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1. 2022-03-01 PC8 (Urban) Hearing Notice - further updated [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...(Queenstown), PO Box 201, DX ZP95010, Queenstown Interested Party S274 Phil Murray Resource Management Ltd Phil Murray Resource Management Ltd Interested Party S274 Pine Terrace Ltd Nicole Dowling Interested Party S274 Pomahaka Water Care Group Pomahaka Water Care Group Interested Party S274 Puketoi Farming Company Ltd Puketoi Farming Company Ltd Interested Party S274 Queenstown Lakes District Council Brandon Watts, Meredith Connell, PO Box 90750, Auckland...

2. Johnson v Canterbury/Westland Standards Committee 3 - Outcome of appeal of decisions [2018] NZLCDT 5 and [2018] NZLCDT 21 [pdf, 439 KB]

   JOHNSON v CANTERBURY/WESTLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 3 [2019] NZHC 619 [28 March 2019] IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU ROHE CIV 2018-404-000533 [2019] NZHC 619 BETWEEN RONALD BRUCE JOHNSON Appellant AND CANTERBURY/WESTLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 3 Respondent Hearing: 29 August 2018 Appearances: P J Napier & N Pye for Appellant S Waalkens & M Mor

3. Secretary for Justice leads New Zealand delegation to UN Committee Against Torture Examination

   ...Treatment or Punishment in 1989. It is one of our core international human rights treaties, and aims to prevent and address torture and acts of ill-treatment, abuse and violence. It covers areas such as the criminal justice system, detention in state care, family and sexual violence and historic abuse in state care. ENDS More about the Convention is available at: Convention Against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | New Zealand Ministry of Justice The UN p...

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4. LCRO 170/2019 ZY v LN QC (23 April 2021) [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...(a) the decision to file enforcement proceedings and the interlocutory application were tactical procedural steps, the filing of which did not reflect any competency failings on the part of Mr LN; and (b) it considered that Mr LN had made a careful assessment of the options available to Ms ZY; and 1 Ms ZY, submissions accompanying review application (8 November 2019) at p5. 5 (c) it was unable to identify evidence to suggest that Mr LN had acted incompetently; and (d)...

5. Naera v Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 block (2010) 15 Waiariki MB 279 (15 WAR 279) [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...owners. Such minimalist engagement is caused, in part, by the lack of appropriate systems within the current Māori land tenure system that should include a robust owner address identification and maintenance process. [57] In summary, having carefully reviewed the trust order, it is difficult to discern, in the absence of authority, how the position can be any different to that expressed by Judge Savage in 1999. My conclusion is that the Appellate Court authorities confirm that vot...

6. Waitangi Tribunal - Part IV Te Urewera [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 (5) What alternatives were available to the Crown ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 (a) Alternative ways of protecting native birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 (b) Compensating for the loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

7. Waitangi Tribunal - Part 6 Te Urewera [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 (5) What alternatives were available to the Crown ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 (a) Alternative ways of protecting native birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 (b) Compensating for the loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

8. Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Parshotam [2016] NZLCDT 15 [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...accused, another practitioner, Mr Horsley,1 [4] The Tribunal is concerned not to accord unsustainable weight to the aggravating feature. However, we would not wish to see the penalty process in disciplinary proceedings, with its focus on public protection rather than punishment, assuming the more mathematical and precise features of criminal sentencing. faced an additional charge of misconduct, which he admitted. That led to a three year suspension, as compared with the two year...

9. Chand and Kumari v Prakash [2012] NZIACDT 85 (3 December 2012) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...decision the Tribunal is required to weight the public interest against Mr Prakash’s interests. When dealing with integrity issues there is never any certainty, short of exclusion from a profession, that a person will not reoffend. This Tribunal must carefully weigh the circumstances. It is appropriate to place an element of considered trust in a practitioner who is has shown the capacity and willingness to rehabilitate. [59] It is significant that this case involves dishonesty. Tha...

10. BORA Customs and Excise Bill [pdf, 231 KB]

    ...the Bill of Rights Act. Section 22 – Liberty of the person 72. Section 22 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily arrested or detained. The purpose of the right not to be arbitrarily detained is the protection of human dignity, autonomy and liberty. 12 73. To trigger the concept of detention there must be a “substantial intrusion on personal liberty” 13, whether a physical deprivation or a statutory constraint. The Court of Appeal...