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1. LCRO 193/2017 AA v BB and CC (29 November 2019) [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader th...

2. RH v LV LCRO 189 / 2011 (25 September 2012) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...the Department of Labour. [29] The Practitioner said that the possibility of litigation had been raised, but that no proceeding was filed, nor had he been instructed to do so, and that the work he undertook was essentially of an exploratory and investigative nature. He explained that he utilised the Statement of Claim as a ‘working template’, as this was a useful method for ongoing evaluation of the strength of any possible claim, and rejected that there was no support for an...

3. CR v TN LCRO 54/2014 (23 November 2016) [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...each Rule to determine the circumstances in which it is to apply. [32] There can only be a finding of unsatisfactory conduct if a specific Rule has been breached. A review of the Rules reveals that this does not permit a Standards Committee to investigate and punish lawyers for conduct outside their professional lives as has been suggested. As noted above, each of the Rules give a clear indication as to the circumstances in which it is to apply, and there is no general “fit and prop...

4. Cranstone - Kauangaroa No 2 (2017) 366 Aotea MB 250 (366 AOT 250) [pdf, 318 KB]

   ...the Act. The fact that the Court can lay out roadways over customary land suggests the legislature intended that the Court have the ability to lay out roadways over all types of land including Māori reservations. [77] We see no reason why a private roadway order could not be laid out over a Māori reservation. …. [78] We would add by way of observation that because of their special status it would only be in the rarest of cases that the Court would be likely to lay out a r...

5. AMLCFT Statutory Review Summary Document [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...interpretation of the law. Power and functions (page 39) The Act sets out what DIA, FMA, and RBNZ can or cannot do as supervisors. Generally, supervisors monitor risks and levels of compliance within their sectors, provide guidance to businesses, and investigate and enforce the Act. We want to make sure that they have all the right powers, so we are seeking your views. We are particularly interested in hearing whether supervisors should have the power to do remote inspections or onsite...

6. Boulton v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 135 [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...of hypertension. The attending physician recorded the results of the renal ultrasound as normal. [3] On 20 October 2003, Dr Burton, the consultant physician, reported that Ms Boulton presented with severely high blood pressure. He noted that investigations for secondary causes of Ms Boulton’s raised blood pressure had thus far returned normal results. Dr Burton commented that, if the results of her renal CT scan were negative, he would diagnose Ms Boulton with essential hyperte...

7. Rec-Recap-Q3-2022.pdf [pdf, 691 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July and 30 September 2022 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2022 (3) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a dea

8. He Waka Roimata - Transforming our Criminal Justice System [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...individuals who may have offended, and responding to them accordingly. Decisions about what happens when a crime is committed are (almost exclusively) in the hands of parties other than the victim. For example: • police decide whether or not to investigate and/or prosecute a person for a crime • courts determine guilt and what sentence may be appropriate • the Parole Board decides whether or not to release a prisoner. Unless called as witnesses, victims and their whānau and fa...

9. BORA Foreshore and Seabed Bill [pdf, 125 KB]

   Foreshore and Seabed Bill Attorney-General 6 May 2004 1. I set out below my views on the consistency of the Foreshore and Seabed Bill (the Bill") with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ("BORA"). In summary, I consider that the Bill is consistent with BORA. 2. My approach in this opinion is: 2.1 to consider whether there is any prima facie breach of a provision of the Bill. I conclude there is no prima facie breach of sections 20, 21 or 27(3) but accept there

10. National Standards Committee 2 v Mulligan [2025] NZLCDT 18 (24 March 2025) [pdf, 353 KB]

    ...[31] In fact, the fears of the summer clerks were groundless. In the wake of the Russell McVeagh incident and subsequent report by Dame Margaret Beazley, the firm was well aware of its obligations to its staff. The firm commenced an immediate investigation following the second of the parties and reports of Mr Mulligan’s conduct. The firm demonstrated a caring and supportive attitude towards the summer clerks in particular. [32] [Redacted]. It would seem as an inevitable conse...