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1. Youth Crime Action Plan - summary [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...initiatives to solve problems, and informs the community on youth justice initiatives. YOT composition that reflects best practice The following table lists most of the key people who work with young people who offend. Agency Roles Police Police youth aid officer Youth aid or station sergeant Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Youth justice coordinator Youth justice manager Health Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)/Youth Forensic Services and/or alcohol and other d...

2. Refugee practice standards [pdf, 212 KB]

   for Legal Aid Providers 10 April 2025 7 Responsibilities to clients 1 Providers acting for refugee and protection status claimants must be: 1.1 Aware of and comply with relevant practice notes, including the Refugee Status Unit Practice Note (Refugee and protection status determination) and the Immigration and Protection Tribunal Practice Note 2: Refugee and Protection. 1.2 Informed regarding vulnerabilities affecting refugee claimants, including...

3. [2007] NZEmpC WC 12B/07 Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Ltd v Wilson & Anor [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...alleges that Mr Wilson has breached three terms of his employment agreement by working for an opposition company, misusing confidential information, and soliciting its customers and prospective customers. It also alleges that EC Credit Control has aided and abetted those breaches and seeks a penalty against it. [3] Mr Wilson says that the terms of the restraint of trade in his employment agreement with Credit Consultants were unreasonable but accepts in some regards he...

4. Faleauto v DE LCRO 99/2015 (29 November 2016) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...done”. He submitted that, in the circumstances, publication would be unjust. [11] Mr Faleauto referred to and distinguished two previous adverse professional conduct findings, the first relating to deficiencies in his time recording to support legal aid bills, and the second for not having been sufficiently responsive to an enquiry from his client. He seeks to distinguish both. [12] Mr Faleauto says that his name would be tarnished by publication, his errors were not dishonest...

5. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Arman [2019] NZLCDT 18 [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...was “best lawyer in town”. [16] A fee arrangement of $15,000 for representing WJ if the matter proceeded to jury trial was agreed. Despite the limited income of both Ms O and WJ, Mr Arman did not advise WJ about his ability to apply for legal aid. [17] WJ and Ms O borrowed $5,000 which was paid to Mr Arman in October 2014. No further payments were made after that time. WJ began a series of court appearances in September 2014, but at these appearances Mr Arman was frequent...

6. Pokere v Bodger - Ōuri 1A3 (2023) 466 Aotea MB 120 (466 AOT 120) [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...prompt conclusion to proceedings. This includes a request to enter into mediation which was rejected by the respondents. (e) Counsel undertook the work for the applicant on a pro bono basis and the late Mr Pokere was eligible for special aid. (f) The Court’s role is to facilitate amicable ongoing relationships, with an award of costs causing further strain to those relationships. (g) As to quantum, it is submitted that the amount claimed is excessive and that...

7. Legal aid payments to firms - 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 [pdf, 569 KB]

   ...BARRISTER NAPIER $47,060.08 A K G (TONY) MORGAN WAIPUKURAU $0.00 A M SCEATS GISBORNE $156,977.13 A MOBILE LAWYER - KELLY HENNESSY KAIKOHE $54,505.99 A N GARRETT - BARRISTER CHRISTCHURCH $137,299.44 A S GREIG - BARRISTER CHRISTCHURCH $150,163.26 A W S LEGAL INVERCARGILL $270,356.16 AARIF RASHEED - BARRISTER MANUKAU CITY $103,288.49 AARON DOONEY - BARRISTER WHANGAREI $121,978.70 ABDUL HAFEEZ RASHEED AUCKLAND $42,851.86 ADAM COUCHMAN - BARRISTER AUCKLAND $60,609.27 ADAMS & HORSLEY T...

8. National Standards Committee v Denham [2017] NZLCDT 30 [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...accordingly. Orders 1. The practitioner will be suspended from practice as a barrister and solicitor for a term of three years from 29 September 2017 (s 242(1)(e)). 2. The practitioner is censured in terms of para [42] above. 3. As the practitioner is legally aided there will be no order as to the Standards Committee costs. 4. Section 257 costs are ordered against the New Zealand Law Society in the sum of $12,450.00. 5. We direct that, should the practitioner apply for a pract...

9. The sex industry in New Zealand: a literature review [pdf, 470 KB]

   ...published in March 2005 by the Ministry of Justice P O Box 180 Wellington New Zealand ISBN 0-478-20198-2 3 Foreword In June 2003, the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 repealed existing prostitution-related legislation and created a new legal environment for the sex industry. In order to be able to assess and review the impact of this legislation it is necessary to establish current benchmarks. This literature review was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to prov...

10. Taylor v Orcon Ltd (Costs) [2015] NZHRRT 32 [pdf, 51 KB]

    ...would not have been detailed, cross-referenced to the exhibits and helpful. It was also likely Mr Taylor would not have assembled the core documents appropriately and presented them in the form of a common bundle of documents. Put another way, the legal representation provided by Ms Taylor was of significant assistance not only to Mr Taylor but also to the Tribunal. At the hearing itself the Tribunal was left in no doubt Ms Taylor appeared as counsel, not as “mother”. [17] This le...