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1. OIA-124180.pdf [pdf, 837 KB]

   ...$100 - $199 10/12/2024 Box of Chocolates Julie Young, Barrister Whangarei Registry $100 - $199 10/12/2024 Box of Chocolates Active Legal Team Auckland Court Registry Officer $100 - $199 13/12/2024 Gift basket Personal Gift from Local Court Probation Officers Service Manager, Rotorua $100 - $199 13/12/2024 Boxes of cookies S Taghavi, Active Legal Wellington District Court Registry $200 - $299 14/12/2024 Koha $100 Whangape Parish Lot 23B (Horahora Paa) Trust Pae Manawa,...

2. Inaia Tonu Nei - Hui Maori - English version PDF [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...Cultural Reports in Sentencing must be expanded. The justice sector needs to support ongoing training, to increase the use of these reports. The reports should be funded, and legislative change must allow judges to direct reports to be completed. > Probation reports are currently inadequate. Many of those in prisons who engage with probation do not trust them because they are part of the system. The information gathered and presented in those reports is vastly different from the repo...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 51 O’Boyle v McCue [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...defendant’s work performance or that she was impaired by any mental illness. b) Provision of the documents sought (if any) would unnecessarily prolong proceedings because without interpretation by a duly qualified medical expert they would have no probative value. c) The documents requested were not relevant to the proceedings in that: • they did not support the plaintiff’s case. • they do not prove or disprove any disputed fact in the proceeding; • they d...

4. Tairua v Aati - Estate of Mere Hare Kerepeti [2020] Maori Appellate Court MB 224 (2020 Appeal 224) [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...evidence sought to be adduced did not raise any material which Mrs Aati did not know of during 1997-2004. Second, he argued that the evidence contains assertions from a party who will be directly impacted by the result of the case, which has little probative value. Third, he submitted that there can be no presumption that the evidence should be believed as the evidence is in the nature of an assertion of personal recollection and speculation. Finally, Mr Watson submitted that the...

5. Tapsell - Succession to Pera Wikiriwhi or Pera Matataia [2021] Chief Judge's MB 1002 (2021 CJ 1002) [pdf, 485 KB]

   ...said TIKI WIKIRIWHI as aforesaid to be the Executor and Administrator of this my Will. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I PERA WIKIRIWHI alias PERA MATATAIA under my hand have subscribed my name to this my Law Will and testament this 12 day of June 1968. 9. Probate was granted by the High Court, Hamilton on 1 December 1970 (Probate No 1099/70) in favour of Tiki Wikiriwhi as executor. 10. At 2 REG (Waiariki) MB 117-119 dated 1 November 1973 an order pursuant to section 81 of the Māori Affairs...

6. Technical report of evaluation of the court-referred restorative justice pilot [pdf, 681 KB]

   ...conference (for 18 conferences, all participants were interviewed);2 • we observed a number of court-referred restorative justice conferences; • we sent questionnaires to key informants (for example, judges, coordinators, police, community probation, lawyers and facilitators) during the first year of the evaluation and 12 months later; • we examined various documents (for example, the conference reports, judges’ sentencing notes, police Summary of Facts and relevant cost ledg...

7. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim [pdf, 1.1 MB]

                     REPORT FOR THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE   ON COMPENSATION CLAIM BY DAVID CULLEN BAIN   BY HON IAN BINNIE QC  30 August 2012       ‐ ii ‐  Table of Contents    MANDATE AND METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 1  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................

8. [2009] NZEmpC WC 28/09 Secretary for Justice v Dodd [pdf, 29 KB]

   ...not enjoying the confidence of senior officials in the Ministry of Justice, it is clear that the defendant commands considerable local respect and support in Taranaki from a variety of persons including local Judges, legal practitioners, police, probation officers, other court staff, and local community leaders. Just as the protestations of senior Ministry managers about their loss of trust and confidence in the defendant must eventually yield to an objective assessment of the just...

9. Update to Ministers on investment approach [pdf, 897 KB]

   ...are many different types of people involved in making investment decisions in the Justice system. Some of the key audiences include:  Justice Sector Ministers and the Leadership Board  Contract managers  Practice leaders in Police, Probation, and Psychological services  Policy advisors working on crime reduction RE LE AS ED U ND ER T HE O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T Investment Approach: Update on progress and ongoing resourcing...

10. Ashley v Bull [2011] NZWHT Wellington 25 [pdf, 67 KB]

    ...witness summons hearing was of course the result of an application granted by the Tribunal following argument by the parties on its merits. [21] An allegation of bad faith is a very serious allegation which requires a commensurate degree of probative evidence to support it. In my view it was not bad faith for the claimants to involve the second and third respondents in the witness summons process by not first ascertaining what the evidence would be through discussions with Mr...