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1. Legal aid for civil family disputes - Tongan [pdf, 850 KB]

   ...ha keisi fakalao ‘i he malumalu ‘o e Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 • ni‘ihi kuo fokotu‘u atu ko ha mahaki ke tauhi malu (proposed care recipients) ‘i ha keisi fakalao ‘i he malumalu ‘o e Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. Fakamatala lahi ange Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange fekau‘aki mo e tokoni fakalao´, fetu‘utaki ki he ‘ōfisi tokoni fakalao ‘i ho feitu‘u´ pe vakai ki he uepisaiti ‘a e Minist...

2. Practice Note: Lawyer for the Child - Selection [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...2. There are three children directly affected by the dispute:   (a)   G – pupil Wellington College;   (b)   R – pupil Wellington College; and   (c)   P  –  a  child with  an  Autistic  Spectrum  Disorder  (ASD)  and  an  intellectual  disability.  P  attends a special school.   3. Mr and Mrs B have attended counselling.   4. A settlement conference was held on Friday 11 July. However, the problems have not been...

3. Rewita - Opape 5A2B2 (2009) 111 Ōpōtiki MB 71 (111 OPO 71) [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...resources, and she had paid the rates and land rentals; " She had demonstrated commitment to caring for the house and the land for 15 years and thus she wished to secure a lifetime interest to enable her to continue living in the house with her disabled son. [ 4] Ms Rewita filed consents from the Advisory Trustees with her application but one trustee later withdrew consent and two abstained from voting. She also filed minutes from a meeting of owners held on 26 October 2007....

4. Duty Lawyer Policy July 2017 [pdf, 460 KB]

   ...make reasonable enquiries to assist defendants to confirm details, such as address or employment information) or c. the defendant is under an order made pursuant to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 or the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. Courts without duty supervisors Where a duty lawyer considers that a category 2 bail exception applies, they shall discuss this with the duty coordinator or team leader who must a...

5. BORA Search and Surveillance Bill [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...provided that person prepared to permit examination Empirical likelihood of internally concealed evidence / qualified consent (see cll 22(3)(b) and 23) 25/26 Search of person/vehicle in public place suspected of possession of offensive weapons/disabling substances Safety 27 Search of vehicle for stolen property Limited intrusiveness of vehicle search / loss of evidence 43(b) Covert audio recording of oral communication by consent of one participant Little or no expectation of...

6. BORA Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...21. A number of changes proposed by the Bill will affect only, or mostly, proceedings in the Family Court under the COCA. We are advised that applicants in the Family Court and for family legal aid are disproportionately female. Children, and disabled persons, may also be disproportionately affected by the restrictions on legal representation.[29] We consider that should any issues of indirect discrimination under s 19 NZBORA arise, such are met by the mitigating features identified...

7. Notman v Accident Compensation Corporation [2016] NZACA 01 [pdf, 112 KB]

   ...depressive episode. He noted Mr Notman’s two injuring events (1975, 1992) and found the second event to be significant. In Dr Newburn’s opinion, the earlier event was not (at the time of the report) a significant contributor to Mr Notman’s disability. [17] Dr Newburn rated Mr Notman as mildly impaired in his daily living activities, mildly impaired in his social functioning, mildly impaired with respect to concentration, persistence and pace and at the boundary between mod...

8. Duty Lawyer Policy v2.3b [pdf, 549 KB]

   ...make reasonable enquiries to assist defendants to confirm details, such as address or employment information) or c. the defendant is under an order made pursuant to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 or the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. Courts without duty supervisors Where a duty lawyer considers that a category 2 bail exception applies, they shall discuss this with the duty coordinator or team leader who must a...

9. [2013] NZLCDT 28 Southland Standards Committee v W [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...and the witnesses were giving their subjective views. [21] Ms Douglass also submitted that while the Tribunal should take into account the respondent’s mental health in assessing culpability and sanction, it would be discrimination based on disability or health status if the Tribunal considered the respondent unfit to practise because of her mental illness. [22] In respect of penalty the respondent also submitted that credit should be given for: the admission of the charge b...

10. E63 John Parlane - Traffic - EIC - ATC [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    ...need to be fully closed.19 8.2 The partial closure of Halsey Street north of Madden Street has the potential to impact on patrons who would need to be dropped off at the Theatre. ATC management have instructed me that they have many elderly and disabled patrons who are unable to walk long distances, so they need to be dropped off outside the theatre. As such, I recommend that there should be a condition of consent that seeks to ensure people dropping off passengers at the Theatre ar...