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1. GA & BD v X SC LCRO 186/2013 (5 May 2014) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...firm of GA & Partners, and are two of the directors of the nominee company. [6] In December 2006 Mrs ZW, the complainant’s mother, lodged the sum of $530,000 with the nominee company for investment. [7] Mrs ZW died on 8 August 2009 and probate was granted to her brother and Mr X, a third partner in the firm. Mr GA acted in the administration of the estate. [8] At the time of Mrs ZW’s death, there were three investments outstanding with a total principal sum of $313,000....

2. AVS Operating Guidelines for District Courts [pdf, 817 KB]

   ...Authorised Parties To assist with the progression of a case there may be a requirement of other authorised parties to use the instruction suite to communicate with a remote participant or witness. Authorised parties include Police officers, community probations services, restorative justice coordinators or other court representatives for the purpose of completing reports and assessments or taking statements. Bookings are to be made with the local court with priority being given t...

3. Corrections noncustodial forecast for 2015 to 2025 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...management orders. Forecasts are presented for both numbers starting these orders, and for the numbers subject to them at any one time (the ‘muster’);  Provision of Information: The number of pre-sentence reports provided to courts by probation officers and the numbers of reports from the Department of Corrections providing information to courts and to the Parole Board. These forecasts cover the period November 2015 to June 2025. 2. Justice Sector Forecast The Justice Se...

4. LA Audit Report 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 [pdf, 401 KB]

   ...files was external. There was very little in the files generated from the provider other than very brief notes of outcomes on some documents, and on two files, written sentencing submissions.” “Any notes on the file are scribbled on police or probation documents. The notes do not disclose dates of appearances or judges or registrars sitting… No final letter, nor any other evidence of communication with client on the file.” “There is no record of any telephone attendances o...

5. Justice Sector Projections 2020 report [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...treatment, support and opportunities for rehabilitation and reintegration. As a result, people in the care of Ara Poutama Aotearoa: Department of Corrections spend more of their sentence reintegrating into the community under the supervision of a probation officer. The average proportion of a sentenced served is projected to be stable over the next ten years. Figure 8: Proportion served, projected and actual 8 People serving sentences of less than two years are release...

6. LCRO 250+251/2016 MJY and VYW v WLB, WLB v MJY and VYW (21 September 2018) [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...sent Mr MJY and Mrs VYW a copy of Mrs JY’s will by email on 12 April 2014 and it is apparent that Mr MJY and Mrs VYW were aware that they were the executors of their mother’s will. Mr WLB says it was not necessary to have the will admitted to Probate, as Mrs JY’s estate was minimal. [11] A copy of the Trust Deed was sent to the Mr MJY and Mrs VYW and their siblings on 23 April 2014. [12] During Mrs JY’s lifetime, Mr WLB had attended to a number of matters for her3 and Mr...

7. LCRO 251+250/2016 MJY and VYW v WLB, WLB v MJY and VYW (21 September 2018) [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...sent Mr MJY and Mrs VYW a copy of Mrs JY’s will by email on 12 April 2014 and it is apparent that Mr MJY and Mrs VYW were aware that they were the executors of their mother’s will. Mr WLB says it was not necessary to have the will admitted to Probate, as Mrs JY’s estate was minimal. [11] A copy of the Trust Deed was sent to the Mr MJY and Mrs VYW and their siblings on 23 April 2014. [12] During Mrs JY’s lifetime, Mr WLB had attended to a number of matters for her3 and Mr...

8. LCRO 143/2020 TJ v YY (16 December 2021) [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...were to be apportioned equally amongst Ms YY and Mr OW’s four sisters. [5] Mr OW passed away in December 2014. [6] Mr CA, the lawyer who had been instructed by Mr OW to draft his final will, was appointed administrator of his estate. [7] Probate was granted on 28 July 2015. [8] Funds held in Mr OW’s various bank accounts were unable to be dispersed in accordance with the instructions seemingly contemplated by him when providing instructions for his final will. All of the ba...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 218 New Zealand Nurses Organisation v Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...leading authority on the admissibility of extrinsic evidence as an aid to contractual interpretation.15 He highlighted the Court’s conclusion that the objective standard for contract interpretation is the standard against which relevance and probative value must be measured; and that the undeclared understanding or intention as to the meaning of a contract of one party, not communicated to the other prior to contract formation, is not relevant to the task of contractual interpret...

10. Guo v PwC (Further Discovery) [2022] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 309 KB]

    ...documents” test in r 8.7, or any stricter test imposed under tailored discovery pursuant to r 8.8. (d) A four-stage approach is convenient: (i) Are the documents relevant, and if so how important will they be? (ii) What are the grounds, and what is the probative value of those grounds, for the belief that the documents sought exist? (iii) Is discovery proportionate? (iv) Weighing and balancing these matters, is an order appropriate? [Footnote citations omitted] [38] T...