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1. Provider Manual for legal aid providers - DELETE [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...(legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz). mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz mailto:legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz 8 Providing legal aid Grants Handbook The Grants Handbook is a useful resource that sets out our policies relating to legal aid in detail. Use the grants handbook to learn more about legal aid applications, eligibility, assignment, reassignments, fees, payments and more. We encourage y...

2. LCRO 52/2022 AD v OC (12 July 2024) [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...September 2020 The respondent seeks the applicant’s approval of and sends an email in response to the Council’s lawyers’ letter of 27 August 2020. 7 September 2020 The Council’s lawyers send another letter, this one relating to the lack of a resource consent for works being undertaken on the applicant’s property. 10 September 2020 Further letter from the respondent to the Council’s lawyers. The letter includes a request under the Local Government Official Informatio...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 148 Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...within a further 10 working days.12 Costs in the Environment Court As the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 does not contain any provisions relating to an award of costs, any costs applications are to be determined by s 285 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). Under s 285 of the RMA, the Environment Court may order any party to pay any other party the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the other party. Section 285 confers a broad discretion. The Envi...

4. Hopps v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2025] NZACC 014 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...treatment. (2) Treatment injury does not include the following kinds of personal injury: (a) personal injury that is wholly or substantially caused by a person's underlying health condition: (b) personal injury that is solely attributable to a resource allocation decision: (c) personal injury that is a result of a person unreasonably withholding or delaying their consent to undergo treatment. (3) The fact that treatment did not achieve a desired result does not, of it...

5. LCRO 12/2025 AO v FA and CY (28 February 2025) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...the date of the decision.6 4 KX v WA LCRO 84/2012 (30 April 2012) at [9]–[10]. 5 UQ v OI LCRO 19/2013 (2 April 2013) at [4]. 6 For an example of a provision in an enactment empowering a judge to extend a time limit, see s 281(1)(a)(ii) of the Resource Management Act 1991. In short, in proceedings under that enactment a judge may waive the time within which an appeal may be lodged. 5 Meaning of “working day” [23] Section 13 of the Legislation Act 2019 (LA) relevantly defi...

6. [2025] NZEmpC 90 Youtap Ltd v Johnston [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...Johnston’s relationships with YMMA and Youtap Ltd. Although YMMA received funding from other companies in the Youtap Group, ultimately Dr Johnston’s salary was paid by YMMA. It is not contested that companies across the Youtap Group shared some resources, including that Dr Johnston performed some services for other Youtap companies. However, that is not inconsistent with Dr Johnston being employed by YMMA, as part of the wider Youtap Group. [58] Mr Jones did, of course, exert...

7. LCRO 148/2022 NH v MV (13 June 2024) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...was responsible for his own due diligence and was not to rely on anything I might have said. 6 2. DELAYS … There should have been a clause covering the consequence if he breached the clause (by adding a habitable space that would have needed resource and building consent) ie that therefore I would be absolved of obligation to provide CCC …. 3. UNDERTAKING The “undertaking” that [MV] gave to [Law firm 2] I did not know about. See [Law firm 4] comments em April 21 2017 4....

8. Linstead v Tohu - Te Horo 3 No 1-31 (2024) 276 Taitokerau MB 273 (276 TTK 273) [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...occupy. 4. He has had to deal with an earlier injunction application filed on this matter and now a rehearing and second injunction application seeking to restrain him from living on and dealing with the land that he has committed considerable resources to. 276 Taitokerau MB 292 [117] I consider that the balance of convenience lays in favour of the Trust and Amadeus Tohu. I see no reason to question the conduct of either of them. [118] Counsel for the applicant submits t...

9. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2024] NZHRRT 52 [pdf, 403 KB]

   ...received his radiation treatment at 3.08pm on 13 February 2019. The first syringe driver was started at 5.35pm. 4 Palliative care focusses on providing relief from the symptoms of life-limiting conditions. 4 15. ADHB’s clinical resource for the use of syringe drivers covered how to manage the syringe driver, including four-hourly checks of the pump. However, there was no reference to patient management, such as expected frequency of monitoring vital signs or managem...

10. Im-just-content-to-them-ECPAT-research-summary-2025-RGB.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...led by NGOs with recognised expertise in sexual exploitation. ‣ Embed lived experience and specialist knowledge into policy development, service design, and oversight mechanisms, and use it to update prevention education initiatives. ‣ Resource long-term, dignity-affirming supports for victims — including recognition, reparative care, and access to justice. WANT THE FULL INSIGHTS? SCAN TO READ THE REPORT. One of this report’s key contributions is to clarify that sexual...