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1. Expression of interest to be appointed to a Legal Aid Provider Selection Committee Nov 2019 [pdf, 911 KB]

   ...Appellate Court ☐ Police Detention Legal Assistance Scheme ☐ Waitangi Tribunal ☐ Duty Lawyer Scheme ☐ Mental Health ☐ Civil ☐ Refugees and protected persons ☐ Family ☐ Court of Appeal and Supreme Court ☐ Family Legal Advice Service Privacy Statement This form, your curriculum vitae, and any other material you supply will be held and used by the New Zealand Law Society and the Ministry of Justice to assess your suitability for appointment as a member of a Legal Aid Pr...

2. Land-Transport-Drug-Driving-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 358 KB]

   ...seizure 23. Section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure, whether of the person, property, or otherwise. The right protects a number of values including personal freedom, privacy, dignity, and property.6 The touchstone of this section is a reasonable expectation of privacy.7 24. Ordinarily a provision found to limit a particular right or freedom may nevertheless be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act if...

3. [2023] NZSSAA 7 (30 March 2023) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...from expiry, and allow a benefit to be regranted. [11.11] The Chief Executive in administering DES must make decisions that are consistent with the general objects and intentions of the Act and consistent with the Human Rights Act 1993, the Privacy Act 2020 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. [11.12] As evidence of this the Ministry extended her DES on several occasions outside of the guidelines. [12] For the meaning of exceptional circumstances XXXX referred to the...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 61 Wiles v Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland (Interlocutory Judgment (No 5) [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...Authority with his employer, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland (the University). He says the transcript and additional documents may contain information directly relevant to his employment dispute. He initially referred to the Privacy Act 2020 and the Official Information Act 1982, but he subsequently accepted that neither of those Acts apply to the Employment Court. [4] I directed that the application be provided to the parties and subsequently had a telephone...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 95 Courage & Ors-Pilgrim & Ors v Attorney-General & Ors [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...that are commercially 2 Applied via reg 6 of the Employment Court Regulations 2000 and/or by way of helpful analogy. sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice; the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community); the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accurate reporting of, and comment on, court hearings and decisions); and...

6. KY v DZ LCRO 174/2015 (25 October 2016) [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...guard of being obstructive. He proposes other means by which Mr DZ could have contacted him or delivered documents and includes reference to FCR 110. [22] The major concern Mr KY expresses in his complaint, however, is that Mr DZ breached his privacy by handing the proceedings to someone other than Mr KY, and without first putting them into an envelope. Mr KY expresses the view that Mr DZ’s failure to protect his privacy, and “the privacy of such matters as directed under the Fa...

7. [2024] NZEmpC 164 EMPC 363-2021 EMPC 85-2022 Courage & Ors-Pilgrim & Ors v Attorney-General & Ors - Interlocutory Judgment [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...proceedings without the disclosure of any more information about the private lives of individuals, or matters that are commercially sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice; the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community); the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accurate reporting of, and comment on, court hearings and decisions); an...

8. OIA-Legal Aid information [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...jurisdictions, and calendar year appendix. Turning to requests 3 and 4, I can advise that the requested special circumstances contain private information. Therefore, this part of your request is refused under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. I do not consider that the reason for withholding this information is outweighed by any public interest considerations. Regarding request 5, all the required financial information to be provided is stated on t...

9. Referendum Proactive Release Combined Final Part 1 General Election 2020.pdf [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...Memorandum Ministry of Justice 9 March 2020 Released in full. 3. Public Information Programme Strategy Report Ministry of Justice 9 March 2020 Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy of natural persons. 4. Socialisation of public information explanatory materials Memorandum Ministry of Justice 3 March 2020 Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the priv...

10. LCRO 63/2024 WL v AC and TU (25 November 2024) [pdf, 205 KB]

    ...should have given him the option of revising his draft statement of defence rather than doing the work itself and partly about other staff members of the firm being involved in the email correspondence. The last matter was expressed as a breach of privacy and a breach of the professional duty not to disclose client information. [38] The applicant proposed that “...all remaining amounts due for payment…be credited off as compensation please”. [39] The applicant requested copi...