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1. Do you need to pay back your legal aid?

   ...costs. Do I need to make repayments? Legal aid is considered a loan. You may have to repay some or all of your legal aid, depending on how much you earn, what property you own and whether you receive any money or property as a result of your case. The information you give on your application form is used to work out whether you have to repay anything. You will be told the maximum amount you have to repay in the first letter you get from us after we assess your application. The letter from your...

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2. Get a limited licence

   ...pay their application fee. The court could deny your application or the Transport Agency may not issue the licence, any fees paid won’t be refunded. Applying to the court for a limited licence can be complex. Your application needs to be in a certain format with specific information, but there’s no application form to use. You can seek legal advice or free community legal help More information on this process is available from: Citizens Advice Bureau website Community Law factsheet NZ Trans...

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3. Types of trials

   ...but you could choose to have a jury trial within the District Court. Category 4 crimes: If you are charged with a category 4 crime (offence), you’ll likely have a jury trial at the High Court. Members of the public will be summoned to the court to form a jury, to hear the facts of your case. They will then decide if you’re guilty or not. Find out more about the stages of a jury trial The different people in the court room This picture shows the different people who might be in the court ro...

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4. What happens next

   ...papers’.   ‘On the papers’ means the tribunal will make its decision based on the documents the parties have provided. That means parties don’t attend a hearing. The hearing The tribunal can decide whether or not a case should go to a formal hearing or if it can be heard on the papers. If the tribunal decides your case should have a formal hearing, we’ll contact you to let you know what the next steps will be. At a hearing, the people involved (every party) can attend and be...

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5. [2018] NZEnvC 170 Sabatier v Auckland Council [pdf, 480 KB]

   ...subject matter of a separate decision". The application for costs by Addison Development Ltd is not the subject of a separate decision and is in fact dealt with in decision [2018] NZEnvC 117. [5] As these errors were unintended and in the form of an accidental slip, it is possible for the court to uitilise rule 11.10 District Court Rules 20142 to make the necessary corrections. '\~l~ ,: .'f,i' Cl 1 Memorandum of counsel for Auckland Council, dated 22 June 2018. ~...

6. D Ltd v L Ltd [2023] NZDT 190 (2 May 2023) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...for the footings as per the original contract specifications was delivered to site in August and Sept 2021, before a variation for footings came through on 5 Oct 2021. This finding is based on evidence provided at the last hearing by D Ltd in the form of their steel supplier’s dispatch dockets matched to their truck GPS data which shows delivery of the starters and other relevant steel was made in August and September 2021. Is L Ltd liable to pay for all the steel already delivere...

7. Emirates Team New Zealand [pdf, 800 KB]

   ...this notice on all other parties within 5 working days after that period ends. However, you may apply to the Environment Court under section 281 of the Resource Management Act 1991 for a waiver of the above timing or service requ irements (see form 38). Advice If you have any questions about this notice, contact the Environment Court in Auckland, Well ington, or Christchurch. 070918· s274 notice etnz.docx

8. [2024] NZEnvC 035 Beachlands South Limited Partnership v Auckland Council [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...is a “relatively confined plan change and has three components…”.4 [10] Later the IHP discussed Topic 003 – Well-Functioning Urban Environments as relating to the following provisions: • B2.1 Issues; • B2.2 Urban Growth and Form; • B2.3 A quality built environment; • B2.4 Residential growth; • B2.5 Commercial and industrial growth; • B2.7 Open space and recreation facilities; • B2.8 Social facilities; and • B2.9 Explanation and princip...

9. NF Ltd v CM [2023] NZDT 379 (19 July 2023) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...delivery. 33. The invoice sent states under the heading “terms of trade”, “should your account become overdue, full recovery costs will be added accordingly.” 34. While a supplier cannot add additional terms to a contract after it has been formed, this term was added at the start of the contract and before either party had performed their part of the contract. CM was informed in writing at the start of the contract that recovery costs would be added if his account became o...

10. [2024] NZLVT 005 - Marks v Dunedin City Council (20 February 2024) [pdf, 137 KB]

    ...approval for the implementation of the agreed upon values as follows:5 Capital value $800,000 Land value $430,000 Value of improvements $370,000 Determination [6] The Tribunal’s primary task in determining a rating valuation objection is to form a view as to the correct valuation. As the parties have reached agreement, this is no longer required. Section 19(8)(b) of the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948 enables me to make an order which is not opposed, so I will make ord...