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1. Grants Handbook v4.89 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...• be partially or fully mitigated by a grant of aid to undertake legal proceedings and • require an assessment of all the circumstances contributing to the applicant’s current situation including personal factors such as medical conditions, disability, and social considerations such as family arrangements and employment. Proceedings for which legal aid is not available under section 7(1)(e) of the Act APPEALS TO A TRIBUNAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, FROM THE FOLLOWING TRIBUNALS A...

2. Grants-Handbook-v4.88.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...• be partially or fully mitigated by a grant of aid to undertake legal proceedings and • require an assessment of all the circumstances contributing to the applicant’s current situation including personal factors such as medical conditions, disability, and social considerations such as family arrangements and employment. Proceedings for which legal aid is not available under section 7(1)(e) of the Act APPEALS TO A TRIBUNAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, FROM THE FOLLOWING TRIBUNALS AND...

3. Grants Handbook v4.91.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...• be partially or fully mitigated by a grant of aid to undertake legal proceedings and • require an assessment of all the circumstances contributing to the applicant’s current situation including personal factors such as medical conditions, disability, and social considerations such as family arrangements and employment. Proceedings for which legal aid is not available under section 7(1)(e) of the Act APPEALS TO A TRIBUNAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, FROM THE FOLLOWING TRIBUNALS AND...

4. Grants Handbook v4.92.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...• be partially or fully mitigated by a grant of aid to undertake legal proceedings and • require an assessment of all the circumstances contributing to the applicant’s current situation including personal factors such as medical conditions, disability, and social considerations such as family arrangements and employment. Proceedings for which legal aid is not available under section 7(1)(e) of the Act APPEALS TO A TRIBUNAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, FROM THE FOLLOWING TRIBUNALS AN...

5. EMPC Old dogs new tricks conference presentation [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...Essentially these provisions provide initial protections for employees who are unable to understand adequately the provisions or implications of an employment agreement by reason of diminished capacity due to age, sickness, mental or educational disability, communication disability or emotional distress. The legislation also prevents employees from being induced by employers to enter into individual agreements by “oppressive means, undue influence or duress”. Remedies for unf...

6. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...directly enforceable in the courts, but it had legal force when incorporated into statute. Many statutes contained references to the Treaty’s principles, including the Conservation Act 1987, the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Public Health and Disability Act 2000. Before entrenchment of the Treaty of Waitangi in constitutional law could be envisaged, the Government believed that further education and debate were needed. That opinion had been endorsed by the New Zealand Race Relatio...

7. Implementation for Drivers of Crime investment package for alcohol and other drug assessments and interventions [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...Consideration will be given to ensure there is an appropriate balance of services 8 provided for female offenders. Improved treatment services could also impact on the prevalence of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the general population. Disability perspective 44. The initiatives in this paper have no disability implications. Publicity 45. The Ministers of Justice and Health announced the $10 million investment package on 19 October 2011. 46. The Ministry of Justice wil...

8. Reid v Fire Services and Crown Law (Recall Application) [2012] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...J); Department of Social Welfare v Stewart [1990] 1 NZLR 697 (Wylie J) and Watson v Clarke [1990] 1 NZLR 715 (Robertson J). [30] None of the statutes under which the Tribunal operates (the Human Rights Act 1993, the Privacy Act and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994) confer a power to recall or to rehear. Nor do the Human Rights Review Tribunal Regulations 2002 (SR2002/19). This is significant because such power, if it is to be possessed by a Court or tribunal, is invariab...

9. [2021] NZACC 5 - Andrews v ACC (12 January 2021) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Compensation Corporation v Mehrtens [2012] NZACC 250. [101] He notes there is a pre-existing history of headaches noted by experts including at the Burwood Clinic. He refers to Dr Fink’s conclusion: I find it difficult to attribute his chronic disability as primarily related to his minor head injury five years ago. [102] Mr Hunt submits that the evidence in this case is such that a Court could not conclude that the appellant has been incapacitated as a result of an injury...

10. Family violence reform paper 3: Prosecuting family violence [pdf, 537 KB]

    ...with intent to injure and threatening to kill. ………………………………………………………… 22. A maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment would make strangulation equivalent to the offences of injuring with intent and disabling. While strangulation may contain an implicit threat to kill, it also has a similar effect to that of disabling 5 Law Commission. (2016). Strangulation: The case for a new o...