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1. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2021 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...The tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 COVID-19 affected several areas of the justice system, impact...

2. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2020 [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...The tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 COVID-19 affected several areas of the justice system, potent...

3. Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Detention [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...convicted under paragraph 14. It does not include loss of an unemployment benefit or similar government assistance. “Relevant Minister” means the Minister to whom, in accordance with paragraph 19, an application should be made. “Restrictive bail or parole” means: a a period of bail with an electronic monitoring (EM) condition imposed under the Bail Act 2000; or b a period of parole with a residential restriction condition imposed under the Parole Act 2002; occurring durin...

4. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Hart [2012] NZLCDT 20 [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...The sums sought from Mr A’s family occurred in three stages. On the first day of meeting a sum of $10,000 was sought and paid the following day prior to a Court appearance which was to seek interim name suppression and to file a standard form bail appeal. That was 14 November 2008. The family were asked to pay a further $15,000 on 19 November 2008, in advance of the bail appeal hearing, and finally, on 15 December 2008 prior to a District Court appearance to seek electronically...

5. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2021 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 COVID-19 affected several areas of the justice system, impacting trends in the data for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Therefore, the reader should be cautious when drawing conclusions using the 2020/2021 statistics. All charges and convicted charges In 2020/2021, there were 212,149 charges...

6. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2020 [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...tables include information on finalised charges and people charged (with some information from 1980/1981 onwards), children and young people, specific offence types (such as drug and family violence offences), specific justice processes (such as bail and offending on bail, and discharge without conviction), aspects of the Family Court (such as protection order applications), and specific justice services (such as legal aid).2 All charges and convicted charges In 2019/2020, there were...

7. Flows in the Justice System [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...Numbers starting remand in custody • 15% of adults whose charge was finalised in 2017 spent some time in custodial remand. • From 2014 to 2017 the number of people being remanded in custody increased. This coincided with the changes under the Bail Amendment Act 2013 and with other changes to police practice. These include greater focus on family violence and increased scrutiny of bail decisions by Police. • From 2010 to 2014 the number of people being remanded in custody fel...

8. DH v Secretary for Justice [2021] NZRA 002 (3 May 2021) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...matters, leading evidence in at least 10 of them; [ii] Having conducted 2 category 2 trials in 2020 one of which was assault and the other an indecent assault. Her involvement in these trials included dealing with initial court appearances, bail matters, legal arguments, cross-examination of witnesses, delivering opening and closing addresses and receiving verdicts; [iii] Appeared as Junior Counsel in three Category 3 Jury Trials where she cross-examined crown witnesses, deli...

9. LCRO 133/2019 HM v RN (24 February 2020) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...complaint concerning conduct on the part of Mr RN, and his fees. Background [2] Mr RN is a barrister. [3] On instructions from his instructing solicitor, Mr DL, Mr RN represented Mr HM on criminal charges in the District Court between 17 November 2016 and 10 October 2017, when the Court granted Mr RN leave to withdraw as counsel. Mr RN provided Mr HM with a letter of engagement dated 17 November 2016. The letter of engagement records Mr RN’s hourly rate as $450, explains t...

10. Justice Sector Prison population forecast 2007 to 2015 [pdf, 312 KB]

    ...This is a 27% increase from 30 June 2007. The increase in the actual prison population over the preceding eight years was 41%. The forecast 2015 prison population is made up of 6,897 sentenced prisoners (a 7.6% increase from June 2007) and 3,488 remand prisoners (an 100.6% increase from June 2007). The growth in the remand population accounts for much of the expected growth in the prison population as a whole. Both the sentenced and remand populations are expected to grow more slowly...