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...legal aid for? Criminal charges Go to questions 21 to 25 below Parole proceedings Go to question 25 below Appeal Go to questions 27 and 28 on next page Criminal charges 21. What are you charged with? Charge filed date Offence type Number of charges Section and Act Maximum penalty Criminal Record Number (CRN) continue on a separate sheet if necessary … 22. How are you intending to plead?...
...aid and representation was restricted on the “standard track” but made available for “without notice” applications. 30 Because of this restriction, an unintended consequence of the 2014 reforms has been that applicants are incentivised to file their cases “without notice” in order to access legal aid and representation, even when their cases are not urgent. To justify using this urgent track, parties are incentivised to emphasise potential conflict and take a more advers...
...(and the 2016 Practice Note which was not amended as we were promised in 2018) issues include: (i) the reporting time (set for 6-8 weeks currently). This is a wholly unrealistic time frame. The reality is that many psychologists are accepting files for six months hence. We may take weeks to get the documents from the Court and accurate contact details. We then need to negotiate to obtain the parents’ consent before we can see the children. Delays in reports are very rarely...
...provisions by making reclamation non-complying even within Regionally Significant Infrastructure (RSI) areas, which provision had not been included previously. The Commissioners’ mapping decision is shown on Annexure B. [6] Forest & Bird filed an appeal seeking only the reinstatement of the SEA in this area, marked black on Annexure C and did not seek the removal of other overlays, including the MPPZ or the SEA, for example. It did appear to the Court that, given the ori...
...sick leave following the withdrawal of paid sick leave. He also seeks compensation for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings amounting to $15,000. He seeks damages for breach of confidence. There is some confusion in the pleadings filed by the plaintiff as to causes and remedies and these will be discussed later in this judgment. Determination of the Authority [4] The Authority made the following determinations: (a) The defendant had a contractual right under th...
...MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPES (2015) LIMITED Plaintiff AND CELIA POPKIN Defendant Hearing: 20 February 2020 and on papers filed on 5 and 13 March 2020 (Heard at Christchurch) Appearances: C McNoe, agent for the plaintiff E Yu and LC Taylor, counsel for the defendant Judgment: 14 April 2020 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS Intr...
...relation to ACR 139/18 [10] Mr Mailand commenced his submissions by noting that the appellant’s claim file arising from her accident of 5 March 2015 now extends to over 25,000 pages. He notes that she has sought more than 65 reviews and has filed more than 20 appeals. He says that many of her claims have been lodged by email and some are difficult to decipher. He also makes the broad submission that it is only at review when some clarity is gained as to what the appellant is se...
...have found misconduct, there is no need to consider the issue of unsatisfactory conduct.3 3 J v Auckland Standards Committee 1 [2019] NZCA 614. 14 Further Matters [65] We have carefully read the supporting affidavits that were filed by some of Mr Duff’s colleagues. These referred to Mr Duff’s positive qualities and said that Mr Duff has always properly accounted for his income as a lawyer and has not accepted under-the-table payments. We have no reason to dou...
...professionally in undertaking his administrative tasks; and (e) it was satisfied that Mr WQ had acted appropriately and did not bear any responsibility for delays that had occurred in the appointment of a valuer. Application for review [40] Mr NV filed an application for review on 28 January 2021. [41] He submits that: (a) Mr WQ was at the “core of the problem”; and (b) it was Mr WQ who had determined that the process for appointing a valuer should be restarted when there...
...The Omapere Taraire E and Rangihamama X3A Ahu Whenua Trust (“ORT”) is a large and commercially successful trust in Te Taitokerau. I have previously issued a number of decisions concerning this trust. The most recent determined applications filed by the trustees against each other.1 Two of the trustees were removed. Despite those orders, the division between the remaining trustees has continued, resulting in fresh applications concerning trustee conduct. [2] This decision det...