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1. Youth Court - Playing to win: youth offenders out of court (and sometimes in) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...comprised of approximately 240 highly specialised and highly trained members of the national police force. Very minor incidents are handled by front-line police with an immediate warning to the young person. These incidents are recorded on standard forms and sent through to Youth Aid for their records. More serious or persistent offending is referred to Youth Aid, who may then either deal with the matter through alternative resolutions, or refer the matter to an intention to charge Family G...

2. Wakelin and Anor as Trustees for the Get In & Walk Trust v Taupo Texture Coatings Limited [2011] NZWHT Auckland 43 [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...met with TTC and MWL at various times over the next 10 months in order to ascertain the reasons for the leaks are to reach agreement on a solution. [35] In approximately March 2008 Mr Steve Amrein of TTC returned again to the site, at the request of the claimants and KBL, to attempt to resolve the issue of the leaks with the deck. Mr Amrein removed some tiles from the deck and then resealed the membrane. [36] In June 2008 TTC was advised that there was still leaking p...

3. Coxon v New Zealand Law Society [2010] NZLCDT 1 [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...P N Collins on behalf of the Respondent 2 DECISION ON APPLICATION Introduction [1] This is an application by Melanie Jane Coxon, of Auckland, Barrister, for an order consenting to her employment of Christopher Lloyd Harder, a former practitioner. Mr Harder was the subject of an order striking him off the role of barristers and solicitors of the High Court of New Zealand in February 2006. [2] The application is made under the provisions of the Lawyers and Con...

4. Hutchison v Solomon [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...because it would not have been obvious without removal of the path, fill etc. In the context that he was not converting the basement area from a non-habitable space to a habitable space but was rather just replacing linings to that area, I had formed the view that it was not incumbent on him to check out the waterproof nature of the lining to the exterior of that wall and there was not a duty of care owed to subsequent purchasers for him to do so. 6.26 Other factors that are r...

5. [2018] NZEnvC 092 Wallace Group Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...zoning as applies to the Wallace land); (ii) AC no longer supports the decision it made, but rather supports Wallace's first preference, AC changed its mind due to what it considered to be a material change in circumstances, That was the formation and establishment of Nancy Wake Street which it says the IHP did not take into account when making its decision;3 (iii) TCR's first preference is that the zoning remain RMHS, Statutory framework [3] The appeal is governed b...

6. Tito - Mangakahia 2B2 No 2A1A [2016] Chief Judge's MB 398 (2016 CJ 398) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...and finalising the terms of the order by 20 December 2009. On 16 December 2009 the Māori Trustee accepted his appointment but sought to change the terms. Mr Tito learnt of this development and accordingly wrote to the Court on 22 January 2010 requesting that the matter be recalled. That did not happen. Instead, Judge Ambler convened a conference call on 4 February 2010 with the Māori Trustee, the upshot of which was that the Judge varied his previous order by changing the term of...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 043 Turner v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...[28] In respect of the alleged non-compliance with conditions, counsel submits that a distinction should be drawn between conditions which govem the establishment of the consented activity and those which control its continuation, noting that the former are more likely to be relevant to the question of whether a consent has been given effect to, but even so are not necessarily determinative of that question.5 [29] In this case, counsel submits tl1at non-compliance with condition 2, th...

8. LCRO 213/2015 HY Trust v AK and GJ (21 Janaury 2019) [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...are not indefeasible, and that point was reserved for argument at trial. [27] Mr GJ says he obtained third party discovery from the firm that had acted for Mr MN in the 1990s. When he examined those documents in preparation for trial, Mr GJ formed the view that “what the Trust had done amounted to land transfer fraud”. [28] Mr GJ tested his view with two other lawyers. He consulted Ms Foster, a barrister who had authored texts that traversed the subject of land transfer fr...

9. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Te Putahitanga [pdf, 552 KB]

   Submission on possible changes to the Family Justice system To: Justice Department FamilyJusticeReforms@justice.govt.nz Submitter: Helen Leahy Pouārahi / Chief Executive Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu 10 Show Place, CHRISTCHURCH 8024 www.teputahitanga.org mailto:FamilyJusticeReforms@justice.govt.nz http://www.teputahitanga.org/ INTRODUCTION Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu welcomes the opportunity to com

10. Te Manutukutuku 77 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

    ...friends. A number of inquiries continue to progress through the hearing phase and report drafting is well under way across urgent, district, and remedies inquiries. I am delighted to report that, just before Christmas 2020, the takiwā volume, which forms part VI of the Wai 898 Te Rohe Pōtae report, was From the Director challenges. This year is likely to throw up challenges of a different kind as further inquiries are commenced, cur- rent inquiries progressed, and further reports...