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   ...on a range of cases in the criminal, civil and family courts and a number of specialist courts and tribunals. The Ministry spent 190 million on legal aid in 2019/20 which is an increase of $10 million on the year before. There are currently about 2196 private lawyers approved to provide legal aid services, working for firms or independently. You can view the report on the page Legal aid payments to firms. Privacy Guidelines for Justice Service Providers 03/12/2020 - In line with the new provisi...

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2. Guest v New Zealand Law Society [2010] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...also says that confidentiality agreements were completed at the time he left the employment of the Tauranga firm. The Appellant has consistently said that the matters which arose before and at the time he left the Tauranga firm should be kept private because they arose out of mediation or were intended to be kept confidential. As noted earlier however, the Appellant in the course of the telephone conference to which we have referred, agreed to allow the only Tauranga matter which...

3. Worker-Exploitation-in-NZ-Enforcement-and-Commentary-Paper.pdf [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 and in any other case, to a fine 38 At 10. 39 “Consultation on Modern Slavery and Worker Exploitation”, above n 2. Page | 9 not exceeding $30,000.40 The Bill was drawn from the ballot as a private members’ bill and is not part of the official government response to these issues. There are a number of issues with this Bill in its current form. There is a risk that the offence may inadvertently criminalise employers who inte...

4. LCRO 32/2025 MT v BR (30 September 2025) [pdf, 235 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...

5. 2020-10-12-Key-Issues-Report-9-October-2020-Appendices.pdf [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...the following relevant factors in section 142(3) of the RMA: a) The issues the plan changes aim to address have aroused widespread public concern or interest regarding their actual or likely effect on the environment, as indicated by the Skelton Investigation; b) The plan changes involve or are likely to involve the significant use of natural and physical resources while managing the impact of that use on the environment; c) The plan changes affect or are likely to affect areas of nati...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 234 2015 AFT v BCM [pdf, 294 KB]

   AFT v BCM NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 234 [23 December 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 234 EMPC 2/2015 IN THE MATTER OF of an application for leave to file challenge out of time BETWEEN AFT Applicant AND BCM Respondent Hearing: By memoranda of submissions and affidavits filed on 21 April, 25 May, 25 June, 14 and 20 July, 18 and 31 August, 14 September, 12 October and 3 November 2015 Appearances:

7. [2021] NZREADT 10 - Baker (9 March 2021) [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...The appellants’ evidence was that after the sale, Mr P told them that Mr Drumm (having asked what price Mr P saw the property at) said to him: “What if I told you, you could have it for $520k”, and Mr P felt this was unfair to them. The investigator referred to the appellants’ evidence in his investigation report, but said that they had failed to identify the neighbour, and the neighbour had not provided any material for the enquiry. [34] After reading the investigator’...

8. 3_Draft-Conditions-revised-2022-11-27-Appendix-5-to-the-AEE-v2.pdf [pdf, 694 KB]

   Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project  VOLUME II - SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT APPENDIX 5: PROPOSED CONDITIONS 1 APPENDIX 5: PROPOSED CONDITIONS Designations, resource consents and applicable conditions The following tables list the designations, resource consents, the conditions, lapse periods and expiry dates that apply to each resource consent. Designations Reference Designation Applicable Conditions Lapse Period Horowhenu

9. 05-Appendix-Five-Draft-conditions.pdf [pdf, 694 KB]

   Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project  VOLUME II - SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT APPENDIX 5: PROPOSED CONDITIONS 1 APPENDIX 5: PROPOSED CONDITIONS Designations, resource consents and applicable conditions The following tables list the designations, resource consents, the conditions, lapse periods and expiry dates that apply to each resource consent. Designations Reference Designation Applicable Conditions Lapse Period Horowhenu

10. Induction guide for legal aid providers - v1.2 January 2017 [pdf, 659 KB]

    ...services. The audits are also useful for identifying areas for improvement. Complaints and performance reviews Clients and others can make a complaint about legal aid lawyers. All complaints received must be assessed by our dedicated complaints investigator. The investigation of complaints may result in a range of outcomes including referral to our audit programme, to the New Zealand Law Society or to the Performance Review Committee. Performance review committee The Act established...