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1. Justice Sector Outlook March 2016 [pdf, 682 KB]

   ...10-year limit on monitoring of child sex offenders after the end of prison sentences and allowed for deferral of parole hearings. The eventual estimated change in the prison population is +100. • Bail Amendment Act 2014. The intended focus of this legislation was to increase the likelihood of custodial remand for serious and repeat offenders committing specified offences. The impact has actually spread across a wider range of offences, with remand rates increasing in less serious offen...

2. Supplementary advice on proposed Criminal Cases Review Commission model - Redacted [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...2004, including in relation to its statement of intent and statement of performance expectations. The only directions to which it would be subject are whole of government directions or any specific powers of direction that were inserted into its own legislation. We do not propose that any such powers of direction would be included. 17. To minimise compliance costs we propose the CCRC should be exempted from preparing a Statement of Intent. We will also consult further with the State Se...

3. OIA-98262.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Amendent-Bill-Political-Donations-FINAL2.pdf This document contains Te Tiriti o Waitangi discussion relevant to your request. See in particular, page 26, paragraph 54. 28/7/2022 Proactive release - Electoral (Maori Electoral Publicly available here: Option) Legislation Billi justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Electoral-Maori-Electoral- OptionFINAL.pdf This document contains Te Tiriti o Waitangi discussion relevant to your request. See in particular, pages 32, 49, 57-58, 60,...

4. OIA-121293.pdf [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...Legal Documents Held by the Ministry of Justice • Any final policy documents, briefing papers, Cabinet papers, or internal discussion documents prepared by or for the Ministry of Justice that relate to the definition of consent in sexual offence legislation, or affirmative consent. • Any legal advice received by the Ministry regarding the viability or implications of law reform relating to consent, including any review of international legal models (e.g. affirmative consent frameworks...

5. Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Lawyers-Practice-Rules-Amendment-Regulations-2022FINAL.pdf [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Practice Rules) Amendment Regulations 2022 Cabinet Minute Cabinet Office Meeting Date: 8 December 2022 Released in full. I N C O N F I D E N C E In Confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair, Cabinet Legislation Committee LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS ACT (LAWYERS: PRACTICE RULES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2022: APPROVAL FOR INTRODUCTION Proposal 1 This paper seeks authorisation for the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Practice Rules)...

6. Proactive-Release_Electoral-Expenditure-Limits-Order-2025.pdf [pdf, 443 KB]

   ...Justice Released in full 2 Electoral (Expenditure Limits) Order 2025Cabinet Minute CAB 25-MIN-0175 Cabinet Office 26 May 2025 Released in full. I N C O N F I D E N C E In Confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair, Cabinet Legislation Committee Order in Council: Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025 Proposal 1 I recommend that the Cabinet Legislation Committee approves the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025 for submission to the Executive Co...

7. [2022] NZACC 92 - Carey v ACC (18 May 2022) [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...application for review of the 2003 decision. On 15 June 2017, the Reviewer found that the medical evidence then available established that Mr Carey’s treatment in May 1978 met the criteria for cover under the medical mishap provisions of applicable legislation. 3 [9] On 29 June 2017, Mr Carey advised the Corporation that he wished to claim for weekly compensation. [10] On 15 August 2017, the Corporation issued a decision declining backdated weekly compensation, noting th...

8. Justice Sector Prison population forecast 2015 to 2025 [pdf, 346 KB]

   ...forecast at a different point in the year, and over the course of a year all components of the forecast are updated. The next prison forecast will appear in or around December 2016. This timetable may be adjusted if there is a need to accommodate new legislative or operational initiatives. 3. Summary of environment The forecast has been prepared following the usual approach, looking at trends in prosecutions, in how those prosecutions are resolved, and in how the resulting sentence...

9. FVSV e-Update December 2019 [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...Resilience: A new way of working with providers to help people live violence-free • Police: Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke ki Ōtepoti (WNPH) was officially launched in Dunedin • News snapshots • Submissions are open for the Sexual Violence Legislation Bill • Your national centre for research and information on family and whānau violence • Further information and support Update from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Domestic and Sexual Violence) Jan...

10. BX v W Ltd [2023] NZDT 709 (21 December 2023) [pdf, 117 KB]

    ...not liable to refund the applicant’s tickets because it entered voluntary administration in April 2020. The respondent was restructured by a deed of company arrangement (DOCA) which is binding on all creditors under an [Country] statute, [foreign legislation. Schedule 6 of the DOCA sets out the Future Flight Credits Policy (FFCP). The DOCA states that customers with bookings made prior to the voluntary administration would not receive refunds for cancelled bookings. Instead, the responde...