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1. Mental health treatment

   ...& treatment The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act sets out the reasons a person may be ordered to have a compulsory psychiatric assessment and treatment. The law aims to ensure that both vulnerable people and the public are protected from harm. The term mental disorder is a legal definition not a medical one. It covers more than just mental illness. Legally, a mental disorder means an abnormal state of mind that: poses a serious danger to the health or safety of that...

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2. [2017] NZEmpC 94 Crimson Consulting Ltd v Berry [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...stated: 19 The principles of open justice, as articulated in many cases to the highest level 20 will also warrant very careful consideration, along with any other factors pointing to publication. But factors against publication must also be carefully assessed so that a proper balancing exercise is undertaken. It will often be necessary for reliable evidence to be produced in relation to relevant factors especially where an application for a non-publication order is opposed....

3. LCRO 86/2022 PR v KG and VW (12 November 2024) [pdf, 499 KB]

   ...ordered against her. [21] Following on from the judgment of Associate Judge CC, Mr KG then prepared various Deeds to effect the process which had been identified by the Judge. He subsequently lodged a caveat against the title to the property to protect the interest thereby acquired by Mrs PR. [22] The trustees instructed Mr FP to act on their behalf, and commenced an action in the High Court for removal of the caveat. Mr KG filed a notice of opposition supported by an affida...

4. 2020 archive

   ...requirement for invoices Update on correspondence about Family Violence Proceedings Mental Health Advocacy webinar being run by NZLS CLE Ltd Improving the experience lawyers have with the approval and contract processes to provide legal aid services Care of Children Fixed Fees Criminal Cases Review Commission Care of Children Proceedings Changes 0800 2 Legal Aid update Expert Evidence in Strangulation/Suffocation Offences Changes to Legal Aid for Care of Children Act Proceedings Alert Level 1 �...

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5. [2018] NZEnvC 093 Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...those that safeguard taonga. They are usually people, but have also been known to be spiritual forces. It is not a role of ownership, but one of custodianship. Kaitiakitanga - is exemplified through the practices used by kaitiaki in safeguarding, protecting and caring for resources. Mana whenua - the priority given to people to make decisions about the use of resources over an area of land that they are responsible for. Matauranga Maori - traditional Maori knowledge - the body of knowl...

6. LCRO 58/2015 YA v MK (29 June 2018) [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...because Mr RO (Ms RO’s father) was a family friend and the matter was one of utmost urgency concerning, as he said it did, the safety of Mr RO’s daughter following family violence two days before. He said that at the outset of the meeting he carefully explained his position. [27] Mr MK recorded some of the events that had followed the 17 December 2013 meeting, reporting that Ms RO had instructed new lawyers and counsel had been instructed. Mr MK said no loss had accrued to Mr...

7. Ref: LCRO 99/2019 SQ v LP (27 October 2020) [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...which allows a Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) to conduct the review on the basis of all information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. [48] I record that having carefully read the complaint, the response to the complaint, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review, there are no additional issues or questions in my mind that neces...

8. Director of Proceedings v Summerset Group Holdings Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 443 KB]

   ...defendant has breached the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 (“the Code”) in respect of Right 4(1) by failing to provide services to the aggrieved person with reasonable care and skill; and 2(b) A final order prohibiting publication of the name and identifying details of the aggrieved person in this matter (Miss E (deceased)). [4] Having considered the Agreed Summary of Facts the Tribunal is satisfied on...

9. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 1 literature-review [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...Information Datasets for High Volume Production Chemicals database (SIDS, by UNEP), the European Chemical Substances Information System (ESIS, European Commission), and the High Production Volume Chemical Information System (HPVIS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). The most recent OECD HPV Chemicals List, compiled in 2004, contains information on 4843 substances and is based on submissions of nine national inventories and the inventory of the European Union. The next list was sch...

10. BORA Wanganui District Council Prohibition of Gang Insignia Bill [pdf, 215 KB]

    ...otherwise. 32. There are two limbs to the section 21 right. First, section 21 is applicable only in respect of those activities that constitute a “search or seizure”. Second, where certain actions do constitute a search or seizure, section 21 protects only against those searches or seizures that are “unreasonable” in the circumstances. 33. Clause 7 of the Bill provides that a member of the police may, without warrant: • Arrest a person whom the member of the police h...