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1. Divorce forms & fees

   ...however, that will depend entirely on when the court can allocate a court hearing date and it is advisable that you discuss with the court how soon that could be before making any decision. If you don’t want to appear in court, you need to fill out the affidavit part of the form and swear it in front of a court registrar, justice of the peace or solicitor. If you want to appear in court, you don’t need to fill in or swear the affidavit. The court will tell you when you need to come to court...

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2. [2008] NZEmpC AC 15/08 Potter v Australian Consolidated Press NZ Ltd [pdf, 10 KB]

   ...out of time against a determination issued by the Employment Relations Authority on 11 March 2008. [2] After lengthy and detailed submissions by both parties, I made the following directions: (a) Mr Potter is to prepare a further detailed affidavit which addresses the allegations he has made in his draft statement of claim and annexes the relevant documentation. This will provide a chronology as to the dates on which the various events occurred and the documentation exchanged...

3. KV v TE LCRO 39/12 (15 June 2015) [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...says he also requested information about the $28,000 of fees he paid to Mr TE. 2 [4] By late April 2011 Mr KV had instructed alternate counsel to pursue an appeal to the Court of Appeal, and sought information about the contents of an affidavit apparently sworn in October 2010 by the victim of the offences for which he has been imprisoned. He was aware that an affidavit may have existed from conversations with the victim’s mother and with Mr TE, and it appears the affid...

4. MAC-01-07-11 Ngati Awa (Simpson) [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   lorien Text Box This is the exhibit marked "DHM1" referred to in the affidavit of Dr Hohepa Mason sworn at Whakatane this 29th day of March 2017 before me: SOLICITOR OF THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND lorien Text Box DHM1

5. How to respond to a Property Application

   Receiving an application for a Relationship Property Order If your ex-partner has applied to the Court to divide up your relationship property (shared property), you’ll receive a notice of their application for a Relationship Property Order. Usually, their lawyer will arrange to have the documents given to you. A Relationship Property Order will record the Court's decision about what is considered as relationship property, the value of that property, and how it will be divided between the two

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6. When the other parent lives in an UNCRAM country

   ...whether you support any other person any other financial or other responsibilities you may have a power of attorney authorising the overseas agency to act on your behalf or to choose some other person to act on your behalf. Provide the information in an affidavit You must provide the information in the form of an affidavit (a sworn statement). The affidavit must be sworn in front of a person who is authorised to administer oaths by the law of New Zealand (like a Justice of the Peace). The affi...

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   4. If a parent lives overseas

7. [2021] NZEmpC 151 Butt v Attorney-General [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...plaintiffs RM Rendle and T Bremner, counsel for defendants Judgment: 15 September 2021 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE KATHRYN BECK (Application to exclude evidence) [1] The defendants apply to the Court for an order that the affidavit of Sushila Devi Butt sworn on 25 June 2021 not be read to the extent that it contains evidence which is: (a) subject to settlement privilege; and (b) double hearsay and is contradicted by the affidavit of Ms Paula Wilson...

8. [2020] NZEnvC 149 Environmental Defence Society Inc v New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...registry of the court and include a register or index, a published list that gives notice of a hearing, a judgment, an order, or a minute of the court, including any record of the reasons given by a judicial officer. The definition does not include affidavits as sought by Ms Phipps' application. [4] Where a person is not entitled to access a document relating to a proceeding as of right, Rule 11 provides the option to make a written request for access. Rule 11 has several proce...

9. OIA-98465.pdf [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 contactus@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 14 September 2022 Our ref: OIA 98465 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Swearing of affidavits and providing oaths Thank you for your email of 17 August 2022 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding the swearing of affidavits and providing oaths in court. Specifically, you have reque...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v van der Zanden [2014] NZLCDT 21 [pdf, 79 KB]

    ...of video conference link. [4] The parties agreed a chronology which was submitted to the Tribunal and forms the basis of the brief background facts set out below. [5] The conduct under consideration is that of misleading the Court of Appeal in affidavits which effectively alleged prosecutorial misconduct and reneging on an arrangement prior to plea. This was a serious allegation to make and indeed was the only basis for the appeal. [6] There is no dispute that the Court of Appeal...