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1. Justice Sector Outlook December 2016 [pdf, 882 KB]

   ...Court of Appeal 105 97 -10% -8% 502 3% High Court appeal 268 257 -2% -4% 851 4% Total Crown Law disposals 1382 1321 -2% -4% 5078 8% Last 12 months Current quarter 8 Legal aid expenditure is projected to rise Legal aid expenditure for private lawyers covers six court jurisdictions, with the largest being criminal and family cases. This report includes the legal aid forecast for 2016-2021. Legal aid expenditure has risen compared to last year, especially in the criminal jurisd...

2. Wayfinding-for-Civil-Justice-English.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...tribunal or court proceedings there is commonly a mixture of different dispute resolution mechanisms available and encouraged. For example, in court proceedings, negotiation normally continues throughout and mediation schemes can be accessed either privately or as part of the process. Dispute resolution can be accessed with or without legal assistance and representation; some forms of dispute resolution exclude representation and other forms are difficult to access without representatio...

3. 221013-Web-Attachment-Wayfinding-for-Civil-Justice-Draft National Strategy.pdf [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...tribunal or court proceedings there is commonly a mixture of different dispute resolution mechanisms available and encouraged. For example, in court proceedings, negotiation normally continues throughout and mediation schemes can be accessed either privately or as part of the process. Dispute resolution can be accessed with or without legal assistance and representation; some forms of dispute resolution exclude representation and other forms are difficult to access without representatio...

4. Access to Justice Technical Survey Report - October 2024 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   0 ACCESS TO JUSTICE: LEGAL NEEDS SURVEY TECHNICAL REPORT FINAL REPORT 29 October 2024 1 Table of Contents 1 Background and purpose of Legal Needs Survey ...........................................................................5 2 Sampling .....................................................................................................6 2.1 Recruiting adults .........................................

5. [2024] NZLCDT 45 Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Jindal (24 December 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...hope every lawyer and member of the legal fraternity gets a chance to view it” and that “Mr [Y] has brought this upon himself”. [28] Mr Jindal also informed the complainant’s counsel that he had sought to file a charging document for a private prosecution against the complainant for alleged perjury (that prosecution was subsequently rejected for filing by Sellars DCJ). [29] Mr Y complained to the Lawyers Complaints Service. [30] In response to this complaint in August...

6. Complaints Assessment Committee 404 v Kumandan, Kumandan v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 404) [2018] NZREADT 51 [pdf, 270 KB]

   ...was the person with authority to execute contracts on the part of the company. The company was the vendor in the case of each of the transactions which give rise to the charges against the defendant. [8] Mr Lloyd confirmed to the Committee’s investigator that he has given the defendant authority to sign documents on his behalf, as health reasons make it difficult for him to sign documents himself. Eric Lloyd has indicated that he reviews all documents before the defendant signs...

7. LM v RB LCRO 332/2012 (15 June 2016) [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...already been noted that the facts and the Standards Committee decisions, are unusual. The facts of this decision will be published in anonymised format on the website of this Office. The Act otherwise requires complaints and reviews to be conducted in private. Publication of decisions is made with this objective in mind. 17 [51] I do not consider there is any need to publish Mr RB’s name to fulfil the objective of the Act. Decision [52] Having considered all of the...

8. Application for family or civil legal aid form [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...No Hire purchase Yes No WINZ Yes No Other Yes No PAGE 4 / 8 Other financial information 22 Are there any other reasons why you can’t pay for your own lawyer? 23 Has any lawyer received any payments (other than legal aid) or entered into any private fee arrangement for work in regards to this matter? If yes – please provide name, work completed and total paid to the lawyer. Documents to be attached to this application 24 Please attach the following: Proof of your income (eg paysl...

9. Lohr v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs) [2016] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...Tribunal. Decisions on costs reached in different circumstances in other proceedings before other courts and tribunals are in this case of no assistance. [11] The Tribunal was also asked to take into account the fact that ACC had proper grounds to investigate Dr Lohr’s billing practices and his alleged breach of his witnesses’ privacy. We do not accept these matters are relevant and the allegations are in any event unproven. [12] The last two points are suggestive that the Tribun...

10. Te Manutukutuku Issue 3 [pdf, 2.9 MB]

    ...farming and access has been severely restricted. The claim began hearing on 4-7 December 1989 at both the Mataikotare Marae and at the Maori Land Court, Hau­ papa Street, Rotorua. The Tribunal heard evidence from two researchers commissioned to investigate the claim. Paora Maxwell presented a report on the church property and Bill Patrick gave evidence based on an investigation of Maori Land Court records. Since the hearing, further discussions have been held between claimants and C...