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1. LCRO 224/2020 & LCRO 230/2020 EZ v MQ and MQ v EZ (19 May 2021) [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...relating to her engagement with Mr EZ in her capacity as a lawyer, she submitted that: (a) she had acted for Mr EZ solely in respect to immigration matters; and (b) she did not have access to any sensitive information pertaining to Mr EZ’s family members; and 4 (c) she had offered to become involved in discussions between Mr EZ and his employer as she was concerned that the employment issues may compromise Mr EZ’s application for a work visa; and (d) she had not acted in...

2. OIA-Audio-visual techniques [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...staff - Crown Law representatives - DHB pathology staff Supporting users: - Judges EAs - Judicial Support Officers - Victim Advisors - Central Registry staff - Schedulers - Coronial services - Centralised Services – Interpreters, Disputes (Civil), pre-recorded evidence, Civil, - Law society representatives The research participants represented a range of jurisdictions. Courts: - District Courts - High Court - Supreme Court - Maori Land Court - Coroners C...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 35 Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...was offered the job on 23 August 2010. The job offer, a draft individual employment agreement and a job description were sent to her by Ms Ruby. She eventually received a copy of New Zealand Defence Staff Washington’s Standing Orders and the Civilian Employment Manual 2009. [14] Ms Radford signed the individual employment agreement in August 2010 and her job was to begin on 4 October 2010. Steps were taken by the New Zealand Defence Staff to obtain a visa and Ms Radford start...

4. Terms of Reference Appendix [pdf, 705 KB]

   ...5 1. Quality of advice and representation – has the provider: • exercised independent professional judgement on a client’s behalf and given advice that is legally correct and appropriate, including on calling evidence, the use of experts, dispute resolution and options following the outcome of the case? Overall comments 2. Supervision of the case - has the lead provider: • adequately supervised any work undertaken by any others on the matter? Overall comm...

5. Terms of reference [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...5 1. Quality of advice and representation – has the provider: • exercised independent professional judgement on a client’s behalf and given advice that is legally correct and appropriate, including on calling evidence, the use of experts, dispute resolution and options following the outcome of the case? Overall comments 2. Supervision of the case - has the lead provider: • adequately supervised any work undertaken by any others on the matter? Overall comm...

6. Proposed amended Audit Terms of Reference v2 [pdf, 810 KB]

   ...5 1. Quality of advice and representation – has the provider:  exercised independent professional judgement on a client’s behalf and given advice that is legally correct and appropriate, including on calling evidence, the use of experts, dispute resolution and options following the outcome of the case? Overall comments 2. Supervision of the case - has the lead provider:  adequately supervised any work undertaken by any others on the matter? Overall comme...

7. Proposed amended Audit Terms of Reference [pdf, 809 KB]

   ...5 1. Quality of advice and representation – has the provider:  exercised independent professional judgement on a client’s behalf and given advice that is legally correct and appropriate, including on calling evidence, the use of experts, dispute resolution and options following the outcome of the case? Overall comments 2. Supervision of the case - has the lead provider:  adequately supervised any work undertaken by any others on the matter? Overall comme...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 180 Scullin v Airways Corp of New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...was dismissed for failing a drug test [8] Airways Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (Airways) is a state-owned enterprise established under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. It provides air navigation services in New Zealand as certified by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in accordance with the Civil Aviation Act 1990. It is currently the only entity certified by the CAA to provide air traffic services in New Zealand. [9] In September 2018, Mr Scullin was accepted for entry to...

9. Legal-Services-Amendment-Regulations-2022-Legal-Services-Amendment-Bill-2022.pdf [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...the Executive Council, and 1.2 introduce the Legal Services Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) to the House. Policy 2 Cabinet agreed on 27 June 2022 to: 2.1 amend the Legal Services Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) to: 2.1.1 increase the civil legal aid eligibility threshold by 15%, 2.1.2 increase the legal aid repayment threshold by 16.5%, 2.1.3 remove the user charge on civil legal aid, 2.1.4 remove the interest charged on unpaid legal aid debt; and 2.2 amend the Leg...

10. Govind v Chandra [2018] NZIACDT 46 (15 November 2018) [pdf, 260 KB]

    ...complaint is that Ms Chandra sought a character waiver from Immigration New Zealand for Mr Govind. The difficulty was that a character waiver could only be obtained in respect of a specific application, and there was no live application. There is no dispute that Ms Chandra made an error in her approach, the question is whether the error was serious enough to justify a disciplinary response. [3] I have reached the view that the request for a character waiver does not justify an adv...