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1. BORA Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) [pdf, 209 KB]

   Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) 13 October 2011 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: STATUTES AMENDMENT BILL (NO 3) 1. In accordance with current arrangements, we have considered the non-Justice items in the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) (PCO 15279/2.1) (‘the Bill’) for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). The Crown Law Office has considered the Justice items in the Bill....

2. Regulatory Impact Statement harmful digital communications [pdf, 56 KB]

     Regulatory Impact Statement Harmful Digital Communications Agency disclosure statement This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options to address harmful digital communications by:  Changes to existing legislation to ensure it responds appropriately to this behaviour and covers technological advances.  New civil enforcement regime to deal with harmful digital communications. In August 2012 the Law C...

3. Electoral-Amendment-Bill-Supplementary-Order-Paper-Final.pdf [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...paper 25 August 2022 4. Electoral Amendment Bill – Supplementary Order Paper Cabinet Minute LEG-22-MIN-0148 Cabinet Office 1 September 2022 Release in full Proa cti ve R ele as e In Confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair, Cabinet Legislation Committee Electoral Amendment Bill – Supplementary Order Paper Proposal 1 This paper seeks approval for two amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill (the Bill) to be made through a Supplementary Order...

4. [2010] NZEMPC 144 Gilbert v Transfield Services (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 37 KB]

   GILBERT V TRANSFIELD SERVICES (NZ) LTD CHCH 28 October 2010 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2010] NZEMPC 144 CRC 25/10 IN THE MATTER OF application for leave to file challenge out of time BETWEEN DEREK WAYNE GILBERT Applicant AND TRANSFIELD SERVICES (NEW ZEALAND) LTD Respondent Hearing: By submissions filed by the plaintiff on 2 August and the defendant on 16 August 2010 Judgment: 28 October 2010 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS [1] The...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 143 Granger v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND AND BETWEEN AND AND Before: Judge J E Borthwick Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 143 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application for recall pursuant to s 278 of the Act and Rule 11 .9 District Court Rules 2014 of an application for rehearing pursuant to s 294 of the Act GRAEME GRANGER, CRAIG WERNER, HAMISH FORRESTER, KATRINA BERKENBUSCH, MEGAN BARDELL, TOM MYERS (ENV-2017-CHC-0...

6. BORA Customs and Excise (Joint Border Management Information Sharing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill [pdf, 191 KB]

   Customs and Excise (Joint Border Management Information Sharing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 20 August 2010 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (JOINT BORDER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SHARING AND OTHER MATTERS) AMENDMENT BILL 1. We have considered whether the Customs and Excise (Joint Border Management Information Sharing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (PCO 14634/7.0) (“the Bill”) is consistent with t...

7. BORA Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill [pdf, 25 KB]

   ...particular case; and 4. The effectiveness of the intrusion in protecting the interests put forward to justify those limits." This passage emphasises that the assessment under s 5 BORA must be a nuanced and context-specific one. 7. Ministry of Justice officials have indicated that the Government considers that a move to legalising the ability of lawyers and conveyancers to participate in MDPs would be inappropriate and contrary to the public interest at this time. Officials have...

8. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Taranaki 5 May 2018 [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...TĀTOU – OUR PATH AHEAD CROWN/MĀORI RELATIONS HUI NOTES Date of hui: 5 May 2018 Venue: Owae Marae, Waitara Attendees: Approx. 60 hui participants Hon Kelvin Davis, Minister for Crown/Māori Relations Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Justice / Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Adrian Rurawhe MP for Te Tai Hauāuru Crown Facilitator, Te Rau Kupenga Officials from: • the Crown/Māori Relations Roopū, Te Tāhū o te Ture/ Ministry of Justice • Te Puni K...

9. Savage v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late appeal to the District Court) [2022] NZACC 243 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...then his position suffers a radical change. Whereas previously he was in a position to appeal as of right, he now becomes an applicant for a grant of an indulgence by the Court. The onus rests on him to satisfy that in all the circumstances the justice of the case requires that he be given the opportunity to attack the judgment from which he wishes to appeal. [7] In Almond v Read,2 Arnold J (for the Supreme Court) outlined the following principles to guide the exercise of the di...

10. Smart v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late appeal to the District Court) [2022] NZACC 242 [pdf, 152 KB]

    ...then his position suffers a radical change. Whereas previously he was in a position to appeal as of right, he now becomes an applicant for a grant of an indulgence by the Court. The onus rests on him to satisfy that in all the circumstances the justice of the case requires that he be given the opportunity to attack the judgment from which he wishes to appeal. [6] In Almond v Read,2 Arnold J (for the Supreme Court) outlined the following principles to guide the exercise of the di...