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1. Victim-led alternative resolution pathways [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...situation resolved and move on with their lives. • Victims tend also to crave information and answers, to help them process what has happened to them; again, current processes can conspire to ‘keep them in the dark’, such as when guilty pleas are entered and no trial occurs, or when offenders exercise the right to remain silent (Bolitho, 2015). • Validation and the need to be believed is important for victims, but the adversarial process of court hearings is widely underst...

2. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Netsafe Inc [2022] NZHRRT 15 (Removal of Certain Redactions After Appeal Period) [pdf, 511 KB]

   1 (1) PERMANENT ORDERS PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS AND IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED INDIVIDUALS AND EVIDENCE GIVEN BY MR COCKER AT PARAGRAPH 7 OF HIS WITNESS STATEMENT DATED 18 JUNE 2019 (2) PERMANENT ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2022] NZHRRT 15 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 040/2018 UNDER

3. [2016] NZEmpC 42 ITE v ALA [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...plaintiff’s ongoing obligations of confidence and included expanded undertakings of confidentiality in relation to matters arising from the employment investigation. [4] The plaintiff subsequently appeared in the District Court and entered a plea of not guilty on the criminal charges. The charges were subsequently withdrawn by leave on 4 February 2015. [5] It is apparent that by this stage the plaintiff felt very aggrieved. He decided to prepare a video in which he set out his...

4. Kauikia-Stevens v Trustees of the Rangitatau 1D5A1 Block (2014) 318 Aotea MB 217 (318 AOT 217) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...and abusive conduct of other marae trustees and beneficiaries to the point where the Police have been called to the marae on numerous occasions. Despite repeated requests to the trustees to intervene the applicant says that they have ignored his pleas and by such inaction have implicitly approved of the threatening and violent behaviour. For these reasons he says the trustees must be removed. [4] The trustees deny the allegations. They say that the applicant and his whānau have no...

5. Davies v Trustees of Te Tii Waitangi B3 Ahu Whenua Trust - Te Tii Waitangi B3 Trust [2015] Māori Appellate Court MB 611 (2015 APPEAL 611) [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...purporting to make an order it is the clear duty of the Appellate Court to annul that order. This principle is set out in Halsbury's Laws of England, 4the.d. Vol.10 at p. 325, para 717 viz "It is the duty of an Appellate Court to entertain a plea as to jurisdiction at any stage, even if the point was not raised in the Court below" - and at p. 326, para 718: "Where, by reason of any limitation imposed by Statute, charter or commission, a Court is without jurisdiction...

6. McDonald v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 14 [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...investigate the pain. He had suffered agonising pain and mental anguish for over two years without the stump revision. This would not have occurred if the ends of the tibia and fibula had been bevelled. The spike would have been removed, if his plea for help had been taken seriously. [65] The Corporation again declined cover on 8 February 2001. The claim being considered was not described, but it appears to be the amputation surgery. The Corporation said that the adverse conse...

7. LCRO 33/2016 GW v AX (27 June 2018) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...and Ms YN in September 2015 do not make happy reading. Even when INZ had demanded surrender of the passport for deportation purposes Ms YN emailed Ms TK “inviting” full payment of the [SGS] bill. Three days later, having rejected Ms TK’s pleas to return the passport to her, Ms YN emailed “As you can appreciate we are a business” and invited a settlement offer. There is no sign here of consideration of whether ethical issues might trump “business”. [96] A driver’...

8. Koso v Chief Executive Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment [2014] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...about to be deported or arrested and requires the information to resist this happening. Or a lawyer might take on a new client only a week or two before an appeal hearing and require information for the case. [28.3] In the Commissioner’s view a plea for urgency on the grounds that the client is an overstayer and that the lawyer needs to “advise [the] client about their status” (the ground given in the present case) is not a clear enough reason to find an agency in breach. If t...

9. Official Information Act request Family and Sexual Violence [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...documents regarding family and sexual violence. Specifically, you requested: Copies of all advice or any other document the department holds relating to family and sexual violence since 27 November 2023 to date. In response to your request, please refer to Table 1 which outlines the documents in scope. Note that some information has been marked out of scope and some information withheld under the following sections of the Act:  9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural person...

10. Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime - Final Report on Shoplifting [pdf, 390 KB]

    Ministerial Advisory Group for the Victims of Retail Crime – shoplifting Executive Summary 1. This report recommends three legislative reforms to the Crimes Act 1961 to improve Police’s ability to take enforcement actions to combat shoplifting— • the introduction of a new shoplifting offence that is easier to prosecute and avoids the risk of a lengthy jury trial, with escalating penalties for second and subsequent offences; • a corresponding infringement regime that