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1. Johnston v Abide Homes Limited [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...front entry to the dwelling and on the deck. Counsel for Mr Wratt filed a memorandum and a medical certificate advising that Mr Wratt was not fit to attend the adjudication and could not afford legal representation. Mr Wratt did not file a response to the claim or appear at the hearing. The Johnstons did not claim against Mr Wratt and in their closing submissions said that they believed he had no liability. The inspections required for the purpose of issuing the Code Complian...

2. Proactive release - Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence [pdf, 7.7 MB]

   1 Budget sensitive Office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence) Chair, Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence Proposal 1. This paper seeks Cabinet agreement to a package of legislative and operational changes to improve the experience of sexual violence victims in the justice system.1 It also proposes further work on more transformative options to ensure the system...

3. Phase II Anti-money laundering reforms - Business Compliance Impacts [pdf, 495 KB]

   ...assumptions, applying qualitative feedback and professional judgement. In addition the following caveats apply:  A significant representative sample across all impacted industry groups was not possible due to time constraints and low online survey responses;  Some entities declined the invitation to participate in the interviews for reasons of commercial sensitivity;  Cost information, where supplied either in the online survey or in interviews, was not verified or validate...

4. Kek, Bayley, Bayleys Real Estate Ltd v CAC409 & C & S Morris [2019] NZREADT 26 (20 June 2019) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...decision H5 treated timber2 [12] The Committee recorded that Ms Kek accepted that the marketing material describing the house as having been built with H5 treated timber was incorrect and a misrepresentation. It referred to Ms Kek’s statement in response to the complaint (through the Agency’s solicitors) that she had obtained all information directly from the vendor, who had overseen the building of the property, and reassured her that H5 treated timber had been used. [13]...

5. 221013-Web-Attachment-Summary-of-Submissions-Policy.pdf [pdf, 421 KB]

   Summary of submissions and response 1 Table of Contents Summary .......................................................................................................................... 2 Overview of submissions .......................................................................................................... 2 Key changes made in response to consultation ......................................................................... 2 Next steps ...........................

6. Supervised Contact Quality Practice Framework [pdf, 762 KB]

   ...information about adaptable strategies and solutions catering to different needs and circumstances where possible. Emphasise the cooperative aim of SC and the common goal of arriving at decisions that are in the child's best interest. Rights and responsibilities: Clarify the rights and responsibilities of caregivers and children within the SC context. Support available: Provide information on support services, including counselling, social work support, and helplines, to ass...

7. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 4th report [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...activities, through a publicly-funded process. 5. Under section 7 of the BORA, the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Law Office assessed bills at the vetting stage with a view to preventing the adoption of legislation that contradicted the BORA. 6. In response to questions put by Mr. Lallah, Mr. Klein and Mr. Scheinin she said that, since the 1994 decision by the Court of Appeal in the case of Tavita v. Minister of Immigration, the courts had routinely taken international human right...

8. Gemmell v Gemmell - Mohaka A4 Trust [2015] Māori Appellate Court MB 114 (2015 APPEAL 114) [pdf, 456 KB]

   ...Gemmell (the last two having died). Nicky Gemmell, a pre-2005 trustee, opposed paying costs. As for Arthur, he opposed costs as follows: 31 A Gemmell: I wasn’t part of the recent trustees but I agree with Claude and Nettie and that the responsibility should fall on that previous trusts and unfortunately Sam was a trustee at that time, Bessie was a trustee at that time, my brother Thomas was a trustee at that time, he has passed away. Motu Gemmell (sic) was a trustee at that...

9. Youth Court - Playing to win: youth offenders out of court (and sometimes in) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...the mono-cultural process. The enactment of the CYPF Act in 1989 introduced a “new paradigm.” Namely, a clear two-fold emphasis in the legislation: first, on not charging young offenders and if at all possible using police organised alternative responses; and, secondly (where police diversion was not possible), relying on the Family Group Conference (FGC) - both as a diversionary mechanism to avoid charging, and as the prime decision making mechanism for all charges that were not deni...

10. LCRO 240/2013 TM v DC (8 May 2017) [pdf, 365 KB]

    ...to Ms DC [26] On 8 June 2012 Mr TM sent Ms DC a letter in which he requested that she respond to 14 questions concerning her representation of him. [27] Ms DC’s reply on 20 June 2012 is largely contained in Mr TM’s complaint and Ms DC’s response to the complaint. The complaint [28] Mr TM’s complaint identified four areas of concern: (a) ERA hearing witness statements/perjury. (b) Conflict of interest. (c) Compliance order. (d) 2012 personal grievance. ERA witness...