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1. CoCA Fixed Fees Schedule Jul 2020 [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...– Third and subsequent proceedings $310 Additional Factors – Application(s)/Order(s) $190 For Additional client attendances may be required in instances where: 1. The legally aided person suffers from mental illness/intellectual disability 2. The legally aided person requires an interpreter/translator 3. The legally aided person has difficulties communicating (but doesn’t require an interpreter/translator) Fee can only be claimed once per stage per case. If tw...

2. 10.6 Appendix F: Media Guide for reporting in the Family Court

   ...relationship property and estates of deceased persons. Less widely appreciated is that the court also deals with issues not strictly considered family matters, such as legislation governing the treatment of people with mental illness, intellectually disability and substance addictions who are held in compulsory care, and those who are incapacitated and not able to make decisions concerning their own care because of their age and/or disability.  What can be reported Several statutory prohibitio...

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3. Directory of Official Information 2019 S-U [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...Employment Services and Income Support Integrated Administration Act 1998 • Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act 1964 • Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 • Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 • Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018. Structure MSD senior leadership team is led by Chief Executive, Debbie Power. Refer to the following link for information about the leadership team: http://msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our- work/about-msd...

4. Brown v Otago Polytechnic (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...In this decision we explain why the application succeeds in part and fails in part. Background [2] On 11 July 2012 Mr Brown made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission alleging that Otago Polytechnic discriminated against him because of his disability and that it had victimised him because he sought to rely on his rights under the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). In a letter dated 8 August 2012 the Commission stated that it could find no indicator that there had been any difference in...

5. Privacy-Act-2020-Indirect-notification-obligation-April-2023-Cabinet-paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...[2021] NZHC 3319 [6 December 2021]. I N C O N F I D E N C E 9 I N C O N F I D E N C E carefully monitored and minimised as much as possible by ensuring agencies have appropriate guidance. Population implications Women, children and disabled people 50. Information sharing under other legislative regimes which protect the welfare of vulnerable groups – such as the Family Violence Act 2018 and the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 should not usually be subject to the notification...

6. Director of Proceedings v Nelson (Costs) [2014] NZHRRT 33 [pdf, 60 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 33 Reference No. HRRT 026/2012 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND RUTH NELSON DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms K Anderson, Member Ms WV Gilchrist, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr A Martin, Director of Proceedings, Plaintiff and Ms H Cook Mr AC Beck for defendant...

7. Proactive release - Seventh Periodic Report under the Convention Against Torture [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...IPCA reports were accepted and actioned, including through training of Police officers and a comprehensive upgrade to all court cells to make them safer. The report also mentions a death in a dementia unit where, in 2018, the Health and Disability Commissioner found the service provider to be in breach of the Code of Consumer Rights. Non-consensual commitment on health-care grounds (issue 24, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand Police) 38. The Committee reques...

8. Proactive release - Seventh Periodic Report under the Convention Against Torture [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...IPCA reports were accepted and actioned, including through training of Police officers and a comprehensive upgrade to all court cells to make them safer. The report also mentions a death in a dementia unit where, in 2018, the Health and Disability Commissioner found the service provider to be in breach of the Code of Consumer Rights. Non-consensual commitment on health-care grounds (issue 24, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand Police) 38. The Committee reques...

9. 7 September 2020 ENV 2017 334 000003 Proposed Plan Change 10 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...be produced to the Court at the hearing. 4 MĀORI LANGUAGE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS If any party or witness: 1. wishes to speak Māori at the hearing under the Māori Language Act 1987, or 2. has special needs (for example in relation to disability and access, deafness, difficulties with the English language), or 3. has any special arrangements for the hearing are required, e.g. transport for site visits, storage space for bulky exhibits, video playback https://www.justice....

10. HRRT guide to filing a reply [pdf, 68 KB]

    ...Human Rights Review Tribunal The Human Rights Review Tribunal is a statutory body established to deal with certain cases that are brought under the following Acts: • The Human Rights Act 1993 • The Privacy Act 2020 • The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 The Tribunal is composed of a Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and a panel of members, all appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. When the Tribunal sits to hear and...