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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. Otago Standards Committee v Claver [2019] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...I) in relation to charges of possession of an offensive weapon and threatening to kill arising from an alleged incident on 16 January 2016. 18. Mr I was aged 48 at the time and had a limited criminal history. Mr I had no recorded breaches of bail or previous warrants to arrest. 19. Mr I was remanded in custody following his arrest in January 2016. Mr Claver acted for Mr I from his arrest through until March 2016. No bail application was advanced and Mr I remained in custody throug...

6. Regulatory Impact Statement: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2002 [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...Justice to introduce a sliding scale for early guilty plea discounts] • prevent offenders from receiving sentence discounts for youth or remorse more than once, and • remove concurrent sentencing for those who commit offences while on parole, on bail or whilst in custody. These planned law changes will strengthen the consequences of offending and result in tougher sentences. The proposed amendments, alongside the reinstatement of the three strikes regime, rebalance the roles of P...

7. Hart v Auckland Standards Committee 1 of the New Zealand Law Society CIV 2012 404 5076 5528 [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...[25] The New Zealand Court of Appeal in R v Chatha17 was subsequently faced with the issue of whether the defendant had an obligation to appear at his own trial and, consequently, whether it was reasonable for the trial Judge to deny the defendant bail on the first day of the trial. The Court confirmed the effect of its previous judgment in van Yzendoorn, 18 describing it as authority to the same effect as Jones. Those cases, it said, stood for the proposition that:19 ... the di...

8. OIA-106563.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 4 October 2023 Our ref: OIA 106563 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Youth and gang crime Thank you for your email of 18 July 2023 to the office of the Prime Minister, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information on youth and gang crime. On 7 August 2023, your request was transferred under section 14 of the Act to the Mi...

9. Audit Summary Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 433 KB]

   PROVIDER SERVICES - LEGAL AID April 2018 1 Legal aid audit summary Practice themes from the 2016-17 quality and value audit programme 2 Purpose This report provides a summary of the major practice themes in the audit of 85 legal aid lawyers in the 2016-2017 financial year. It also analyses the comments made by the Auditors for consistent practices that may have contributed to the results achieved. By doing so, our aim is that lawyers will understand more

10. 20240806-FINAL-Proactive-Release-Sentencing-Reform-Tranche-One.pdf [pdf, 2.1 MB]

    Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice Confirming the Scope of the Sentencing Reform Amendment Bill Date 14 March 2024 Action sought Timeframe Note that work is well underway on a Sentencing Reform Amendment Bill to implement the commitments in the Coalition Agreements. Confirm the scope of the Bill to facilitate introduction by the end of 2024 As soon as practicable Agree to initial policy recommendations relating to each of the Government’s five main sentenci