Search Results

1. BORA Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill [pdf, 418 KB]

   ...potential issues of inconsistency with s 19(1) (right to freedom from discrimination) and s 25(c) (right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty). Our analysis is set out below. Purpose 3. The purpose of the Bill is to promote the identification, protection, preservation and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand. It replaces the Historic Places Act 1993 (the Act), which established the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) (the Trust) in...

2. McGregor v Jensen [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...Liability............................................................................. 56 ARE MR BOYD AND MR HALLIDAY LIABLE IN NEGLIGENCE?....................... 57 Work Done by Mr Boyd and Mr Halliday .............................................................. 57 Do Mr Boyd and Mr Halliday Owe the Claimants a Duty of Care? ....................... 59 Did Mr Boyd and Mr Halliday Breach the Duty of Care Owed to the Claimants? . 70 IS MR HAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTS? ................

3. Regulatory-Systems-Courts-Improvement-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 514 KB]

   ...Regulatory Systems (Justice) Amendment Bill package: Approval for Introduction Cabinet paper Office of the Minister of Justice Released in part / Released in full Some information has been withheld in accordance with section S(9)(f)(iv) to protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. 2 Regulatory Systems (Courts Improvement) Amendment Bill: Additional Amendments Cabinet Minute SOU-24-MIN-0117 Cabinet Office 25 September 2024 Released in part...

4. Section 7 reports

   Year Title of Bill Section of Bill of Rights Act Type of Bill 2024 Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment Bill [PDF, 632 KB] Section(s) 25(g) and 26(2) Government Bill 2024 Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Inconsistent with s 21 and s 22, consistent with s 25(c) Government Bill  2024 Parole (Mandatory Completion of Rehabilitative Programmes) Amendment Bill Sections 22, 26(2) and 23(4) Member's Bill 2024 Gangs Legislation Amendment...

   Located in:

   1. Justice sector & policy >
   2. Constitutional issues & human rights >
   3. The Bill of Rights Act >
   4. Compliance reports

5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...published online; the Government would also publicize the Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations. 3. As a founding member of the United Nations, New Zealand was committed to the Organization and to the international promotion and protection of human rights. It continued to encourage all States to ratify international human rights instruments and had played a leading role in developing new instruments. At the national level, New Zealand had long given effect to hum...

6. Heng v Walshaw [pdf, 550 KB]

   ...84 • Vendor warranties 86 The liability of the second respondent, Peter Vining, in tort 90 • The personal liability of a director in tort 92 • Mr Vining’s role 97 • Did Mr Vining breach the duty of care and if so was there loss? 100 • Ground levels 105 • The cladding and windows 106 • Sundry Defects 109 • Duty to remedy 110 • Summary of second respondent’s liability 111 CLAIM NO.00734 – HE...

7. LCRO 43/2019 KD v MX (19 February 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...education at your school. I have attempted to do this through his mother but unfortunately, she has not been supportive or encouraging of my relationship with ......... • … as his birth father, I am ........’s natural guardian and share parental care and responsibility for him together with his mother. … there are no Parenting orders or Protection Orders in place that varies my guardianship of ........, … • I would like you to keep me updated on ........’s education at...

8. LCRO 44/2017 JJ v IO, UZ, [Law Firm A] [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...the EPA, Ms JJ and her husband LJ (one of AJ’s two sons) had forgotten that Ms JJ held a property EPA for AJ. That is obvious from a letter LJ wrote to his mother MJ, and his brother CJ on 7 May 2010, proposing that he and Ms JJ cover elder care costs up to $35,000 as an interest free loan. In the end LJ expended close on $39,000 on that account. [7] MJ consulted [Law Firm A] (which as successor to the practice of [Law Firm B] held the deeds of AJ and MJ) on 10 July 2010. She s...

9. Director of Proceedings v Candish [2013] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...defendant has breached the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 (“the Code”) in respect of Right 4(1) by failing to provide services to the [aggrieved] person with reasonable care and skill, and Right 4(2) by failing to provide services to the aggrieved person that complied with legal, professional, and ethical standards. 3. In relation to the declaration being sought in paragraph 2(a) above, the parties res...

10. 20240924-Marine-and-Coastal-Area-Takutai-Moana-Customary-Marine-Title-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 372 KB]

    ...Court of Appeal’s decision, Parliament passed the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 (FSA). That Act vested legal ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown and extinguished territorial Māori customary rights in those areas, as well as providing protection for public access and navigation rights. The Act prescribed a process by which those held to have territorial customary rights in the foreshore and seabed could seek redress from the Crown or apply for creation of a foreshore and s...