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1. Auckland Standards Committee v Van der Zanden [2014] NZLCDT 54 [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...interest (which include “protection of the public”), to maintain professional standards, to impose sanctions on a practitioner for breach of his/her duties, and to provide scope for rehabilitation in appropriate cases. Tribunals are required to carefully consider alternatives to striking off a practitioner. If the purposes of imposing disciplinary sanctions can be achieved short of striking off then it is the lesser alternative that should be adopted as the proportionate response....

2. BORA Policing Bill [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...will therefore be approached in light of section 6 of the Bill of Rights Act. This means that clause 34 is to be given a meaning that is consistent with the guarantee of freedom of expression under the Bill of Rights Act. Powers relating to the care and protection of intoxicated people 76. Generally, the Bill contains provisions authorising the detention of intoxicated persons where they are incapable of protecting themselves from physical harm, likely to cause physical harm to ano...

3. CAC 10036 v Hume - Penalty Decision [2012] NZREADT 29 [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...obligations under the new legislation and Client Care Rules. Ms Burlace submits that the finding of unsatisfactory conduct should in itself be sufficient penalty for Mr Hume. The Tribunal’s Decision [5] The Tribunal have considered the submissions carefully and read the other finding on unsatisfactory conduct: which occurred at around the same time. We conclude that Mr Hume seems to have been rather lax in his attention to necessary paperwork and his discussions with his clients....

4. Practice notes & procedures

   ...the filing of the first document that starts proceedings through to disposition (the end of the case). They can also outline how professional services must be managed. Family Court caseflow management practice notes Family Court Caseflow Management (Currently under review) Applications under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Joint protocol Ministry of Justice and Department of Child, Youth and Family, 1 July 2000 Intellectual Disability Act 2003: Reviews, applications for...

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5. Protocol – children's medical emergencies

   ...Judge, after consultation with the then Children, Young Persons and Their Families Service, the Ministry of Health, the Police and, as it was then known, the Department for Courts. The aim of the protocol was to assist those who are concerned with the care and protection of children and who may wish to obtain an appropriate order from a Court in any emergency situation which might pose a threat to the life or wellbeing of any child. At that time the Family Court did not have jurisdiction to ord...

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6. Wallace v CAC 20006 & Ors [2014] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...Further, the licensees were ordered to pay a $500 fine. 3 The Licensees’ Application for Non-Publication [7] The licensees raise three main grounds in support of their application: [a] That publication would not provide any special protection to the public because the only protection to be gained in this case “would be to alert the public to the finding that the Wallaces did not listen to the instructions given to them, and subsequently breached those instructions”. T...

7. [2020] NZREADT 30 Cavanagh (23 July 2020) [pdf, 545 KB]

   ...wages, in a structured and controlled environment, with defined hours. He said he has matured, and realised that he does not need the “trappings” he had formerly. He has come to understand what is important in life, and is more cautious and careful. [31] Mr Cavanagh said he has spent much of the last five years caring for his parents. They, with the support of his two brothers (who live overseas), decided to appoint him under a Power of Attorney to help them in their advance...

8. Applying be a Legal Aid Provider Step by Step Guide [pdf, 468 KB]

   ...of Appeal or High Court or another higher court Supreme Court 6 Area of law Minimum period of recent experience Minimum number of cases or proceedings Indicative number of cases or proceedings Other requirements Refugees and Protected Persons At least 18 months working on refugee and protected person cases Substantial and active involvement in at least 5 cases at the Refugee Status Branch level Actively participated in at least 1 proceeding before the I...

9. Waitangi Tribunal Vol 2 Tauranga Moana [pdf, 9.2 MB]

   ...as the unnecessary damage to their taonga that development has caused. a particular complaint was that the decision makers – the Crown and its delegates, especially local government – had failed to prevent, and had often been complicit in, the careless and even casual pollution of waterways. Desmond tata, of Ngāi tamarāwaho, summed up this consistently expressed sentiment when he told us : 4.  Waitangi Tribunal, Te Raupatu o Tauranga Moana : Report on the Tauranga Confiscatio...

10. Inaia Tonu Nei - Hui Maori - English version PDF [pdf, 6.4 MB]

    ...intergenerational effects of the racism, bias, abuse and colonisation that the justice system has created, enabled and continues to deliver almost 200 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Māori did not sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi for tamariki to be in care, incarcerated or continually traumatised – this must stop now. Calls from those who attended the Hui Māori challenged the Crown and its officials directly for an enduring reform to stop the continuing degradation of whān...