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1. Audit summary report [pdf, 609 KB]

   ...were rated acceptable or above, reflecting the high quality of service provided to legal aid clients. In their analysis, auditors identified 5 main practice themes: 1. Client outcomes 2. Communication and meeting the needs of clients and other justice system users 3. Quality of legal advice and representation 4. Value for money 5. Office systems and record-keeping practices that support the lawyer’s business Audits that were rated excellent or very good maintained a consisten...

2. Immigration and Protection Tribunal - Tribunal profile [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, the Removal Review Authority, the Residence Review Board and the Deportation Review Tribunal. Nature of the Tribunal The Tribunal is an independent specialist body that has the role of deciding appeals and matters by making findings of fact, applying the relevant law, and making a determination. The proceedings of the Tribunal in any particular case may be of an inquisitorial nature, adversarial nature or both an inquisitorial and an adversarial...

3. Wellington Standards Committee v Stevens [2014] NZLCDT 30 [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...fitness to practice or tends to bring his profession into disrepute. [2] Mr Stevens has indicated to the Committee and through it to the Tribunal that he does not wish to deny the charge or to be heard in respect of it. [3] Briefly put the matter is that Mr Stevens in September 2011 pleaded guilty to 20 charges of using a document to obtain a pecuniary advantage; one charge of perverting the course of justice and one charge of filing a false tax return. He pleaded guilty to t...

4. BORA Electricity (Renewable Preference) Amendment Bill [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...in 2010. In our advice on the previous Bill, we considered its consistency with the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure affirmed in s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act. A copy of that advice is attached and can also be found at www.justice.govt.nz. In summary, we concluded that the previous Bill did not appear to limit s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act. Nothing has changed since that advice was prepared and our conclusion remains the same. 4. We have concluded t...

5. 2022-02-01-Minute-re-Scope-Hearing-to-be-heard-remotely.pdf [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...CORONER’S COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH (IN-CHAMBERS) I TE KŌTI KAITIROTIRO MATEWHAWHATI KI TE ŌTAUTAHI [I TE TARI] CSU-2019-CCH-000165 to CSU-2019-CCH-000214; CSU-2019-CCH-000326 UNDER THE CORONERS ACT 2006 AND IN THE MATTER OF An inquiry into the deaths of 51 people in relation to the 15 March 2019 Christchurch Masjid Attacks Date of Minute: 1 February 2022 MINUTE OF DECISION TO HOLD SCOPE HEARING REMOTELY Scope Hearing [1...

6. TD v SN [2022] NZDT 99 (19 September 2022) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...she paid to the vet, plus other costs associated with ongoing medication required ($50 every 6-7 weeks) and stress. Issues 11. The issues for the Tribunal to determine are: (a) Whether the parties have come to their own agreement to settle the matter in December 2021; (b) If so, whether that agreement should be disturbed; (c) Whether either party is entitled to payment from the other. Did TD and SN come to an agreement to settle the matter in December 2021? 12. I find that TD and...

7. R v D LCRO 56 / 2009 (19 June 2009) - Rehearing Decision [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...rely on the review application as identifying ‘the issue’ for the review, and as the review application did not identify any errors in the Standards Committee decision Lawyer D was entitled to assume that this was sufficient to dispose of the matter. [10] The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act does not include any specific grounds for a review application. The provisions of the Act relating to the review process empower the LCRO to revisit all aspects of a determination by a Standards...

8. IN Ltd v JT [2020] NZDT 1417 (12 August 2020) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...invoiced for the 12 day stay at the rate specified in the written agreement signed by JT, and JT paid for 5 nights due to perceived deficiencies in the care provided to her by IN. She paid a further one night when the parties attempted to settle the matter via negotiation. 3. IN Ltd claim $962.40 for the unpaid balance of 6 nights. JT made a counter-claim requesting non-liability for the amount of $2500.00 because IN Ltd had sent the matter to a debt collector and she was aware debt...

9. DN v IL Ltd [2023] NZDT 644 (8 November 2023) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...a reasonable consumer would consider acceptable having regard to such factors as the price paid, the nature of the goods, the nature of the supplier and the context in which the goods were supplied, any representations made, and any other relevant matters (ss 6, 7). The test for acceptable quality is an objective one. 8. Goods are considered fit for purpose where they are reasonably fit for any particular purpose that the consumer has advised or is likely to use them for, unless it is...

10. Cartwright v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late filing to the District Court) [2024] NZACC 129 (26 July 2024) [pdf, 157 KB]

    ...scheme is minimising the economic, social and personal costs of the impact of injury on the community. Unnecessary delay in bringing an appeal to the ACC jurisdiction of the District Court carries potential costs for the appellant and also for the justice system and those involved in it. [7] In Avery v No 2 Public Service Appeal Board,1 Richmond J (for the Court of Appeal) stated: When once an appellant allows the time for appealing to go by then his position suffers a radical ch...