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1. [2019] NZSSAA 05 (31 January 2019) [pdf, 529 KB]

   ...face-to-face contact with Ministry staff. [7] It was clear that the appellant is very suspicious of people he engages with. He expressed his views as to a lack of integrity on the part of the Ministry, medical practitioners, a District Court Judge, this Authority and essentially anybody who has had a decision-making role in relation to his circumstances. [8] After providing his evidence and submitting a plethora of written documentation, the appellant indicated that he was not...

2. Recommendations Recap Issue 17 [pdf, 562 KB]

   ...Every-Palmer, S., et al., Clozapine-treated Patients Have Marked Gastrointestinal Hypomotility, the Probable Basis of excluding other causes, the underlying cause of the toxic megacolon may be due to the use of clozapine. COMMENTS OF CHIEF CORONER, JUDGE D MARSHALL I. A New Zealand study1 (the study) reported that for every thousand patients treated with clozapine, 300 to 600 will suffer constipation and at least four will develop serious gastrointestinal complications (incl...

3. Chapman v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 364 KB]

   ...not required to act as a clerk of works. However they did allow some practices which they should not have done. Inspections were less thorough because of the expectation that Landmark were high quality builders. They were not. The council misjudged the competence of this large scale provider. [155] I find that this amounted to negligence. However, not all the failures led to leaks nor were all the leaks related to the council’s negligence. Council’s affirmative d...

4. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report December 2020 [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...possibility of fewer residential staff being available due to COVID -19 related isolation. 7 2 The ROIT supports youth justice professionals to gather information about young people appearing before the court to inform r emand recommendations to the judge in cases when Police are opposing bail. Male 71% Female 29% The offending rates youth justice indicator helps us understand the proportion of children coming into contact with the youth justice system. It measures the volume of chil...

5. 2019 Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 490 KB]

   ...proposed legislation with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (although the Crown Law Office reviews legislation developed by the Ministry of Justice). The Office of Legal Counsel also supports Ministers responsible for appointing District Court Judges, Coroners and Justices of the Peace, and for making appointments to a large number of tribunals, Crown entities and other statutory roles and bodies (note that the Solicitor-General administers the process by which the Attorney-Gene...

6. Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49 [pdf, 613 KB]

   ...arbitrariness or partiality, and suspicion of arbitrariness or partiality, on the part of courts. Open justice “imposes a certain self-discipline on all who are engaged in the adjudicatory process – parties, witnesses, counsel, Court officers and Judges”. The principle means not only that judicial proceedings should be held in open court, accessible by the public, but also that media 3 representatives should be free to provide fair and accurate reports of what occurs in court. Gi...

7. Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report December 2021 [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...possibility of fewer residential staff being available due to COVID -19 related isolation. 7 4 The ROIT supports youth justice professionals to gather information about young people appearing before the court to inform r emand recommendations to the judge in cases when Police are opposing bail. The offending rates youth justice indicator helps us understand the proportion of children coming into contact with the youth justice system. It measures the volume of children who Police take pr...

8. LCRO 28/2021 RW v BD and Law Firm A (3 May 2022) [pdf, 330 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2022] NZLCRO 25 Ref: LCRO 28/2021 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of [Area] Standards Committee X BETWEEN RW Applicant AND BD and [LAW FIRM A] Respondent The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr RW has

9. FIANZ-Submission.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...v) The employee obviously had a vivid recollection of this since he remembered that this Facebook user had “rightwing views and memes”12 and the material was similar to others “who hold extreme right-wing views”.13 8 MINUTE OF JUDGE MARSHALL RE SCOPE OF INQUIRY 28 October 2021 9 https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/firearms-licensing/preparation-for-the-terrorist-attack/ 10 https://www.nzsis.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Arotake-internal-review-pu...

10. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-Appendix-I-Appendix-II.pdf [pdf, 334 KB]

    ...and tactical focus and also the negative reaction from other agencies to its reporting on the 2011 Oslo terrorist’s attack and its firearms assessment of 2011 due to a perception it was stepping outside of its mandate. This firearms assessment had judged that a terrorist could legally acquire firearms (including military style semi-automatic firearms) for an attack and that the firearms licence vetting process would be unlikely to reliably identify a terrorist posing as a legitimate firea...