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1. LCRO 22/2025 MG and SG v LB (26 September 2025) [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...Applicants’ complaint to Complaints Service (correspondence dated 29 May 2023). 16 [92] Firstly, it is suggested that Mr LB was instrumental in making the decision to take the dispute to the District Court, and that he was resistant to urgent pleas to have the dispute dealt with elsewhere. [93] Second, accusation is made that Mr LB was working in conjunction with opposing counsel, both lawyers motivated to keep the dispute within the walls of the District Court so they could f...

2. Justice Sector forecast 2012 to 2022 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Crown Solicitors and Crown Law will handle some or all of the following categories of case: Court of Appeal cases. Appeals to the High Court. Trials undertaken by a judge alone. Jury trials. District Court cases where there is a guilty plea. The Criminal Procedures Act 2011 (CPA) will be implemented from July 2013. The CPA affects both the number of cases handled by Crown Solicitors and Crown Law, and also when the Crown prosecutor is involved in those cases – often t...

3. [2015] NZEnvC 050 Ngati Kahungunu v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND Decision [20 IS] NZEnvC ENV-2013-WLG-0000SO of an appeal under cl 14 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 NGATI KAHUNGUNU IWI INC Appellant THE HAWKES BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent COUli: Environment Judge C J Thompson Environment Commissioner ACE Leijnen Environment Commissioner K Prime Hearing: at Hastings 3 and 4 December 2014 Counsel and Representatives: N J R Tiuka for Ngati Kahungunu Iwi I

4. Tweeddale v Pearson [pdf, 405 KB]

   WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL CLAIM NO: TRI-2008-101-000067 BETWEEN CONCHITA TWEEDDALE Claimant AND MICHAEL PEARSON First Respondent AND KAREN TUCKER Second Respondent AND PALMERSTON NORTH CITY COUNCIL Third Respondent AND PAUL HUMPHRIES Fourth Respondent AND STEVEN HARLEY Fifth Respondent AND SARAH SMITH and BARRY NIX trading as BARRAKUDA DESIGNS Sixth Respondent Hearing: 16 & 17 September 2009 Appearan

5. [2018] NZEmpC 14 Hayashi v SkyCity Management Ltd [pdf, 422 KB]

   KEITH HAYASHI v SKYCITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2018] NZEmpC 14 [9 March 2018] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2018] NZEmpC 14 EMPC 114/2017 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN KEITH HAYASHI Plaintiff AND SKYCITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 25, 26 and 27 September 2017 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: R M Harrison, counsel for plaintiff K

6. [2021] NZACC 176 - Renton v ACC (5 November 2021) [pdf, 728 KB]

   ...Westminster Bank PLC12; Joseph Lynx Land Co Limited v Lynch and Johnson v Gore Wood and Co Judge Cadenhead said that the following principles emerge: [i] Cause of action estoppel is narrower in scope from issue estoppel: the latter can arise where a plea of res judicata in the strict sense is not open because the causes of action are not the same. [ii] For there to be cause of action estoppel the cause of action sought to be estopped must be precisely the same as that upon which t...

7. National and Auckland Standards Committees v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 41 [pdf, 441 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2016] NZLCDT 41 LCDT 010/10, 008/12 and 014/15 IN THE MATTER OF The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and the Law Practitioners Act 1982 BETWEEN NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE No. 1 AND THE AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE No. 1 Applicant AND FRANCISC CATALIN DELIU of Auckland, Lawyer CHAIR Ms M Scholtens QC MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Ms S Hughes QC Ms J Gray Mr W Smith

8. Evaluation of Wanganui community-managed restorative justice programme [pdf, 637 KB]

   The Wanganui Community- Managed Restorative Justice Programme: An Evaluation Judy Paulin and Venezia Kingi Crime & Justice Research Centre with Barb Lash Ministry of Justice 2 This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice First published in January 2005 by the Ministry of Justice P O Box 180 Wellington New Zealand www.

9. Sexual violence attrition and progression report [pdf, 762 KB]

   Attrition and progression Reported sexual violence victimisations in the criminal justice system Ministry of Justice 1 November 2019 2019 © Crown Copyright ISBN 978-0-478-32486-0 (online) Published by the Ministry of Justice Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any ot

10. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 65 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 3.2 MB]

    ...pre­1865 claims, previously adjudged well­founded in the Muriwhenua land inquiry, might be remedied. The national freshwater Chief Judge Wilson Isaac with some recent reports ▶ Page 22 2 From the Acting Director Kia ora koutou. It is my pleas­ ure to be able to contribute to this issue of Te Manutukutuku. I have spent the last few months working closely with the Waitangi Tri­ bunal’s management team, and it has been great to gain an insight into the organisation’s adm...