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1. Combined jurisdiction legal aid form submissions and decisions [pdf, 984 KB]

   ...Legal Aid Services Combined jurisdiction legal aid application form Submissions and decisions May 2018 Foreword Thank you to everyone who engaged with the review on the combined jurisdiction legal aid application form through the Ministry of Justice website, or via submissions to the New Zealand Law Society or the Public Defence Service. Your contributions have helped us to determine the best way to ensure that our application forms are fit for purpose an...

2. KV v LA LCRO 44/2015 (13 December 2016) [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...[2] Mr KV’s son is Z. Z’s mother did not share Mr KV’s view of where their child’s best interests lay. They were unable to resolve disagreements over Z’s care, contact and guardianship. Mr KV instructed Mr LA to act for him. Both parents made applications to the Family Court. The Family Court made a series of orders relating to Z, setting out the basis on which his parents would manage his life over the months that followed, but did not make final orders at that stage...

3. LCRO 162/2015 and 66/2016 IA v CMR (31 July 2017) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...he did not have a firm grasp on some fairly important aspects of the companies’ business. At some point (H) became aware that companies of which he was sole director were facing some fairly serious problems. With financial support from his parents, he appointed Mr TG as liquidator. [6] In the course of the liquidator’s inquiries, (H) faced questions arising from his obligations as the director. Allegations of possible breaches of director’s duties and serious fraud were m...

4. [2016] NZSSAA 72 (18 July 2016) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...for that child can be provided only if that child or young person is placed in the care of an organisation or body approved under s 396 of the CYPF Act to provide care for such a child or young person. Section 142 provides for agreements between parents and the operator of a residential disability care facility. [45] We understand that had the appellant indicated she did not want to continue caring for XXXX, the matter should have been dealt with under the CYPF Act. It is likely t...

5. Evaluation of Family Mediation pilot [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...smaller pilot courts struggled to give the process the time and attention that would have enabled it to have maximum impact. Interim agreements and reviews Interim agreements with provision for review have been relatively common outcomes of mediation through the pilot. This was not foreseen when the process was designed and no provisions were made for how reviews should be conducted or funded. A range of ways of approaching review has been tried all of which have implications for both fundi...

6. Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence: victims experiences [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...offences, and having their character and morals called into question. In addition, there was anxiety for many about how they would ‘come across’ to the jury. Some victims expressed that they felt like they were on trial when giving evidence. For parents of child victims, the experience seemed to be exacerbated. Children whose parents had participated in the research did not appear to be given ‘easier treatment’ in cross-examination. Parents expressed that their children wer...

7. CAC402 v Dunham [2016] NZREADT 26 [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...neighbouring property to 42 Forrester Drive (“the property”), and that this would affect the property’s views; [b] The second charge alleges that the defendant failed to disclose, at the relevant time, that the vendors of the property were her parents. 2 [3] The defendant denies the charges. She asserts that she pointed out the proposed building work at the neighbouring property (at 53 Forrester Drive, Tauranga) to the complainants and orally disclosed that the vendo...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 77 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...wouldn’t call it a requirement to work. We actually all love the idea of working and teaching our children to work… [4] The plaintiffs, Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage, were all born into the Community. Each of the plaintiffs’ parents had been born and raised there. Hosea Courage, Daniel Pilgrim and Levi Courage left Gloriavale prior to these 1 Such as food, clothing, laundry, furnishings, personal effects and hygiene. proceedings being filed. The...

9. Youth Court - The rise and rise of Lay Advocates in Aotearoa New Zealand [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...wherever possible, the relationship between a child or young person and his or her family, whānau, hapū, iwi and family group should be maintained and strengthened (s 5(b)); 3 b. That endeavours should be made to obtain the support of the parents or guardians or other persons having the care of a child or young person to the exercise of any power under the CYPF Act (s 5(e)(i)); and c. That any sanctions imposed on a young offender should take the form most likely to main...

10. Deputy Registrar - Waima North B1 and Waima North B2 (2010) 5 Taitokerau MB 211 (5 TTK 211) [pdf, 83 KB]

    ...Pākau and Te Mahurehure, made a deliberate decision not to point out the boundaries to a surveyor. I note that as a result of the Project in the Tai Tokerau district I have encountered many occasions where the Court ordered that wāhi tapu be separately defined by survey in accordance with boundaries that the owners were to point out but the owners never took that step because they did not want the wāhi tapu identified. The desecration of the nearby Kohekohe burial caves at Waim...