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1. Deputy Registrar - Succession to Ngarangi Kapapa Wiari Selwyn Turoa [2017] Chief Judge's MB 172 (2017 CJ 172) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...interpretation to include, for purposes other than fulfilment of testamentary or settlor intention in testamentary dispositions or settlements, children in utero as “living” or “surviving”. [18] I note that neither the Supreme Court nor the Court of Appeal decision in the same case, appeared to contest that the en ventre sa mere principle would apply in New Zealand in the case of testamentary dispositions (although such comments were obiter). The Courts merely opposed the ex...

2. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...guideline hours for this step) Reporting to and invoicing for Legal Aid Repeat within 4 months $260 Discounted fees for repeat instructions by the same provider for the same applicant within each specified time-frame Repeat within 18 months $300 Appeal from Review Tribunal Activity Fees Tasks New instructions $240 For Receiving initial instructions and identifying legal and factual issues Preparing application for legal aid (and amendment to grant if expecting to exceed...

3. E90 Graeme McIndoe - Urban Design - RE – Applicant [pdf, 967 KB]

   ...5.5 and 5.6 are extras on Halsey Wharf. I also note that on one hand these requirements might be considered a restriction but considered in another way they give certainty of provision. 5.20 Mr Groeschner is also concerned that the “visually appealing media and hospitality structures on the eastern end of Halsey Wharf may be higher than the flags themselves”.12 That is unlikely, as the flag poles are respectively 35m and 25m above the wharf level, and they are in an area where t...

4. Turner v Itchyfoot Pty Ltd [2021] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...which to separate obviously personal information about someone from that which is not. Rather, a fact-based contextual approach to this question is required. See Taylor v Corrections at [80]–[81], [83]–[85], [100] and [106]–[122]. [29] On appeal, the High Court agreed that the definition of personal information was broad and not limited to that which was sensitive, intimate or private. The Court also agreed that the question of whether information is “about” an identifiabl...

5. [2024] NZREADT 01 - CAC 2106 v Pang (8 January 2024) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...penalty orders are to be filed and served by 30 January 2024. Mr Pang’s submissions are to be filed and served by 20 February 2024. [55] Pursuant to s 113 of the Act, the Tribunal draws the parties’ attention to s 116 setting out the right of appeal to the High Court. PUBLICATION [56] Having regard to the privacy of the vendor and her daughter as well as the interests of the public in the transparency of the Tribunal, it is appropriate to order 15 publication of this d...

6. OIA-98262.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Tribunal also noted the disqualification of sentenced prisoners is, in practice, acting as a permanent rather than a temporary ban on voting. Court findings 5. The Tribunal’s report follows the High Court’s declaration (upheld in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court) that the disqualification is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA). Timing 6. The paper proposes that if Cabinet decides to change the law, that this be progressed before the 2020 electio...

7. 02.-Evidence-of-Ms-Dianne-Rump-Muaupoko-Tribal-Authority64019775.1.PDF [PDF, 321 KB]

   ...bottom lines in terms of fundamental water quality attributes that protects the health and wellbeing of the wai and our people, if that would adversely impact horticulture production. We have challenged this in the High Court and now the Court of Appeal; (c) Our pre-settlement status and the concurrent Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga Waitangi Tribunal inquiry where Muaūpoko is being identified as conquered slaves, that we don’t own our assets including the lake (a narrative repea...

8. LCRO 198/2020 CO and EA v LT (29 August 2023) [pdf, 673 KB]

   ...that he had abided by, and complied with, the determination of the Committee. Nature and scope of review [40] The High Court has described a review by this Office in the following way:15 A review by the LCRO is neither a judicial review nor an appeal. Those seeking a review of a Committee determination are entitled to a review based on the LCRO’s own opinion rather than on deference to the view of the Committee. A review by the LCRO is informal, inquisitorial and robust. It invo...

9. 221013-Web-Attachment-Wayfinding-for-Civil-Justice-Draft National Strategy.pdf [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...Ministry of Justice). The Advisory Group established the Wayfinding working group, whose members are: Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin (Chair) (an academic specialising in access to civil justice), Raynor Asher KC (Barrister and former High Court and Court of Appeal judge), Wi Pere Mita (Māori lawyer and mediator), Gabrielle O’Brien (NGO leader with a background in alternative dispute resolution), and Anne Waapu (Māori justice advocate focused on intergenerationally durable change). Those in...

10. Koppula v Zhou [2014] NZIACDT 116 (27 November 2014) [pdf, 236 KB]

    ...in the interim decision, and the interim decision put the Tribunal in a position of apparent bias. [28] Ms Zhou was a victim of wrongful acts on Mr Martin’s part. [29] The decision in Immigration Advisers Authority v Yap [2014] NZHC 1215 (on appeal from CIV 2013-009-1684, 20 January 2014, District Court) is relevant to the duties of an employee adviser, and authority for the proposition that a licensed immigration adviser is not responsible for matters over which they have no control...