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Understanding our Court Users: Court User Survey 2010 Understanding our Court Users: Court User Survey 2010 Prepared for the Ministry of Justice by Colmar Brunton December 2010 Disclaimer This survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The report has been prepared by the research company and the views expressed in it are those of the research company and do not necessarily represent the vie
0 What’s working for Māori? A Kaupapa Māori perspective on the responsiveness of the Integrated Safety Response pilot to Māori Synthesis Evaluation Report 1 Report Information Report title: What’s working for Māori? A Kaupapa Māori perspective on the responsiveness of the Integrated Safety Response pilot to Māori - Synthesis Evaluation Report Prepared for Joint Venture Business Unit Prepared by Nan Wehipeihana Research Evaluation Con
...100 Ethnicity: NZ European/ Pākehā 60 Māori 26 Pasifika 2 Asian 2 Other 11 ** Experience of imprisonment: I have been in prison or known someone who was or is in prison 13 I have worked or volunteered in a prison 43 I have worked in Probation 9 Lawyer, work in the Courts, MoJ employees 9 Other experience 17 No, I have no experience of imprisonment 11 Total 100 Total may not sum to 100% due to rounding. ** Total may exceed 100% because of multiple response. ^ Two of the...
...documentary evidence and our interviews with PDS staff (at all levels and capacities) and external stakeholders including judges, private bar lawyers, court staff, MoJ staff, prosecutors (Crown and police), and others from the likes of Corrections, Probations, and other organisations. We visited seven out of the 10 PDS offices, as well as PDS’ head office at MoJ. 10. The feedback we received was remarkably consistent across the board, and we are grateful to everyone we interviewe...
...between [14] and [29] of its determination. It recorded that there was no written loan agreement or, other than some later correspondence, written material generated at the time by the parties which might assist in clarifying its status. No further probative material has been produced to the Court on these questions than was before the Authority. [51] The Authority found that Mr Budge had committed to forgiving the loan although not when this would occur. It found that the loan...
...determination of the proceeding. [20] Having set out the fundamental principle of admissibility of relevant evidence in s7, s8 then provides for general exclusions materially as follows: (1) In any proceeding, the Judge must exclude evidence if its probative value is outweighed by the risk that the evidence will— (a) have an unfairly prejudicial effect on the proceeding; or (b) needlessly prolong the proceeding. [21] Section 14 allows a court to admit evidence about which...
...interests are entitled to ownership of the house and it can then be vested in the whānau trust. But the situation remains untidy in two respects. [62] First, THMC still does not have a legal representative to deal with in relation to the loan. Probate or letters of administration have not been granted. In my view, the quid pro quo of orders vesting ownership of the house in the whānau trust is that the trustees of that trust must assume the rights and obligations of the borrow...
...April 2012. In advance of that hearing submissions were provided to the practitioner. In the usual manner, according to Ms Pidgeon the Crown’s position on the type of sentence was reserved until after the pre-sentence report was received. The probation officer who prepared the pre- sentence report did not refer to the agreed summary of facts and thus little weight was placed on it by Ms Pidgeon who attended sentencing on 5 April and opposed home detention having regard to the na...
...is not necessary to address in any detail the extent of the High Court’s jurisdiction. Rather a summary is provided below. [31] Sections 4 to 6 of the Supreme Court Act 1860 gave the Supreme Court of New Zealand all the legal, equitable and probate jurisdiction possessed by the superior Courts in England. The general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court was preserved by s 16 of the Supreme Court Act 1882 and its successor, s 16 of the Judicature Act 1908. 17 That provision state...
...sale; (c) Whether circumstances exist whereby the Court should make an order under s 135 of the Act changing the status of the land to general land. Background [5] Williena Manning died on 17 August 2004. She left a will dated 20 July 2001. Probate of the will was granted to the trustees by the High Court at Whangarei on 14 October 2004. [6] In her will the testatrix left a life interest to her husband, Max Manning. On his death a half interest in the remainder passes to a da...