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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
...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...
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
...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...
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
...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...
...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...
...under general jurisdiction. The AODT Court aligns with international research and the top 10 practices for reducing recidivism2. However, the earlier formative evaluation highlights some distinctive features of the AODT Court in NZ: • the post-plea pre-sentence design (most other drug courts operate a post-sentence model) • the inclusion of Māori cultural practices • the inclusion of participants charged with driving while intoxicated • the ability for participants to...
Evaluation of the Court-Referred Restorative Justice Pilot: Technical Report Prepared by the Crime and Justice Research Centre Victoria University of Wellington with Sue Triggs for the Ministry of Justice May 2005 2 DISCLAIMER This research was commissioned by the former Department for Courts. The report has been prepared by the authors and the views expressed in it are those of the a
...Courts.1 A District Court Judge decides on referrals to the AODT Court based on a full AOD assessment and other criteria in the eligibility check list such as Roc*RoI score,2 previous and current offences, willingness to participate, likely plea and sentence. The AODT Court team receives the referral (including the clinical assessment) and discusses the defendant’s eligibility and potential acceptance into the AODT Court at the pre-court team meeting. Defendants appe...