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1. Justice of the Peace best practice manual [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...Servants and Employees of Local Authorities Those public servants and employees of authorities whose duties include law enforcement responsibilities, for example police officers, are not appointed. Public servants employed in courts or prisons, or as probation officers or social workers with government agencies are not appointed. Similarly it is not the practice to appoint former members of law enforcement agencies if only a short period has elapsed since they left that employment. Whe...

2. [2020] NZEmpC 46 JCE v The Department of Corrections [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...gainful employment the award for non-economic loss would have been higher.14 [50] In Gilbert, the Court awarded $75,000 for humiliation, anxiety and distress and that was not disturbed in the subsequent appeal. In that case the employee had been a probation officer exposed to unnecessary and avoidable workplace stress over many years, arising from work overload, management failure and office and resource deficiencies.15 He had suffered a severe impact on his health as a result of...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 184 Ngati Whatua Orakei Whai Maia Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 25 MB]

   ...those matters. [50] He submitted that cultural effects could be tangible or intangible and that the RMA does not preference physical over spiritual effects; matters will depend on the factual context. He conceded that evidence of beliefs must be probative and capable of being tested. A recent example, not binding on us but persuasive, is the decision of the Environment Court in Ngai Hapa Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Counci/13 , which in the context of making findings about...

4. [2022] NZREADT 15 – Complaints Assessment Committee 2108 v Rankin Tremain Real Estate Wairarapa Ltd (10 August 2022) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...George Street property, which was to be delivered to the vendor by Mr Slater. 3. Mr Slater was to explain the agency’s complaints process to the vendor. 4. An accountability worksheet was to be prepared for Mr Rankin, including a six-month probation period where all appraisals, agency agreements and sale and purchase agreements would be checked. 5. Weekly catch ups were to be arranged for Mr Rankin with Victoria Koszegi, a licensee. 6 6. Mr Slater was to be in co...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 100 Director-General of Conservation v Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...with or mana whenua over Mangapepeke valley.29 27 First Interim Decision at [467], see also [339]. 28 First Interim Decision at [49]. 29 First Interim Decision at [320]. [38] [39] [40] (a) 14 [There was] insufficient (if any) probative evidence to support the nature of the ancestral connection ... claimed on Mrs Pascoe’s behalf…30 We have found there is no reliable evidence before us that the Poutama collective is in fact an iwi or an iwi authority exercisin...

6. OIA-109631.pdf [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...section 27 reports cease, judges will seek background information on defendants via other means. For example, they may request more psychologist reports (which frequently cover similar ground to section 27 reports) or enhanced pre-sentence reports from the probation service. It is also possible that there will be an increase in privately funded section 27 reports. Under both scenarios, the impact on the prison population will be lessened. However, adjournments for alternative reports are likely...

7. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Mr K [2024] NZLCDT 18 (3 July 2024) [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...discretion may be of more significance for the Tribunal. 24 Professional Conduct Committee of Nursing Council of New Zealand v Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and W [2020] NZCA 435, at [46]. 19 [59] We are obliged to consider the probative value of the Australian decision in the light of context and other evidence, and to weigh it accordingly. We examine the context to discern whether Mr K’s conduct requires discipline for personal misconduct, under s 7(1)(b)(i...

8. Court-User-Survey-2023.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   0 | P a g e Court Users Survey 2023 FINAL REPORT Organisation: Attention: Kantar Public contact person: Date: Ministry of Justice Service Improvement Jocelyn Rout 28 September 2023 2 | P a g e Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................

9. Restorative Justice: Reoffending Analysis for cases 2008 - 2009 [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...approach as that employed for proven reoffending. 16 This measure was devised by Copas, J. and Marshall, P. (1999) The offender group reoffending scale: A statistical reoffending score for use by probation officers. Applied Statistics, 47(1), pp 159-171. 17 Results for the conviction model are not presented in this report as they were almost identical to that using proven offences. 18 5. Results and Discussion 5.1. Reoffen...

10. OIA-114187.pdf [pdf, 6.2 MB]

    Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 13 September 2024 Our ref: OIA 114187 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Policy Programme Thank you for your email of 18 July 2024 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, your requested: Copies of the Ministry of Justice Policy Work Programme since 27 November 2023 to date. On 15 August 202