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1. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences June 2020 [xlsx, 157 KB]

   ...Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicte...

2. People charged and convicted of harmful digital communication offences December 2019 [xlsx, 642 KB]

   ...2019 Table 2: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by court and charge outcome, 2015 - 2019 Table 3: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by plea type, 2015 - 2019 Table 4: Number and percentage of people charged with Harmful Digital Communications Act offences, by gender, ethnicity and age group, 2015 - 2019 Table 5: Number and percentage of people convicted of Harmful Digital Comm...

3. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...was distressed or refused to testify, a witness gave prejudicial evidence, lack of court space, unavailability of the defence lawyer, the trial was aborted because of defence conduct, CCTV equipment was not available, a change in defence counsel and plea. 4 This is the cumulative time over all days children came to court. 9 • Tactics of traditional cross-examination which are likely to reduce the accuracy of children’s evidence. Expressions and sentence constructions “[...

4. Your guide to legal aid [pdf, 774 KB]

   ...you • explain to you what offence you are charged with and how serious it is • tell you if you might have a defence to the charge • tell you about the usual range of sentences the courts give for the charge • explain what happens after you plead guilty or not guilty • enter a guilty plea if that’s what you want • tell the judge about your personal circumstances and your point of view about the offence (a plea in mitigation) if you are pleading guilty to a minor charge �...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 208 Hayne v ASG [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...relevant to the issue of whether the University could continue to have trust and confidence that ASG would act appropriately in stressful situations. [22] Accordingly, on 19 June 2013 the Deputy Proctor wrote to ASG referring to his recent guilty pleas. He said there were issues as to whether the University could continue to have trust and confidence in him. If no reasonable explanation could be given, it was possible he would be dismissed. A meeting to discuss the concerns was...

6. CVA research report into use of restorative justice in family violence cases [pdf, 630 KB]

   ...ii 5.1.7 Strengthening connections and funding ..................................................................... 38 5.1.8 Prioritising readiness of participants for restorative justice over court timetables .. 39 5.1.9 Reducing the use of plea bargaining ............................................................................ 40 5.1.10 Investigating the case for use of restorative justice processes as an alternative to use of court processes ....................................

7. Waaka - Te Manawa o Tuhoe A block (2014) 103 Waiariki MB 2 (103 WAR 2) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...litigation in respect of matter which might have been brought forward as part of the subject in contest, but which was not brought forward, only because they have, from negligence, inadvertence, or even accident, omitted part of their case. The plea of res judicata applies, except in special cases, not only to points upon which the Court was actually required by the parties to form an opinion and pronounce a judgment, but to every point which properly belonged to the subject of litig...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 177 SAI Systems Ltd v Bird [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...proceedings. 1 Both parties agreed that the challenge could be dealt with on the papers. Background [2] The Authority's determination was commendably brief. It did not deal with the facts of the substantive matter before it, but from the pleadings filed in this Court, the background that is not in dispute can probably best be summarised as follows. 1 Bird v Sai Systems Ltd [2014] NZERA Wellington 27. [3] Mr Bir...

9. CAC 20004 v Whisker [2014] NZREADT 83 [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...to the hearing counsel for Mr Whisker and for the Committee had discussions and presented the Tribunal with an agreed Statement of Facts. This agreed Statement of Facts is set out below. To this agreed Statement of Facts Mr Whisker had agreed to plead guilty. He also accepted that this was unsatisfactory conduct pursuant to s 72(a) of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008. Both the Complaints Assessment Committee and Mr Whisker agreed to this reduction to 2 unsatisfactory conduct....

10. Meulenbroek v Vision Antenna Systems Ltd (Costs) [2015] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 52 KB]

    ...Meulenbroek’s re-integration into the Church and described how Mr Meulenbroek’s faith gradually evolved. This evidence was corroborative of Mr Meulenbroek’s own evidence. Third, Mr Kulakov was directly involved in the central events. He made pleas to Vision to respect Mr Meulenbroek’s religious beliefs and tried to negotiate a resolution. These efforts were relevant to the central issue whether Vision adequately tried to accommodate Mr Meulenbroek’s religious beliefs. Fourt...