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1. People discharged without conviction June 2020 [xlsx, 89 KB]

   ...is due to changes in offence categorisation for 'driving causing death' offences. Prior to mid-2012 there were several offences which included 'driving causing death or injury', which were categorised in division 04: Dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons. When these offences were replaced with separate offences for 'driving causing death' and 'driving causing injury', the new 'driving causing death' offences were categorised in 01: Hom...

2. OIA-104168.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Homicide and related offences* 17 38 34 53 45 52 47 32 36 02: Acts intended to cause injury 5,027 4,746 4,673 4,942 5,0"31 4,627 4,466 4,530 3,882 03: Sexual assault and related offences 279 234 289 266 -....264 286 299 275 279 04: Dangerous or negligent acts 887 814 815 901 J - 941 980 978 948 737 endangering persons 0 05: Abduction, harassment and other 484 523 561 671 604 647 588 682 609 offences against the person 06: Robbery, extortion and related offences 176 168 156 151 187 2...

3. LV v VJ LCRO 81 / 2011 (6 September 2011) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...Applicant was a major beneficiary under the Will of DR who died in April 2010. The Practitioner was an executor of the estate; a niece of the deceased was co- executor. [3] DR had bequeathed to the Applicant a sizable amount of money, her motor vehicle and the balance of her household chattels. The complaint against the Practitioner concerned those chattels. Many were found to be missing at some stage after the funeral. The Applicant blamed the Practitioner for failing in his du...

4. Data highlights for adults convicted and sentenced June 2018 [pdf, 408 KB]

   ...offence types in 2017/2018 is different when only an adult’s most serious convicted charge in the year is counted: 11 • traffic offences (23,302 adults) • offences against justice (8,839 adults) • assault (7,470 adults) • dangerous or negligent acts (mostly dangerous driving) (4,717 adults) • theft (4,360 adults). As shown above, drug offences which are the fifth most frequent convicted charge, are often not a person’s most serious offence in a year (i.e. adu...

5. Auckland District Law Society v Mathias [2010] NZLCDT 10 [pdf, 42 KB]

   ...failure of Blue Chip companies. 5.4 Charging for work which was not done, not completed, or charging for work which was completed but not requested by the client. This work was normally related to the setting up (or not) of a family trust or other vehicle through which transactions would be conducted. 5.5 Deducting money from funds held in trust to pay invoices for fees without the authority of the client. This related to situations when work had not been done or completed. 5.6 U...

6. OIA-106760.pdf [pdf, 5.1 MB]

   ...2020 2021 01: Homicide and related offences 68 63 55 59 60 49 75 69 60 55 54 66 02: Acts intended to cause injury 15 16 17 16 16 16 16 18 17 17 17 17 03: Sexual assault and related offences 58 63 59 61 62 59 58 58 " 60 59 63 57 04: Dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons 10 7 9 12 10 11 10 ~ 11 11 12 9 12 05: Abduction, harassment and other offences against the person 15 13 16 14 16 12 15 17 16 16 15 14 06: Robbery, extortion and related offences 34 35 35 35 37 37 33 37 37 34...

7. Data highlights for adults convicted and sentenced June 2019 [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...convicted; 4% decrease compared to 2017/2018) • offences against justice, such as breaching a community work order (8,797 people convicted, no change compared to 2017/2018) • assault (7,061 people convicted, 5% decrease) • dangerous or negligent acts (mostly dangerous driving) (4,208 people convicted, 11% decrease) • theft (4,112 people convicted, 6% decrease). The order of the most common offence types for convicted adults is different from the order for convicted...

8. Data highlights for adults convicted and sentenced December 2018 [pdf, 492 KB]

   ...offences (22,634 people convicted; 7% decrease compared with 2017) • offences against justice, such as breaching a community work order (8,854 people convicted, 2% decrease) • assault (7,275 people convicted, 8% decrease) • dangerous or negligent acts (mostly dangerous driving) (4,569 people convicted, 1% decrease) • theft (4,249 people convicted, 7% decrease). The different order shows that only looking at an adult’s most serious convicted offence in a year hides...

9. LCRO 103/2021 & LCRO 58/2022, LCRO 104/2021 and LCRO 105/2021 GS v ABC Ltd & HY, [Law Firm A] v ABC Ltd & HY and SW v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (24 November 2022) [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...positions. [53] Mr OX was critical of the process that had been followed by the Committee in the course of conducting its investigation. It was his contention that: (a) the issues engaged by the complaint were more appropriately addressed as a negligence claim rather than through the vehicle of a conduct complaint; and (b) an “on the papers” hearing was unsuitable; and (c) the reasons provided by the Committee were “utterly inadequate”; and (d) the Committee had fail...

10. Infringement governance guidelines [pdf, 84 KB]

    ...25. A central principle of the criminal justice system is that the prosecution must prove the alleged offender committed the offence. This includes both the physical actions and the state of mind (called mens rea) in relation to the offence (i.e. negligence, recklessness or intention to commit the offence). 26. In contrast, infringement offence schemes involve strict and absolute liability offences, and there is no requirement for the prosecution to prove the mens rea. For some in...