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1. JDO Introduction

   Contents Judicial Decisions Online (JDO) provides a searchable database of judgments and decisions sourced from New Zealand Courts. The purpose of JDO is to make a greater number of New Zealand's Senior Courts' (Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court) and Specialist Courts (Employment Court, Māori Appellate Court and Māori Land Court, Environment Court) judicial decisions, and the reasoning behind them, available to the public as efficiently and widely as possible. Generally deci

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2. Hart v Auckland Standards Committee 1 of the New Zealand Law Society [pdf, 515 KB]

   HART V AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY HC AK CIV- 2012-404-5076 THIS JUDGMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE SUPPRESSION ORDERS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH [246] IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY CIV-2012-404-5076 CIV-2012-404-5528 BETWEEN BARRY JOHN HART Appellant AND AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY Respondent Hearing: 10 & 11 December 2012 Court: Winkelmann J Lang J Counsel: A Trenw

3. OIA-101731.pdf [pdf, 12 MB]

   ( ,r, ~ !!( MINISTRY OF ·:.f,~!j? JU S_ TI C_E '4~~ Jdlm oulur, 28 April 2023 Section (9)(2)( a) Tena koe Section (9)(2)(a) Just ice Centre I 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@just ice.govt.nz I ww w.justice.govt.nz Our ref: OIA 101731 Official Information Act request: Criminal Process Improvement Plan Thank you for your email of 13 October 2022, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), informatio

4. Flows in the Justice System [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...Numbers starting remand in custody • 15% of adults whose charge was finalised in 2017 spent some time in custodial remand. • From 2014 to 2017 the number of people being remanded in custody increased. This coincided with the changes under the Bail Amendment Act 2013 and with other changes to police practice. These include greater focus on family violence and increased scrutiny of bail decisions by Police. • From 2010 to 2014 the number of people being remanded in custody fel...

5. Hamilton-Hutt-Valley-District-Courts-CPIP-Pilot.pdf [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...Lawyer Operational Policy Changes to the duty lawyer operational policy for the pilot at Hamilton and Hutt Valley District Courts aim to provide flexibility for duty lawyers to do more to assist defendants at their first court appearance and with bail. Duty lawyers will assess whether it is appropriate to advance matters or to run a bail application, and the duty lawyer policy will support this. It is recognised that duty lawyers will only be able progress matters if changes to the d...

6. LCRO 133/2019 HM v RN (24 February 2020) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...complaint concerning conduct on the part of Mr RN, and his fees. Background [2] Mr RN is a barrister. [3] On instructions from his instructing solicitor, Mr DL, Mr RN represented Mr HM on criminal charges in the District Court between 17 November 2016 and 10 October 2017, when the Court granted Mr RN leave to withdraw as counsel. Mr RN provided Mr HM with a letter of engagement dated 17 November 2016. The letter of engagement records Mr RN’s hourly rate as $450, explains t...

7. Regulatory Impact Statement: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002 [pdf, 1 MB]

   Regulatory Impact Statement | 1 Regulatory Impact Statement: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002 Purpose of Document Decision sought: The RIS provides analysis of proposed amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002, to support decision making on each individual proposal. Advising agencies: Ministry of Justice Proposing Ministers: Minister of Justice Date finalised: 30 May 2024 Problem Definition In recent years, there has been a reduction in the use of imprisonment an

8. OIA-106563.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 4 October 2023 Our ref: OIA 106563 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Youth and gang crime Thank you for your email of 18 July 2023 to the office of the Prime Minister, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information on youth and gang crime. On 7 August 2023, your request was transferred under section 14 of the Act to the Mi...

9. Court and Tribunal hours – December 2025 and January 2026

   ...period. Reopening dates vary, starting from 5 January 2025, with all locations open by 19 January 2026. Confirmed dates for each location are below. If you have any questions, call 0800 COURTS (0800 268 787). Our Contact Centre will close at 5:00pm 24 December 2025 and will re-open 8:00am 5 January 2026. They’ll be available to take urgent calls through the legal aid line (0800 253 425). National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) will shut down from close of business Friday 19 December and r...

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10. OIA-122628.pdf [pdf, 894 KB]

    ...DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 15 July 2025 Ref: OIA 122628 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Sentencing, conviction, imprisonment and bail I refer to your email of 28 May 2025 to the Minister of Justice, Hon Paul Goldsmith, requesting information, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), relating to a range of topics across the justice system. Specifically, you requested: 1. What is Mo...