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   On this page: Minimum claims for duty lawyers over the holiday period New family and civil legal aid application form Section 26 Parole Act applications Criminal legal aid applications and amendments to grant Consultation on proposed changes to mental health rosters Hearing times for criminal grants Call for Expressions of Interest in Chairperson of the Performance Review Committee End of year/New year payments New family and civil application form finalised New family and civil application for...

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2. Rafiq v Commissioner of Police [2012] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...Mr Rafiq in person (no appearance) Mr E Child and Mr T Hallett-Hook for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: 11 and 12 April 2012 DATE OF DECISION: 23 May 2012 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL Introduction [1] By letter dated 20 December 2010 Mr Rafiq requested access to the personal information held about him by the New Zealand Police. By letter dated 22 February 2011 the Police provided some information but other information was withheld pursuant to s 27(1)(c) of the Privacy Act 1993 (dis...

3. Form-33a_Family-Invoice_Family-Violence.pdf [pdf, 235 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 33a Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Family Violence (Applicant & Respondent) Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final...

4. Form-34_Family-Invoice_Maintenance.pdf [pdf, 228 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 34 Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Maintenance Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final invoice Please reco...

5. Form-33a_Family-Invoice_Family-Violence-v2.pdf [pdf, 235 KB]

   Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 33a Tax Invoice Family Legal Aid Fixed Fees Family Violence (Applicant & Respondent) Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice Final...

6. KC v Accident Compensation Corporation (Mental Injury and Social Rehabilitation) [2023] NZACC 011 [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...sensitive claim. The report described the appellant’s working situation in late 2013/2014, as reported by her. She was completing her training. Her husband was living in a different town and she was coping with that and other life hurdles. She requested annual leave so that she could spend more time with her husband. This was declined. She requested a transfer which was also declined. The appellant also described workplace bullying and 5 sexual harassment. The appella...

7. DE v TQ [2021] NZDT 1572 (20 July 2021) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...from B in the same manner and to the same extent as if the representation were a term of the contract that has been breached. A representation is a statement of fact, made by one contracting party to another, before or at the time the contract is formed. If that representation induced the party relying on it to enter into the contract, and that representation turns out to be incorrect, it is a misrepresentation to which s35(1)(a) of the CCLA applies. 8. TQ advertised the Boat for sale...

8. Chee v Stareast Investment Ltd [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...document was forwarded to TQ under covering letter dated 14 October 2000 for signing and return. But this purported only copy was kept and destroyed by TQ, presumably as a cover up exercise. [33] The letter stated as follows: “We enclose as requested herewith a copy of the contract duly signed by us for your files” (emphasis added). Strikingly, it did not say that the contract was being sent for signing by TQ. Nor did it request its return after signing. 15 [3...

9. Responding to a claim

   Although the applicant must prove its claim on the balance of probabilities, it is your responsibility to present your side of the story. Before the hearing, you should collect and provide the following information to the MVDT: A clear written chronology of all relevant events from your perspective Your copy of the consumer information notice and the vehicle offer and sale agreement (if those documents have not been provided by the applicant or if the applicant’s copy is different) Any invoic...

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10. FD v CE [2021] NZDT 1395 (22 April 2021) [pdf, 192 KB]

    ...valid notice is one that meets the requirements set out in s10 of the Fencing Act 1978 which says; (1) Any occupier who desires to compel any other occupier under this Act to contribute to the cost of work on a fence shall serve on him a notice in form 1 of Schedule 1 or to the like effect. (2) The notice shall— (a) specify the boundary or line of fence, or the parts of the boundary or the line of fence, along which the work is to be done; and CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page...