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Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence: victims’ experiences Research report August 2018 Acknowledgements This report was written by Tania Boyer, Sue Allison and Helen Creagh from Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited and commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The Gravitas team acknowledges and thanks Drs. Sue Carswell (Carswell Consultancy) and Claire Gray
...for the offence before a case can be referred to, or accepted for, a restorative justice process A case should not be referred to, or accepted for, a restorative justice process unless an offender has acknowledged responsibility for the offence. A plea of guilty, which may be accompanied by an agreed statement of facts, will provide the clearest indication of an offender’s acknowledgement of responsibility. It may sometimes be appropriate for a restorative justice process to be unde...
...set out in that earlier judgment, and because Parliament has not provided the Court with a statutory scheme to make effective orders for imprisonment of non-compliers, I decline to make an order for Mr Hinchcliff’s imprisonment. Mr Dell’s pleas for that outcome come close to asking for imprisonment for debt and that is not how debts are punished and enforced any longer. I reiterate also what I explained to Mr Dell, that the compliance order made against Mr Hinchcliff does not...
...20 years, apparently without complaints until recently 2 when there seem to have been a host of somewhat similarly themed complaints. We take that into account. [5] We also take into account that, in effect, Mr Randall made a guilty plea at the commencement of the hearing rather than at the end of it, and the hearing would have taken at least three days. [6] Although the briefs of evidence filed with our Registrar are concerningly accusatory of Mr Randall, there are us...
...to simply reflect this charge under s 241(d) and the Standards Committee sought leave to withdraw the second charge of misconduct. [2] There was also an amendment to the particulars or to the form of the charge, in that the conviction is only pleaded as that being one which brings the profession into disrepute, and the “reflection on fitness to practice” limb part of the subsection was withdrawn and so is not before us. On that basis, Mr Matheson has admitted the charge and I...
...others who were either a complainant or involved in the investigation committee. [16] She finally referred to her depression as the cause of her failures, a theme which she repeated to the Tribunal at the hearing. She advanced this theme as a plea for leniency and against the ultimate sanction of strike off. [17] The Tribunal has regard to the combined effect of the following factors; (a) The nature and gravity of the offending; (b) Ms Clarkson’s unsatisfactory response and eng...
...commenced at about 9.40 am with Mr Collins representing the Standards Committee of the New Zealand Law Society and beginning his submissions, but Mr Raheman arrived shortly after that time and so the charges were formally read to him and he has pleaded guilty to both of the charges. [2] He has then had the opportunity to respond to Mr Collins’ submissions and make his plea to the Disciplinary Tribunal for what he refers to as a second chance in this profession. Charges...
...expands upon that of Justices of the Peace. Community Magistrates have jurisdiction to conduct defended hearings for a wide range of non-imprisonable offences. Community Magistrates can also impose sentences on persons who have been found guilty of or pleaded guilty to certain minor imprisonable offences. Community Magistrates do not have the power to imprison offenders, but they may impose a range of other sentences, such as reparation, community-based sentences (such as community detention o...
...house, that KD had entered her property. She had driven home and, after having gone inside her house and re-emerged, found that her vehicle had gone. It was subsequently recovered in [City], in KD’s possession. KD was charged with its theft; he had pleaded guilty in the District Court, and had been ordered to pay OT reparation of $500.00, the value of her insurance excess. [3] OT said that she had bought the vehicle from [car manufacturer]. It was on hire purchase for which she was re...
...certificate of approval. Mr Alaiasa is advised that the cancellation of his certificate of approval is grounds for disqualification under s 62(h) of the Act for the next 7 years. The convictions that are the likely result of Mr Alaiasa’s guilty pleas on the offences of violence charges will be further grounds for disqualification for 7 years. [13] Mr Alaiasa can however reapply for a certificate of approval within the 7-year period, but to be successful with such an application he...