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1. Amànda Matich v New Zealand Law Society [2019] NZLCDT 23 [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...which would include such matters as preparing settlement statements, obtaining rates information, preparing e-dealings, closing files, and general assistance to the applicant. [b] Estate Administration matters, which would include assistance with Probate applications for filing, preparation of draft administration statements. [c] Administration matters which would include Anti-money laundering record requirements, management of file work load as directed by the applicant. [15] M...

2. BC v ND [2022] NZDT 207 (23 November 2022) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...period for which interest is awarded would be restricted to about a year, being the time in which a party could reasonably have brought a claim to the Disputes Tribunal. However, in this case, due to MM’s death in February 2020, and the fact that probate was not issued until January 2022, the executors could not have brought these proceedings any sooner than they did, or at least they brought it within a reasonable time of first being able to. Interest will therefore be awarded for the e...

3. OIA-110860.pdf [pdf, 906 KB]

   ...the district courts with the largest backlog of cases. All parts of the courts’ operations are considered, including the number and type of courtrooms, availability of court staff, and key stakeholders such as counsel, police prosecutors and probation officers. The expected benefits from PBRS include an increase in the number of events scheduled, reduced delays in obtaining hearing dates, enabling events to be scheduled where hearing dates have not been available (e.g., judge-...

4. Justice Matters - issue 03 - June 2016 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...and expansion of audio‑visual links between 18 courts and 13 prisons, in partnership with the Department of Corrections, has reduced prison escorts by almost 25% and has improved the safety of the public and prisoners. Centralised processing of probates has not only improved service to our customers but has reduced the application processing time from 31 to 15 days. Smarter scheduling in district courts is reducing the time our customers have to wait for their case to be heard. We...

5. Milner v Milner - Estate of Warihi Te Keu Faenza Milner (2008) 83 Ruatoria MB 108 (83 RUA 108) [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...tamaiti whangai and they believe she should not succeed to Mr Milner's Maori Land interests. The Application [2] Tllis application for succession was first flied on 7 April 2004. The deceased left a will and the persons entitled to obtain probate gave evidence that they did not intend to seek such probate. The will nominates the applicant and Karauria James Hugh Milner, a brother of the deceased, as executors and trustees of the estate. The will at clause 3 records the intent...

6. Higgins - Succession to Hauriri Kere [2021] Chief Judge's MB 88 (2021 CJ MB 88) [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...last case) (3) 2. Eria “ m. Auckland Hiki “ m. d. no issue Mere “ f d. no issue Barlow or Rangitataua Kere m. d. will. no issue Not probated in prescribed time. Rara left 3. One child 3.Terehina Iriaka f. Omarumutu (Collier) See Opotiki 38/4. Rara Left 3 children Henare left 4. Ngamate Huirua Kere f. Toatoa...

7. [2020] NZEmpC 54 Bennett v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...justice when dealing with the exercise of an investigative jurisdiction can be reduced to two: the first rule is that the person making a finding in the exercise of such a jurisdiction must base his or her decision upon evidence that has some probative value; the second rule is that he or she must listen fairly to any relevant evidence conflicting with the finding and any rational argument against the finding that a person represented at the inquiry, whose interests may be adversel...

8. Restorative Justice: Standards for Sexual Offending Cases [pdf, 666 KB]

   ...offenders to have support people present at the conference9. The attendance of community members at the conference should be discussed with the victim and offender at the pre-conference stage (see principle 3). ‘Professionals’ (police officers, probation officers, and defence counsel) may attend a restorative justice conference, but on a carefully prescribed basis‘ Professionals have a significantly different role in a restorative justice process to that usually played in convent...

9. Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri [2021] Chief Judge's MB 1095 (2021 CJ 1095) [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...incorrect because of a mistake, error or omission on the part of the Court, on the grounds that: (a) Full information regarding all of the deceased’s children has never been presented to the Court; (b) Moehuarahi’s will was never granted probate and the opportunity to challenge its contents was never afforded to her children; (c) The failure of the Court to take into account the moral duty of the deceased to provide for all her children under the Family Protection Act 1955; an...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 4 Pacific Loans Limited v Viau Halaapiapi Lesoa [pdf, 61 KB]

    ...expressly provided for in the High Court Rules. [8] I cannot accept that general proposition and I doubt that the Chief Judge intended his decision to support it. Were it so, the Employment Court would be empowered to grant orders in admiralty, probate, insolvency and many other areas of law in which specific orders are provided for in the High Court Rules. That cannot possibly be correct. As the full Court in Credit Consultants Debt Services NZ Limited v Wilson (No 4) 5 concl...