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1. Legal aid criminal proceedings steps [pdf, 426 KB]

   ...the client Receiving and reviewing disclosure Identifying legal and factual issues Undertaking research Obtaining testimonials/references Corresponding with Police/Crown Liaising with Crown/Court Reviewing Crown submissions Reviewing probation reports and annexures Preparing submissions Reporting to client Reporting to and invoicing for Legal Aid Judicial Monitoring after Sentencing up to 2 hours up to 2 hours up to 2 hours Preparation for Sente...

2. CN v EE LCRO 122 / 2011 (22 October 2013) [pdf, 113 KB]

   ...Letter from Mrs EE to Widow (23 December 2009). 11 [48] Mrs EE’s actions were not wholly without consequence because, through her actions, all assets controlled by the company came under the control of the widow after Mrs EE sent the probate to the company accountants who then transferred the shares to the widow (how this was achieved without the co-signature of Mrs CN is not explained). Mrs EE ought to have ensured that any disputed monies were held in the firm’s tru...

3. Evidence Brief: Culture-Based Correctional Rehabilitative Interventions for Indigenous Offenders [pdf, 637 KB]

   ...motivation for the majority of offenders. In particular, offenders were more motivated to be a positive role model for their whanau and learn more about their whakapapa. The evaluation notes that none of the 22 offenders breached their Probation sentence conditions. This finding is contrasted with the majority of the 13 offenders, who did not complete the TMP, and either went back to prison or breached their conditions. However, this could instead indicate that more se...

4. Legal Aid Audit Report 2017-2018 [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...“Provider bent over backwards to protect and advise non-responsive client.” “[The provider] has very good relationships with her clients. She is consistently professional in respect to her dealing with clients, police prosecution, community probation and court registry staff.” Acceptable results Audits with acceptable ratings typically said providers achieved good outcomes for their clients. Negative comments were rare. Increasingly, comments regarding the quality of the s...

5. JK v SY LCRO 271/2013 (9 September 2016) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...summarised as follows: (a) Mr [SY’s] response to the complaint only addressed the actions he took when drafting the statement of claim. Mr [JK] says that deceit could never properly be alleged at any stage of the proceedings because there has to be probative evidence of actual fraud, not a mere suspicion of fraud to permit an allegation of deceit to be properly pleaded. (b) As the proceedings continued it became apparent that there was no evidence to allege fraud. In particular:...

6. LCRO 148/2023 ZJ v PE (16 June 2025) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...partner had applied for a protection order against the applicant. That part of the statement was nevertheless misleading by omission and the rest of the statement (that the applicant had been abusive to the former partner) was hearsay and lacked probative value. [56] To the extent that the Court might have been misled, however, it was the ex- wife, rather than the respondent, who attempted to do so. It was her evidence. [57] There is no evidence that the Court had any regard to the...

7. Toothill v Morrell - Paeroa 1E14 (Urupā) - Te Kopua Urupā (2025) 134 Tairāwhiti MB 264 (134 TRW 264) [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...309–311 (8 WR 309–311). 2 See Memorandum of Counsel dated 7 April 2025 at [9] and footnote 2, recording that according to research one of the four owners, Te Pirihi Para, left a Will dated 5 May 1898. His daughter, Mere Hura, was awarded probate on 3 April 1903. 134 Tairāwhiti MB 267 [11] A hui was convened on Saturday, 4 March 2025, at the residence of the applicant, Te Whetu Marama Ari Ari Morrell, at Wairoa. At the 7 August 2025 hearing, it was stated that ot...

8. Reducing residential burglary: what can police do? [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...coordinate all strategies and information gathered on one offender. • Establish temporary teams from a range of sections to work intensively for a few days on an aspect of offender targeting. • Use the Parole Act 2002 and work with Community Probation Service to have parole conditions applied to targeted offenders. • Follow an initial police crackdown on known offenders with a consolidation phase involving a range of other burglary reduction initiatives. Clearances • Intel prep...

9. [2011] NZEmpC 31 Ravnjak v Wellington International Airport Ltd [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...rules against the admission of unfairly or unlawfully obtained evidence might apply, courts are required to perform a balancing exercise weighing, among other considerations, the nature and extent of the impropriety in obtaining the evidence, its probative value, the seriousness of the subject matter and other like considerations. [54] Section 30 of the Evidence Act (“Improperly obtained evidence”) relates to criminal proceedings in which the prosecution offers or proposes to...

10. [2012] NZEmpC 186 Walker v Procure Health Ltd [pdf, 153 KB]

    ...Harrison referred to Ms Walker’s “very personal attacks” on five of ProCare’s witnesses and her cross-examination of ProCare’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Hooton, which ran for over three days and in counsel’s words, “had limited probative value”. [14] Mr Harrison referred to examples from the notes of evidence where the Court had encouraged Ms Walker in the course of the hearing to spend time reviewing her questions and making them more focused. He submitted: 2...