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1. Justice Sector Outlook June 2016 [pdf, 889 KB]

   ...be flat Crown Law handles serious court cases that require the participation of Crown solicitors. Crown Law cases include: District Court jury trials, judge-alone trials in either the High Court or District Court, High Court jury trials, Court of Appeal cases and High Court appeal cases. The quarterly number of Crown Law cases is small and volatile, especially for High Court jury, Court of Appeal and High Court Appeal cases, leading to large percentage changes. The 55% increase in High C...

2. Justice Sector Outlook June 2016 [pdf, 1004 KB]

   ...be flat Crown Law handles serious court cases that require the participation of Crown solicitors. Crown Law cases include: District Court jury trials, judge-alone trials in either the High Court or District Court, High Court jury trials, Court of Appeal cases and High Court appeal cases. The quarterly number of Crown Law cases is small and volatile, especially for High Court jury, Court of Appeal and High Court Appeal cases, leading to large percentage changes. The 55% increase in High C...

3. LCRO 43/2019 KD v MX (19 February 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...before the Court. However the Court had a narrow legal issue to determine and did indeed order the return of the children. However what is important for your purposes is that the Court decision on the Hague Convention proceedings is currently being appealed to the [city 1] High Court. … A copy of the Notice of Appeal is enclosed for your information. … 4. Counsel in the High Court matter have been in negotiations about the matter and agreed to certain Orders (which for confide...

4. RIS: Protection of the name ombudsman [pdf, 510 KB]

   ...protect public confidence in the integrity and value of the office of the Parliamentary Ombudsmen, by reserving the name ‘ombudsman’ for their use. There is a risk that the use of the name may proliferate, if the effect of a recent Court of Appeal decision1 is that previous decisions of the Chief Ombudsman conferring consent to use the name must be taken into account, to ensure those currently consented do not have market advantage. This could compel the Chief Ombudsman to grant...

5. Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation [2018] NZACA 3 [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...had decided in June 2017. Due to the lack of contemporary evidence, the reviewer found that the only reliable figure on which to base ERC (from February 1992) was the amount assessed by the Corporation ($433.22 weekly). [35] While Mr Jones appeals to the Authority from the review decision of 22 December 2017, in reality it is the correctness of the primary decision of the Corporation on 20 June 2017 that is at issue here. CASE ON APPEAL [36] It is Mr Jones’ case that his E...

6. FINAL-2021-Research-Memorandum-Witness-Familiarisation.pdf [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...attempting to murder patients in her care. The prosecution had called a number of witnesses who had attended a witness training course arranged by their employer, the mid-Cheshire NSH Hospital Trust. The trial judge (who was upheld by the Court of Appeal) allowed the witnesses’ evidence, finding the training to be unobjectionable: 16 True it is that witnesses would have undergone a process of familiarisation with the pitfalls of giving evidence and were instructed how best to prep...

7. [2022] NZACC 96 – McGregor v ACC (19 May 2022) [pdf, 395 KB]

   ACR 272/20 IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZACC 96 ACR 90/17 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN ANDREA McGREGOR Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 29 April 2022 Heard at: Christchurch/ Ōtautahi Appearances: Appellant in person Mr C Light for the Respondent Judgment: 19...

8. [2021] NZACC 177 – Williams v ACC (5 November 2021) [pdf, 454 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2021] NZACC 177 ACR 277/19 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN MICHAEL WILLIAMS Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 26 August 2021 Heard at: Via telephone Appearances: Mr B Hinchcliff for the appellant Mr J Coates and Ms R Mould for the respon...

9. Muller v Yerman [2015] NZIACDT 88 (31 August 2015) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...extraterritorial effect), and the offence is punishable by imprisonment for up to 7 years and a fine of $100,000. The Courts have treated the offending as having a gravity that reflects the range of penalties. In Hakaoro v R [2014] NZCA 310 the Court of Appeal dealt with an appeal against a sentence of one year and eight months imprisonment on charges under the Act. Mr Hakaoro’s appeal was unsuccessful, as was his application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. 1 In this jurisdic...

10. Nicholls v Nicholls - The W T Nicholls Trust (2014) 78 Waikato Maniapoto MB 107 (78 WMN 107) [pdf, 116 KB]

    ...of tax obligations i[f] any. This is to be provided within 30 days. 55. Once this information is received I will inform the parties as to the next step. [4] Compliance with these directions was delayed as the substantive matter was subsequently appealed. The Māori Appellate Court has now dismissed that appeal. 2 [5] On 1 November 2013 I held a teleconference with the parties concerning the progress of compliance with my earlier directions. Mr Kahukiwa raised jurisdictional issu...