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1. CM-Position-Profile-2025LwrNrth [docx, 42 KB]

   ...Minister of Justice Location: District Court – Lower North Island Community Magistrates The office of Community Magistrate is provided for in the District Court Act 2016. Community Magistrates are judicial officers who play, along with District Court Judges, a vital role in the jurisdiction of the District Court. As judicial officers, Community Magistrates must have and display integrity, independence and impartiality. The role is public and Community Magistrates, like Judges, are subj...

2. CM-Position-Profile-2025Northisland [docx, 42 KB]

   ...Minister of Justice Location: District Court – North Island Community Magistrates The office of Community Magistrate is provided for in the District Court Act 2016. Community Magistrates are judicial officers who play, along with District Court Judges, a vital role in the jurisdiction of the District Court. As judicial officers, Community Magistrates must have and display integrity, independence and impartiality. The role is public and Community Magistrates, like Judges, are subject to...

3. After the hearing

   On this page: Costs Enforcement Appeals Application for rehearing All judges aim to deliver their judgments as quickly as possible.  The judges of the Employment Court expect that 90% of judgments will be delivered within three months of the last day of the hearing or receipt of the last submissions, whichever is later. The three month period does not include court vacations or other periods of judges’ leave.  A judge may sometimes tell the parties at the hearing that th...

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4. Relationship property factsheet - Separation or divorce: How your property is divided when you don’t agree [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...your application The Court will give the other person a copy of the application and instructions on what they need to do. To respond, the other person will file a narrative affidavit and an asset and liability affidavit. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE The judge will read the documents and then call a short meeting that you need to go to (called a judicial conference). The judge will tell you what will happen next and they’ll set out a timetable for filing further evidence. The judge might dire...

5. LCRO 172/2015 and 173/2015 WL v XC and HF v XC (16 May 2019) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...costs against Ms XC. Ms WL submitted that the memorandum clearly identifies Ms XC’s “misconduct”. [20] As well, Ms WL provided copies of the various iterations of the statement of claim filed by Ms XC, and copies of judgments of High Court judges and associate judges dealing with interlocutory aspects of the litigation. [21] As indicated, Mr HF agreed with Ms WL’s complaint. He added: (a) Ms XC’s conduct breached r 13.8.1 of the Rules.1 (b) The conduct is aggravated...

6. Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-June-2022-web.pdf [pdf, 463 KB]

   ...Appellate Court Sitting Dates 2022 64 Mäori Land Court contact details NATIONAL PÄNUI | TE PÄNUI Ä-MOTU 2 NATIONAL PÄNUI - Pipiri / JUNE 2022 AOTEA Taumaranui | Taumarunui District Court, Miriama Street, Taumarunui Monday 13 June 2022 | Judge M J Doogan Presiding Applications for Hearing PÄNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 1 11:00AM A20220005889 239/93 Graham Evans Bell Ohura South Trust - Reduce the trustees by removing Graham Bell, Makarita Oran...

7. Youth Court - 10 suggested characteristics of a good youth justice system [pdf, 188 KB]

   1 A paper for The Pacific Justices’ Conference 5 – 8 March, 2014 –Auckland, New Zealand Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft Introduction A “good” youth justice system is a specialised system, created with the understanding that young people are not just “junior adults” but developmentally, almost a “different species of human being” with markedly different characteristics and responses than adults. A good system recognises their vulner...

8. Peacocke - Part Puketiti 2B 2B 1 Block and Lot 1-Deposited Plan South Auckland 33533 (2020) 205 Waikato Maniapoto MB 202 (205 WMN 202) [pdf, 348 KB]

   ...Waikato-Maniapoto MB 138-168 (Heard at Tauranga) Kanohi kitea: Appearances J Koning for the Applicants J Neverman for the Interested Parties Whakataunga: Judgment date 3 July 2020 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ JUDGE S R CLARK Judgment of Judge S R Clark Copies to: John Koning, Barrister, Commerce Lane Chambers, PO Box 5, Te Puke 3153, john@clc.nz John Neverman, Neverman Bennett Lawyers, PO Box 1559, Waikato Mail...

9. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Mr K [2024] NZLCDT 18 (3 July 2024) [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...“legal work” as defined in s 6 LCA includes “…(d) mediation, conciliation, or arbitration services”. 5 See above n 2. 9 professional role: Orlov.6 Although the complaint was about derogatory comments made by Mr Orlov about two judges, the Court proceeded on the basis that the conduct was “connected” to “regulated services” because Mr Orlov’s comments had arisen out of a case where there was a client for whom Mr Orlov was acting. [23] The reach of the s 7(1...

10. Practice Note: Restrictions on the filing of certain documents [pdf, 96 KB]

      PRINCIPAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE’S CHAMBERS            1 BACKGROUND    1.1 The terms of this practice note were settled by the Principal Family Court Judge, the Ministry of  Justice and the Family Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society.  1.2 This practice note is issued to avoid unnecessary duplication of material that is already available  to the court.      2 APPLICATION    2.1 This practice note applies to applica...