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1. Hood v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late filing to the District Court) [2025] NZACC 129 [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...15 July 2025, Mr Hood submitted that the appeal was filed late because, on 5 January 2025, he sent an email to the Court containing a notice of appeal and relevant documents, which appeared to have been inadvertently blocked or filtered by the Justice Department email system. Mr Hood provided a copy of his email, which appears to show that the documents were sent as Dropbox links, rather than pdf attachments. [4] On 29 July 2025, Mr Hlavac for the Corporation submitted that, in v...

2. Bevan v Peakman - Succession to Kathleen Paikea and Hemi Wharepaikea [2024] Chief Judge's MB 212 (2024 CJ 212) [pdf, 360 KB]

   ...I TE ROHE O WAIKATO MANIAPOTO In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Waikato Maniapoto District AP-20230000027474 A20200011028 CJ 2020/49 WĀHANGA Under Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Succession to Kathleen Paikea and Hemi Wharepaikea also known as Hemi Whare Paikea Te Putu or James Paikea I WAENGA I A Between KATRINA MIRIAMA BEVAN Te Kaitono Applicant ME And ANGELINE PEAKMAN, JAME...

3. Legal aid ACC consultation analysis report [pdf, 492 KB]

   ...11 Reassignment Submissions The NZLS advised that civil (ACC) legal aid providers consulted did not regard the proposed approach for reassignments as reasonable. The NZLS noted that, in practice, reassignment of a civil (ACC) file is not a matter of picking up where the previous provider left off. Instead, in almost all cases, additional time was required to reassess a case, such as the facts, the medical evidence, the causes of action and the case strategy. If the previous pro...

4. Kaiarahi_flyer_long_version_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 336 KB]

   Tēnei mātou! Who we are! The Ministry of Justice recognises that people often seek the help of the Family Court when they are at their most vulnerable. We know family law can be hard to understand, timeframes can be frustrating, and people can feel worried and unsupported. Sometimes there are also financial, well-being, social or cultural barriers that prevent people from being able to fully engage in Family Court proceedings. The Family Cou...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 214 Wilson Parking New Zealand Limited v Turner and other(s) (Interlocutory Judgment (No 2) of Judge Helen Doyle) [pdf, 284 KB]

   WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED v TURNER [2025] NZEmpC 214 [26 September 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2025] NZEmpC 214 EMPC 352/2025 IN THE MATTER OF proceedings removed in full from the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for interim injunction BETWEEN WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Plaintiff AND PETER TURNER F...

6. Land Valuation Tribunal Consolidated COVID-19 Protocol [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...Levels 3 and 4. Hearings 3. Special arrangements will be made for urgent hearings, if required. 4. Any hearings that proceed during this period will be conducted by audio-visual link or telephone. Alternatively, the parties may agree that matters can be heard “on the (electronic) papers”. 5. The Tribunal will be flexible with its procedures and filing deadlines. If deadlines are not able to be met, contact should be made with the registry by email to seek an extension o...

7. OIA-123357.pdf [pdf, 831 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 25 July 2025 Our ref: OIA 123357 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request Thank you for your email of 29 June 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting information about the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority (the Authority) under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested: 1. I&#...

8. [2012] NZEmpC 127 Hutton and Others v Provenco Cadmus Ltd (in receivership) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...fixture although it was anticipated that only four days would be required. Five days were accordingly allocated, with the agreement of counsel, commencing 30 July. [4] Despite counsels’ confirmation that there were no outstanding interlocutory matters, an amended statement of claim pleading a new cause of action was filed effectively one day out from trial. That was followed with an application for leave, if required. The defendants oppose the grant of leave. [5] The plain...

9. Proactive release - Electoral Amendment Bill and Referendums Framework Bill [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...to issue which increases the risk of congestion in voting places, and also longer to count which may delay the release of the referendum votes. Its modelling and costings for the 2020 election are based on these assumptions. Referendum-specific matters would need to be decided separately for each referendum 41. A referendums framework bill would focus on the mechanical aspects of the conduct of any referendum held in 2020. The decision to hold a referendum and the process of legislating...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v Eichelbaum [2014] NZLCDT 23 [pdf, 33 KB]

    ...the LCA provides for all hearings to be in public to that end. The Tribunal and the Higher Courts have referred on numerous occasions for the need for the public to scrutinise the workings of a Tribunal presiding over professional disciplinary matters. This is because one of the primary purposes of the 3 Act is the protection of the public which involves the upholding of professional standards including through the means of disciplinary processes. [4] Mr Waalkens QC prope...