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1. LCRO 49/2022 & 93/2022 WU v MQ obo CT (25 August 2022) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...trust and acting for Mr CT. [30] The Committee distilled these complaints into the following issues to be determined:24 a. Whether Mr WU breached his obligations under Rule 3 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) in relation to the instructions of Mr CT to change his will; and b. Whether Mr WU breached his obligations under Rule 3 of the Rules in relation to the signing of the loan documents in February 2017; and c. Whether...

2. Evaluation of Waitakere & Manukau Family Violence Courts [pdf, 345 KB]

   ...Interviews 17 3.2 Outcome and sentencing study, and reconviction analysis 17 3.3 Limitations 17 3.4 Ethics and Safety 18 4 Operation of the Waitakere and Manukau Family Violence Courts 19 4.1 Hearings 19 4.2 Defended hearings 20 4.3 Victim advocacy 20 4.4 Protection Orders 21 4.5 Programmes, counselling and referrals 21 4.6 Monitoring programme attendance 23 4.7 Collaboration with community organisations 24 4.8 Resources 24 4.9 Case numbers 24 4.10 Disposal time 25 4.11 Charges by plea type 2...

3. HIJ v RST and UVW (Publication) [2013] NZHRRT 41 [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...the Act the Tribunal prohibited publication of the names of all the parties and of any details which might identify them. That order was made on the grounds that identification of the parties could lead to the identification of the children whose care was the subject of the proceedings in the Family Court. [4] Having now heard all the evidence we are of the view that the interim order should be made final not only because the identity of the children might be revealed but also becaus...

4. Te-Manutukutuku-Issue-79.pdf [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...the day to pursue its preferred policy of corporatising State­owned forestry assets. Under the agreement, the Government could sell the cutting rights to Crown forest land under new forestry licences. In exchange, Māori received an additional protection for their well­founded claims relating to Crown forest land : they could seek an interim recommendation from the Tribunal that the land be returned to Māori ownership, and that recom­ mendation would become binding on the Crown...

5. Wernham v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process Injury) [2023] NZACC 022 [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...Dr Jacobs advised that Mr Wernham’s potential chemical exposure during his work had to be considered to be the primary cause of his cancer, as he was likely to have been exposed to a number of carcinogens in his work despite the attempts at protection. Dr Jacobs recommended that Mr Wernham lodge a claim for a WRGPI. [6] On 12 November 2020, Dr Peter Moore, on behalf of Mr Wernham, lodged a claim with the Corporation for a WRGPI. The claim was for cancer of the bladder. The...

6. 2023-07-28-WCO-Final-Report-Recommendation.pdf [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...and those outstanding values are at significant risk from human-induced pollution (particularly increasing levels of NO3-N); and an effective and robust WCO is needed to preserve the Springs’ natural state as far as possible and sustain and protect the outstanding values of the Springs and Wharepapa Arthur Marble Aquifer. The WCO needs to also extend to the contributing groundwaters and surface waters as are identified in the recommended WCO in Annexure 1. Statutory framew...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 157 Ngati Tama ki te Waipounamu Trust [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...and those outstanding values are at significant risk from human-induced pollution (particularly increasing levels of NO3-N); and an effective and robust WCO is needed to preserve the Springs’ natural state as far as possible and sustain and protect the outstanding values of the Springs and Wharepapa Arthur Marble Aquifer. The WCO needs to also extend to the contributing groundwaters and surface waters as are identified in the recommended WCO in Annexure 1. Statutory framew...

8. Grants-Handbook-v4.88.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...7(1)(a) - (d) or (f) - (o) of the Act • hearings before the District Court, Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court • an application in a Youth Court under Part 7 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, (child or young person in care of the chief executive of a social or cultural service agency) or for the review of a determination or order made by a Youth Court in proceedings of that type • a claim to be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal • a claim to be heard before t...

9. Auckland Standards committee 2 v Burcher Short [2015] NZLCDT 47 [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...the report early in the new year of 2013. [19] In any event they were, and in particular Mr Macdonald and Mr Short, horrified to receive Maffey 2, in mid-2014. A decision was taken to wind down the nominee company and realise, on a staged and careful basis, all of the investments. Our impression is that lending had been decreasing over the previous year in any event and it is Mr Burcher’s evidence that none of the investments of 2013 and early 2014 before the decision to wind...

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

    ...be presumed innocent). We also consider possible limitations on s 14 and s 18 of the Bill of Rights Act. 6. These rights are fundamentally concerned with fairness, individual autonomy, privacy and dignity. Any limitation on these rights requires careful scrutiny and justification. 7. We have also taken into account the unique context of the border in terms of the public interest in Customs’ effective regulation of people, craft and goods entering or leaving the country. The nature o...