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1. Justice Matters - Issue 12 - October 2018 [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...panel is examining the 2014 reforms to the family justice system because of a big increase in the number of urgent ‘without notice’ applications that must be put before a Family Court judge. ‘The removal of access to lawyers in many cases for separating parents has meant that families and children are losing out because of not receiving adequate advice and support at a distressing time in their lives,’ Rosslyn says. The Ministry is supporting the panel’s public consultation...

2. Legal aid practice standards for all legal aid providers [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...merits of settlement. 4.6 At appropriate times, reassess and again advise the client of the relevant aspects of the matter. 4.7 In a timely manner, keep the client informed of the progress of the matter, including advising the client of the stages through which a matter progresses and the opportunity a stage might provide to resolve matters. 4.8 Where appropriate and practical, advice should be provided to the client in writing, subject to client instructions to the contrary. Some cir...

3. LA - practice standards for legal aid providers [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...merits of settlement. 4.6 At appropriate times, reassess and again advise the client of the relevant aspects of the matter. 4.7 In a timely manner, keep the client informed of the progress of the matter, including advising the client of the stages through which a matter progresses and the opportunity a stage might provide to resolve matters. 4.8 Where appropriate and practical, advice should be provided to the client in writing, subject to client instructions to the contrary. Some cir...

4. Legal Aid Practice Standards Feb 17. [pdf, 526 KB]

   ...merits of settlement. 4.6 At appropriate times, reassess and again advise the client of the relevant aspects of the matter. 4.7 In a timely manner, keep the client informed of the progress of the matter, including advising the client of the stages through which a matter progresses and the opportunity a stage might provide to resolve matters. 4.8 Where appropriate and practical, advice should be provided to the client in writing, subject to client instructions to the contrary. Some cir...

5. Legal Aid Practice Standards [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...merits of settlement. 4.6 At appropriate times, reassess and again advise the client of the relevant aspects of the matter. 4.7 In a timely manner, keep the client informed of the progress of the matter, including advising the client of the stages through which a matter progresses and the opportunity a stage might provide to resolve matters. 4.8 Where appropriate and practical, advice should be provided to the client in writing, subject to client instructions to the contrary. Some cir...

6. Practice Standards for Legal Aid Lawyer (2016) [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...merits of settlement. 4.6 At appropriate times, reassess and again advise the client of the relevant aspects of the matter. 4.7 In a timely manner, keep the client informed of the progress of the matter, including advising the client of the stages through which a matter progresses and the opportunity a stage might provide to resolve matters. 4.8 Where appropriate and practical, advice should be provided to the client in writing, subject to client instructions to the contrary. Some cir...

7. Lazarus - Peter Pene Moses (2010) 9 Taitokerau MB 197 (9 TTK 197) - P [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...home together. In about 1992 or 1993 he decided to return home to Te Hapua to “light the fires”. Peter and Joy sold their house in Auckland and divided the sale proceeds. Although Joy was keen to emphasise to me that they had not “legally separated”, it is clear that in the eyes of the law they separated at some point in time after 1992 or 1993 and at the latest 1997 when Peter began his relationship with Lillian. [8] Peter initially lived in a caravan on Pakohu 2B. This...

8. Brighton v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 65 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...his response was to place blame on his client, and threaten her. [12] In no case has Mr Standing exhibited any indication of accepting responsibility, remorse, or endeavoured to make amends. 3 [13] The amounts of money solicited through his deceit were substantial. The total fees solicited in the 17 complaints were $134,364.07. That includes three complaints that did not involve deceit to solicit the fees. However, in those three cases, while the fees were paid without...

9. TU v Hakaoro [2013] NZIACDT 67 (8 October 2013) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...him and his wife; and [13.2] Without his wife’s knowledge he would get the complainant pregnant, as having a child was the fastest way to get a work permit. [14] The complainant agreed to the proposed course of action, without intending to go through with it. She paid Mr Hakaoro $200 toward his fees for immigration services. 3 [15] Mr Hakaoro regularly called the complainant asking her to go to a motel so he could have sexual intercourse with her to get her pregnant....

10. Recommendations recap - issue 5 [pdf, 1 MB]

    ...incorrectly inserted following a procedure to relieve a build-up of fluid around the brain and spine. Two days after the tube had been inserted the deceased accidentally pulled it out, and, when a nurse tried to replace it, the tube accidentally passed through an area where the bone had been weakened during the procedure. The injury she received was not survivable. The particular procedure that had been performed on the deceased had become used less often, and staff were no longer full...