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1. OIA-106912.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...does ‘unfounded application’ mean. I attach for your information a copy of the preliminary agenda. In preparation for the workshop I invite you to consider the agenda items and would be interested in receiving any questions or comment you may care to make. You are the experts and we want to hear from you your experiences, perspective and strategies developed to respond to the evolution in practice. Do let me know if there are any issues that you would like to discuss or would lik...

2. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Large print [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...at the centre of the new law and ensuring it better supports and considers the needs, including cultural needs, of everyone involved. We'll consider whether adoption law needs to legally recognise whāngai arrangements (where a child is cared for by members of the wider whānau). We'll also look at ways to improve the adoption process where a child is born by surrogacy. There have been calls to change Aotearoa New Zealand's adoption laws for a long time. We ackn...

3. LCRO 097/2023 RQ and EP v OM (14 February 2024) [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...further action in respect of their complaint about the conduct of the respondent, Ms OM, a lawyer in [City 1]. Background [2] In 2016, the first applicant commenced a domestic relationship with a Mr ND (Mr X). Later in 2016, she obtained a final protection order against him under the family violence legislation then in force. [3] Mr X was prosecuted on several occasions for breach of the protection order and imprisoned for various periods for that reason. Despite this, the first a...

4. [2018] NZSSAA 018 (20 April 2018) [pdf, 502 KB]

   ...she was entitled to the instalments of SLP. [2.2] Alternatively, if she was not entitled to some or all of the instalments under the SLP scheme, overpayments were due to errors on the part of MSD and the Ministry of Health (MOH); and she is protected from recovery of the money. The Facts No oral hearing [3] The parties agreed that this matter should be heard on the papers rather than having an oral hearing. Implicit in this agreement is an acknowledgement that the facts were...

5. Summary of submissions: Strengthening New Zealand's legislative response to family violence [pdf, 584 KB]

   ...order so victims have more time to arrange for their ongoing safety. PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS Most submissions on parenting orders supported the need to make child safety a primary consideration in decisions about parenting arrangements under the Care of Children Act 2004. Many people supported courts having broader discretion to consider risks to the child and adult victim 5 when making parenting arrangements. People want parenting orders and protection orders to be consistent....

6. Family violence consultation: Summary of submissions 20160304 [pdf, 584 KB]

   ...order so victims have more time to arrange for their ongoing safety. PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS Most submissions on parenting orders supported the need to make child safety a primary consideration in decisions about parenting arrangements under the Care of Children Act 2004. Many people supported courts having broader discretion to consider risks to the child and adult victim 5 when making parenting arrangements. People want parenting orders and protection orders to be consistent....

7. [2021] NZEnvC 032 Cabra Rural Developments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 32 MB]

   ...expansion of urban areas and people's lifestyle choices and recreational activities place significant pressures on maintaining the amenity values and the quality of the environment in rural areas. Specific issues in the Auckland region are: • protecting the finite resource of elite quality soils from urban expansion; • managing subdivision to prevent undue fragmentation of large sites in ways that restrict rural production activities; addressing reverse sensitivity effects whi...

8. Guidelines: Counsel for subject person - Personal and Property Rights Act [pdf, 94 KB]

   GUIDELINES FOR COUNSEL FOR SUBJECT PERSON APPOINTED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ACT 1988 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This set of guidelines is for counsel appointed to act for subject persons under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. 1.2 All section references are to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. 1.3 These guidelines are in addition to the duties set out in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client...

9. LCRO 174/2017 DN v CI [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...further action on the complaint was necessary or appropriate. [11] The issues identified by the Committee were whether Ms CI:1 (a) failed to act competently, and in a manner consistent with the terms of the retainer and the duty to take reasonable care; (b) followed Mr DN’s instructions; and (c) protected Mr DN’s interests. Competence [12] The conclusions reached by the Committee on this issue were that:2 (a) whilst the Cleaning Contract provided that the Vendor was requ...

10. Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 857 KB]

    ...(Intercountry) Act 1997. The following aspects of adoption-related discussions are out of scope of the reform: o Past adoption practice, as past adoption placements are being considered as part of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions (‘the Royal Commission’) o Whether adoption should continue to be the legal mechanism to transfer legal parentage where a child is born by surrogacy, which is being considered as part o...