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1. Guidelines: Counsel for subject person - Personal and Property Rights Act [pdf, 94 KB]

   GUIDELINES FOR COUNSEL FOR SUBJECT PERSON APPOINTED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ACT 1988 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This set of guidelines is for counsel appointed to act for subject persons under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. 1.2 All section references are to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. 1.3 These guidelines are in addition to the duties set out in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client...

2. LCRO 137/2023 & 138/2023 FK v QT and LM (28 February 2025) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...respondents acted for the wife in the proceedings. [6] The wife applied for and was granted legal aid. There was a grant to the first respondent in respect of relationship property proceedings and a grant to the second respondent in respect of care and contact and protection order proceedings. [7] The applicant made a series of complaints to Legal Aid that the wife was not eligible for legal aid. The wife’s legal aid grants were eventually withdrawn. The complaint to the LCS...

3. Eddy [2017] NZREADT 37 [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...notices on Mr Eddy and Mr Gordon. [7] The essence of the appellants’ complaints was as to the representations made in the marketing material. They say that it led them to believe that the views, and access through the adjoining land, would be protected by appropriate covenants. They learned later that no such covenants were created, and the views and access were not protected. The marketing material [8] The Committee, and the Tribunal, were provided with a copy of the marketin...

4. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report December 2020 [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...2019)…..…………………………………………………………. YJI 1.6. Proportion of children and young people referred for a youth justice Family Group Conference (FGC) who have previously been the subject of a report of concern to Oranga Tamariki relating to their care and protection Children aged 10 to 13……….……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Young people aged 14 to 17 (14 to 18...

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

   ...education at your school. I have attempted to do this through his mother but unfortunately, she has not been supportive or encouraging of my relationship with ......... • … as his birth father, I am ........’s natural guardian and share parental care and responsibility for him together with his mother. … there are no Parenting orders or Protection Orders in place that varies my guardianship of ........, … • I would like you to keep me updated on ........’s education at...

6. [2020] NZREADT 27 – Deng v Real Estate Agents Authority (25 June 2020) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...another agent has been appointed. manager, and that Mr Deng’s error in omitting reference to Glovers was at the low end of the scale. [14] The Committee took into account that Mr Deng had no previous disciplinary history, was acting to protect the vendor who was having to act quickly, and that he was confronted with a unique situation. Nevertheless, the Committee noted that despite the relatively minor nature of Mr Deng’s breach, the consequences of not carrying out due...

7. Recommendations recap - issue 7 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...using it for off‑label purposes. The coroner received a number of written communications from the deceased’s wife asking questions about the adequacy of the management and care received by her husband from clinicians and others. The coroner carefully considered this correspondence. He also carefully considered the evidence before him relating to the treatment and care received by the deceased from clinicians and others. That evidence shows that the treatment and care the deceased...

8. BORA Family Courts Matters Bill [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...A full bench of the High Court in Newspapers Publishers Association of New Zealand (Inc) v Family Court [1999] 2 NZLR 344 considered the relationship between s 14 of the BORA and the suppression of information by the Family Court for the purpose of protecting a child. In that case, a child suffering cancer had been made a ward of the Court as his parents opposed the medical treatment doctors thought necessary to save his life. His parents took him into hiding. The Court approved a news rel...

9. OIA-Adoption Law Reform [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...surrogacies are currently recognised through the Adoption Act. 7. Adoption policy is part of the broader Family Justice system which includes the Family Court, and the legislation which governs the formation and dissolution of families and the care of children. The Family Justice system has increasingly focused on ensuring the best interests of children and improving accessibility for a wider range of families and whānau. There is also significant interaction between the Family Jus...

10. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...than domestic violence being an exceptional circumstance in the Family Court, a significant number of cases that come to the Court involve allegations of violence, coercion or abuse. It is the Family Court to which victims of violence turn to find protection from violence. The Court’s policies and processes should not add further barriers to adult and child victims obtaining such protection.  We strongly support the reintroduction of Section 61 of COCA – and recommend also reint...