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1. Family Court rewrite submission: Office of Childrens Commissioner [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2004/0090/latest/DLM317233.html https://consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/rewriting-family-justice-reforms/user_uploads/background-paper-overview-of-the-2014-family-justice-reforms.pdf https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/50DBSCH_SCR5510_1/1ec6d257f3b6bbd973797771f5794bd8470b4749 https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/practice-resources/the-business-of-law/legal-practice/lawyer-ethnicity-differs-from-new-zealand-population...

2. COVID-19 Communications to Family Violence Providers [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...Children’s Safety and SSS) Safety programmes must have the primary objective of promoting (whether by education, information, support, or otherwise) the protection of the protected person from family violence. https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/resources/tables/COVID-19-alert-levels-detailed.pdf 3 Level 4: 24 April 2020 • People instructed to stay at home. • Businesses closed except for essential services (eg supermarkets, pharmacies, clinics) and lifeline utilities. A...

3. [2016] NZEmpC 137 Bennett and Others v Michaels and Others [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...acts …” 4 [20] The following discussion of decisions in which lifting or piercing the corporate veil has been considered provide valuable pointers to how the Court should deal with the situation in the present case. [21] Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd is the leading United Kingdom case on the subject and has been influential in New Zealand. 5 There are also New Zealand authorities which pre-date this judgment. In Prest at first instance, 6 the High Court in this matrimo...

4. [2017] NZEmpC 53 Eden Group Ltd v Jackson [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...from the words “providing that any spending … the consent of the Court”. [62] These considerations favour the grant of a stay order. The public interest [63] Both counsel emphasised the desirability of making best use of court resources. [64] In my view, given the prospect that the High Court proceeding would be more likely to resolve most issues between the parties, without the complicating factor of issues estoppel having to be considered and resolved, a stay...

5. LCRO 64/2020 - QR - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (7 September 2020) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...complexity of the issues in dispute; - the nature and complexity of the submissions which the part wishes to advance; - the significance to that party of an adverse decision (’what is at stake’); and - the competing demands on the time and resources of the court or tribunal. [73] The ‘purpose’ which the Court was referring to was to ensure that parties were given a reasonable opportunity to present their case. The matters referred to in Mr NB’s report are complex, and...

6. LCRO 166/2020 GM - Application for review of a prosecutorial decision (18 December 2020) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...2020. 5 [20] He submitted that: (a) there were sound public policy reasons as to why the Standards Committee should conduct the conduct investigation rather than the Disciplinary Tribunal; and (b) it would put unnecessary demand on the resources of the Tribunal if it was required to deal with conduct issues which essentially engaged incidents where practitioners had made “inadvertent errors” in managing the trust accounts; and (c) principles of natural justice require...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 101 Close v Wellington City Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA IN THE NIATIER OF BETWEEN AND AND Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 101 an appeal under s 120 of the Resource Management Act 1991 D GOODWIN, F CLOSE, P OL VER and C HORROCKS (ENV-2020-WLG-000007) Appellants WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Respondent WELLINGTON ZIPLINE ADVENTURES LIMITED Applicant Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Hearing: On the...

8. OIA-102320.pdf [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...a safer and more welcoming environment for everyone. This learning module is part of the Papa Pounamu’s work programme1 to grow the New Zealand Public Service’s diversity and inclusion capability. This learning module is part of the suite of resources to support agencies to implement Papa Pounamu’s focus areas: • cultural competency, • addressing bias, • inclusive leadership, • building relationships, • and support for Employee-led networks.’ If you wish to...

9. Karaitiana v Waka Kotahi - Parahaki Island (2022) 454 Aotea MB 299 (454 AOT 299) [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...area of land that could be included in a resurvey of the current natural boundaries of Parahaki Island. 5. For a definition of what physical features constitute the water boundary, I was guided by definitions in the: (a) Section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, where 'bed' means "(a) in relation to any river — (i) for the purpose of esplanade reserves, esplanade 10 Archaelogical survey and assessment of effects Parahaki island at 21. 11 Affidavit C...

10. Boulton v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 135 [pdf, 228 KB]

    ...construed or interpreted and applied to the facts is a question of law … . [25] Even if the qualifying criteria are made out, the Court has an extensive discretion in the grant or refusal of leave so as to ensure proper use of scarce judicial resources. Leave is not to be granted as a matter of course. One factor in the grant of leave is the wider importance of any contended point of law … . [18] In Cullen,3 the Court of Appeal stated the following principles applying to the...