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1. Smith v Bristowe - Succession to Eruera Pereto [2023] Chief Judges Minute Book 39 (2023CJ 39) [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...Registrar, cancel or amend the 2023 Chief Judge's MB 53 order or certificate of confirmation or make such other order or issue such certificate of confirmation as, in the opinion of the Chief Judge, is necessary in the interests of justice to remedy the mistake or omission. [35] Principles established by the Māori Appellate Court to be applied in determining s 45 applications were summarised in Ashwell – Rawinia or Lavina Ashwell (nee Russell) as follows:13 (a) When...

2. PD v SC LCRO 75/2015 (30 November 2015) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...motion inquiry. Background [2] The Complaints Service resolved, after receiving a confidential report under 2.8 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules), to initiate an own motion inquiry into matters involving Mr PD. [3] On the 13 March 2015, the Complaints Service advised Mr PD that: (a) A Standards Committee had concluded that it had jurisdiction to inquire into conduct matters involving Mr PD which arose prior to 1 August...

3. Characteristics-of-children-and-young-people-who-offend_v1.0.pdf [pdf, 446 KB]

   ...did not have any offending events in 2022/23. Methods This analysis uses data provided by Stats NZ in the Integrated Data Infrastructure and has been conducted with high confidentiality standards. The analysis was undertaken by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with other agencies. In 2022/2023, there were 518,000 non-offending children and young people, 5,235 children and young people with non-serious non-persistent offending behaviour and 1,081 children and young people w...

4. Combined jurisdiction legal aid form submissions and decisions [pdf, 984 KB]

   ............................................................................................................................ 7 New version of form ........................................................................................................ 8 1 Introduction Legal aid covers a wide range of matters that may go to court such as criminal charges, orders for parenting arrangements and resolving employment or ACC disputes. After the success of the family an...

5. LCRO 140/2016 and 153/2016 BF v ZL (21 February 2019) [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...the holding company of [CAB] and a substantial creditor of that company, and for [CAB] itself. He then acted for [CAB] and for [FAR Limited] without ensuring that [CAB] took independent advice. Rules 2 and 2.4 Rule of law and administration of justice 2 A lawyer is obliged to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice. 2.1 The overriding duty of a lawyer is as an officer of the court. 2.2 A lawyer must not attempt to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defea...

6. MOJ0058 Disputes Tribunal booklet JAN23 [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...0800 2 AGREE (0800 224 733) during business hours • For disputes about Government agencies or Councils go to the Ombudsman (www.ombudsman. parliament.nz/) • For undisputed debts, use the debt recovery processes of the District Court (www.justice.govt.nz) • For civil claims not in jurisdiction, file a Notice of Claim in the District Court (www.justice.govt.nz) • For claims over $30,000.00, you will need to either reduce your claim to come to the Disputes Tribunal or take...

7. MOJ0058_Disputes-Tribunal-booklet_JUN24_WEB.pdf [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...0800 2 AGREE (0800 224 733) during business hours • For disputes about Government agencies or Councils go to the Ombudsman (www.ombudsman. parliament.nz/) • For undisputed debts, use the debt recovery processes of the District Court (www.justice.govt.nz) • For civil claims not in jurisdiction, file a Notice of Claim in the District Court (www.justice.govt.nz) • For claims over $30,000.00, you will need to either reduce your claim to come to the Disputes Tribunal or take...

8. T Ltd v G Ltd [2024] NZDT 519 (2 July 2024) [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...$30,000.00. It claimed its losses were between $150,000.00 and $200,000.00. T Ltd acknowledged the monetary jurisdiction of the Disputes Tribunal and waived its right to anything over $30,000.00. 8. After the filing of this claim, but before the matter was scheduled for hearing, G Ltd was placed into liquidation. The Tribunal was advised by TI of G Ltd that the company was solvent. After an adjournment, the liquidator, CI of [Insolvency Company] confirmed that he consented to this m...

9. [2024] NZEmpC 115 VGM v JXC [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...defendant’s costs if it is unsuccessful in this proceeding. [19] The plaintiff submits that the proposal creates an appropriate balance reflecting the costs for the defendant in this application being filed, while perceiving the plaintiff’s access to justice. It submits that, in those circumstances, the proposal is fair and in accordance with justice. [20] The evidence before the Court is that the plaintiff faces other substantial liabilities. Specifically, the Authority h...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 42 Soundhomes NZ Ltd v Doughty [pdf, 245 KB]

    ...second, third or fourth respondents’ control. She says that while the respondents have complied with the last aspect of that order, they have not complied with the first part. She seeks a direction that they do so. [31] In order to move matters forward, Mr Donovan has adopted a helpfully pragmatic approach. The disputed documents have been provided to the applicant’s expert witness, Ms Johnstone, on a without prejudice basis and with the agreement that such documents would...