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1. 2016 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...since 2013 237 HOMES The National Home Safety Service has upgraded Helping 754 family violence victims stay in their homes 10% OF IWI GROUPS HAVE A RECOGNISED MANDATE Deeds of settlements have been signed by 59% of all groups 87% Our services We work with the judiciary to deliver court services for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, 58 District Courts, Environment Court, Employment Court, Coroners Court and Māori Land Court. We support 29 tribunals, authorit...

2. Proactive-release-OIA-review-Aug22.pdf [pdf, 30 MB]

   Hon Kris Faafoi Minister of Justice Proactive release – Briefing: Official Information Act 1982 – report back on targeted engagement and next steps Released: 7 December 2021 Initially released: 22 August 2020 The following documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Justice. The initial release of this information in March 2020 included the Briefing and Attachment to the Briefing (documents 1& 2). The subsequent release in December 2021 included the Submis

3. OIA-124340.pdf [pdf, 6 MB]

   ...summary 2. In December 2023, you directed the Ministry to progress electoral law reform focused on administrative improvements that would speed up the official vote count and support operational and cost efficiencies in the delivery of electoral services. The Ministry proposes you progress these reforms through the EMB. We also recommend you use the EMB to modernise the Electoral Act 1993 (the Electoral Act) and to amend the Constitution Act 1986 to ensure the continuity of government du...

4. [2019] NZEmpC 130 Packwood v ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 494 KB]

   ...Ms Packwood was supported by her family throughout the discussions. The parties were unable to reach agreement at this time, so the Authority Member resumed the investigation. [19] Shortly after this, Ms Packwood received a call on her mobile phone, which she said was from her husband. She asked to take the call, indicating that it related to the parties’ settlement discussions. ANZ, and the Authority Member, agreed to her doing so. She left the hearing room; Mr Deegan said sh...

5. HH v ASC2 LCRO 33 / 2011 (21 December 2011) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...agreement to Ms SX requiring that Mr and Mrs SY settle within 12 working days of the notice. [27] At that time, the matter was brought to the attention of HH. [28] HH advises that on the same day as the settlement notice was received, he telephoned Mr HL of HI Law and left a message for him to call back. Mr HL did not return the call. Nothing was sent in writing to HI Law, in contrast to the email which had been sent on 22 October, confirming that the firm was acting. [29] HH...

6. JR v SW LCRO 91/2014 (27 March 2015) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...Committee Decision [6] On 1 October 2012, JR lodged a complaint against Mr SW with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service. [7] By way of preliminary comment, the complaint recorded that “this is not a complaint as to the quality of the services; notwithstanding that the outcome has left the owners considerably out of pocket”.1 [8] JR’s complaint, as detailed in its lawyer’s initial correspondence, is described as follows: 2 (a) The cost over-run; being the sub...

7. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Fendall [2018] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...this insurance was to cover the practitioner’s inability to work as a lawyer. [38] Ms Dew, on behalf of Ms Fendall submitted that s 7(1)(a) did not apply because the conduct did not occur at a time when Ms Fendall was providing “regulated services”. Ms Dew’s analysis proceeded along the lines of the Tribunal’s analysis of this issue in Orlov at first instance. But it is to be noted that that reasoning was overturned by the High Court on appeal. [39] Ms Dew submitted t...

8. LCRO 112/2024 BA obo DO and YW v NC (30 May 2025) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...Officers) took advice on prospects of appealing the judgment. [5] Mr BA, a lawyer fluent in [Language], instructed Mr NC on behalf of Mr DO and Mr YW. He also supported the Society’s Officers in the filing of their complaint with the Complaints Service, and with advancing an application to review the Committee’s decision. [6] The retainer was one of relatively brief duration. [7] Mr NC was instructed on Friday 8 December 2023. The complaint and the Standards Committee dec...

9. Evaluation of programmes for children under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   Evaluation of Programmes for Children under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 Tania Cargo Fiona Cram of the International Research Institute for Mäori and Indigenous Education Robyn Dixon Deborah Widdowson Vivienne Adair of the Centre for Child and Family Policy Research The University of Auckland January 2002 ii Early Childhood Development, The DoVe Group for Children, and the Whangarei Children's programme providers believe that the programmes operated by them and which are eval

10. LCRO 58/2021 EW v YL (29 October 2021) [pdf, 187 KB]

    ...competent representation to Mrs EW, was determined by the Standards Committee to have constituted unsatisfactory conduct. [77] The Committee’s order that Mr YL refund fees charged to Mrs EW was expressed as compensation for the fact that “the services provided by Mr YL in relation to the sale of the home and the meeting in February 2020 were of limited value to Mrs EW due to Mr YL’s failure to identify the conflict of interest and his failure to protect Mrs EW’s interest i...