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1. Audit summary report FINAL [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...were rated acceptable or above, reflecting the high quality of service provided to legal aid clients. In their analysis, auditors identified 5 main practice themes: 1. Client outcomes 2. Communication and meeting the needs of clients and other justice system users 3. Quality of legal advice and representation 4. Value for money 5. Office systems and record-keeping practices that support the lawyer’s business Audits that were ranked excellent or very good maintained a consiste...

2. Audit summary report [pdf, 609 KB]

   ...were rated acceptable or above, reflecting the high quality of service provided to legal aid clients. In their analysis, auditors identified 5 main practice themes: 1. Client outcomes 2. Communication and meeting the needs of clients and other justice system users 3. Quality of legal advice and representation 4. Value for money 5. Office systems and record-keeping practices that support the lawyer’s business Audits that were rated excellent or very good maintained a consisten...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 162 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...exercised judicially and according to principle. I note two key principles. There must be evidence before the Court justifying the exercise of the discretion. The overriding consideration in the exercise of the discretion must be the interests of justice. [5] In Assured Financial Peace Ltd v Pais, 6 Chief Judge Colgan referred to reg 64 of the Employment Court Regulations 2000 (the Regulations) which is the provision granting power to the Authority and the Court to order a stay...

4. EC COVID-19 Protocol - All Alert Levels 6 September 2021 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...September 2021 This protocol replaces the COVID-19 protocol issued on 28 August 2021 and applies from 11.59 pm on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Regions under Alert Level 4 The following paragraphs apply to any regions under Alert Level 4. 1. All new matters will continue to be referred to a Judge and will be prioritised in the usual way. Parties are reminded of the ability to apply for urgency under cl 21 of sch 3 to the Employment Relations Act 2000. Any application should be...

5. Z v Secretary for Justice [2023] NZRA 001 (28 March 2023) [pdf, 306 KB]

   REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND [2023] NZRA 001 Applicant: Z Respondent: Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 28 March 2023 ___________________________________________________________________ DECISION ___________________________________________________________________ The Secretary’s Decision [1] In a decision dated 30 November 2022, the Secretary for Justice (“the Secretary”) declined approval of the Applicant as a Lead Provider of criminal le...

6. Establishing a Criminal Cases Review Commission - Redacted [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...prerogative powers to grant a pardon and remit a sentence. That is because those powers are delegated by the Queen to the Governor-General in the Letters Patent. However, as use of these powers has already been largely eclipsed by the power to refer a matter back to the courts, in practice the independent body would take over responsibility for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice. A fresh convention would develop where any applicants for a pardon would be directed instead to the...

7. R v Secretary for Justice [2024] NZRA 001 (23 February 2024) [pdf, 240 KB]

   REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND [2024] NZRA 001 Applicant: R Respondent: Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 23 February 2024 ___________________________________________________________________ DECISION ___________________________________________________________________ Application for Approval as Provider of Criminal Legal Aid Services [1] On 13 September 2023, the Applicant applied to the Secretary for Justice (“the Secretary”) for approval to...

8. Māori and Tauiwi have different concepts of justice

   Through historical and more recent conversations, attention has focused on the different nature of justice in Māori and Tauiwi societies. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa New Zealand, for a thousand years Māori had developed well-established social structures, and systems of accepted rules and conventions by which their societies were regulated and governed. Commonly referred to as ‘tikanga’, these rules and conventions related to all aspects of communal life including, for ex...

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9. [2015] NZEmpC 114 TGP v TFE and SDI and TDI [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...going to be opposed by the defendant, the Court nevertheless needs to give consideration to the wider public interest issue in respect of the challenge. In particular there needs to be a balancing exercise between the fundamental principle of open justice and whether the public has a legitimate interest in knowing the identity of the parties against whether the circumstances put forward by the plaintiff support and justify an exception to that fundamental principle. That is always...

10. RIS Criminal Cases Review Commission [pdf, 497 KB]

    ...procedures to provide the CCRC with the flexibility to adapt to the environment. However, this does to some extent limit analysis as these processes, policies and procedures cannot be analysed. There have been assumptions made about the following matters: Increase in application numbers • Our estimates for the volume of applications the CCRC will receive are based on the experience of other countries.1 As a result, the analysis has been carried out on the assumption that there...