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1. Welcome Guide Information for court and tribunal interpreters v6 [docx, 1.7 MB]

   ...qualifications and training · delivering interpreter services in courts and tribunals · how the Ministry will manage ongoing quality improvement for the interpreter service. We expect you to be familiar with the quality framework. It can be a useful resource to check if you are unsure of how to manage any situation that arises. If anyone asks you to behave in a way that contradicts the standards in the quality framework you can let them know what the quality framework says, and that you are...

2. Welcome-Guide-Information-for-court-and-tribunal-interpreters-v5.docx [docx, 1.7 MB]

   ...qualifications and training · delivering interpreter services in courts and tribunals · how the Ministry will manage ongoing quality improvement for the interpreter service. We expect you to be familiar with the quality framework. It can be a useful resource to check if you are unsure of how to manage any situation that arises. If anyone asks you to behave in a way that contradicts the standards in the quality framework you can let them know what the quality framework says, and that you are...

3. LCRO 34/2023 PI v SY (27 June 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...importance that the lawyer is able to advise the client as to the scope of the appeal, and, in particular, whether there are any jurisdictional impediments to advancing the appeal. [67] It is self-evidently pointless for a lawyer to engage a client’s resources in advancing an impotent appeal. [68] And there were limitations on Mr PI’s ability to address, in the District Court, all the matters he wished to have challenged. [69] The District Court had no jurisdiction to consider the...

4. OIA-116775 [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...anticipated by businesses, particularly those amendments that provide regulatory relief. Package C (immediate relief) in the work programme briefing 26. While the policy work involved to progress both the RSJAB and SAB is not extensive, there is still resource that will need to progress this work. 27. Ministry officials will discuss the work needed to progress the RSJAB and SAB with you in the context of the AML/CFT work programme. Next steps 28. Ministry officials will meet with...

5. Nelson Standards Committee v Ord [2025] NZLCDT 4 (17 January 2025) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...Dr Ord, you have received a painful lesson in why it is important for all practitioners to remain within their areas of expertise. While you were well intentioned to assist a client who you saw as in a very difficult situation and with little resources available to her, from her perspective, your interventions only made matters worse. It is important, for the reputation of the profession to be upheld, that lawyers exercise better judgement than their clients. We admonish you to...

6. 2018 archive

   On this page: Message from the Manager Legal Aid Services Family Legal Advice Service not available for Oranga Tamariki proceedings Amendment to grant forms and high cost cases policy Arrangements when duty lawyers are unable to attend on a rostered day Accommodation disbursements Family Violence legislation takes effect Legal services for mental health patients Pre-sentence reports Legal Aid Triennial Review Criminal case assignment – Christmas, New Year availability Cut-off date for invoice

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7. [2013] NZEmpC 172 Aviation & Marine Engineers Assn Inc v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 601 KB]

   ...aircraft engaged in line flying even where no maintenance or repair may have been performed. [29] Aircraft engineers are an integral part of all important aspects of the airline’s operation: aircraft safety, timely departures, and efficient use of resources that are very expensive to have and to operate. [30] Aircraft engineers are based at the airline’s three principal New Zealand bases, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and, in the case of Auckland, separately at domesti...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 65 Rayner v Director-General of Health [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...taken leave but who had not been asked to undertake such a process. She told her managers that they were taking this step because she was a woman and were attempting to justify their actions by saying they were doing so on the advice of Human Resources (HR). She herself took advice from the Public Service Association (the PSA). Ultimately, the issues were able to be resolved with the provision of a report from her own medical practitioner certifying that she was fit for work....

9. Pokere v Bodger - Ōuri 1A3 (2022) 459 Aotea MB 210 (459 AOT 210) [pdf, 585 KB]

   ...āhuatanga o te tiaki, he whakapūmou, arā, ka purutia, ka tukua iho, ka penapenangia, ka ngakina; he whakawhanake, arā, ka whāngaia, ka manaakitia, ka poipoia taua taonga; he whakakanohi, arā, ka kōrerotia, include land, food supply, resources, a person of extraordinary ability, or similar things. It is up to that group who possesses or seeks to acquire that taonga to determine the substance of its value. It is therefore important in the first instance to clearly i...

10. [2007] National Distribution Union Inc v General Distributors Ltd AK AC 7/07 [pdf, 269 KB]

    ...over later. The first manager asked, in effect, her successor to ensure that non-union employees opted out of the bargaining fee arrangement. Another employee saw this entry in the book and contacted the union. The union contacted GDL’s human resources department which promptly investigated the matter, confirmed that the entry had been written, and ensured it was removed immediately from the book. We are satisfied that it was not seen, let alone acted upon, by the night-fill m...