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1. The Trustees of the Tauwhao Te Ngare Trust v Shaw - Tauwhao Te Ngare Block and a preliminary decision of the Chief Judge at 2013 CJ 567 [2014] Māori Appellate Court MB 394 (2014 APPEAL 394) [pdf, 377 KB]

   ...contemplation when the new wharf was constructed or when horticulture and forestry developments were put in place across the island as a result of the improved access. The evidence indicates that once a new wharf was built all owners expected enduring legal access to and from it. [39] We therefore reject Mr Koning’s primary argument that the interests of justice require cancellation of the 1976 order. It was Mr Koning’s contention that it was not open to the Chief Judge to mak...

2. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...reason to minimise it. The reframing of violence as ‘conflict, ‘complex relationships’, ‘situational’ or ‘historic’ is enabling violence to be ignored and women to be judged and blamed for the violence they and their children have been endured/exposed to . The review must address this inequity. On page 7 of the review document it states that one of the complications of the Family Court is the “increasingly complicated cases that involve family violence, drug use, povert...

3. LCRO 275/2015 and 9/2016 YM v SC and JW (18 December 2018) [pdf, 286 KB]

   LCRO 275/2015 9/2016 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [City] Standards [X] Committee BETWEEN YM Applicant/Respondent AND AND SC Respondent/Applicant JW Respondent (LCRO 9/2016) DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr YM has appl

4. Tribunal Guidelines [pdf, 674 KB]

   ...http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what-we-do/investigations/complaints-about-access-to-official-information 12 permission to attend. This confidentiality can encourage parties to compromise and negotiate to achieve an outcome. ADR can help foster enduring outcomes because it actively involves parties in decisions (as opposed to determinations made by a third party). ADR is particularly effective where the relationship between the parties might continue, or where parties’ stances...

5. Taueki v Procter - Horowhenua 11 (Lake) (2021) 437 Aotea MB 86 (437 AOT 86) [pdf, 389 KB]

   437 Aotea MB 86 I TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O AOTEA In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District A20180004434 A20180004854 A20180006936 WĀHANGA Under Sections 43, 19(1)(a), (b), (c), 238, 239 and 240, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block I WAENGA I A Between PHILLIP TAUEKI AND CHARLES RUDD Ngā Kaitono Applicants ME And JONATHAN PROCTER, MATHEW

6. Ministry of Justice Digital Strategic Plan [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...digital services. Central to this is the focus on deepening our collective understanding, acknowledging our cultural interdependencies, and embodying our long-term intergenerational perspectives.  We must aim to develop meaningful, respectful, and enduring partnerships with iwi, hapu and local whānau.  2.2 MULTILINGUAL TECHNOLOGIES We will support and enable multilingual technologies so that it is easy to make our digital services accessible to people in their native language....

7. [2023] NZEnvC 045 Gray v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 527 KB]

   ...vegetation; (e) the site contains or would create a significant habitat for indigenous fauna. [106] In addition, Dr Lloyd would recommend a minimum planting area of .5 ha where planted vegetation made up part of the significant contribution, and that enduring legal protection is provided over the area in which the significant contribution is made. [107] Dr Lloyd’s overall assessment of the appellants’ proposal is that: (a) the planting proposed at the site will make a signif...

8. AU v ACC (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 098 [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...allowing for her injuring event being supposedly mild by standard criteria, this in no way determines the outcome. The literature is now clear that somewhere between thirty and fifty per cent of individuals post mild traumatic brain injury will have enduring symptoms. This is seen in New Zealand research with the BIONIC Study. This is confirmed within the Lancet Neurology Commission on traumatic brain injury summary findings (e.g. Wilson et al, Lancet Neurology October 2017; Maas e...

9. Triennial-Legal-Aid-Discussion-document [pdf, 489 KB]

   ...problems which impact their everyday lives. Results from the 2023 Legal Needs Survey show that, of the disabled people surveyed, over half (54%) had experienced a legal problem in the past year, compared to almost a third (32%) of non-disabled people. Enduring legal problems, rather than seeking to resolve them, can lead to stress, anxiety, and fear for disabled people and other potential legal aid clients. There are significant data gaps across the legal aid scheme concerning legal aid...

10. 2022 archive

    ...PPPR applications under the ‘public interest’ test provided under s (10)(6)(e) of the Legal Services Act 2011, provided the applicant meets all the other eligibility criteria.  Legal aid will only be available for applications appointing an enduring power of attorney that require a hearing before the Family Court. Reminder - tell us what you think about communication assistance and interpreters 15/08/2022 - Kia ora Thank you to those who have already given us feedback on the commu...

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