the status of land, as the Court of Appeal stated in Valuer-General v Mangatu Inc. 1 . Relevant facts [8] The Applicant has been an owner in the Waitahanui No.6 block since 1984. He has farmed the block as part of his farm since 1984. His evidence was that his shares have...