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1. AF v Secretary for Justice 1 June 2012 NZRA 000009 [pdf, 91 KB]

   REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND [2012] NZRA 000009 Applicant AG Respondent Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 1 June 2012 ________________________________________________________________ DECISION ________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION [1] In a decision dated 13 March 2012, the Secretary for Justice declined approval of the applicant as a provider of Category 2 Criminal Proceedings and the Police Detention Leg...

2. Victims of crime in the adult criminal justice system: a stocktake of the literature [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   Commissioned by Ministry of Justice Victims of crime in the adult criminal justice system: A stocktake of the literature by Dr Elaine Mossman October 2012 Contents Executive summary .................................................................................................... i Structure of the report ....................................................................................................... vi Part one: In...

3. Youth Court - 10 suggested characteristics of a good youth justice system [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...System THE YOUTH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TE KOOTI TAIOHI O AOTEAROA 2 Any child or young person who commits murder or manslaughter will have charges laid in the Youth Court. If there is sufficient evidence to proceed to a full trial, the matter is then transferred to the High Court. New Zealand law also adopts the doctrine of doli incapax: a rebuttable presumption that children are criminally incapable. This provides flexibility to ameliorate the potential harshness of a m...

4. Restorative justice: Practice standards for family violence cases 2019 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE He aha te mea nui o tea ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ..........................

5. Proactive release - Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence [pdf, 7.7 MB]

   1 Budget sensitive Office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence) Chair, Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence Proposal 1. This paper seeks Cabinet agreement to a package of legislative and operational changes to improve the experience of sexual violence victims in the justice system.1 It also proposes further work on more transformative options to ensure the system...

6. AN v Secretary of Justice 30 January 2013 NZRA 000026 [pdf, 84 KB]

   REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND 2013 NZRA 000026 Applicant AN Respondent Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 30 January 2013 ________________________________________________________________ DECISION ________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION 1. In a decision dated 26 October 2012, the Secretary for Justice (the Secretary) approved the Applicant as a lead provider in respect of Family Law subject to three conditions wh...

7. AM v Secretary for Justice 18 September 2012 NZRA 000019 [pdf, 93 KB]

   REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND 2012 NZRA 000019 Applicant AM Respondent Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 18 September 2012 ________________________________________________________________ DECISION ________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION 1. In a decision dated 1 June 2012, the Secretary for Justice (“the Secretary”) declined approval of the Applicant to provide legal aid services in respect of Cate...

8. [2010] NZEmpC 17 Secretary for Justice v Dodd [pdf, 17 KB]

   SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE V DODD WN 5 March 2010 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON [2010] NZEMPC 17 WRC 52/09 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE Plaintiff AND CATHERINE ANNE DODD Defendant Hearing: 5 March 2010 (by telephone conference call) Appearances: Alastair Sherriff and Brigette Shone, Counsel for Plaintiff Susan Hughes QC, Counsel for Defendant Judgment: 5 March 2010...

9. [2011] NZEmpC 170 X v Secretary for Justice [pdf, 52 KB]

   X V SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE NZEmpC CHCH [2011] NZEmpC 170 [14 December 2011] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2011] NZEmpC 170 CRC 30/11 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for stay of proceedings BETWEEN X Plaintiff AND SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE Defendant Hearing: By telephone conference call held on 14 December 2011 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: J...

10. AE v Secretary for Justice 3 April 2012 NZRA 000005 [pdf, 55 KB]

    REVIEW AUTHORITY NEW ZEALAND [2012] NZRA 000005 Applicant AE Respondent Secretary for Justice Date of Decision: 3 April 2012 ________________________________________________________________ DECISION ________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION [1] In a decision dated 10 February 2012, the Secretary for Justice declined approval of the applicant as a provider of Category 3 Criminal proceedings under the Legal Services...