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1. LCRO 60/2017 NV v GW (31 July 2017) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...invoices (failure to add GST to one of the accounts) and her acceptance that she was unable to access the correspondence which would have accompanied the two accounts as a consequence of an inability to access her former employee’s email account. [101] Whilst making those concessions, Ms GW nevertheless emphasised that it was her firm view that the two invoices which Ms NV argues had not been sent to her until late in the piece, would have been dispatched around the date recorded...

2. Wilton TRI-2021-100-002 Procedural Order 27 [pdf, 311 KB]

   ...badly or very unreasonably.54 The threshold to be met for an uplift is a high one and uplifted costs are awarded sparingly.55 The threshold for an order of increased costs in this proceeding has, in my determination, not been made out. [101] The High Court Rule 14.6(3)(b)(ii) does permit an award of costs to be increased if the party opposing costs has contributed unnecessarily to the time or expense of the proceedings according to three categorises of criteria. I am satisfi...

3. BORA Criminal Record (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill [pdf, 8.6 MB]

   ...a written decision whether the conviction meets the test for expungement (cl 17(1)). If the conviction does not meet the test for expungement, the Secretary must provide written reasons (cl 17(2)). 10. When making a decision, the Secretary: 10.1 may receive any statement, document, infomiation, or matter, whether or not admissible in a court of law, that in the Secretary's discretion may help the Secretary to make a decision (cl 19(a)); 10.2 must act independently (cl 19(...

4. LCRO 20/2017 AP v RE (20 December 2018) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...submissions to this Office dated 8 August 2017 Mr LN said that the use of the word “misconduct” by Mr AP to describe Mr RE’s conduct is no longer pursued. Mr AP’s position is that his complaints establish unsatisfactory conduct. 18 [101] Mr RE rendered six invoices to Mr AP during the retainer, totalling $33,643.58 (including GST and disbursements), as follows: Date Fee GST Disbursements TOTAL 29 May 2015 $3,074 $461.10 $195 $3,730.10 14 July 2015 $2,030 $304.50 $133...

5. Legal aid grants June 2019 [xlsx, 98 KB]

   ...39 428 434 425 491 278 213 219 265 312 339 22% 22% 25% 24% 20% 22% 21% 26% 25% 29% 40 to 49 548 589 449 541 401 251 282 236 327 263 28% 29% 26% 26% 28% 26% 27% 23% 27% 22% 50 to 64 471 496 333 476 360 280 299 267 301 279 24% 25% 20% 23% 25% 29% 29% 26% 25% 24% 65 and over 104 101 86 108 84 53 72 42 60 82 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 4% 5% 7% Unknown 18 14 8 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 1% 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 0% Total 1,941 2,014 1,700 2,078 1,412 976 1,032 1,021 1,227 1,171 100%...

6. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Perceptions-of-safety-v2 [xlsx, 378 KB]

   ...Owned (including with a mortgage) 8.39 12.74 27.15 23.73 27.99 8.19 * 11.69 25.75 26.09 28.27 10.35 14.00 26.20 23.62 25.83 Rented, private 10.33 12.17 22.09 22.12 33.28 15.93 * 9.43 21.47 22.16 31.01 12.62 12.70 22.31 24.91 27.47 Rented, government (local/central) 15.35 * 16.73 # 20.32 15.49 * 32.11 17.35 * 14.14 21.42 15.08 * 32.01 19.18 ‡ * 8.73 ‡ 19.13 ‡ 15.50 ‡ * 37.46 ‡ *...

7. [2007] NZEmpC WC 29/07 Hawkins v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...[100] That submission is correct as far as it goes but does not take into account the dynamics which existed at the Taumarunui police station at the time which are relevant and important in establishing the cause of Mr Hawkins’s resignation. [101] The first relevant matter is the history of Detective Sergeant Webb’s attitude to Mr Hawkins among others. Although they were of similar rank, Mr Hawkins felt intimidated and bullied by him. The fact that Detective Sergeant Webb was...

8. [2017] NZEmpC 152 Performance Cleaners v Chinan [pdf, 546 KB]

   ...equity or tort were to succeed, no doubt there are potentially remedies for proved egregious conduct, such as aggravated or exemplary damages. None of the other remedies for repayment or return of information could give rise to difficulty. [101] The principle point that was made in support of the company’s submission as to where the interests of justice lie was that the High Court had determined that one of the claims before it lacked jurisdiction; it was asserted that it would...

9. Outcomes for Mentally Impaired Persons June 2023 [xlsx, 97 KB]

   ...Male 94 102 85 153 139 145 120 172 159 165 84% 85% 76% 84% 79% 82% 81% 81% 86% 88% Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Ethnicity European 58 69 44 83 80 72 76 75 79 68 52% 58% 39% 46% 46% 41% 51% 35% 43% 36% Māori 39 40 50 67 76 73 59 115 88 101 35% 33% 45% 37% 43% 41% 40% 54% 48% 54% Pacific Peoples 14 9 18 18 19 22 18 26 15 16 13% 8% 16% 10% 11% 12% 12% 12% 8% 9% Asian 6 4 3 11 7 6 4 2 4 8 5% 3% 3% 6% 4% 3% 3% 1% 2% 4% Other 1 1 0 7 5 7 1 6 4 4 1% 1% 0% 4% 3% 4%...

10. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Youth Law [pdf, 453 KB]

    ...35 At 3 (6.7). 36 Family Court Practice Note: Lawyer for the Child: Selection, Appointment and Other Matters (Principal Family Court Judge’s Chambers, 26 March 2015) at 3. 14 10 Psychologists Reports 10.1 YouthLaw Aotearoa are concerned about reports of delay to family court proceedings caused by obtaining psychologists reports, and we support delay reducing mechanisms. 10.2 YouthLaw Aotearoa also supports the creation of a list of psycholog