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1. Conducting Proceedings with interpreters factsheet [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...speaker has paused. Simultaneous interpreting is used when New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) or te reo Māori interpreting is required. Specialist equipment is usually needed and/or interpreters may work together in a buddy system. Roles and responsibilities of court staff and counsel Court or tribunal staff and counsel have a range of roles and responsibilities when working with interpreters. For example, staff should: • Greet the interpreter, give them a microphone and pr...

2. OIA-120116.pdf [pdf, 808 KB]

   ...Please provide this information tabulated year by year (Both at the time of expenditure and adjusted for inflation). I also acknowledge your further email of 7 April 2025 seeking an update on your request. I apologise for the delay in providing a response to you and thank you for your patience while the Ministry has prepared the information for release. In response to your request for an overview of Waitangi Tribunal expenses by year, please see Table 1 attached. Table 1 provides the W...

3. BW v HN [2024] NZDT 296 (30 April 2024) [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...event at the community centre had just finished, and multiple cars were leaving the car park. BW was driving in a queue of cars towards the exit, and HN was parked in a space near the exit, their cars collided. Each driver believes that the other is responsible for the collision. 2. BW and her insurer, B Ltd, claim the sum of $1,590.54 for the cost of repairs. 3. The issues to be determined are as follows: a. Was HN responsible for the collision? b. If so, are the costs claimed r...

4. [2007] NZEmpC WC 25/07 AFFCO NZ Ltd v Nepia & Anor [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...designated decision-maker by those carrying out the investigation. This is not appropriate. It is for a decision-maker to delegate the investigation part of the disciplinary process if he or she deems it to be appropriate. The decision-maker is responsible for the administration of a fair process. In the present case, this fundamentally important process was not followed. No fair and reasonable employer would have acted in this way. The decision to dismiss in these circumstanc...

5. Request for proposals: Statistical modelling to support the Investment Approach to Justice [pdf, 534 KB]

   ...both in NZ and overseas. A bit about us The Justice Sector delivers a wide range of services. In addition to its crime prevention activity, a substantial amount of work relates to responding to both crimes and other incidents requiring a police response, working to improve road safety, running criminal, civil and family courts, running special jurisdictions such as the Tenancy Tribunal, collection of fines and administration of sentences and orders.

6. BORA Future Directions (Working for Families) Bill [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...of those who care for dependent children part-time from eligibility for childcare assistance might be considered to indirectly discriminate against men involved in shared child- custody arrangements because men are more likely to have child-care responsibilities for weekends or equivalent "part-time" periods than are women. However, taking into account the fact that the income earning ability of men is greater than that of women, overall they are less likely to require the as...

7. LCRO 125/2019 AB v CD and EF (3 June 2021) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...in the trust account; - lost rental income due to late settlement resulting from Ms CD’s delaying tactics; - innumerable hours of otherwise unnecessary work for him; - reimbursement of overseas witnesses for their legal expenses. Mr EF’s response [25] In response to Mr AB’s complaints, Mr EF says: • none of the lawyers who Mr AB had instructed subsequently had any issues with Mr EF continuing to act for G. • “…there was no information [he] ever learned from [Mr...

8. Kim & Anor v Auckland Council & Ors [2013] NZWHT Auckland 28 [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...developer, I accept there can be more than one, is the party sitting at the centre and directing the project, invariably for its own financial benefit. It is the entity which decides on and engages the builder and any professional advisors. It is responsible for the implementation and completion of the development process. It has the power to make all important decisions. Policy demands that the developer owes actionable duties to owners of the buildings it develops....

9. LCRO 181/2019 SL v GB (29 January 2021) [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Ms PR’s outstanding fees. [21] For that reason, in my review of the Committee’s fees decision, pursuant to s 209(1)(a) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act), I directed the Committee to reconsider and determine those issues. Response [22] I refer to Mr GB’s response in my later analysis.8 Standards Committee decision [23] The Committee delivered its decision on 23 October 2019, and determined, pursuant to s 138(2) of the Act, that any further action on Ms S...

10. LCRO 136/2021 YL v OB (28 February 2022) [pdf, 249 KB]

    ...that she did not require Mr OB to seek independent legal advice. [12] On 4 February 2021, Ms YL’s husband was issued with a police safety order, that order naming Ms YL as a protected person. Counsel for Ms YL’s husband provided an immediate response in which argument was advanced that there was no reasonable 3 or proper basis for Ms YL to have sought the protection of a safety order. Concern at the steps taken by Ms YL prompted Mr EH’s partner to step back from child supp...