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1. Legal Aid Practice Standards Feb 17. [pdf, 526 KB]

   ...money is paid into the lawyer/firm’s trust account. 20 24.5 Before distributing proceeds of proceedings or assisting a legally aided person to dispose of any property subject to a change in favour of the Commissioner, at a minimum: 24.5.1 check with the managing Legal Aid Office to ascertain the status of the client’s legal aid debt, if any; 24.5.2 check whether deductions need to be made from the proceeds of proceedings or from the proceeds of the sale or transfer of th...

2. Practice Standards for Legal Aid Lawyer (2016) [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...money is paid into the lawyer/firm’s trust account. 20 24.5 Before distributing proceeds of proceedings or assisting a legally aided person to dispose of any property subject to a change in favour of the Commissioner, at a minimum: 24.5.1 check with the managing Legal Aid Office to ascertain the status of the client’s legal aid debt, if any; 24.5.2 check whether deductions need to be made from the proceeds of proceedings or from the proceeds of the sale or transfer of th...

3. BORA Criminal Record (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill [pdf, 8.6 MB]

   ...offences to remain on a person's criminal history perpetuates the stigma that those convictions carry. A person can be further disadvantaged if the person is required to disclose the person's convic- tion or it appears on a criminal history check. A conviction can limit opportunities to obtain employment. Other jurisdictions, including in the United Kingdom and Aus- tralia, have responded to this issue by introducing schemes to allow people to have their convictions expunged....

4. Legal Aid Practice Standards [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...money is paid into the lawyer/firm’s trust account. 20 24.5 Before distributing proceeds of proceedings or assisting a legally aided person to dispose of any property subject to a change in favour of the Commissioner, at a minimum: 24.5.1 check with the managing Legal Aid Office to ascertain the status of the client’s legal aid debt, if any; 24.5.2 check whether deductions need to be made from the proceeds of proceedings or from the proceeds of the sale or transfer of th...

5. CW v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for cover for mental injury) [2025] NZACC 057 (7 April 2025) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...diagnosis of arachnoiditis, which they described as “best explained” as “potentially a functional neurological disorder or PTSD.” CW reported she was unconscious for two hours and “he [Dr Orr] almost lost her”. This recall is not checked against Mr Orr’s report. [64] The Court observes the joint assessment appears rushed with CW’s name incorrectly stated in a number of places throughout the report. The reference to “our preferred version of events” suggests ot...

6. E92 Joe Phillips - Traffic and Transportation - RE – Applicant [pdf, 14 MB]

   31050383_2.docx BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ENV-2018-AKL-000078 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND IN THE MATTER of the direct referral of applications for resource consent for the necessary infrastructure and related activities associated with holding the America's Cup in Auckland BETWEEN PANUKU DEVELOPMENT AUCKLAND Applicant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Regulatory Authority REBUTTAL EVIDE

7. Adoption Law Reform Targeted Engagement Report [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   TARGETED ENGAGEMENT: ADOPTION LAW REFORM REPORT Final Report Hāpaitia te ara tika pūmau ai te rangatiratanga mō ngā uri whakatipu. Foster the pathway of knowledge to strength, independence, and growth for future generations. 8 December 2021 Commercial In Confidence CONTENTS Preface 7 Dedication page 1 Introduction and Background 2 Aotearoa New Zealand’s adoption laws no longer reflect our society’s values, cultural expectations, or international best practice 2

8. Regulatory Impact Statement: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   1 Regulatory Impact Statement: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime Agency Disclosure Statement 1. This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. The RIS provides an analysis of options to enhance and extend New Zealand’s anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Previous decisions have limited the scope of the options considered 2

9. Taylor v Corrections [2018] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...member’s privacy). More critically, MST staff are not in a position to be aware of situations where there might be an iminent risk of harm to a staff member. [65.6] MST staff attempted to address this by contacting individual staff members to check whether there were particular safety concerns. However, in the context of often large and complex requests that could involve very large numbers of staff this was causing significant delays in response times. Even with the extensions all...

10. [2014] NZEmpC 213 Hixon v Campbell and Ors substantive [pdf, 264 KB]

    DOUGLAS KARL HIXON (LABOUR INSPECTOR) v JUSTIN CAMPBELL NZEmpC CHRISTCHURCH [2014] NZEmpC 213 [17 November 2014] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2014] NZEmpC 213 CRC 2/14 IN THE MATTER OF the referral of a question of law from the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN DOUGLAS KARL HIXON (LABOUR INSPECTOR) First Plaintiff AND MARCIA JOY COLLINS Second Plaintiff AND JUSTIN CAMPBELL First Defendant AND DEAN EGG