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1. Dr Donald Stevens QC’s second report on claim by Tyson Gregory Redman for Ex Gratia compensation [pdf, 8.5 MB]

   ...those cases with truly exceptional circumstances would attract general compensation that is greater than $100,000, and that on average the relevant figure should even out around $100,000. 5. A claimant's pecuniary losses should be calculated separately, and the resulting figure should then be added to the amount assessed for non-pecuniary loss, the sum of which represents the total compensation payable to a claimant. 13. The factors referred to in point 3 of the Additional gu...

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Enhancing Victims Rights Review [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...role in the criminal case involving them. The proposals in the attached cabinet papers aim to improve the accountability of criminal justice agencies to victims, victims‟ experiences in the criminal courts and the victim notification system. A separate cabinet paper also addresses the role of victims in the youth jurisdiction. Many of the proposals require legislative amendments as they expand the rights of victims currently provided for in the Victims‟ Rights Act 2002. The pro...

3. Proactive release - COVID 19 Response Courts Safety Legislation Bill [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...risks in a manner that provides court participants with a reasonable assurance of safety, and this could exacerbate jury trial backlogs and compromise access to justice; Confirm and extend judicial and Ministry owe s to respond to COVID-19 risks through the Courts Security Act 3 agreed to amend the Court Se urity Act 1999 to provide that: 3.1 Heads of Bench and persons responsible for a tribunal may set measures for entering and remainin in a c urtroom to take account of the effects of...

4. Guide-3-A-Guide-to-Deportation-Appeals-by-Residents-or-Permanent-Residents.pdf [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...first arrived holding that visa; • or If you have also held a visa under your actual identity, count the 42 days from the day after the visa in your actual name expired or was cancelled. You gained your resident visa or entry permission through fraud, forgery, false or misleading representation, or concealing relevant information See ss158(1)(a) and (b) of the Act on humanitarian grounds only (if you have been convicted of a crime) OR on humanitarian grounds AND on t...

5. [2021] NZACC 147 – Langston v ACC (30 September 2021) [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...continuously incapacitated since the March 1980 accident to 3 April 1988 having regard to the following evidence which comprises: [a] The bundle of documents filed for the purpose of the first hearing before Judge Walker in February 2020. [b] The separate bundle of documents compiled by the Court in accordance with the directions in the minute of 13 November 2020 and provided to the parties by the Court in November 2020. This bundle includes the decisions of Judges Beattie and...

6. NZCASS Data tables 2 reporting crime [xlsx, 809 KB]

   ...are any differences between people in a particular group for a data item of interest, when compared to the New Zealand average (for example, whether the elderly are more or less likely to be victims of crime). Family excl intimate partners Includes parents, step-parents, siblings, step-siblings, children, children in-law, extended family or parent's partner. See terms and definitions for further information. Household(s) One or more people who usually live at the same private dwelling,...

7. Recommendations Recap 2024 Q2 [pdf, 884 KB]

   ...was the pilot in control of the glider under the instruction of Mrs Loader. A few seconds into the ground roll portion of the take-off, the left wing of the glider dropped. Mrs Loader took over as pilot in control and remained the pilot in control through the remainder of the take-off sequence and throughout the flight. At all relevant 6 times following the wing drop, Mrs Loader was the pilot in command and pilot in control of the glider. The remainder of the take-off wa...

8. National Standards Committee 1 v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 408 KB]

   ...Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility, [FN: GE Dal Pont Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility (5th ed, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2013) at 575–576]. rules such as rr 2.3 and 13.8 require a lawyer, in exercising the forensic judgments called for throughout a case, to take care to ensure decisions to invoke the coercive powers of a court or to make allegations or suggestions under privilege are reasonably justified by the material then available and are appropriate for the robust advancem...

9. LCRO 153/2023 GP v DM (29 November 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...matrimonial property. [4] GP represented SK; DM, PXQ. [5] SK and PXQ were the settlors and trustees of the XQ Family Trust (XFT). [6] The firm of which DM was an employee (Law Firm A), had acted for SK and PXQ in establishing the trust. [7] PXQ’s parents’ trust (the CD & JP XQ Family Trust – CDJP-XFT) had advanced loan funds to XFT. [8] Question as to how obligations XFT owed to CDJP-XFT were to be met, became contentious. [9] As negotiations progressed, GP raised compl...

10. Owen v Hauiti - Kiwinui A (2016) 57 Tairawhiti MB 70 (57 TRW 70) [pdf, 290 KB]

    ...of it and therefore a fixture, that assumption can be rebutted by evidence of an intention to the contrary. Counsel argues that in this case there is clear evidence that Hirau Karaka’s ownership in the original homestead was always regarded as separate from ownership in the land. [35] Counsel points to the minutes for the Marangairoa A9 meeting outlined above which records the trustees passing a resolution that Hirau Karaka be granted occupation of three acres as a site for him...