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1. OIA-118541.pdf [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...policies Thank you for your email of 19 December 2024 requesting information, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), regarding the Ministry of Justice’s (the Ministry) policies and procedures on conflicts of interest. Please find a response to each part of your request below. 1. Does the Ministry of Justice have any policies in place regarding conflicts of interest arising from membership in Freemasonry among its employees? All employees are expected to disclose any ac...

2. OIA-124492.pdf [pdf, 718 KB]

   ...(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information relating to the Employment Court. On 4 August 2025, MBIE transferred your request in part under section 14 of the Act to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) for response. Specifically, you requested: Please provide CultureShift NZ Ltd with MBIE's policies/procedures for addressing Protected Disclosure cases that have been raised under the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblower...

3. OIA-124625.pdf [pdf, 729 KB]

   ...Justice (the Ministry) under section 14 of the Act. Specifically, the part of your request which was transferred is: Of the individuals whose appeals to the BRC were denied, how many applicants subsequently escalated their case to the SSAA? In response to your request, the Ministry does not hold information to the level of detail you have asked for. This information may be held on individual Social Security Appeal Authority case files. Section 2(6)(b) of the Act provides that trib...

4. OIA-121749.pdf [pdf, 777 KB]

   ...have been granted in Northland to pregnant women or women with dependent children in the past 5 years? • How many non-custodial sentences have been denied in Northland to pregnant women or women with dependent children in the past 5 years? In response to your request, the Ministry does not hold information on whether female offenders are pregnant women, or women with dependent children. This level of information is not recorded in the Case Management System (CMS) used by the courts. T...

5. NZCASS Data tables 4 victims experiences & needs [xlsx, 850 KB]

   ...the NZCASS: a general or 'main sample' and a Māori booster sample that aims to increase sample sizes for Māori. Sample size A total of 6,943 people responded as part of the NZCASS in 2014 ('total sample'). This includes 5,235 responses as part of the main sample and 1,708 for the Māori booster sample. Interviewing period 10 February 2014 – 6 July 2014 Response rate The total 2014 sample response rate was 81.0% (for the main sample it was 80.0% and for the Māori...

6. Balatbat v Sparks [2016] NZIACDT 27 [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...advisers, particularly in relation to using unqualified staff or contractors. [24] In many areas of professional and licensed practice, extensive use is made of people who do not hold the professional qualifications required of the person primarily responsible for providing the service. In some cases, those persons hold different and complementary qualifications, such as lawyers and legal executives; surgeons, nurses, and anaesthetists; pilots, and first officers. Unqualified peop...

7. [2019] NZEmpC 98 Noble v Ballooning Canterbury.com Ltd [pdf, 565 KB]

   ...printed via Mr Noble’s Californian email provider; whilst the second was printed via BCL’s New Zealand email provider. For the purposes of the chronology, it is the second document which is accurate. I conclude it was sent by Mr Noble in response to BCL’s termination letter on 10 December 2015. [60] By 15 December 2015, Mr Noble had instructed a lawyer, Mr Goldstein. He wrote to BCL asserting that there had been an employment agreement, that Mr Noble had been unjustifiabl...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 146 Gafiatullina v Propellerhead Ltd [pdf, 394 KB]

   ...She says she was told that there were no redeployment opportunities if her role was disestablished. [74] The deadline for feedback was extended from five to 11 days at Ms Gafiatullina’s request. [75] Ms Gafiatullina submitted her written response to the proposal on 12 March 2019. The response took issue with a number of aspects of the proposal. Among other things she disputed that the Portfolio Manager role could be replaced by the Practice App and delegation to Product Owne...

9. Brown v Otago Polytechnic (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...relates to those sections of the HRA said to have been contravened. Accordingly further and better particulars of the actual allegations and how they amounted to unlawful discrimination would be needed before the Polytechnic could provide a detailed response. Without prejudice to the need for better particulars, the statement of reply nevertheless responded (to the degree possible) to the allegations made by Mr Brown. [5] By application dated 23 April 2013 the Otago Polytechnic sought...

10. LCRO 72/2020 ZW v CB (29 September 2020) [pdf, 204 KB]

    ...negligent advice; and (d) breach of duty of care; and (e) poor service. [14] In summary, I understand Mr ZW’s complaint to be that he was charged too much, and received little value for the fees paid. [15] Mr CB provided a comprehensive response to Mr ZW’s complaint on 25 June 2019. [16] In that response Mr CB gave a detailed account of the retainer. [17] He explained that he had:1 (a) in his initial meeting with Mr ZW, identified the potential parties against whom cla...