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1. Recommendations recap - issue 4 [pdf, 832 KB]

   Recommendations recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July–30 September 2012 ISSUE 4 O F N E W Z E A L A N D CHIEF CORONER O F F I C E O F T H E http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/coroners-court/ Coronial Services of New Zealand Purongo O te Ao Kakarauri justice.govt.nz/coroners To request a copy of any full findings of cases contained in this edition, please contact our National Office. National Office coronial.information@justice.govt.nz

2. LCRO 43/2016 XZ v QW [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...of having to challenge her former husband’s resistance to meeting what she considered to be his legitimate financial obligations. [57] Ms XZ said that she was so overwhelmed with the circumstances that she was dealing with, that she needed very careful and attentive guidance from her lawyers. She described herself as being overawed, and having difficulty in following what was going on. [58] Ms XZ provided vivid contrast to this characterisation of herself (this to show how traumatis...

3. Motiti Rohe Moana Trust and Royal Forest Bird Protection Society Inc. Submissions - 27 November 2017 [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal under Clause 14 of the First Schedule to the Act TRUSTEES OF MOTITI ROHE MOANA TRUST Appellant BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL OPENING FOR MOTITI ROHE MOANA TRUST AND ROYAL FOREST & BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY INC. Counsel Acting R B Enright/ R G Haazen Level 1 Stanbeth House 28 Customs St East Britomart Auckland MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT INTRODUCTION 1 The Motiti Natural Environment Management Area 1 is recognised within...

4. Family violence reform paper 1: Context and supporting integrated responses [pdf, 582 KB]

   ...violence incidents to provide for a five day cooling off period by getting the perpetrator out of the house) to enable Police to direct perpetrators to a risk and needs assessment and thus providing links to other services. I am proposing changes to protection orders so they are easier to apply for (although the legal threshold to obtain them will remain the same). 18. In some ways the criminal law will always be about responding to the hard edge of family violence, that is, serious of...

5. FV Reform Paper 1 Context [pdf, 554 KB]

   ...violence incidents to provide for a five day cooling off period by getting the perpetrator out of the house) to enable Police to direct perpetrators to a risk and needs assessment and thus providing links to other services. I am proposing changes to protection orders so they are easier to apply for (although the legal threshold to obtain them will remain the same). 18. In some ways the criminal law will always be about responding to the hard edge of family violence, that is, serious of...

6. Justice Matters - issue 01 - December 2015 [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...proving effective, with the Manukau Customer Service Centre assessed as the best in the country in a customer survey. Witness technology Witnesses can give evidence from another room via state-of-the-art video link to the courtroom. The witness is protected from direct contact with the defendant. PAGE 4 JUSTICEMATTERS Triple boost for victim support Victims’ information services • Victims Code • Chief Victims Advisor A number of recent initiatives highlight the Ministry o...

7. LCRO 196/2016 GY v SO (15 September 2017) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...[60] In giving consideration as to whether it is appropriate to order a penalty, I refer to the guidance provided by the High Court which has stated that the “predominant purposes [of orders] are to advance the public interest (which include “protection of the public”), to maintain professional standards, to impose sanctions on a practitioner for breach of his/her duties and to provide scope for rehabilitation in appropriate cases …”.41

8. [2021] NZREADT 21 - Kemp & Scoble (5 May 2021) [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...charged with misconduct under s 73(a) of the Act (disgraceful conduct). Ms Scoble was charged with misconduct under s 73(c)(iii) of the Act (wilful or reckless contravention of the Act or the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (“the Rules”), or in the alternative, misconduct under s 73(b) of the Act (seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work). [13] The charges against the licensees alleged breaches of rr 6.4 (whic...

9. [2023] NZREADT 12 - KD & DX v Donaldson (31 May 2023) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...not in this case, it may be appropriate for the Authority to take a more active role in the proceedings. For example, the Authority might assist the complainant to present their case, having proper regard to the Authority’s role as a consumer protection agency and its obligation to assist complainants to prepare their complaints. This will depend on factors such as the position of the parties, their ability to present their case (including whether the complainant is legally repr...

10. Theobald v Coulter [pdf, 170 KB]

    ...building work carried out by the vendors complied with the provisions of the Building Act. The Owners have raised the alternative claim against the Coulters based on negligence, saying that as owners and builder of the house they owed a duty of care to subsequent owners, and that they are in breach of that duty by failing to ensure that the work complied with the requirements of the Building Code. 4.3 The claims against the Certifiers and Mr Marklew are in tort and based on al...