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1. BORA Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Amendment Bill [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013 (‘the Act’) to establish a Technical Advisory Board to provide expert assistance and advice to the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act. 3. The Bill proposes that any matters requiring the Minister to exercise his or her discretion or prescribe an additional area of specified security interest must first be referred to the Technical Advisory Board for analysis and recommendations. 4. We have conclud...

2. BORA Sustainable Biofuel Bill [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...following: This advice was prepared to assist the Attorney-General to determine whether a report should be made to Parliament under s 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 in relation to the Taxation (Consequential Rate Alignment and Remedial Matters) Bill. It should not be used or acted upon for any other purpose. The advice does no more than assess whether the Bill complies with the minimum guarantees contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. The release of this advice sho...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 72  FDE v UWV [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...satisfied that alternative arrangements for representation could realistically be made. I also considered that prejudice to the defendant could appropriately be addressed by way of costs. Accordingly I considered that it was in the broader interests of justice to grant the application. [4] The hearing was adjourned, costs reserved, and the Registrar was directed to liaise with counsel to schedule a further date for hearing in Auckland as soon as can conveniently be arranged....

4. [2016] NZEmpC 116 Owen v Chief Executive of the Dept of Corrections [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...decision of the Court. As Judge Couch pointed out in Howard v Carter Holt Harvey Packaging Ltd, 2 lack of opposition does not necessarily mean that the application ought to be granted. The Court must be satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so. That involves consideration of factors other than simply the respondent’s attitude to it, and includes matters such as the extent to the delay, the explanation for it and the potential merits of the proposed challenge....

5. BORA Law Reform (Epidemic Preparedness) Bill [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...to an adequate determining principle or without following proper procedures.”2 For this reason, arbitrariness should not be equated with “against the law”, but should be interpreted more broadly to include elements of inappropriateness, injustice and lack of predictability. 32. Applying these standards to the present case, we consider that new section 97B clearly sets out the circumstances in which the power may be used and who may affect the detention. The ability to detai...

6. Auckland District Law Society v Dorbu [2010] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 217 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL Decision No: [2010] NZLCDT 9 LCDT 026/09, 04/09 IN THE MATTER of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 BETWEEN AUCKLAND DISTRICT LAW SOCIETY Applicant AND JOHN DORBU Respondent CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Ms J Gray Ms C Rowe Ms M Scholtens QC Mr W Smith HEARING at AUCKLAND on 9-13 and 16-20 November 2009...

7. OIA-107708.pdf [pdf, 2.2 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 7 November 2023 Our ref: OIA 107708 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Identification for voting Thank you for your email of 10 October 2023 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1989 (the Act), about voter identification. Specifically, you requested: “… any policy advice and/or reasoning for not requir...

8. Cooper v Standards Committee LCRO 280/2013, 281/2013, 324/2013, 325/2013, 34/2014, 118/2014 (17 April 2015) [pdf, 406 KB]

   ...interests.”10 [12] The Judge recorded that Mr YE did not appear on the day scheduled for his defended hearing, and Mr Cooper handed up what the Judge considered to be a plainly inadequate medical certificate for Mr YE. The Judge stood the matter down, but when it was recalled neither Mr YE nor Mr Cooper was present, although Mr Cooper had not been excused by the Court. In the circumstances, the case proceeded, in the absence of lawyer and client, by way of formal proof. The C...

9. Mercury NZ Ltd v Cairns - Pouakani River Bed (2022) 277 Waiariki MB 174 (277 WAR 174) [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...not apply, the Crown had instead gained title to the riverbed at Pouakani through the ad medium filum aquae (to the middle line of the river) presumption and, if so, whether this breached legally enforceable obligations to Pouakani hapū. Chief Justice Elias, in her decision, noted that the status of the riverbed is undetermined and may be investigated by the Māori Land Court to establish whether it continues as unextinguished customary land. [8] The Pouakani applicants filed their...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 228 Ashby v NIWA Vessel Management Ltd [pdf, 173 KB]

    ...recovering any costs to which it may be due, no evidence was given as to any particular injurious effect NIWA might suffer if there is no order for security for costs. [12] On balance, I am not satisfied that this is a case in which the interests of justice require security for costs to be paid and no order is made. [13] Costs are reserved. J C Holden Judge Judgment signed at 2 pm on 15 December 2020 3 Ashby v NIWA Vessel Management Ltd [2020] NZE...