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1. 2024 NZPSPLA 017 [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...living. [2] During his investigation Mr PI spoke to people who lived near Mr TR and to his property manager. Mr TR claims that Mr PI is guilty of misconduct or unsatisfactory conduct by wrongfully telling people he was employed by the Ministry of Justice so he could obtain information about him. He also says that Mr PI provided confidential, but false information about him to third parties. [3] I referred the complaint to the Complaints Investigation and Prosecution Unit (CIPU) for...

2. 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...

3. [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...

4. 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...

5. FT v NSC LCRO 259 / 2010 (21 October 2011) [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...Background [1] On 18 December 2009 Justice Randerson wrote in his then capacity as Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand to the President of the New Zealand Law Society. This is the same letter as is referred to in LCRO 260/2010 and the two matters overlap significantly, arising as they do from this letter. [2] The purpose of the letter was to acquaint the President or the relevant body of the actions of FT and another lawyer with regard to a series of complaints that they had

6. 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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7. Takamore v Tawhara - Waioeka Papakāinga 25 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 436 [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...appellants now appeal, arguing in simple terms that Judge Wara should not have heard the application and even if she was right to hear it, there was a clear basis to adjourn the application and she failed to do so, breaching principles of natural justice and failing to adhere to tikanga. [3] The appeal relates to the Waioeka Papakāinga 25 (Marae) Māori Reservation which was set apart over Waioeka Papakāinga 25 (Marae) block for the purpose of a meeting place for the common use a...

8. 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...

9. Final Env-Reg-Report-2023-24 [pdf, 448 KB]

   ...years leaves a rich legacy. There were no new Environment Commissioner appointments over the 2023/24 year. 1.3 The Court Registry The Environment Court’s registry falls within the Operations Service Delivery Group of the Ministry of Justice. The Manager Justice Services for the Environment Court holds the position of Registrar of the Environment Court and has reporting and budgetary responsibilities to the Regional Manager Northern, within the Operations and Service Delive...

10. Family justice journey diagram [pdf, 539 KB]

    ...do. Option to get a court order While there, he learns that he and Jayne can apply to have the plan formalised as a court order (made enforceable by the Family Court). Complete court forms He downloads the court forms from the family justice website and he and Jayne complete them. They both head down to the Family Court to file them. File court forms A court official receives the application and checks it, along with the affidavit and the completed parenting pla...