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1. February Legal Aid News [pdf, 525 KB]

   ...THIS ISSUE … Practice Standards for Legal Aid Providers Update on changes to the administration of legal aid Urgent opposed bail applications Repayment of legal aid for domestic violence proceedings Specialist report defined Refugee and protected persons proceedings steps Queries? Practice Standards for Legal Aid Providers We have amended the Practice Standards for Legal Aid Providers to reference changes to legislation under the Judicature Modernisation Bill. Standard 1....

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Vulnerable childrens bill child harm prevention orders [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...Zealand's vulnerable children. 3. The proposals in the Children's Action Plan are divided into ten areas: 3.1. Children at the Centre of What we do (ensuring services for children and families are child-centred including a cross-agency Care Strategy, building a prototype of the Vulnerable Children's Information System, implement integrated care plans for each child in care, set up a free "Child Protect" line, and implementing Children's Teams);...

3. GN v HJ LCRO 30/2015 (22 June 2016) [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] dated 15 December 2014. The Committee found that Mr HJ’s failure to provide information to Ms GN contravened rule 3.5 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. The Committee concluded the fees charged for services provided to Ms GN were fair and reasonable pursuant to rules 9 and 9.1, and decided that further action on the other issues Ms GN raised in her complaint was not necessary o...

4. BORA New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Bill [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...names exist for the same geographic feature, one or all of the names may be used in an official document (but it is not necessary to use all alternative names) • requires the Minister of Conservation to notify the Board when the name of a Crown protected area is discontinued because the area has ceased to be a Crown protected area, has been included in another Crown protected area, or for any other reason, and • requires the Board to remove discontinued names of Crown protected are...

5. 2023 NZPSPLA 022-.pdf [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...that on 1 March and 4 February 2023 Mr Towgood-Taiwhanga was the predominant aggressor in family harm incidents. To date he has amassed at least 20 family harm occurrences, in 12 of which he is listed as the aggressor. He is the respondent of a protection order and there is an arrest order issued in relation to two alleged breaches of this order. [3] Police also have concerns about the way Mr Towgood-Taiwhanga has interacted with police including recording his interactions with them...

6. OIA-97445.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...for your email of 20 July 2022 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information relating to the Moana House applications. Specifically you requested: I would like to request documents relating to the Mana Motuhake- After care/continuing care, Moana House applications from 2022 round of the applications to the proceeds of crime fund the initial proposals, the detailed funding proposals and the final notification of the successful application please On 21 Jul...

7. HT v IF Ltd [2024] NZDT 333 (24 April 2024) [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...was run by IF Ltd. 2. The cruise was due to start on 15 November 2022. Approximately two weeks before the voyage was due to start HT emailed IF Ltd expressing concern about a new Covid outbreak and asking about enforcement of IF Ltd’s Covid protection requirements. 3. HT was not happy with the response he got from IF Ltd, which he considered to differ from the original Covid protection assurance advertised by IF Ltd and to result in no protective Covid policy at all. He cancelle...

8. KOTUHI Shane Hasan Francis Sharif (CSU 2011 WGN 000217) [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...the Ministry of Social Development, the general practitioner’s report, as well as the post-mortem and toxicology reports. [5] This is yet another tragic death of a young 16 year old whose family life (or lack of it) was traumatic and involved care and protection from an early age with Child, Youth and Family Service. It has features similar to another finding I completed in February 2010. That matter concerned the suicide of a 17 year old, Joy Leanne Vincent, who died in Febru...

9. 23 September 2014 Legal Aid News [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...changes to Ministry-funded domestic violence programmes. These changes come into effect on 1 October and focus on the safety of children and vulnerable people affected by violence at home. Other changes extend the maximum sentence for breaching a protection order from two to three years’ imprisonment, and recognise financial or economic abuse as a form of psychological violence. The changes aim to improve the safety of victims and protected people and increase the accountability of re...

10. 26 February Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 366 KB]

    ...protecting and improving the wellbeing of vulnerable New Zealand children. Several new initiatives will start being phased in later this year, including new requirements for organisations and people who work with children, and new court orders for the care and protection of children. An overview of all the changes coming into force can be found in the Legislation section of the Children’s Action Plan website, and more information will be made available over the coming months. Th...