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1. Summary of submissions on Phase Two of the AML/CFT reforms [pdf, 700 KB]

   ...legal professional privilege should be available.  The concept of ‘privileged communication’ is too narrow. 16  The Act is inconsistent with the Evidence Act 2006 and the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.  There needs to be careful consideration of the protection of legal professional privilege if onsite inspections of lawyer’s offices are undertaken.  There needs to be greater clarity on where the line between legal professional privilege and AML/CFT obli...

2. Reducing serious crime results action plan 2017 [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...addiction) to identify intervention points, barriers to delivering on the current system and opportunities to improve the responses to these offenders. • Investment in AOD treatment and support; better mental health for offenders – AOD Aftercare workers; community residential Treatment and Intensive Outpatient programmes; Offender Digital Health Services – more therapeutic environments, focused on supporting people at risk to make them well enough to leave the unit, stay saf...

3. Waitangi Tribunal theme Q - Foreshore [pdf, 559 KB]

   ...foreshore claims to made out and proved in the ordinary manner. Not all parts of the foreshore are equally important, and possibly for much of it the Land Court would not be persuaded to issue a certificate of title. Yet another possibility is to consider carefully the possibility of some new form of title which will recognise both the historic property rights of the tribes and the importance of public access today. The highest and best formulation of the Crown’s title to the foreshore...

4. [2012] NZEmpC 86 Lend Lease Infrastructure Services (NZ) Ltd v Recreational Services Ltd [pdf, 147 KB]

   ...Cleaning Unit. [30] Employees are liable to disciplinary action, and the plaintiff may suffer adverse contractual consequences, if the Specifications are not met. Statutory scheme [31] Part 6A of the Act provides a framework of employment protection for employees where their employer proposes to restructure its business and the same or similar work is undertaken by a new employer. The provisions of Part 6A divide employees into two categories: specified employees as listed in...

5. LCRO 133/2017 AD v BE (18 September 2019) [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...He provided supplementary submissions in a memorandum received by this Office on 23 July 2019. [53] The outcome sought is a reversal of the Committee’s determination. [54] Summarising Mr AD’s submissions, he says: (a) He had given Mr BE careful advice about swearing his affidavit. (b) Mr BE did not provide sufficient documentary evidence to resist the liquidation proceedings. (c) The conduct of Mr BE and Mr GT was dubious. Mr BE was evasive and obstructive. Mr BE implicat...

6. Victim-led alternative resolution pathways [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...what they say may be able to be used to their detriment in any subsequent civil or criminal proceedings. Unlike some other jurisdictions (e.g., the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Canada), Aotearoa NZ has no legislation that explicitly protects the use of information disclosed in an RJ process from being admissible as evidence in other legal proceeding. Instead, providers and participants must rely on the principles of voluntary participation, confidentiality agreements, and i...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 102 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 102 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2017-CHC-90) Appellant AND WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL AND BULLER DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondents AND STEVENSON MINING LIMITED Applicant Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Hear...

8. RV v IP and RM LCRO 212/2014 (25 July 2016) [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...all of the available material afresh, including the Committee’s decision; and (b) Provide an independent opinion based on those materials. Review issues [33] The review application raises two key questions: (a) Whether Mr RV had a duty to protect and to hold in strict confidence all information concerning the IPs’ business and affairs acquired in the course of the professional relationship (Rule 8); and 3 Deliu v Hong [2012] NZ...

9. [2022] NZREADT 26 He & An (22 November 2022) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...and salespersons: (b) raising industry standards: (c) providing accountability through a disciplinary process that is independent, transparent, and effective. [34] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:1 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish t...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 93 CG v Calendar Girls NZ Ltd [pdf, 264 KB]

    ...and inspection of the documents that are to be disclosed. [80] There has been concern expressed in the affidavits of the plaintiffs about the potential breach of privacy and confidentiality if an order for disclosure is made. [81] There are protections in reg 51 of the Regulations that apply. The integrity and confidentiality of any documents disclosed must be always maintained, and the person obtaining disclosure must use the documents and their contents for the purposes of the...