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1. Legal aid funding - Details of proposals [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...test similar to the criteria in place before 2006. The change will encourage parties to resolve more minor matters between themselves rather than through the court system. The eligibility criteria for legal aid for more serious cases (e.g. personal protection matters) will not be affected. The change would primarily affect care of children proceedings. Extending means thresholds to criminal cases A means test already applies for criminal cases. It is proposed that for lower- level cr...

2. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report April 2018 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...years………………………………………………………………………………………………. 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 years……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. You...

3. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report 2018 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...years………………………………………………………………………………………………. 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 years……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. You...

4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...published online; the Government would also publicize the Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations. 3. As a founding member of the United Nations, New Zealand was committed to the Organization and to the international promotion and protection of human rights. It continued to encourage all States to ratify international human rights instruments and had played a leading role in developing new instruments. At the national level, New Zealand had long given effect to hum...

5. LCRO 70/2018 AR v NM (10 April 2019) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...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. 6 [34] 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 ne...

6. SI v MO LCRO 241 / 2011 (7 November 2012) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...public interest, all lawyers... must comply in providing regulated services.’ Fundamental obligations of lawyers [45] The fundamental obligations of lawyers include being required to act in accordance with all fiduciary duties and duties of care owed by lawyers to their clients, and to protect the interests of clients, subject to lawyers’ overriding duties as officers of the High Court, and to the duties under any enactment. RCCC Rules [48] The RCCC Rules expand on the fundame...

7. Application for review of attorney’s decision - PPPR25 [pdf, 18 KB]

   r 406 Form PPPR 25 Application for review of attorney’s decision Section 103, Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 In the Family Court FAM No: ……………… at ……………………………… [place] ……………………………………………………………………………………….. [full name] ………………………………………...

8. [2025] NZEmpC 208 Soapi and Others v Pick Hawkes Bay Inc [pdf, 412 KB]

   ...INDEX The parties [4] The RSE scheme generally [6] The RSE scheme as applied to Pick Hawke’s Bay [14] The plaintiffs’ circumstances [23] Pastoral care and accommodation [29] The claims [40] The plaintiffs’ claims under the Wages Protection Act 1983 [41] Issues What was the weekly allowance? The parties agree that some deductions were unlawful Were arrears payments unlawful deductions? Could Pick Hawke’s Bay make deductions prior to the plaintiffs commen...

9. Im-just-content-to-them-ECPAT-research-summary-2025-RGB.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...have been aware or were seeking that out. And the very fact that this guy, who was 25, wasn’t fearful [of the consequences] suggests a level of confidence. - Briar WE TALKED FOR A BIT, AND THEN I LET HIM KNOW THAT I WAS 15, AND HE DID NOT CARE AT ALL. IT ALMOST SEEMED TO MAKE HIM MORE, LIKE, INTO IT, LIKE HE ALSO GOT OFF ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS WRONG. – KATE These narratives speak to the extent of coercion (often drawing on discrepant social authority) involved in explo...

10. EQ & EQQ v UJ Ltd & UJU [2016] NZDT 955 (17 August 2016) [pdf, 87 KB]

    ...to recover the cost of remedial paint work from UJ Ltd or UJU. Are Mr EQ and Mrs EQQ entitled to recover the cost of repainting their house? [3] In a negligence claim, four elements must be proven. These are: (i) the existence of a duty of care; (ii) breach of that duty; (iii) causation; and (iv) monetary loss. A duty of care arises when parties are in close proximity to each other and it is reasonably foreseeable that if a standard of reasonable care while doing something is not...