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1. Jury-Trials-Timeliness-cabinet-material_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...consult is enabling flexibility in the timing of jury election. More defendants are electing jury trial to preserve their options 27 Currently, a defendant charged with a category 3 offence must decide whether to elect a jury trial at the time they plead not-guilty. This is usually required by their second appearance, a very early stage of a criminal prosecution. 28 The Ministry of Justice has been advised by the Public Defence Service, Crown Law, legal professional bodies and some prose...

2. Reducing residential burglary: what can police do? [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Justice, 2005. Copies of the reports can be ordered from: Legislation Direct PO Box 12-418, Wellington Phone 04-496 5655 Fax 04-496 5698 Published by the Ministry of Justice February 2006 ISBN: 0-478-29022-5 To obtain further copies of this guide, please email publications@justice.govt.nz 1 Contents Reducing residential burglary – what can Police do? 3 Good practice in offender-focused interventions 4 Bail checks – Intel involvement 4 Bail checks – Other 4 Targeting offenders...

3. National Standards Committee v Poananga [2012] NZLCDT 12 [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...Agreed Statement of Facts the day before the hearing. [2] For the sake of clarity, the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal (“Tribunal”) finds that the evidence establishes professional misconduct rather than the lesser alternatives pleaded. Charges [3] The charges are as follows1: CHARGE 1: Duty of Fidelity to the Court - [Mr A] The National Standards Committee charges Atareta Poananga, Barrister, of Gisborne, with misconduct or ALTERNATIVELY unsatisfactory conduct...

4. CAC 20002 v Chand [2014] NZREADT 102 [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...into the issue whether the defendant had committed unsatisfactory conduct rather than misconduct and the prosecution briefs prepared for the charges of misconduct were accepted by the parties and, as Mr McDonald put it, in effect the case became a plea in mitigation. [9] We now summarise salient portions of the evidence as adduced to us by consent. We record that Mr McDonald strongly submitted that, in all the circumstances of this particular case and even though there had been breach o...

5. EV v IG LCRO 111/2013 (8 September 2015) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...4 Email EV to NZLS (6 December 2012). 5 Email to NZLS (25 January 2013). 6 Email EV to NZLS (30 January 2013). 4 Intervening event [15] On 30 January 2013 Mr IG reappeared in the [City] District Court and pleaded guilty to the charge of driving with excess blood alcohol. The Police withdrew the careless driving charge. Mr IG’s blood alcohol reading was 144mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood (the limit being 80/100). He was fined $1,050 togeth

6. BORA Customs and Excise Bill [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...Presumptions in relation to certain matters 91. Clause 407 of the Bill provides that in any proceedings under the Act instituted by the Crown, 21 every allegation made by or on behalf of the Crown in any statement of claim, statement of defence, plea, or charge in relation to any of the following matters is presumed to be true unless the contrary is proved: a. the identity or nature of any goods b. the value of any goods for duty c. the country or time of exportation of any goods...

7. Terms of Reference Appendix [pdf, 705 KB]

   ...incurred appropriate and verifiable against the time records? h) Did the provider use resources effectively, e.g experts? i) Was a reasonable approach taken on the case compared to other similar cases? j) Was there a change in plea? Overall assessment of value of files State the overall rating for the value of the files from a rating of exceeds, meets, does not meet or can’t assess, and provide comments on the overall rating Quality and V...

8. Terms of reference [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...incurred appropriate and verifiable against the time records? h) Did the provider use resources effectively, e.g experts? i) Was a reasonable approach taken on the case compared to other similar cases? j) Was there a change in plea? Overall assessment of value of files State the overall rating for the value of the files from a rating of exceeds, meets, does not meet or can’t assess, and provide comments on the overall rating Quality an...

9. Proposed amended Audit Terms of Reference v2 [pdf, 810 KB]

   ...incurred appropriate and verifiable against the time records? h) Did the provider use resources effectively, e.g experts? i) Was a reasonable approach taken on the case compared to other similar cases? j) Was there a change in plea? Overall assessment of value of cases State the overall rating for the value of the case from a rating of exceeds, meets, does not meet or cant assess, and provide comments on the overall rating Quality and Value...

10. Proposed amended Audit Terms of Reference [pdf, 809 KB]

    ...incurred appropriate and verifiable against the time records? h) Did the provider use resources effectively, e.g experts? i) Was a reasonable approach taken on the case compared to other similar cases? j) Was there a change in plea? Overall assessment of value of cases State the overall rating for the value of the case from a rating of exceeds, meets, does not meet or cant assess, and provide comments on the overall rating Quality and Value...