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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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

4. Tidmarsh v Glover [pdf, 271 KB]

   CLAIM NO: 01086 UNDER The Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2002 IN THE MATTER OF an adjudication BETWEEN RUSSELL WILLIAM TIDMARSH and JOY ISABELLE TIDMARSH Claimants AND JOHN GLOVER First respondent (Intituling continued next page) Hearing: 5 December 2005 Appearances: Russell Tidmarsh and Christopher Twigley for the Claimants John Glover, the First Respondent in person Jeremy Atkinson for the Second Respondent Raymon

5. Proactive-release-Review-of-the-Operation-and-Performance-of-the-Public-Defence-Service-2021.pdf [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...aid services in the Auckland and Manukau courts,” and found that the PDS had maintained or improved the quality of legal services.4 Further, Martin Jenkins found that over the course of the pilot PDS cases tended to result in greater use of guilty pleas, fewer changes of plea, and fewer substantive hearings.5 37. The 2008 Report went on to note the effects that PDS had on the CJS as a whole, including its ability to train junior lawyers and the fact that its introduction had not mat...

6. 2014 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3 MB]

   E.64 (2014) Annual Report 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 http://www.justice.govt.nz/ http://www.justice.govt.nz/ Am ou nt co llected each year $4million THROUGH THE OFFENDER LEVY $218million IN FINES & REPARATION SETTLED OF HISTORICAL CLAIMS TREATY56 TO OVER COMMUNITY LAW CENTRES GAVE LEGAL ADVICE 48,000PEOPLE ASSISTANCE& IN THE LAST 3 YEARS RECORDED DROPPED 17 DROPPED 33 8.9% REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE AGE OF ACTIVE DISTRICT COURT CASES 18.3% REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE

7. Final Process Evaluation for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court 2016 [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...referrals to the AODT Court based on a full AOD assessment by the Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS) and other criteria in the eligibility check list such as RoC*RoI score,3 previous and current offences, willingness to participate, likely plea and sentence. 1 The interim process evaluation describes the top ten practices for reducing recidivism and practices that increase cost savings for drug courts (Litmus 2015). 2...

8. Case study on forestry - Recommendations Recap issue 4 [pdf, 316 KB]

   Case study from Recommendations recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July–30 September 2012 FORESTRY DEATHS FROM ISSUE 4 O F N E W Z E A L A N D CHIEF CORONER O F F I C E O F T H E http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/coroners-court/ 2 Published by the Ministry of Justice ISSN 2253-5152 Disclaimer This publication has been produced by research counsel of the Office of the Chief Coroner, with the best efforts made to accurately summarise the

9. [2016] NZEmpC 95 Pretorius v Marra Construction (2004) Ltd [pdf, 270 KB]

   ...proceeds on the basis that assertions contained in the statement of claim are true, 7 perhaps supplemented by additional evidence where necessary, for instance about dates as to when events occurred where these are not referred to expressly in the pleadings. 8 [10] In the present case, however, the parties called oral evidence and invited the Court to make factual findings on the basis of that evidence only. Neither party relied on their pleadings when presenting submissions as t...

10. Chaudhary v CAC 414 [2019] NZREADT 24 (7 June 2019) [pdf, 293 KB]

    ...to any person in the course of any negotiation, conciliation, or mediation conducted in accordance of a direction…. [34] Ms Mok referred the Tribunal to s 57 of the Evidence Act 2006, as to privilege of settlement negotiations, mediation, or plea discussions. This provides that parties to a settlement or mediation have a privilege in respect of such discussions if the communication was intended to be confidential, and made in connection with an attempt to settle or mediate the di...