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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. Regulatory Impact Statement Review of aspects of the bail system [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...Defendants aged 17 or over at the time of the offence, or who were under 17 at the time of the offence and turn 18 before the charges are laid, are tried in the adult jurisdiction and bail decisions are made under the Bail Act. Section 15 of the Bail Act protects these young defendants through a strong presumption in favour of bail for defendants aged 17 to 19 inclusive, subject to any conditions the Court sees fit. The Court may only remand a defendant of this age in custody if it is sa...

5. LCRO 73/2020 A and B WT v CV and DU (29 September 2021) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...their mistakes. [12] Mr DU and Mr CV provided response to the complaint filed on 7 November 2019. They submitted that: (a) they had acted in accordance with their obligations under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules); and (b) they had acted at all times in accordance with their client’s best interests and instruction; and 4 (c) they had no involvement with the preparation of the sale and purchase agreement or repres...

6. BC v YT LCRO 215 / 2010 (1 April 2011) [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...Rules provide that all practitioners have a mandatory obligation to report misconduct of other practitioners, and a discretionary duty to report unsatisfactory conduct. [32] Rule 2.8 provides as follows:- Subject to the obligations on a lawyer to protect privileged communications, a lawyer who has reasonable grounds to suspect that another lawyer has been guilty of misconduct must make a confidential report to the Law Society at the earliest opportunity. Rule 2.9 provides: Subjec...

7. BORA Non-Bank Deposit Takers Bill [pdf, 362 KB]

   ...correspondence or otherwise. There are two limbs to the s 21 right. First, s 21 is applicable only in respect of those activities that constitute a "search or seizure". Second, where certain actions do constitute a search or seizure, s 21 protects only against those searches or seizures that are "unreasonable" in the circumstances. The Bill contains several clauses relevant to “a search or seizure”: • cls 46 and 47 allow the Bank to require informatio...

8. BORA Judicature Modernisation Bill [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...discrimination on the basis of age, contrary to s 19 NZBORA. 32.Setting a mandatory limit, however, also has an important purpose: namely the preservation of judicial independence. The importance of this purpose is affirmed by s 25(a) NZBORA, which protects the right to trial by an independent and impartial court, and s 27 rights to natural justice. 33.A mandatory retirement age may be rationally connected to achieving those purposes, as it forms part of a wider range of statut...

9. Cutaran-Tanggaan v Earnshaw [2012] NZIACDT 61 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...lacked capacity, was incompetent, dishonest, and misleading. Each of these is a basis for upholding a complaint under section 44 of the Act. [18] In addition, her counsel submitted there were breaches of statutory obligations under other consumer protection legislation. The response [19] Ms Earnshaw responded to the complaint by letter dated 10 December 2010 addressed to the Authority. The letter stated: [19.1] Ms Cutaran-Tanggaan had been referred by an agent, and her agreemen...

10. Stanimirovic v Levarko [2018] NZIACDT 8 (22 March 2018) [pdf, 119 KB]

    ...involves being a party to unlicensed persons providing immigration services, which is a criminal offence. The Tribunal found the circumstances were egregious as: [2.1] there was no attempt whatsoever to ensure that Mr Stanimirovic received the protections afforded by the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act), and the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the 2014 Code) (even when Mr Levarko was on notice Mr Stanimirovic was a victim of unlicensed persons...