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1. 2015 Ministry of Justice annual report [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...agency. We enforce unpaid infringements, and collected $212 million in court fines and reparations We did 450,000 criminal conviction history checks We lead the justice sector to collectively reduce total crime and reoffending Cover photo: Through audio-visual links (AVL) children can give court evidence from a private room. Contents 2 Introduction from the Chief Executive 4 Delivering on our strategy 4 Our purpose 4 Our business strategy 6 Our performance framework...

2. Identifying & responding to bias in the criminal justice system: a review of international & New Zealand research [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   Identifying and Responding to Bias in the Criminal Justice System: A Review of International and New Zealand Research Identifying and Responding to Bias in the Criminal Justice System: A Review of International and New Zealand Research Bronwyn Morrison November 2009 2 Identifying and responding to bias in the criminal justice system This research was undertaken by the Research, Evaluat

3. Appendix-4-Additional-submissions.pdf [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   Sunny Kaushal | Chairman Ministerial Advisory Group - Retail Crime Ministry of Justice, Govt of New Zealand Defence of Property and Powers to Detain I am writing in response to your request for input on the proposal "Empowering Security Industry to Deal with Retail Offenders." As a security industry veteran with over four decades of experience spanning law enforcement and private security, I am pleased to offer my insights on this critical matter. Given my unique perspective bridgi

4. Curtin v ACC [2012] NZACA 11 [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...(d), but definitely under paragraph (d). [37] This was supported by the "fallback situation" under s 62(5), which empowered the Corporation to calculate a higher relevant earnings amount if it was satisfied that the person would likely through their lives have earned at least that rate, the unniggardly and generous approach to be applied to interpreting the 1982 Act,23 and the purpose of s 62, being designed as protection for certain classes of employees and to ensure that you...

5. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee 2 v Mr U [2024] NZLCDT 4 (9 February 2024) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...initially X Firm sought leave of the Family Court to provide one of the offending memoranda to the Lawyers Complaints Service, which was granted). Second, the requirements of privacy reflected in the provisions above are maintained in this proceeding through the wide non-publication orders we have made. That is, the sensitive material is not being “published” at a practical level. [29] For all of those reasons we admit the evidence. That being the case we need not determine...

6. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-Appendix-I-Appendix-II.pdf [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...aspects of extremism or this overlapping radicalisation which was rooted in his youth and young adult life in Australia. His selection of the South Island location was not a random decision, and was identified on the basis of what he knew and found out through his circles. These investigations through his circles deserve inquiry due to their relevance to how and why T made the transition to NZ. It also will shed light on what restrictions there should have been, despite the free travel po...

7. [2019] NZEmpC 49 Mathews v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [pdf, 449 KB]

   ...retiring gratuity issue contrary to its good faith obligations. If cl 8 applies to Dr Mathews’ circumstances, then the DHB acted in error by following a policy that did not recognise Dr Mathews’ binding contractual terms. It did not do so through want of good faith, but because the legal position was not correctly understood. Did Dr Mathews retire or resign? [96] For Dr Mathews, it is asserted that his cessation of employment was a retirement within the meaning of cl 8. Th...

8. Wickliffe v Pearce - Paengaroa North B4B and K Aggregated (2005) 289 Rotorua MB 236 (289 ROT 236) [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   Minute Book: 289 ROT 236 Place: Wellington Present: L R Harvey, Judge Date: 24 May 2005 Application No: A20040005137 Subject: Paengaroa North B4B & K Aggregated - Removal of trustees, Variation of trust order and Review of trust Legislation: Sections 231, 240,244 and 351, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 Counsel: Mr D S Dowthwaite for the Applicant, David Wickliffe Mr M A Gilbert & Ms N Khouri for Messrs Alroyce & Barry Pearce Mr C M Bidois for Mrs Keita Emery Hear

9. [2013] NZEmpC 212 Gunning v Bankrupt Vehicle Sales and Finance Ltd [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...On Saturday 1 September 2012, he telephoned Ms Chapman to ask why he had not been paid all of the commissions he believed were owing to him. Ms Chapman replied that he was only entitled to commission on sales made for cash not those financed through the Company. Mr Gunning did not accept that this was what they had agreed. [24] On Monday 3 September 2012, Mr Gunning sought advice from the employment section of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. He was told th...

10. Proactive release - Evidence to inform a regulated cannabis market [pdf, 3.2 MB]

    BERL REPORTS MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCLAIMER 1. This report was prepared by Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), under commission from the Ministry of Justice. 2. The views, opinions, recommendations, and advice expressed in this report belong solely to the authors of the report. The views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Justice or the New Zealand Government. 3. The report was one of a number of inputs considered by the Ministry in the dev