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1. BORA Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...Act. The release of this advice should not be taken to indicate that the Attorney-General agrees with all aspects of it, nor does its release constitute a general waiver of legal professional privilege in respect of this or any other matter. Whilst care has been taken to ensure that this document is an accurate reproduction of the advice provided to the Attorney-General, neither the Ministry of Justice nor the Crown Law Office accepts any liability for any errors or omissions....

2. BORA Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...Section 19 - Freedom of Discrimination 8. Clause 42 of the Bill (the new section 222F) provides that a person is not eligible to be appointed a member of the Institute’s council if a personal or property order has been made about them under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998. In the case that a personal order has been made about the person, the order must adversely reflect on the person’s competence to manage their own property affairs if they are to be prevente...

3. NOP TUV v MBIE [2014] NZHRRT 16 [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...Solutions Ltd submitted information that had been requested by INZ including a bank statement (relevant to proof of custody of the child), a letter dated 25 October 2001 from Child Youth and Family advising (inter alia) that there were no further care and protection concerns for the child and a letter (undated) from St Anthony’s Family Support Services Trust attesting to the fact that the plaintiffs were “very good parents and [had] learnt from their mistakes”. [42] Other recorded...

4. Matthews v Matthews - Estate of Graham Ngahina Matthews (2010) 253 Aotea MB 250 (253 AOT 250) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...Wairiki.” [19] Mr Matthews underscored that he knew the right person to respect the lands and everything that was important to them. He acknowledged that Duncan Matthews had decided to return from Australia and accept the responsibility of protecting the land as he himself had done as a young man. In time Mr Matthews noted his son, having the necessary strength and determination to undertake the role of kaitiaki of the land, would also have to select a suitable future custodian...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert Dennis Scott [pdf, 364 KB]

   ...within this contextual landscape and remains as the most significant settlement and active recreational/tourist resource in the Hauraki Gulf. 8 37. Importantly, as the ‘gateway’ to Waiheke Island, in my view, Matiatia needs to be protected as the most critical entry landscape ‘brand’ in the inner Gulf Island playground. THE WESTERN ENTRANCE HEADLAND AND MATIATIA 38. My evidence now focusses on Matiatia Bay and the important contextual landscape in which it i...

6. PA v Standards Committee LCRO 267/2014 (30 June 2015) [pdf, 68 KB]

   ...decisions to refer matters to the Tribunal. The Court noted that: 4 The protection to the practitioner once afforded by the threshold test [in the Law Practitioners Act] is thus now met by other means. The oversight of the LCRO should also assist in protecting the resources of the Tribunal and prevented it from being overwhelmed by petty or trivial cases. [38] Several decisions from this Office have emphasised the need for this Office to proceed with caution when considering wh...

7. LCRO 131/2024 RD v PS (28 January 2025) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...decision. [57] Pursuant to s 206(4) of the Act, a Review Officer may direct such publication of his or her decision as the Review Officer considers necessary or desirable in the public interest. “Public interest” engages issues such as consumer protection, public confidence in legal services and the interests and privacy of individuals. [58] Having had regard to the issues raised by this review, I have concluded that it is desirable in the public interest that this decision be publi...

8. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - list of issues 6th report [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...situation, including new measures and developments relating to the implementation of the Covenant 1. Please provide detailed information on any significant developments in the legal and institutional framework within which human rights are promoted and protected at the national level that have taken place since the previous periodic report, including any relevant case law. Please also provide information on measures adopted to disseminate the Covenant among judges, lawyers and prosecuto...

9. [2020] NZIACDT 33 - RV v Aiolupotea (27 July 2020) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [26] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:3 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish...

10. IAA v Maerean [2013] NZIACDT 6 (07 February 2013) [pdf, 160 KB]

    ...However, if he was in the Philippines at the time, he would sign them with the client. [29] The Registrar particularised the grounds of the complaint against Ms Maerean. In summary these were: [29.1] Breaches of the Code of Conduct’s requirements of care, respect, diligence and professionalism. [29.2] Providing misleading information to Immigration New Zealand, thereby breaching the Act, the Immigration Act 2009 and Immigration New Zealand’s operating requirements (by representin...