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1. [2021] NZEnvC 077 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...topics 7 and 9 Land Use and Disturbance MINISTER OF CONSERVATION (ENV-2019-AKL-122) FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND (ENV-2019-AKL-114) HORTICULTURE ZEALAND (ENV-2019-AKL-116) Appellant NEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Judge] A Smith Commissioner R M Bartlett 19-22 September 2020 Last case event: Site visit 23 September 2020 and last step April 2021 Appearances: SJ Ongley and M Downing for the Minister of Conservation (the Minister) J M Landers for Hor...

2. People charged and convicted of homicide offences June 2021 [xlsx, 115 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

3. People charged and convicted of homicide offences June 2022 [xlsx, 115 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

4. People with finalised charges and convicted of homicide offences December 2023 [xlsx, 116 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

5. OIA-111433.pdf [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...action: We recommend that you: a Note the Better Outcomes for Victims Work Programme and the workstreams underway. Noted b Noted c Agree to forward this briefing to Justice Sector Ministers for their information. Agree / Disagree Erin Judge Executive Director Justice Sector Directorate 14 / 12 / 2023 Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Date: s9(2)(f)(iv) RE LE AS ED U ND ER T HE O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T 19 82 Page 3 of 34 In Confi...

6. People with finalised charges and convicted of homicide offences June 2023 [xlsx, 114 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

7. People with finalised charges and convicted of homicide offences jun2024 [xlsx, 116 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

8. Proactive-Release-Prisoner-Voting_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Finlayson, brought the Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill to the attention of the House under section 7 of NZBORA. He did so on the basis that the Bill was inconsistent with section 12. 36. The Ministry notes Judge Savage’s comment in his forward to the Waitangi Tribunal’s He Aha i Pērā Ai? The Māori Prisoners’ Voting Report4 that the Tribunal could see no utility whatever in any restriction on prisoner voting. The Ministry concurs and belie...

9. [2024] NZSSAA 10 (5 September 2024) [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...equivalent of compensation payments within a statutory scheme designed to prevent double recovery. Cullen supports such approach. However, I see nothing inconsistent with that assessment of primary purpose and the approach adopted by the District Court Judge in Kirk. If the Corporation is entitled to regard any benefit as “for all purposes” having been paid, I do not regard it as inappropriate to say that it must likewise be deemed to know the details of such payments. [41] Cullen...

10. Legal Complaints Review Officer v Hong [2013] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 224 KB]

    ...alleged. [28] Letter dated 17 June 2010 from Mr Hong to the Lawyers’ Complaints Service.15 The particulars relied on are noted at paragraph 2.8 of the charge, where Mr Hong said in this letter: (a) “Holds utter contempt for our Judges”; (b) “Holds utter contempt for our Law Society’; (c) “Holds utter contempt for the rest of us, his fellow Kiwi colleagues as he reckoned he is the best and the rest of us incompetent”; (d) “Has no respect of any of us,...