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   On this page: About civil claims Deciding who will speak for you in court Overview of process Going to court About civil claims A civil claim involves formal legal action in a court against a person or organisation. You can make a claim after you’ve tried other ways to sort out a dispute but haven’t been successful. Find out more about resolving a dispute without going to court Once a claim is filed in court, the person who made the claim is known as the plaintiff. The person who the clai...

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2. Taurua v Harawira - Te Tii Waitangi A [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 328 (2017 APPEAL 328) [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...raised and it is necessary to place this appeal in context. Procedural History [2] On 11 November 2015, Ngāti Kawa Aramiha Taituha applied to appoint three trustees and to remove Hinewhare Harawira as a trustee. The application for removal was said to be in accordance with a Special General Meeting held on 28 March 2015 and an Annual General Meeting held on 31 November 2015. [3] At that time, there were several other applications before the Court relating to this Marae raising...

3. AC v Secretary for Justice 22 August 2014 NZRA 000003 [pdf, 42 KB]

   ...June 2014, The Secretary for Justice (“the Secretary”) declined approval of the Applicant as a Lead Provider for proceedings in the Waitangi Tribunal 2. The Secretary decided that the Applicant did not meet the criteria for approval under the Legal Services Act 2011 and the Legal Services (Quality Assurance) Regulations 2011 as a provider for the reason that “the issue of the applicant’s skill in cross-examination before the Tribunal outweigh the other factors in his favour”....

4. MOJ Proactive release Regina v Tarrant Costs 23 February 2021 [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...data $75 per household for victims who could not attend the sentencing court event and were participating via livestream to assist with data https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/news-and-media/news/extension-to-victim-assistance-scheme/ Legal Costs On 13 July 2020, the Court granted the defendant’s application to represent himself, meaning his lawyer no longer represented him from that date. Any person has the right to represent themselves in court. Minute of Justice Mande...

5. MOJ-Proactive-release-Regina-v-Tarrant-Costs-30-October-2020.pdf [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...data $75 per household for victims who could not attend the sentencing court event and were participating via livestream to assist with data https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/news-and-media/news/extension-to-victim-assistance-scheme/ Legal Costs On 13 July 2020, the Court granted the defendant’s application to represent himself, meaning his lawyer no longer represented him from that date. Any person has the right to represent themselves in court. Minute of Justice Mande...

6. LCRO 134/2019 NM v LL (23 October 2020) [pdf, 207 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2020] NZLCRO 201 Ref: LCRO 134/2019 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN NM Applicant AND LL Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed Introduction [1] Mr NM...

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

   ...entitled Initial Briefing on the Royal Prerogative of Mercy. n/a Discuss the content of this briefing with officials. n/a Contacts for telephone discussion (if required) Name Position Telephone First contact (work) (a/h) Jeff Orr Chief Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel 04 494 9755 Ruth Fairhall Deputy Secretary, Policy 04 498 2399 Minister’s office to complete Noted Approved Overtaken by events Referred to: Seen Withdrawn Not seen by Mini...

8. OIA-118936.pdf [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...• section 9(2)(a) - to protect privacy of natural persons. • section 9(2)(f)(iv) - to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials; and • section 9(2)(h) - to maintain legal professional privilege. In withholding information under section 9 of the Act, the Ministry has considered the public interest and does not consider that it outweighs withholding the information at this time. Please note that this resp...

9. Legal aid payments to legal aid firms - 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 [pdf, 567 KB]

   ...BARRISTER HAMILTON 51,414.60 A J TAUNT - BARRISTER NAPIER 79,842.41 A M SCEATS GISBORNE 86,315.17 A Mobile Lawyer - Kelly Hennessy Nelson 55,520.40 A N GARRETT - BARRISTER CHRISTCHURCH 170,616.84 A S GREIG - BARRISTER CHRISTCHURCH 113,322.40 A W S LEGAL INVERCARGILL 281,509.35 Aarif Rasheed - Barrister MANUKAU CITY 72,709.58 AARON DOONEY - BARRISTER Whangarei 111,461.07 Abdul Hafeez Rasheed Auckland 31,163.78 Adam Couchman - Barrister AUCKLAND 53,185.27 Adams & Horsley TAURANGA 7...

10. [2007] NZEmpC AC 15/07 Gates v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 35 KB]

    ...proceedings due to the plaintiff’s conduct. It is also asserted that the challenge is unmeritorious. There have indeed been considerable delays, largely occasioned by the issue of whether the plaintiff was going to pursue her application for legal aid. It was not until January this year that the plaintiff advised that she was not going to proceed with her application for legal aid so that this application for security could then be set down for hearing. [6] The reasons for th...