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1. Proactive-release-firearms-reform-programme_FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...responsibility for the Arms Act has been reassigned and work is well underway. We have delivered all your 100-day commitments and are working at pace to support you with your immediate priorities, related to clubs and ranges. 5. Alongside this, we have been carefully planning the approach to delivering all the commitments to reform the broader firearms regulatory regime within the Parliamentary term. 6. We propose progressing this programme of work in four, overlapping phases. The pha...

2. Oslo speech for IUCNAEL Colloquium June 2016 [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...development and human use of land, air, water and soil. The “environment” is very broadly defined to include all things natural, physical, and people, all of which are to be governed in an integrated fashion. Decision making therefore involves careful weighing up of the many facets, and the making of overall value judgements. [4] The Act takes quite an enabling approach to activities like developments, and prescribes intervention only when environmental impacts will reach an una...

3. Auckland Standards Committee v Comeskey [2010] NZLCDT 19 [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“the Act”) being conduct that occurred between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 when Mr Comeskey was providing regulated services and was conduct that consisted of a wilful or reckless contravention of the Client Care Rules in relation to his instruction to act as assigned counsel for Ms F. (b) Auckland Standards Committee 1 of the New Zealand Law Society charged Mr Comeskey with misconduct pursuant to ss 241(a) and - 3 - 7(1)(a)(i) of the...

4. LA - practice standards for legal aid providers [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...Standards 11 Responsibilities to Clients and the Prosecution 11 Hearings 12 Appeals to Court of Appeal or Supreme Court 12 Family Practice Standards 15 Statement of Principles 15 Responsibilities to Clients 15 Without Notice Applications 16 Care of Children Act 2004 17 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 17 Domestic Violence Act 1995 18 Property (Relationships) Act 1976 18 File Maintenance 19 Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court Practice Standards...

5. Legal aid practice standards for all legal aid providers [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...Standards 11 Responsibilities to Clients and the Prosecution 11 Hearings 12 Appeals to Court of Appeal or Supreme Court 12 Family Practice Standards 15 Statement of Principles 15 Responsibilities to Clients 15 Without Notice Applications 16 Care of Children Act 2004 17 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 17 Domestic Violence Act 1995 18 Property (Relationships) Act 1976 18 File Maintenance 19 Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court Practice Standards...

6. RF v CN LCRO 254/2012 (3 November 2016) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...dealt with. The amounts in dispute in relation to the other three items are relatively small. 7 Auckland Standards Committee No 3 v Castles [2013] NZLCDT 53 at [177]. 13 [61] Considering carefully the invoices rendered from 9 August 2010 to 6 May 2011, I do not consider that the arguments advanced by Mr RF are sufficiently persuasive to allow me to arrive at a view different to the Committee. It is significant that Mr RF execut...

7. Auckland Waikato and Eastern Fish and Game Councils [pdf, 504 KB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2020-AKL- IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (“the Act”) AND an appeal under Clause 14 of Schedule 1 of the Act against the decision of the Waikato Regional Council on Proposed Plan Change 1 to the Waikato Regional Plan BETWEEN AUCKLAND/WAIKATO AND EASTERN FISH AND GAME COUNCILS Appellant AND WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent NOTICE OF APPEAL Dated: 8 Jul

8. OIA-113748.pdf [pdf, 7 MB]

   ...relationship with the agreed purpose of transforming the justice system. In 2022, the Ministry developed a Budget 2022 bid of $6m to support Ināia Tonu Nei over four years ($1.5m per annum). Backpocket Q&As Does this mean the Government doesn’t care about improving the justice system for Māori? Justice sector agencies, and the Justice Sector Leadership Board, are committed to working with Māori and supporting locally-led solutions to deliver effective interventions that co...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 56 Hamon v Coromandel Independent Living Trust [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...the Act and without these rights persons may be reluctant to become mediators. He concluded: 7 The law should not allow such unintended draconian consequences of a strict interpretation. The objective of confidentiality under s 148(2) is to protect parties and the integrity of the mediation process and not to protect or advantage mediators personally. [57] A purposive interpretation of s 148(2) will produce a different result than a purely literal interpretation of what might...

10. NZHC 349 28 February 2013 Therese Anne Sisson v The Standards Committee [pdf, 181 KB]

    ...7 Bolton v Law Society [1994] 2 All ER 486 at 492. [48] We agree with the Tribunal that the appellant’s professional misconduct touched the very heart of the relationship of trust between solicitor and client. It was serious misconduct. Protection of the public required that decisive protective steps were taken. But, on looking at the misconduct in isolation, it was conceivable that a penalty less than striking off could have been imposed. Previous matters [49] This was...