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1. Auckland Standards Committee v Comeskey [2010] NZLCDT 19 [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...7(1)(a)(i) of the Act being conduct that occurred at a time when he was providing regulated services and was conduct that would reasonably be regarded by lawyers of good standing as disgraceful or dishonourable in that he rendered a criminal legal aid invoice dated 18 February 2009 charging for services that he was not entitled to charge for. (c) Auckland Section 356 Standards Committee of the New Zealand Law Society charged Mr Comeskey pursuant to the 1982 Act that on or abou...

2. Decisions

   The chairperson of the Tribunal decides which decisions are published online. All information that might identify those involved has been removed. Search for Legal Aid Tribunal decisions

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3. Justice Sector forecast monitoring report quarter ending December 2015 [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...the discrepancies that occur. The two most significant on-going issues are:  The remand prison population remains at a high level, putting pressure on prison capacity. The most recent increase follows the Police focus on family violence.  Legal aid expenditure remains elevated, as forecast. This is due to a combination of causes, including reduced case volume allocated to the Public Defence Service and increased applications for legal aid (in part due to a Police focus on fami...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 151 Nathan Joyce v Silveroaks Group Ltd [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...issued a further Minute indicating that although the draft amended statement of claim contained more information than the original had, it still did not comply with reg 11. The advice that the Court then had was that Ms Nathan-Joyce had applied for legal aid. The Court directed that in these circumstances it would wait, although not for an unlimited period, for advice of the grant or otherwise of legal aid. The Court postponed any requirement for the respondent to respond to the...

5. Mitchell - Pukeroa Oruawhata (2004) 282 Rotorua MB 180 (282 ROT 180) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...DISTRICT Place: Rotorua Present: L R Harvey, Judge Date: 5 August 2004 Application No: A20020006120 Subject: Pukeroa Oruawhata Section: 70, 98, 231, 237, 244/93 Applicant: Te Kiri Whero Mitchell RESERVED DECISION Application for Special Aid By memorandum dated 6 July 2004, following a chambers conference on 25 June 2004 counsel for Te Kiri Whero Mitchell ("the Applicant"), seeks "the Court's assistance" to enable her to participate in these proceed...

6. 2015 Ministry of Justice annual report [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...settlements between the Crown and Māori 75% District Courts 22% Specialist Courts and tribunals 3% Higher Courts Our Public Defence Service, accepted 15,400 new cases. It is New Zealand’s largest law practice We spent $130 million on Legal Aid – helping people who can’t afford a lawyer to get legal advice Our Collections unit is NZ’s largest debt-collection agency. We enforce unpaid infringements, and collected $212 million in court fines and reparations We did...

7. Evaluation of Wellington District Court criminal list pilot [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...3.2 Changes to the process during the pilot 13 4 The impact of the pilot on those involved 15 4.1 Defendants and their support people 15 4.2 The judiciary 16 4.3 The police 17 4.4 Duty solicitors and other lawyers 18 4.5 Court staff 19 4.6 Probation, Legal Services Agency, forensic services and interpreters 20 4.7 Groups providing volunteer services at the court 21 4.8 Waiting times 21 5 Impact of the pilot on court systems and processes 23 5.1 Flow of cases through the court 23 5.2 The physi...

8. OIA-113021.pdf [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...provided to Ministers Thank you for your email of 5 June 2024 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), copies of written advice provided to Ministers. Specifically, you requested: 1. All written advice including briefings, memos, aide memoirs, provided to Ministers on: • funding for responding to gang harm, and advice on banning gang insignia, greater powers to stop gangs associating and giving greater weight to gang membership at sentencing • tougher approaches...

9. Final decisions and responses to family and civil application form

   6 November 2017 The Legal Services Commissioner, Bryre Patchell has published and finalised the new family and civil legal aid application form. The document below includes a summary of the feedback provided by you and our final decisions and details on the implementation date. A message from Bryre is included in the document and in conjunction we want to say thank you to everyone who engaged with the review and who has provided us with feedback throughout this process. A YouTube video is also a...

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10. Factsheet for PDLA Roster [docx, 164 KB]

    Platform Change to the Police Detention Legal Assistance (PDLA) roster The PDLA roster will be published on the Ministry of Justice website from 30 November 2023 [image: X:\Photographs & Images\Logos\All of government\a-o-g_BW.jpg][image: ] Introduction The Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) will be changing the platform where the PDLA roster is hosted and published from 30 November 2023. The purpose of this change is to improve user experience, and effectively manage the roster. Ch...