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1. People found unfit to stand trial or not guilty by insanity June 2022 [xlsx, 87 KB]

   ...offences 2 4 2 2 4 3 3 5 2 9 1% 1% <1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% <1% 1% 02: Acts intended to cause injury 93 86 94 98 202 169 157 164 209 203 30% 28% 21% 28% 32% 31% 28% 35% 28% 29% 03: Sexual assault and related offences 27 42 140 56 80 72 43 37 38 75 9% 14% 31% 16% 13% 13% 8% 8% 5% 11% 04: Dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons 4 5 6 11 11 16 13 11 24 21 1% 2% 1% 3% 2% 3% 2% 2% 3% 3% 05: Abduction, harassment and other offences against the person 24 14 28 23 34 37 36 31 65 51 8% 5% 6%...

2. Trends for people with finalised charges in court December 2023 [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...offences as their most serious convicted offence (Figure 2). Other frequent offence types that were the most serious conviction included offences against justice (13%), assault (acts intended to cause injury; 12%), theft (7%), and dangerous or negligent acts (6%). Figure 2: Traffic offences are often a person’s most serious conviction The number of people with finalised charges for serious offences has increased at a faster rate and is now similar to 2018 Serious off...

3. BV v U Ltd [2024] NZDT 677 (6 September 2024) [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...factors, I do not consider that a reasonable insurer would consider BV’s short period of suspension to be material, or to be influenced by it, in deciding whether to provide insurance to him. BV was not charged with any serious offences relating to negligence, dangerous driving, or causing damage or injury to others; and the penalty that was imposed because of his infringements was relatively minor, and of a kind that was imposed in a blanket way when demerit points accrued. There was...

4. Adults convicted and sentenced data notes and trends June 2020 [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...counted once per year for their most serious conviction each year) were (Figure 2): • traffic offences (37%) • offences against justice, such as breaching a community sentence (16%) • assault (12%) • theft (7%) • dangerous or negligent acts (mostly dangerous driving) (7%). 3 Figure 2: More than a third of adults had a traffic conviction as their most serious conviction Proportion of convicted adults who are Māori has risen over the past 10 yea...

5. Adults convicted and sentenced data notes and trends December 2021 [pdf, 293 KB]

   ...deferment, and orders related to driving (e.g. disqualification from driving, alcohol interlock order, zero alcohol order, attend driving course), orders related to forfeiture and confiscation (e.g. order for forfeiture and order for confiscation of motor vehicle, prohibition of interest in motor vehicle, destruction of animal), Final Protection Order (Sentencing Act), Child Protection Register, and order to be committed to a facility on conviction) and no sentence recorded (where a per...

6. Adults convicted and sentenced data notes and trends June 2021 [pdf, 296 KB]

   ...deferment, and orders related to driving (e.g. disqualification from driving, alcohol interlock order, zero alcohol order, attend driving course), orders related to forfeiture and confiscation (e.g. order for forfeiture and order for confiscation of motor vehicle, prohibition of interest in motor vehicle, destruction of animal), Final Protection Order (Sentencing Act), Child Protection Register, and order to be committed to a facility on conviction) and no sentence recorded (where a per...

7. Adults convicted and sentenced data notes and trends June 2022 [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...year) were (Figure 2): • traffic offences, such as exceeding the prescribed content of alcohol or other substance limit (41%) • offences against justice, such as breaching a community sentence (13%) • assault (13%) • dangerous or negligent acts (mostly dangerous driving) (6%) • theft (6%). 3 Figure 2: Traffic offences were the most common conviction for adults (counting their most serious conviction) The number of adults convicted has fallen...

8. MOJ0058 Disputes Tribunal booklet JAN23 [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...starting a civil claim in either the District or High Court. http://tenancy.govt.nz/disputes http://era.govt.nz http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ http://www.justice.govt.nz http://www.justice.govt.nz 4 The Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal (MVDT) If you have a dispute with a motor vehicle dealer about a vehicle you have purchased, you can choose to go to the MVDT instead of the DT. This is a specialist Tribunal where the adjudicator has the use of...

9. MOJ0058_Disputes-Tribunal-booklet_JUN24_WEB.pdf [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...starting a civil claim in either the District or High Court. http://tenancy.govt.nz/disputes http://era.govt.nz http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ http://www.justice.govt.nz http://www.justice.govt.nz 4 The Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal (MVDT) If you have a dispute with a motor vehicle dealer about a vehicle you have purchased, you can choose to go to the MVDT instead of the DT. This is a specialist Tribunal where the adjudicator has the use of...

10. B Ltd v IC [2018] NZDT 1540 (20 August 2018) [pdf, 88 KB]

    ...it considered the pre- collision value of its car to be. [3] I have to decide: (a) if the collision was caused by IC failing to take sufficient care; and (b) whether IC is liable to pay the amount claimed. [4] The relevant law is the law of negligence. Negligence concerns the duty that a person owes another to be careful. A driver is negligent if they fail to be careful and another party suffers a loss as a result. However, the duty on a driver to be careful is not absolute. When a...