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1. 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...

2. RN v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover and Entitlements) [2025] NZACC 140 (1 September 2025) [pdf, 378 KB]

   ...them. “Jurisdiction” and “power” are two distinct concepts… In Mafart v Television New Zealand…the majority judgment of this Court referred to the ancillary powers of the courts as: “ … the authority of the judiciary to uphold, to protect, and to fulfil the judicial function of administering justice according to law in a regular orderly and effective manner.” … The courts' inherent powers include all, but only, such powers as are necessary to enable a co...

3. Proactive release - Prohibiting conversion practices [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...could Proa cti ve ly Rele as ed 5 protect both some forms of conversion practices (such as talk therapy) and the freedom to express one’s identity in the form of sexuality or gender in order to fully participate in society. 22. We have carefully designed our options to account for the rights involved and to be proportionate. We have considered the behaviours to be captured by a prohibition, the kind and scale of penalties to apply for particular behaviours or persons, and the...

4. Key Informant Interviews Review of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...important to ensure that sex workers were less vulnerable to exploitation from others (in particular from clients and brothel operators): You had no rights as it was officially illegal. You were open to Police raids, extortion. There was no protection against clients raping you. You couldn't refuse if you had your period – or you needed to bring a medical certificate to prove it. There was no protection against poor working conditions, no child care, no rights as a worker....

5. [2020] NZIACDT 17 - XA v Hill (10 March 2020) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...director stating that communication was pointless and they did not want a private settlement. Residence decline appealed [67] The complainant appealed the decline of her residence application by Immigration New Zealand to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) on 12 February 2018. She was represented by another licensed immigration adviser, Ms Janelle Han. [68] The letter to the IPT (12 February 2018) stated that the complainant agreed the decision of Immigration New Zea...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 106 X v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 683 KB]

   ...overdosing. He was located by the police and taken to hospital. The next day he left the hospital. He was located and arrested for breaching the police safety order by naming Ms Y in the Facebook post. Later that day a Judge declined to grant a protection order but increased the police safety order for a further three days. [25] On 3 December 2014, he was given a letter from the police stating that Ms Z had made a complaint of harassment about him. The complaint arose from eve...

7. Clearwater Trust v Flora Creative Limited [2012] NZWHT Auckland 9 [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...ISSUE A – Have the claimants proven their claim against Flora Creative Limited ........................................................................................................... 9 ISSUE B – Did Mr Paul Clarke personally owe a duty of care to the claimants to administer the day-to-day operations of Flora Creative in such a way as to ensure quality control of the construction of its houses? .............................. 11 ISSUE C – Did Mr Paul Clarke personally owe the...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 123 D’Arcy-Smith v Natural Habitats Ltd [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...the offer of casual labour-only contract work, at $18 per hour and on the same nominal hours as other contract workers on the site. The requirement to provide an invoice was reiterated and Mr D’Arcy-Smith was advised that he would need to take care of his own tax arrangements. Mr Stevenson says that Mr D’Arcy-Smith agreed to this proposal. Mr Stevenson says that there was a further discussion about invoices after Mr D’Arcy-Smith had started work, during which he asked what...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 194 Tuala v Linfox Logistics (N.Z.) Ltd [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...subject to such conditions, including conditions as to the giving of security, as the Court thinks fit to impose. [20] In Duncan v Osborne Buildings Ltd, the Court of Appeal stated in relation to an application for stay: 2 … [I]t is necessary carefully to weigh all of the factors in the balance between the right of a successful litigant to have the fruits of a judgment and the need to preserve the position in case the appeal is successful. Often it is possible to secure an int...

10. TE v Wellington Standards Committee LCRO 100/2010, 92/2011, 153/2012 (1 February 2013) [pdf, 126 KB]

    ...reach a finding of misconduct - that is a charge that may only be brought before the Tribunal.12 [82] A finding by the Standards Committee that a bill of costs is not fair and reasonable constitutes a breach of rule 9 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules.13 The term “unsatisfactory conduct” is defined in section 12 of the Act and includes by reason of section 12(c) “conduct consisting of a contravention of this Act, or of any regulations or practice rules made under this Ac...