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1. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...appointed for a term of up to 5 years on either a full or E.49 6 | P a g e part time (75%) basis. Deputy Commissioners sit as required usually based on their specific expertise. The court’s functions are primarily to determine: • appeals in respect of resource consents, designations and abatement notices, • plan appeals in respect of the content of regional and district planning instruments, applications for enforcement orders, and • inquiries in respect of...

2. Environment court annual report 2013 [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...Environment Commissioners. Together with the reduction from 8 to 7 permanent Judges, the reduced Commissioner establishment reflects a change in the Court’s caseload and judicial requirements which follow a lower level of resource consent and plan review appeal activity being experienced by territorial authorities. 1.3 The Registry The Court Registrar has overall administrative responsibility for the Court. The Registrar, and Deputy Registrars exercise quasi-judicial powers such...

3. Criminal case assignment report for 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...Statistics (Excluding Public Defence Service) Number of Providers Average Assignments per Provider Median Assignments per Provider Alexandra 4 1.0 1 Ashburton 5 1.2 1 Auckland 85 2.6 2 Blenheim 5 5.2 5 Christchurch 39 2.8 2 Court of Appeal of New Zealand 147 2.4 1 Dunedin 12 3.3 1 Gisborne 9 2.8 2 Gore 1 1.0 1 Greymouth 12 1.3 1 Hamilton 30 3.7 3 Hastings 8 3.3 3 Hawera 3 1.0 1 Hutt Valley 10 1.7 1 Invercargill 7 2.9 2 Kaikohe 7 2.0 2 Kaitaia 10 1.7 2 Levin 7 2.0...

4. Sale-and-Supply-of-Alcohol-Community-Participation-Amendment-Bill.FINAL.pdf [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...practical change in the short term. 5. I propose a staged review of the Act, including an immediate reform, and seek Cabinet’s agreement to this approach. The stages are to:  Introduce a bill this calendar year to remove the ability for parties to appeal provisional local alcohol policies (LAPs) to the Alcohol and Regulatory Licensing Authority (ARLA) – with the intent of passing the bill this term  Report back to Cabinet on: Section...

5. Harland v ACC [2010] NZACA 9 [pdf, 79 KB]

   [2010] NZACA 9 ACA 01/08 IN THE MATTER of the Accident Compensation Act 1982 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to s.107 of the Act BETWEEN GRACE MARY NEE HARLAND of Auckland, by her advocate Peter Nee Harland Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION a body corporate duly constituted under the provisions of the said Act Respondent BEFORE THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION APPEAL AUTHORITY P J Cartwright HEARING at AUCKLAND o...

6. Miscarriage of justice - Scott Watson - Ministry's briefing to Minister June 2013 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...charged with the murders of Mr Smart and Ms Hope. On 11 September 1999 Mr Watson was found guilty of their murders, and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years. Following his convictions, Mr Watson appealed to the Court of Appeal. His appeal was unsuccessful, as was his subsequent application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. 5. In November 2008, Mr Watson applied for exercise of the Royal prerogative of mercy. In his appl...

7. Documents - prescribed forms & useful templates

   You can submit this file type electronically and pay any associated fee through  File and Pay. Many documents filed in the High Court must be set out in a certain way (a 'prescribed form'). Some documents (such as a statement of claim or notice of appeal) do not. The information below (broken down by document type) provides links to prescribed forms (if one exists) or templates (if there is no prescribed form). On this page: General requirements for documents filed in the High Court Notice...

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8. Starting a proceeding in the High Court

   You can submit this file type electronically and pay any associated fee through  File and Pay. On this page: General civil proceeding - recovering money or settling a dispute Judicial review - asking a judge to review the actions or decisions of a public or private administrative body Originating application Civil appeal - asking a senior court to reconsider a judge's decision Habeas corpus application - applying to have your imprisonment declared unlawful Bankruptcy application - applyin...

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9. Starting a proceeding in the District Court

   This section outlines how you can start the following types of proceeding in a District Court. On this page: General civil proceeding – recovering money or settling a dispute Originating application Civil appeal – asking a District Court to reconsider a Judge’s decision Restraining Orders Interlocutory application – applying for directions or orders secondary to the main claim Judgments by default – asking the court for judgment if the defendant fails to respond within time Sealing an...

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10. [2021] NZACC 108 – Wood v ACC (19 July 2021 [pdf, 162 KB]

    IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2021] NZACC 108 ACR 134/17 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 162 OF THE ACT BETWEEN DANIEL WOOD Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: On the Papers Judgment: 19 July 2021 ____________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A A SINCL...