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1. Justice Sector Outlook June 2016 [pdf, 1004 KB]

   ...legislative changes in December 2014, means some offenders remain in custodial remand for longer while the restorative justice process is completed. The estimated change in the current prison population is +150.  Legal aid reforms. Criminal legal aid fees are to increase in stages over the next three years. Few historic Waitangi Tribunal claims remain to be completed; as these come to an end, contemporary claims will rise, but these are expected to be less costly.  Family Court P...

2. Proactive-release-Legal-Services-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...funded through the Ministry’s departmental PDS appropriation. Although these are separate appropriations, the authority for expenditure in both is within the LSA. 17 The LSA establishes the system that provides legal services for criminal and civil matters to people of insufficient means. For criminal matters, a legally aided person can be assigned to a private lawyer, or a lawyer from the PDS (an independent unit of lawyers within the Ministry of Justice employed to provide criminal...

3. Nelson Standards Committee v Grey [2023] NZLCDT 33 (4 August 2023) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...uphold the rule of law and to have damaged the reputation of her profession. Bill of Rights Act (BORA)and international conventions on freedom of speech [41] The relevant provisions in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 are: Part 2 Civil and political rights Life and security of the person 11 Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment Everyone has the right to refuse to undergo any medical treatment. Democratic and civil rights 13 Freedom of thought, conscience, an...

4. Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) July 2014 - follow-up [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...case types. This improvement has been the result of deliberate ac on that will support further and las ng contribu ons to the 50% goal. These include substan ve changes to legisla on (eg, Criminal Procedure Act 2011); introduc on of fi xed fees for legal aid lawyers; and administra ve and management changes that support improved performance and meliness, eg, the Regional Service Delivery Programme, greater use of larger courts and centralising some processes. While the changes i...

5. Firearms-Reform-Programme-Phase-4_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice Proactive release – Phase 4 of the Firearms Reform Programme – tranche 4 Date of issue: 31 January 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)

6. Morrell v Wairoa-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board - Lake Waikaremoana [2017] Chief Judge's MB 342 (2017 CJ 342) [pdf, 355 KB]

   ...Court was wrong to dismiss the 1999 application and find that Lake Waikaremoana was vested in the 2017 Chief Judge’s MB 344 Wairoa-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board and the Tuhoe-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board for an estate of freehold in fee simple, clear of any trust that might be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. They argue that the Court misinterpreted the provisions of the Lake Waikaremoana Act 1971, which they say show that the equitable beneficial ownership of...

7. Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) July 2012 [pdf, 506 KB]

   PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Formal Review of the Ministry of Jus ce (MoJ) JULY 2012 State Services Commission, the Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Performance Improvement Framework Formal Review: Ministry of Jus ce State Services Commission, the Treasury, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Wellington, New Zealand Published July 2012 ISBN 978-0-478-36173-5 Web address: www.ssc.govt.nz/pif Crown copyright 2012 Copyright/terms

8. Selwyn v Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board - Opape 1A19B (2019) 220 Waiariki MB 94 (220 WAR 94) [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...resignation of the Whakatohea Māori Trust Board (WMTB) on the basis time was necessary to undertake due diligence. Upon completion of the due diligence, the owners find WMTB, as the responsible t have only undertaken a thirty-eight (38) year lease for fee simple of two hundred dollars ($200.00) only. We believe there is a clack of fiduciary duty by WMTB under both the Act and the Trust Order for determination of liability, costs and losses.2 [2] However, in fact, what the applica...

9. INZ (Calder) v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 68 (1 October 2019) Sanctions [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [21] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:3 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish the practitioner for misbehaviour, although it may have that effect, but to ensure that appropr...

10. INZ (Calder) v Horan [2019] NZIACDT 23 (23 April 2019) [pdf, 163 KB]

    ...providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [16] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:2 It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in nature. That is because the purpose of statutory disciplinary proceedings for various occupations is not to punish the practitioner for misbehaviour, although it may have that effect, but to ensure that appropriat...