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

   ...provide adequate back up in case of illness or other genuine unavailability. 2.11 Supervise adequately and have a plan for the review and supervision of any person undertaking legal aid work under their supervision. 2.12 Take care to maintain the privacy interests of people named in Court documents so that unintended parties do not obtain access to personal information. 5 General Responsibilities to Clients Legal Aid Funding 3. Where a client may be eligible for legal aid,...

2. [2017] NZEnvC 130 Butterbee Childcare Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 972 KB]

   ...condition 38 shall be maintained to a height of no less than 4 metres above natural ground level at 157 Victoria Road, and with sufficient foliage so that they form a hedge. Advice note: the hedge is required to ensure an acceptable level of visual privacy for the property at No. 157 Victoria Road. Odour Management 57. The rubbish bins in the bin storage area shall be emptied and the storage area cleaned regularly to avoid any offensive or objectionable odours. Monitoring condition...

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

   ...provide adequate back up in case of illness or other genuine unavailability. 2.11 Supervise adequately and have a plan for the review and supervision of any person undertaking legal aid work under their supervision. 2.12 Take care to maintain the privacy interests of people named in Court documents so that unintended parties do not obtain access to personal information. 5 General Responsibilities to Clients Legal Aid Funding 3. Where a client may be eligible for legal aid,...

4. MacGregor v Craig (Second Interim Non-Publication Order) [2015] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...application [13] It is not intended to recite at length the grounds set out in the notice of application dated 30 July 2015. The principal points are: [13.1] Ms MacGregor’s purpose in filing the present claim with the Tribunal is to protect her privacy under the confidential terms previously agreed to in mediation with Mr Craig. [13.2] Ms MacGregor relies on the confidentiality obligations in s 85 of the Act and seeks to have those obligations enforced. 4 [13.3] Publication...

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

   ...historical offence has the meaning given to it by section 5 including means including without limitation (to the matters specified) law enforcement agency means— (a) an agency that holds, or has access to, information described in Sched- ule 5 of the Privacy Act 1993; and (b) the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, the Inland Reve- nue Department, and the New Zealand Customs Service legal proceeding means— (a) a proceeding conducted by a court, or by a person acting...

6. LCRO 240/2013 TM v DC (8 May 2017) [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...Allegations should not be made against persons not involved in the proceeding unless they are necessary to the conduct of the litigation and reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy of the allegations and, where appropriate, the protection of the privacy of those persons. [79] Mr TM alleges that Ms DC failed, as instructed by him, to make a perjury complaint with the Police in respect of the summonsed witness, Ms [J], whose evidence he claims was contrary to that previously pr...

7. LCRO 57/2018 G RC and D RC v YS (30 April 2019) [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...ended, Mr YS was required by r 4.4.1 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the rules) to hand over Mrs RC’s files to Mr G as Mrs RC’s attorney. [17] They stated that “records cannot be withheld on privacy grounds because they may contain information that is adverse to the [attorney], or …may be used against the [attorney]”. In their view “nothing is confidential” to an attorney appointed under an enduring power of attorne...

8. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Te Putahitanga [pdf, 552 KB]

   ...strategic relationship has been entered into with iwi, this relationship needs to be resourced to build capacity. • Data - Ensuring the collection, storage and sharing of information about children related to the justice system is consistent with privacy and information rights and the views and best interests of all children. Additionally, there needs to be clear and transparent policy, protocols and processes on how Oranga Tamariki regularly share and exchange data should they e...

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

   ...provide adequate back up in case of illness or other genuine unavailability. 2.11 Supervise adequately and have a plan for the review and supervision of any person undertaking legal aid work under their supervision. 2.12 Take care to maintain the privacy interests of people named in Court documents so that unintended parties do not obtain access to personal information. 5 General Responsibilities to Clients Legal Aid Funding 3. Where a client may be eligible for legal aid,...

10. [2017] NZEmpC 40 XYZ v ABC [pdf, 271 KB]

    ...a reason for the closure of the courts, or the issue of suppression orders in their various alternative forms: … . A significant reason for adhering to a stringent principle, despite sympathy for those who suffer embarrassment, invasions of privacy or even damage by publicity of their proceedings is that such interests must be sacrificed to the greater public interest in adhering to an open system of justice. Otherwise, powerful litigants may come to think that they can extract...