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1. BORA Crimes And Misconduct (Overseas Operations) Bill [pdf, 19 KB]

   ...Zealand law committed overseas". The objective is one of ensuring that such persons do not have impunity with respect to offences committed either in the course of the official operations of the overseas operating force (but subject to the usual protections in this situation) or outside of their official duties. Equally, it is preferable that New Zealand possesses jurisdiction for New Zealand personnel deployed overseas so as to avoid exposure to a judicial or penal system that may b...

2. BORA Regulatory Responsibility Bill [pdf, 364 KB]

   ...Accordingly, this provision appears to be consistent with section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 27(2): Right to Judicial Review 6. Section 27(2) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that every person whose rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law have been affected by a determination of any tribunal or other public authority has the right to apply, in accordance with law, for judicial review of that determination. We have considered whether clause 1...

3. BORA Statutes Amendment Bill (No. 2) [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...Bill of Rights Act provides the right to the observance of the principles of natural justice by any tribunal or any other public authority which has the power to make a determination in respect of that person‘s rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law. 7. One amendment was identified as potentially giving rise to a prima facie issue of inconsistency with section 27(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. The Veterinarians Act 2005 8. The Bill proposes to amend section...

4. Factsheet: Convictions in the general population [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...Statistics Act 1975 are allowed to see data about a particular person, household, business, or organisation, and the results in this report have been confidentialised to protect these groups from identification and to keep their data safe. Careful consideration has been given to the privacy, security, and confidentiality issues associated with using administrative and survey data in the IDI. Further detail can be found in the privacy impact assessment for the IDI available from...

5. OIA-98256.pdf [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...Family Justice Services and on their journey through the Family Court. While Ka iarahi will not provide legal advice, the service is free and will support whanau by: • Accessing support in the community to help fam ilies reach agreement about the care of their children. • Helping part ies understand the Family Court and support them through their journey. • Supporting community groups that work w ith whanau/families. Recruitment for the Kaiarahi roles began in March 2021 with...

6. Submissions-on-behalf-of-CDHB-as-to-Scope.pdf [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...responder” is important. 8. For the reasons that follow, it is submitted that CDHB/Christchurch Hospital is not properly described as being a ‘first responder’. 9. There is no legal definition of “first responder.” However, in the Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill (defeated on 14 April 2021) “first responder” was defined as: (a) a constable (within the meaning of section 4 of the Policing Act 2008); or (b) an emergency services worker (w...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 026 Marlborough District Council v Burkhart Industries Ltd [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...Act 1991, the Marlborough District Council 's application to change the interim enforcement orders made in decision [2017] NZEnvC 214 is refused. B: Under sections 319 and 321 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Incorporated's application to change the interim enforcement orders made in decision [2017] NZEnvC 214 is granted, to the extent that Orders [A] 3 and 4 of that decision are deleted and the following orders in respect...

8. COVID-19 Alert Level 3 in the District Court data summary [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...filed on average a week during Alert Level 3 compared to Alert Level 4. However, the difference is slight with only 10 charges fewer a week (-3%). Offences against justice (which includes offences for breaching community sentences, breach of protection order and people on bail not attending scheduled court appearances) had the largest increase in the average number of charges filed per week (+123 charges; +31%). Much of the increase was related to: • failure to answer bail (...

9. Song v CAC 20008 & Clement [2014] NZREADT 54 [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...Monday afternoon who told him there should not be a problem in getting a new title, which was simply an updating of the old title. Their lawyer then told him and his wife that they could cancel the contract in terms of clauses inserted for their protection by the Licensee. Because the appellant and his wife liked the house, were first home buyers, very much needed the accommodation, and had spent money on a builders report, they decided to continue and defer settlement until the title w...

10. Sandy v Khan LCRO 181 / 2009 (25 December 2009) - Decision on orders [pdf, 112 KB]

    ...client relationship has been recognised in a number of cases, most recently Heslop v Cousins [2007] 3 NZLR 679 (where $50 000 was awarded to each client). Given the purposes of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (which in s 3(1)(b) includes the protection of consumers of legal services) it is appropriate to award compensation for anxiety and distress where it can be shown to have occurred. Such an order will be particularly appropriate where the client is not a sophisticated person a...