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1. Legal-Aid-lawyer-Provider-Manual-Feb-2025.pdf [pdf, 380 KB]

   .................................................................................................. 12 Checks and audits .................................................................................................................... 12 Complaints and performance reviews ....................................................................................... 12 Expectations and professional obligations of legal aid providers .............................................. 13 Cancellation of...

2. LCRO 46/2025 WP v HJ and NB (12 August 2025) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...she would not have instructed [Law firm]; and (h) the two lawyers engaged with the file had provided conflicting advice; and (i) there had been significant delays in progressing her matters; and (j) the lawyers had encouraged her to resign, a request that she considered to be “insulting”; and (k) requests made of [Law firm] to provide time records had been ignored; and (l) fees charged were excessive. [12] Initially the Complaints Service determined that Ms WP’s complaints...

3. LA Appendix supervision arrangements form [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   SUPERVISION ARRANGEMENTS APPENDIX PAGE 1 / 1 APPENDIX Undertaking from lead provider Please make copies of this form as necessary. I (name of lead provider) confi rm that I will be supervising (name of applicant) in these activities: Providing advice and information to clients Preparation of cases Undertaking court proceedings Producing documents / correspondence Communicating...

4. Emailed material for with 12th Minute dated 2 March 2017 [pdf, 32 KB]

   DR 2016-58 Email material accompanying 12th Minute of the Court Email from K Jones. Kia ora I support the request submitted by Counsel for New Zealand Airline Pilots Association (NZALPA) that the current hearing fixture be vacated and the application adjourned until such time as the Director has made his decision and WIAL has decided whether to abandon or modify its current application or proceed as it is. Please convey my position on the request for adjournment to the Court, and Jud...

5. Glossary of terms [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...Security Appeal Authority Act The Social Security Act 2018. Appellant The person making the appeal. Argument Reason(s) for making the appeal or response to the appeal. Authority The Social Security Appeal Authority. Authority to Act Form Form completed by an appellant who wants a non-lawyer to represent them, such as an advocate. Evidence What people say happened, and documents relating to what happened. Grounds of the appeal The factual background to the decision...

6. Memorandum of Counsel for Wellington International Aiport (dated 21 September 2018) [pdf, 29 KB]

   ...in particular the direction that WIAL file monthly progress reports. 2. As previously indicated, on 8 August 2018 WIAL provided a response to the CAA’s request for further clarification of WIAL’s recommendation document. 3. The CAA has requested WIAL provide further material. WIAL is currently considering the request. Dated: 21 September 2018 ___________________________________________ Amanda Dewar Solicitor for Wellington International Airport Limited...

7. Statutory Declaration Form.pdf [pdf, 184 KB]

   Statutory Declaration Complete this declaration if you need to request your criminal conviction history information from the Ministry of Justice but you do not have one of the required valid identification documents. I (write your full name) of (write your address) (enter your occupation, for example bricklayer, teacher, unemployed) solemnly and sincerely declare that: • I am completing this declaration because I do not have a valid identification • I am the person named in th

8. [2015] NZEmpC 214 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...Ministerial Coordinator in the Ministerial and Official Correspondence Team. His role involved coordinating responses to incoming Ministerial and official correspondence. It included responsibility for formatting and proof-reading MPI responses to formal requests for information under the Official Information Act. On 13 December 2012, Mr Goel was suspended from his employment; principally for failing to follow what MPI claimed was a lawful and reasonable instruction regardi...

9. Thompson & Ors v CAC 20006 & Adams [2013] NZREADT 65 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...agreement had been given possession of the sections four months earlier on 10 December 2011. [15] In the evening of 10 May 2012, the complainant sent a further email to Barfoot & Thompson's general administration email address in which he requested a copy of the listing authority by close of business on 11 May 2012. Friday, 11 May 2012 [16] On the morning of Friday, 11 May 2012, Mr Adams' emails of 9 and 10 May 2012 were forwarded to Barfoot & Thompson's Cu...

10. AQ v UD LCRO 188/2013 (10 August 2013) [pdf, 206 KB]

    ...made a tactical decision to delay seeking to admit the DVD in evidence, until the commencement of the trial. There were sound and understandable reasons for him to adopt the position he did. He had an opportunity to view the DVD. He had not formed the view that the evidence carried the impact or force that Mrs AQ considered it did. He was mindful of the problems that inevitably arise when a party seeks to adduce evidence which has been covertly obtained. There was no guarantee...