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1. Whats New for lawyers providing Legal Aid

   This is the What's new for legal aid lawyers archive for news items from 2025. Changes to Duty Lawyer Travel Policy now live Reminder on the change to the instruction booking process for clients in the Department of Corrections’ custody Hearing date for Parole proceedings Reminder: Mileage rate increasing to $1.17 per km for invoices received from 1 July 2025 Update to Legal Aid and FLAS thresholds from 1 July 2025 Survey for feedback on courtroom digital content presentation technology Mile

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2. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Hart [2012] NZLCDT 20 [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...The sums sought from Mr A’s family occurred in three stages. On the first day of meeting a sum of $10,000 was sought and paid the following day prior to a Court appearance which was to seek interim name suppression and to file a standard form bail appeal. That was 14 November 2008. The family were asked to pay a further $15,000 on 19 November 2008, in advance of the bail appeal hearing, and finally, on 15 December 2008 prior to a District Court appearance to seek electronically...

3. Young Adult List

   The above video provides an introduction to the Young Adult List. For more information, you can continue reading below.   Supporting young adults through court and toward pathways out of the justice system The Young Adult List is an approach to the District Court for 18 to 25 year olds. The List makes some changes to standard court processes and connects young adults with community supports who can help them through court and possibly beyond. The goal is for everyone to underst

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4. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2019 [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence-related offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 All charges and convicted charges In 2019, there were 21...

5. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2022 [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980/1981 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as adoption applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 3 COVID-19 heavily affected several areas of the justice system, impa...

6. 2023 NZPSPLA 028 [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...the basis of the complaint, Mr McIntosh’s Certificate of Approval (COA) in the classes of crowd controller, document destruction agent, personal guard, repossession agent and property guard that was valid until 29 August 2023 was suspended on 1 November 2022. [3] The Police have now advised that Mr McIntosh has been arrested on 26 new charges. He is currently remanded on electronically monitored bail, and they have provided a bail address for him. [4] On the basis of this add...

7. Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court

   Background Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua, the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Court, was established in Auckland and Waitākere as a pilot in November 2012. In 2019, the then Minister of Justice announced his intention to make the two pilot courts permanent and establish a third court in Waikato. In 2021, Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua ki Kirikiriroa was established at the Hamilton District Court. The AODT Court aims to break the cycle of offending by treating the causes of that offending. It pro

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8. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2021 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...The tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 COVID-19 affected several areas of the justice system, impact...

9. Justice Sector Prison population forecast 2007 to 2015 [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...This is a 27% increase from 30 June 2007. The increase in the actual prison population over the preceding eight years was 41%. The forecast 2015 prison population is made up of 6,897 sentenced prisoners (a 7.6% increase from June 2007) and 3,488 remand prisoners (an 100.6% increase from June 2007). The growth in the remand population accounts for much of the expected growth in the prison population as a whole. Both the sentenced and remand populations are expected to grow more slowly...

10. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2020 [pdf, 249 KB]

    ...The tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 COVID-19 affected several areas of the justice system, potent...