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1. Ministry-of-Justice-Annual-Report-2021-22.pdf [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...representation. We develop justice policy - advising on legislation and supporting our Ministers. We support and manage the Public Defence Service (PDS) – New Zealand’s largest criminal law practice. We carry out criminal conviction history checks. We processed 443,794 requests in 2021/22. We collect fines, reparations, infringements, and civil and legal aid debt. We collected over $165.5M in fines in 2021/22. We monitor the performance of seven Crown Entities. We publish t...

2. NZCASS: the experience of e-crime findings from the 2006 survey [pdf, 230 KB]

   THE EXPERIENCE OF E–CRIME FINDINGS FROM THE NEW ZEALAND CRIME & SAFETY SURVEY 2006 This research was commissioned by the Research, Evaluation and Modelling Unit of the Ministry of Justice. The report has been prepared by the authors and the views expressed in it are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry. Published in December 2007 by the Ministry of Justice, PO Box 180, Wellington, New Zealand © Crown Copyright ISBN 978-0-478-29042-X

3. [2010] NZEmpC 80 Willis v Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...plaintiff heading towards an area in which the plaintiff did not usually work. Mr Clement suspected that the plaintiff had found an area to get out of work. On 8 February Mr Clement decided to go into that area to confirm or deny his suspicions. He checked under “Powder 4 milk silos” and while doing so found the plaintiff sitting underneath silo 3, playing games on his mobile phone. The plaintiff claimed that he was carrying out silo agitator checks, but the agitators are no...

4. [2012] NZEmpC 161 O Hagan v Waitomo Adventures Ltd [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...standards expected of a chartered accountant. The 27 May meeting concluded with Mr Andreef saying that he would respond to Mr O’Hagan’s exit proposals. Following events [34] Mr Andreef says that, as a result of Mr O’Hagan’s claim, he checked the company’s financial arrangements and he was surprised to find that Mr O’Hagan had made a number of payments to himself which Mr Andreef considered to be inappropriate. Included in these payments were payments to Coral...

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

   ...extent to which Mr Comeskey misled the Court of Appeal. - 12 - [35] Mr Comeskey’s evidence was to the effect that he had only looked at the backpack, briefly, in the witness room before court started on the day in question, in order to check the appearance and smell of the placebo, not in relation to the issue of whether all the equipment could fit into the backpack. This, he contends, is because that issue had not arisen at that stage, and really did not arise until the Cro...

6. LCRO 188/2018 KB v WQ and LT (22 January 2021) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...extent that his submission identifies conduct complaints directly engaging Mr WQ and Mr LT, Mr KB submits that the lawyers: (a) had an obligation to ensure that their clients were conducting legal transactions; and 4 (b) were obliged to check and verify that their client was in a position to proceed with the development proposal which was being marketed on a clear representation that the developers had title to land, and resource consents in place, to allow construction to p...

7. [2022] NZIACDT 29 - EQ v McCarthy (19 December 2022) [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...needed (being originals or certified copies). [14] Mr McCarthy then sent the form, presumably completed as far as he could, to the complainant on 29 January 2020. He set a target date of 20 February for having everything together for a final check, before being couriered to him. 1 Email X to the Authority (14 March 2022). 2 Statement of reply (9 September 2022), Attachment I. 4 [15] The complainant sent an email to Mr McCarthy on 9 April 2020 stating that the fami...

8. [2016] NZEmpC 175 Wikaira v The Chief Executive of Department of Corrections [pdf, 767 KB]

   IONA WIKAIRA v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 175 [20 December 2016] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 175 EMPC 13/2016 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN IONA WIKAIRA Plaintiff AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Defendant Hearing: 15 August 2016 (at Auckland), 23 and 24 August 2016 (at

9. Practice note: Family Court caseflow management [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...support, a certificate of disclosure signed by the lawyer acting (where applicable), and information sheets (as required by r 20(1)(d) and r 308). The applicant is to identify whether a protected persons programme is sought. 8.3 The Registrar is to check compliance with the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and the Rules if an application is made by a representative. 8.4 If without notice, the case is to be referred immediately to a duty Judge (via facsimile or email if necessary) with detail...

10. 2022 archive

    This is the What's new for legal aid lawyers archive for news items from 2022. For current news items, please see the main What's new for legal aid lawyers section. Updated Legal Aid Outcomes of Budget 2022 Annual Report - Legal aid payments published Post Implementation Review - Improving the Legal Aid Provider Experience - Survey Reminder FLAS audit results Post Implementation Review - Improving the Legal Aid Provider Experience Ministry of Justice to begin distributing Christchurch mental he

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