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1. FINAL_FLS_Lawyer-for-Child-Best_practice_guidelines_29.4.24.02.pdf [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...appointed by the Family Court.1 • Sometimes parents make requests for information from schools. • The legal bases for withholding information are: • the Official Information Act 1982; • the Education and Training Act 2020; and • the Privacy Act 2020. • Principle 11 of the Privacy Act 2020 is particularly relevant to disclosure of information from schools when such disclosure is deemed necessary for the conduct of any proceedings before any court (see Appendix One)....

2. KY v DZ LCRO 174/2015 (25 October 2016) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...guard of being obstructive. He proposes other means by which Mr DZ could have contacted him or delivered documents and includes reference to FCR 110. [22] The major concern Mr KY expresses in his complaint, however, is that Mr DZ breached his privacy by handing the proceedings to someone other than Mr KY, and without first putting them into an envelope. Mr KY expresses the view that Mr DZ’s failure to protect his privacy, and “the privacy of such matters as directed under the Fa...

3. BORA Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...person’s possessory interest in property falls relatively easily within that plain language. However, we note that the Court of Appeal has referred to the "touchstone" in s 21 BORA being "the protection of reasonable expectations of privacy."[8] 19. However, the New Zealand jurisprudence has been somewhat inconsistent in the application of this concept to particular fact situations. In the early case of Alwen Industries v Comptroller of Customs[9] Blanchard J had to...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 93 CG v Calendar Girls NZ Ltd [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...their name and threats towards their property. The second plaintiff made general reference to health struggles and risk of increased stress with publication in their affidavit. [13] The affidavits provide that the plaintiffs have protected their privacy by using a different name when working in the sex industry and protecting their personal information. Safety risks if clients learn of personal information are referred to in the affidavits. [14] Attached to the affidavit...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 15 Lanigan v Fonterra Brands (New Zealand) Ltd [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Hearing: On the papers Appearances: BA Smith and T Oldfield, counsel for plaintiffs R Rendle, counsel for defendant G Iddamalgoda, counsel for New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as applicant intervener I Clarke and S Cates, counsel for Privacy Foundation New Zealand Incorporated as applicant intervener Judgment: 13 February 2024 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Applications for leave to appear as interveners) [1] The New Zealand...

6. FDR Operating Guidelines [pdf, 713 KB]

   ...business rules ............................................................................................................ 23 Resolution Management System ....................................................................................... 25 Privacy guidelines and requirements ................................................................................ 27 Promotion of FDR and collaboration ................................................................................. 28 Appe...

7. Referendum Proactive Release Combined Final Part 1 General Election 2020.pdf [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...Memorandum Ministry of Justice 9 March 2020 Released in full. 3. Public Information Programme Strategy Report Ministry of Justice 9 March 2020 Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy of natural persons. 4. Socialisation of public information explanatory materials Memorandum Ministry of Justice 3 March 2020 Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the priv...

8. LCRO 63/2024 WL v AC and TU (25 November 2024) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...should have given him the option of revising his draft statement of defence rather than doing the work itself and partly about other staff members of the firm being involved in the email correspondence. The last matter was expressed as a breach of privacy and a breach of the professional duty not to disclose client information. [38] The applicant proposed that “...all remaining amounts due for payment…be credited off as compensation please”. [39] The applicant requested copi...

9. Freedom Camping (Infringement Offences and Other Matters) Amendment Bill [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...8. Section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure, whether of the person, property, correspondence or otherwise. The right protects a number of values including personal privacy, dignity, and property." The touchstone of this section is a reasonable expectation of privacy. 3 9. New section 36A provides that an enforcement officer who believes on reasonable grounds that a person has been or is camping in a...

10. TE v QU Ltd [2023] NZDT 53 (12 January 2023) [pdf, 198 KB]

    ...returned the wrong hard drive. On 12 July, QU Ltd apologised for the error, agreed to refund the service fee, and offered a discount on future purchases. 9. On 31 July, TE requested compensation of $10,000.00 saying she had suffered a great loss of privacy, material, and documents. CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 2 of 5 10. On 10 August, QU Ltd emailed TE, again apologising for the errors that lead to the loss of her hard drive. It said it failed to obtain signed confirmation of h...