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1. Guide for Policy and Legal Advisors

   ...community create procedures for the management of individuals in state care regulate suicide or euthanasia permit law enforcement officers to use reasonable force, including the use of weapons in the course of their duties create or amend offences or defences relating to loss of life including murder, manslaughter and related defences facilitate the extradition, removal or expulsion of individuals to jurisdictions that have the death penalty. Section 8 of the Bill of Rights Act Section 9: Righ...

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2. Prasad v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 33 (19 March 2014) [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...justified her failure to engage with Immigration New Zealand’s concerns and whether she did take the steps required to ensure her client had representation when she lost her licence. [7] The Tribunal has upheld the compliant. The complaint [8] The Statement of Complaint set out the narrative founding the complaint, and a Supplementary Statement of Complaint refined the grounds. [9] The allegations of fact and the potential professional disciplinary offences identified were in esse...

3. OX v PM Ltd [2020] NZDT 1331 (22 June 2020) [pdf, 498 KB]

   ...the DJI (manufacturer’s) website as having automatic RTH and omnidirectional OAS that can guide the drone home safely, and Mr X states that the website shows the drone also tracking a target whilst flying along through trees, with an accompanying statement: “When tracking a target, the Mavic2 can plan a flight path on its 3D map. It will sense, recognise, and avoid obstacles in front of, and behind the aircraft, all while shooting your target without interruption”. A current video...

4. Contempt of Court Bill: Approval for Government Supplementary Order Paper [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Legislation Committee Contempt of Court Bill: Approval for Government Supplementary Order Paper Proposal 1 I seek approval to table a Government Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) to: 1.1 re-insert an offence prohibiting the publication of false statements about a Judge or a court (which was removed by the Justice Committee) into the Contempt of Court Bill (‘the Bill”); and 1.2 implement Cabinet’s decision to retain that offence in the Bill but with a narrower formulation and a...

5. 2022-03-18 ORC - Opening Submissions [pdf, 373 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-128 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Omnibus Plan Change - Plan Change 8, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA OTAG

6. [2015] NZEmpC 21 Haldemann LLC v Nelson [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...cover letter must be attached in the case of an application to ICC; and that a resumé needs to be attached and information should be provided for “verbal referencing” in the case of recruitment by Enterprise Recruitment. [7] Ms Nelson filed a statement of defence denying the assertions made by Haldeman LLC in its application. She also filed an affidavit deposing that on 17 November 2014 her lawyer emailed counsel who were then acting for the defendants, a copy of the relevant...

7. Directory of Official Information 2019 J-L [pdf, 834 KB]

   ...Ministry, including granting legal aid; determining legal aid repayments; assigning legal aid providers or services; and allocating legal aid cases to salaried lawyers, overseeing their conduct and managing their performance. • Operating the Public Defence Service, which provides independent legal advice and representation to defendants who have legal aid in criminal cases. 12 Administered jointly with Land Information New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and E...

8. West & Anor as Trustees of the Christine West Family Trust v Perry [pdf, 769 KB]

   CLAIM NO: 02368 UNDER The Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2002 IN THE MATTER of an adjudication BETWEEN CHRISTINE MURIEL WEST and WILLIAM HENRY HAWKEN as Trustees of the CHRISTINE WEST FAMILY TRUST Claimants AND GLENN ANDREW PERRY and LYNDA MAREE PERRY First Respondents AND JESSOP ARCHITECTS LIMITED Second Respondent AND BERNIE W LEE trading as Island 2000 Third Respondent AND No fourth respondents, Michael Craig Norgate an

9. [2007] NZEmpC CC 19/07 Sefo v Sealord Shellfish Ltd [pdf, 37 KB]

   ...Relations Act 2000 about the nature and scope of a hearing. [2] The plaintiff has elected to challenge parts of the determination of the Employment Relations Authority in this matter and pursuant to s179(4) is not seeking a de novo hearing. In her statement of claim, the plaintiff makes three principal allegations which I find are the issues in this challenge: 1. The Authority erred in law in finding that the suspension of the plaintiff was lawful. 2. The Authority e...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 124 Amien v Reipen and Others interlocutory [pdf, 69 KB]

    ...able to take a horse to the 2012 Olympic Games. [5] The applicant alleges that he was unjustifiably dismissed from his employment on 10 February 2010. It is unnecessary at this stage to record the circumstances surrounding the dismissal. A statement of problem was lodged with the Authority on 27 June 2011. Part of the applicant’s claim is that in order to take up his new employment, he had to sell his business in Europe and use the proceeds