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  1. Apply for paternity

    ...a paternity test, the costs of DNA testing are usually shared between the mother and the alleged father. If paternity is established, the mother can ask for the full cost to be paid by the father. If you can’t afford this, you might be able to get legal aid to help pay for DNA testing. Find out more about legal aid A man can refuse to have a test, but the court can consider his refusal when examining the evidence. Both the mother and the man, or other applicant, can ask the court to recommend...

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  2. [2022] NZACC 185 — Razek v ACC (27 September 2022) [pdf, 186 KB]

    ...the appellant Mr B Marten for the respondent Judgment: 27 September 2022 ____________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C J McGUIRE [Clause 12 Schedule 1 – Social Rehabilitation “aid or appliance” Accident Compensation Act 2001] ____________________________________________________________________ [1] On 29 June 2021, the District Court allowed an appeal by the appellant. He was granted cover for a treatment inj...

  3. OIA-113556.pdf [pdf, 7.8 MB]

    ...conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials • section 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions • section 9(2)(h) to maintain legal professional privilege If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe Locke at media@justice.govt.nz Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be publishe...

  4. TD v SS & UU [2023) NZDT 318 (20 July 2023) [pdf, 124 KB]

    ...TD’s loss. Although UU was an employee of the company, and his acts on behalf of the company must be attributed to it, there is no reason why UU cannot, if the evidence justifies it, incur liability under s 43(1)(b). He and the company are separate legal persons. Did E Ltd engage in misleading or deceptive conduct? [16] I accept, of course, that TD would not have entered a building contract with E Ltd and paid a deposit to it if he had known that E Ltd would be in liquidation eight...

  5. Wayfinding-for-Civil-Justice-English.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...March 2020 we had the privilege of hosting a workshop in Wellington focusing on civil access to justice. The workshop was attended by a broad group of passionate and knowledgeable advocates for access to civil justice. They came from NGOs, the legal profession, academia, the judiciary, and the public service. Together they inspired the creation of a national strategic framework to guide how we work together to improve access to civil justice in New Zealand. This strategy, Wayfinding...

  6. 221013-Web-Attachment-Wayfinding-for-Civil-Justice-Draft National Strategy.pdf [pdf, 414 KB]

    ...Chellie Spiller, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr and John Panoho Wayfinding Leadership: Groundbreaking Wisdom for Developing Leaders (Huia, Wellington, 2015). 2 PREFACE Between 40 and 63 percent of people in Aotearoa New Zealand will likely experience a legal problem within a two-year period.2 These problems can cause a range of negative consequences such as stress, anxiety, loss of confidence, fear, financial loss, and health problems. Providing all people with equal access to justice to so...

  7. Ahoy v Henare - Parengarenga 3G Ahu Whenua Trust (2015) 108 Taitokerau MB 66 (108 TTK 66) [pdf, 158 KB]

    ...course when we were closer to a hearing. At the teleconference on 15 June 2015 Mr Reeves raised the question of venue once again. I set out the record in the teleconference of that discussion: Mr Reeves said he was not in a position to progress legal aid as he could not certify the application for legal aid until the question of the venue of the hearing is resolved. This is the first occasion on which Mr Reeves has suggested that he could not take any further steps in progressing...

  8. [2025] NZEmpC 146 RDJ v SGF [pdf, 232 KB]

    ...stage at least, to have been exacerbated by their ex- employer’s failure to comply with orders made against it by the Authority, both in respect of the Authority’s substantive orders and its compliance orders. The plaintiff is in receipt of legal aid. [36] As I have said, useful guidance may be drawn (by analogy) from the High Court Fees Regulations. Those regulations provide that a fee may be waived on the basis of one of the criteria specified in reg 19, that the person is un...

  9. 2015 Ministry of Justice annual report - report in relation to selected non-departmental appropriations [pdf, 329 KB]

    ...APPROPRIATION This appropriation is limited to funding programmes to support Community Law Centres. CONTRIBUTION TO OUTCOMES This appropriation is intended to achieve accessible justice services and a trusted justice system by delivering community legal services to people who lack sufficient means to pay for legal services and, where possible, to prevent problems from escalating to the courts and other parts of the justice system. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES The Ministry contracted with 2...