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1. Final decisions & responses to review of criminal fixed fees published

   The Legal Services Commissioner’s decision and response to the review of the criminal fixed fees is now published. The review aimed to gather information on how the fees are working in practice and to identify any issues or gaps in the schedules. Increases in Government funding to enable the Legal Services Commissioner to revise the criminal legal aid fees will be staged over three years from 2016 to 2018. Three new separate criminal legal aid fee schedules have been developed for each financi...

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2. Turuki! Turuki! Moving Together [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...we have heard many reflections on what “safe and effective” might mean. Our approach focuses on ensuring our collective security through an enduring system which uplifts people, strengthens our communities and relationships, ensures we are all responsible for justice and accountable for our actions, and models more care and compassion for all. This report sets a direction for such change. We are not advocating for minor measures but rather we are laying out a pathway to transformat...

3. B Ltd v JG & WG [2023] NZDT 770 (21 December 2023) [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...but was to be paid by instalments of $400.00 per month. 2. The new loan quickly fell into arrears, and eventually the debtors stopped making payments altogether. B Ltd now claims $4,265.65. 3. The issues to be determined are: a) Did B Ltd act responsibly in making the loans? b) Have all disclosures been made correctly? c) What sum, if any, is payable? Did B Ltd act responsibly in making the loans? 4. Section 9C of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA) requir...

4. NZCASS Data tables 2 reporting crime [xlsx, 809 KB]

   ...household, geographic, offence, impact on victim and involvement in Neighbourhood Support. 15a Factors associated with reporting and non-reporting to Police – sampling error How variable are the statistics in table 15? 16 Victim satisfaction with Police response – estimates Satisfaction with Police response in 2013, by violent interpersonal offences and non-violent offences. Includes response waiting times, level of interest and respect, how well kept informed and reasons for dissatisfa...

5. LCRO 275/2015 and 9/2016 YM v SC and JW (18 December 2018) [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...a considerable sum of fees had been paid for little return and that Mr PP had to “start again”. [33] Mr YM and Mr JW were invited to respond. Mr YM replied on 22 September 2014, Mr JW on 21 October 2014. Both practitioners provided further responses. [Firm 1] were 1 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 132(a). 5 aware of, and endorsed, the responses to the complaints that had been provided by their former employees. [34] It...

6. Bacic v Tulip Holdings Limited (in liq) [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...removed as a party to these proceedings. [9] Joel McLellan was the managing director of Buildcorp and at the time of acquisition of the Pannill Place development, James Fairgray was Buildcorp’s general manager. James Fairgray’s primary responsibility was the financial management of Buildcorp and contract management. He was the person primarily responsible for dealing with the agreements for sale and purchase and contractual issues with the purchasers of units. The st...

7. Social Wellbeing Commitee Paper COVID-19 options to amend Sale And Supply of Alcohol FINAL [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...shutdown period. 8 I note that all options will have resourcing implications on Medical Officers of Health and Police, and delays in processing licensing applications will continue due to demand being diverted to the priority COVID-19 frontline response. Proa cti ve R ele as e I N C O N F I D E N C E 2 I N C O N F I D E N C E 9 The options are: 9.1 Option A: encourage councils to work collaboratively with industry and regulatory officers to prioritise applications to...

8. A package of family violence and sexual violence initiatives for Budget 2019 [pdf, 4.6 MB]

   ...new ways of working collectively across agencies. We know that the core components of a successful model include: • Partnerships between NGOs, government, iwi and communities to enable local ownership and leadership. • Skilled workforce and responsive organisations that can identify and respond to people’s help-seeking wherever they seek help, and ensure access to specialist responses. s9(2)(i), s9(2)(j), s9(2)(b)(ii) • building capability to support local operations an...

9. LCRO 1/2023 EL v OX (17 December 2024) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...It nevertheless observed that the Memorandum “should have been provided to [EL] as part of the mortgage documents”.4 [18] The Standards Committee “did not consider, in all the circumstances, that further investigation, or any disciplinary response, was required from the Standards Committee on this issue”. [19] The Committee then addressed the conflict of interest that EL considered to exist. It said:5 Whilst there is an inherent conflict in this role, it is also common prac...

10. BORA Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill [pdf, 191 KB]

    Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill 12 September 2010 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY BILL 1. We have considered whether the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill (PCO 14738/15.0) (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). We understand that the Bill is to be...