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1. Factsheet: Child protection policies for counsellors [pdf, 35 KB]

   ...also ensure that children’s agencies work together to improve the well-being of vulnerable children. The legislation introduced the requirement for: • A vulnerable children’s plan • Safety checking and the workforce restriction • Child protection policies The new measures are being phased in over several years and in some cases, these initiatives bring in new requirements for various agencies, organisations and roles. The Ministry of Justice has specific implementation...

2. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - PDF version [pdf, 824 KB]

   ...invest in triaging and spending greater effort on navigation ... need to better match up a person’s legal needs with the appropriate service or services available. Lawyer How many others are unable to protect their children's welfare and best interests because they can't afford fees and/or navigate the bureaucracy and processes of the system? Parent The Panel heard from some people that barriers to acc...

3. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - Word version [docx, 3.1 MB]

   ...Need to invest in triaging and spending greater effort on navigation ... need to better match up a person’s legal needs with the appropriate service or services available. Lawyer How many others are unable to protect their children's welfare and best interests because they can't afford fees and/or navigate the bureaucracy and processes of the system? Parent The Panel heard from some people that barriers to accessing l...

4. LCRO 114/2022 WB v XD (22 July 2022) [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...matters detailed at [14] above, are set out in LCRO 183/2021. Mr WB’s second complaint and the Standards Committee decision. [16] Mr WB appeared in the [City] District Court on [Date] 2020. [17] At the conclusion of the hearing, the Court issued a Protection Order in favour of Mr WB’s wife and daughter. A copy of the order was served on Mr WB on [Date] 2020. [18] Mr WB’s second complaint focuses on concerns that Mr XD failed to adequately inform and advise him as to the con...

5. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Eichelbaum [2014] NZLCDT 68 [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...However, we accept Mr Waalkens QC’s submission that the only parties to whom the information has been disclosed are those to whom the duty was owed (and therefore already possessed the information) and the Courts. An affidavit filed in Court can be protected, and indeed was in this case, by suppression orders. Thus there is no wider publication, such as existed in the series of cases put to us by Ms Davenport QC. [77] In these circumstances, we are uncomfortable about the concep...

6. [2020] NZREADT 29 – Molloy v Real Estate Agents Authority (9 July 2020) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...have a duty to protect the interests of a potentially vulnerable purchaser, or an unbridled obligation to advance their own clients’ interests. She submitted that the starting point for determining licensees’ obligations must be the consumer-protection purposes of the Act, and in the present case, the Committee was correct to find that the appellants were required to use extra caution when dealing with potentially vulnerable prospective purchasers....

7. Crosswell v Auckland City Council [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...cost of the eaves is refused. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE [34] Contributory negligence is based on the premise that a claimant who sues another person for harm that he or she has Page 10 suffered, but has failed to take reasonable care in looking after his or her own interests, may have any damages awarded reduced to reflect the claimant’s share in the responsibility of the harm and damage suffered. Specifically, section 3(1) of the Contributory Negligence Act 1947...

8. Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...grant would be considered in cases where complexities are identified and additional work is justified. Fixed fee development and setting Activities appropriate for fixed fees Family proceedings suitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Care of Children, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Relationship Property, Mental Health and matters under the CYFS Act 1989. Some matters unsuitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Hague Convention and Intellectual Disability pr...

9. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...grant would be considered in cases where complexities are identified and additional work is justified. Fixed fee development and setting Activities appropriate for fixed fees Family proceedings suitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Care of Children, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Relationship Property, Mental Health and matters under the CYFS Act 1989. Some matters unsuitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Hague Convention and Intellectual Disability pr...

10. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2019 [pdf, 183 KB]

    ...Family Court applications In 2019, there were 61,957 substantive applications filed in the Family Court. The number of applications increased 2% from 2018. The largest number of applications were ‘guardianship’ cases, which relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) (30%; 18,463 applications), followed by applications for care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (17%; 10,606 applications) (Figure 7). Figure 7: Guardianship cases had the highes...