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1. Response-to-Committee-against-Torture-Recommendations_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 682 KB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Proactive release – Response to Convention against Torture recommendations Date of issue: 30 January 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. No. Document Comments 1 Response to Committee against Torture recommendations Cabinet paper Office of the Minister of Justice 20 November 2024

2. BORA Tariff (New Zealand - Thailand Closer Economic Partnership) Bill [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...Bill of Rights Act. The release of this advice should not be taken to indicate that the Attorney-General agrees with all aspects of it, nor does its release constitute a general waiver of legal professional privilege in respect of this or any other matter. Whilst care has been taken to ensure that this document is an accurate reproduction of the advice provided to the Attorney-General, neither the Ministry of Justice nor the Crown Law Office accepts any liability for any errors or omissio...

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

   ...held a practising certificate for at least 5 years or have other equivalent or appropriate experience (whether in New Zealand or overseas). Members of the Tribunal are appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice made in consultation with the Minister of Immigration. http://www.nzrefugeeappeals.govt.nz/ http://www.nzrefugeeappeals.govt.nz/ http://www.removalreviewauthority.govt.nz/ http://www.residencereviewboard.govt.nz/ Term of offic...

4. 2022-02-01-Minute-re-Scope-Hearing-to-be-heard-remotely.pdf [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...undertake the Scope Hearing and will necessarily inhibit the ability of the families of the deceased, and other Interested parties to physically gather together in the court and support one another during the Scope Hearing. I know the Ministry of Justice are working hard to ensure the technology will provide for a seamless hearing. [6] This is not a decision that has been taken lightly, but the safety of those attending is paramount. It would be unconscionable if a hearing related...

5. History of the court

   ...appeal to a body with expertise to deal with matters of a technical nature and knowledgeable about local body planning and administration. A judicial panel or board was constituted, with a person of legal standing presiding ‘to ensure that there is justice as between the people and the authority, to hold the scales of justice and to preserve the rights of the individual’. The first planning appeals were heard in February 1955. Emergence of the Planning Tribunal In the 1970s and early 1980s...

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   2. About the Environment Court

6. NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...The question of standing is logically distinct from and prior to the merits of the proceedings because the particular interest a person may claim to have in a case is usually different from the whole of that case. [28] The authors point out that no matter how it is framed, a requirement of standing demands a connection between the applicant’s interests and the relief sought. Standing rules, therefore, are designed to ensure that applicants litigate only their business. Then at [11.50...

7. OIA-115102.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 1 October 2024 Our ref: OIA 115102 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Firearms clubs Thank you for your email of 20 August 2024 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), documents regarding firearms clubs. Specifically, you requested: Copies of all documents, including draft...

8. Q Ltd v WO [2024] NZDT 221 (26 March 2024) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...builder had already ordered the wrong window before Q Ltd came onboard. For the avoidance of doubt, in coming to these sums, I also weighed up what I considered was fair and reasonable in the circumstances having regard to the substantial merits and justice of the case, after extensive discussions across 2 hearings. So, on balance: $22,000.00 value of unpaid invoices Less $16,596.35 for one month’s rent while the restaurant was unable to open. $5,403.65 – Balance of Sum ow...

9. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Hart [2012] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...statutory authority with a specific mandate to ensure confidence in the provision of legal services and to protect the consumers of legal services. Commensurate with this is the duty of every legal practitioner to facilitate the administration of justice and to not wilfully obstruct the administration of justice by non-compliance. These submissions that there is no justifiable cause of action is not apt and his repeated failure to comply with the Legal Complaints Review Officer’s lawf...

10. BORA New Zealand Superannuation Amendment Bill [pdf, 157 KB]

    ...Bill of Rights Act. The release of this advice should not be taken to indicate that the Attorney-General agrees with all aspects of it, nor does its release constitute a general waiver of legal professional privilege in respect of this or any other matter. Whilst care has been taken to ensure that this document is an accurate reproduction of the advice provided to the Attorney-General, neither the Ministry of Justice nor the Crown Law Office accepts any liability for any errors or omissio...