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1. LCRO 30/2023 YO obo TM v EB (13 May 2025) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...appointment came into effect while Mrs TM was mentally capable and continued in effect if she became mentally incapable. 2 [3] Mrs TM appointed her daughter (Ms SM) to be her attorney for health and welfare. [4] Both Powers of Attorney were Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPOA). [5] Mrs TM was admitted to hospital on 12 May 2021. [6] On 21 May 2021, a doctor at the Hospital certified that Mrs TM lacked capacity for decision-making and completed a Form 4/5 notice.1 Mr YO del...

2. RIS-Setting-an-advance-voting-period-final [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/32a07a330b/RIS-Improving-the-timeliness-of-the-vote-count-final.docx 2 What is the policy objective? The proposal will need to: • Be clear and consistent – electoral laws, and their effects, are clear to all. • Be practicable and enduring – electoral law reflects current practical realities and can accommodate future changes/developments. • Support the legitimacy of democracy – voter turnout, and other forms...

3. M v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2024] NZACC 88 [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...not contest M’s complaint that he was subjected to electroshocks and drugging for non-therapeutic purposes while at the Unit. (iv) Did not provide M with appropriate redress including fair compensation and rehabilitation for the torture he had endured, in violation of his rights under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [34] The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and In the Care of Faith Based...

4. [2025] NZSSAA 17 (29 May 2025) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...the harms that the Ministry was concerned with. [12] The Ministry was also concerned that XXXX’s car, if repaired would require ongoing expenditure, which he could not fund. Accordingly, any benefit would be fleeting, and the financial hardship enduring. P a g e | 3 [13] The Ministry was not satisfied that XXXX’s circumstances were exceptional, so the Ministry could not exceed the advance entitlement limits or set repayments at less than the minimum. [14] XXXX attended...

5. RIS - Updating the provisions in the Electoral Act 1993 for managing polling disruptions [pdf, 773 KB]

   ...enfranchisement (ie electors affected by polling disruptions can still vote). Criteria To determine whether the proposed options set out below will achieve the objectives, we have assessed the options against the following criteria: Practicable and enduring • Provides sufficient flexibility to adapt to a wide range of unforeseen and unavoidable polling disruptions. • Strikes an appropriate balance between prescription and flexibility/discretion to accommodate future...

6. LCRO 103/2022 RP v DQ (25 September 2024) [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...documentation. [8] At 5 pm on the same day, Mrs WK’s lawyer (Ms CY) sent an email to Ms RP, in which she advised that she acted for Mrs WK, and that Mrs WK was wanting to move into a unit in a retirement village. [9] Ms CY also sent a copy of the Enduring Power of Attorney for property in which Mrs WK appointed MK as her attorney. Ms CY advised that MK had been in contact with her to discuss the proposed sale agreement, and that she had suggested amendments. [10] Ms CY con...

7. [2018] NZLCDT 22 Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Horsley [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...the two-thirds share. [4] MS disclosed that VG was her great aunt, but did not initially disclose to the practitioner that VG was 92 years old or mention anything about her health and capacity. [5] Neither did she disclose the existence of an enduring power of attorney given by VG to KS, who assisted her with her personal property matters and possibly property matters in which she was involved as a trustee (although such assistance would have been outside the scope of the enduring...

8. GotB Submissions in support of application to strike out - final [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...at serious risk of being granted. PREJUDICE 33. GotB and HtT have filed two affidavits in support of their application to strike-out, which illustrate the prejudice they and their members – real people, not faceless corporations – have to endure as a consequence of the ongoing delays. 34. Ms Weeber gives evidence as to the emotional burden she has been, and continues to be subject to at [8]: For the past two years since writing my submission opposing the WIAL airport ext...

9. 08.-Evidence-of-Mr-Quentin-Parr-Ngati-Hikitanga.PDF [PDF, 263 KB]

   ...their ancestral lands reflect their deep and spiritual relationship with the environment. As kaitiaki and manawhenua, the hapū carries the responsibility of safeguarding the land, waterways, and cultural heritage for future generations. Their enduring connection to the rohe and whakapapa serves as a foundation for their active participation in the Environmental Court process, asserting their rights and responsibilities as custodians of their ancestral lands. Page 6...

10. Follow-up-report-to-the-United-Nations-Committee-against-Torture_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 384 KB]

    ...survivors—many of whom are here today. To every person who took part, I say thank you for your exceptional strength, your incredible courage, and your confronting honesty. Because of you, we know the truth about the abuse and the trauma that you endured. I cannot take away your pain, but I can tell you this: you are heard, and you are believed. Many of your stories are horrific and harrowing. They are painful to read, but not nearly as painful as they were to endure. The State was s...