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  1. OIA-Policy Work Programme [pdf, 2.6 MB]

    Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 12 November 2024 Ref: OIA 116278 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Policy work programme Thank you for your email of 27 September 2024 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). You have requested, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information relating to the Ministry’s policy work programme. Specifically, you re...

  2. Cabinet paper - Initial scope of Crown/Māori Relations portfolio [pdf, 462 KB]

    ...better respond to Māori issues; and 14.7. develop a way to deal with contemporary Treaty claims and other processes for restitution and reconciliation that fall outside the formal Treaty claims process. 15. To support my priorities Ministry of Justice officials have, with assistance from other government agencies, scoped projects in these priority areas. I will be reporting to Cabinet on these over the next 4-6 months. Some of these projects will see the portfolio, and the Crown/Māor...

  3. Proposed amended Auditing and Monitoring Policy [pdf, 811 KB]

    ...Monitoring Operational Policy Proposed Changes – June 2017 (Proposed changes are highlighted in red) Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency, or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and fully excludes any and all liability of any kind to any person or...

  4. LCRO - 2014 annual report [pdf, 1.7 MB]

    ...compensation and a fine was reversed. 2 This refers to actual numbers of completed review without taking into account when the review applications were filed. 6 Annual Report 2o~41 Legal Complaints Review Officer o 2 decisions referring matters to the Disciplinary Tribunal were reversed. o In one further matter a publication order was reversed. • 22 decisions were referred back to the Standards Committee for reconsideration. o ~ was referred back and the finding of unsatisf...

  5. LCRO - 2015 annual report [pdf, 210 KB]

    ...filed has relatively insignificant impact on the ability of the office to make inroads into the backlog. It has been noted in previous reports, that the procedural design of the Act has been a factor which has contributed to unnecessary delay. Three matters warrant attention: (1) The current legislation promotes the commendable objective of ensuring that parties have easy access to the complaints process. However, a number of reviews are being filed where the applicant presents as h...

  6. Advances in ADR Techniques in the New Zealand Environment Court a paper by Principal Environment Judge Newhook [pdf, 277 KB]

    ...parties. The Court encourages parties to understand that there are often many ways of viewing any particular problem and how it might be resolved. Resolution of cases can sometimes be quite innovative. For instance, side agreements on other matters outside the jurisdiction of the dispute are sometimes entered into. Those side agreements are not seen by the case-managing Judge. [7] Matters discussed during mediation are confidential to the parties. Only the written signed out...

  7. Haimona v The Trustees of Te Karaka No.1A Ahu Whenua Trust - Te Karaka No.1A [2015] Chief Judge's MB 228 (2015 CJ 228) [pdf, 334 KB]

    2015 Chief Judge’s MB 228 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIARIKI DISTRICT A20110007137 CJ 2011/46 UNDER Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF The Māori feehold land known as Te Karaka No. 1A and Rotoiti 3G1 Blocks BETWEEN TORO HAIMONA Applicant AND THE TRUSTEES OF TE KARAKA NO. 1A AHU WHENUA TRUST Respondent Hearing: 10 March 2013 at 93 Waiariki MB 216-258 (Heard at Rotorua) A...

  8. Mihaka v Housing New Zealand Corporation (Recusal Application) [2017] NZHRRT 7 [pdf, 227 KB]

    ...[12] No recusal application was filed by the deadline of 1 July 2016. However, by email dated 1 July 2016 Ms Raue made request on behalf of Mr Mihaka for further information regarding Mr Shirley, particularly “his position and beliefs regarding justice and social housing and other policy matters”. The Minute issued on 7 July 2016 at para [16] ruled it was not appropriate for a Tribunal member to be interrogated on such matters but the Minute did provide further information about Mr S...

  9. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Resolution Institute [pdf, 685 KB]

    www.resolution.institute Level 4 Gleneagles Building 69-71 The Terrace Wellington 6011 Family Justice System Review Submission from Resolution Institute Submitted by: Catherine Cooper General Manager New Zealand 1 March 2019 http://www.resolution.institute/ Strengthening the family justice system Page 2 of 13 Resolution Institute submission About Resolution Institute Resolution Institute is a profession...

  10. High quality legal aid services [pdf, 466 KB]

    ...manages a programme of quality and value audits of legal aid lawyers as part of the quality assurance framework for legal aid services provided for under section 91 of the Legal Services Act 2011. The number of audits is set in the annual Ministry of Justice statement of intent. Our target for the 2014-15 financial year was 61 or more audits, and we completed 67. This represents around four percent of the 1,665 lead legal aid lawyers. Lawyers are selected for audit using a statistical...