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1. Practice note: Family Court caseflow management [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...cases where the Court is asked to dispense with the consent of a parent or guardian under s 8: (a) the application to dispense must accompany the application for adoption, together with an affidavit in support and an application for directions as to service (if required); (b) either party to the proceedings requiring additional time may make an interlocutory application for directions regarding the proceedings; (c) an application to dispense with consent may be made either at the time...

2. Proactive release Transforming the Family Violence and Sexual Violence System National Strategy and Action Plans [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Transforming the Family Violence and Sexual Violence System: National Strategy and Action Plans Proposal 1 This paper seeks approval for engagement on priorities for, and key elements of, a National Strategy and action plans (National Strategy) to address and prevent family violence and sexual violence. Relation to government priorities 2 Since 2018 Government has made it a commitment to address the long-term challenges we face as a country so that New Zealanders are able...

3. LCRO 241/2014 GS v YF (26 June 2018) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...required a consideration of what duties Mr GS owed to Mr YF. [3] It is also relevant to this complaint that the registered office of DFL was at Mr GS’ office and the loan documentation also provided that Mr GS’ office was the address for service of any Notices to be served on the guarantors. 2 Background [4] DFL was the trustee of the GHI Trust which was the owner of a farm in [town]. [5] DFL had a single director, Mr JM, who was the accountant for Mr and Mrs YF snr....

4. LCRO 35/2018 MR v GB (4 April 2019) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...its name on it and his personal email address. [19] The acquaintance who had approached Mr GB was Dr JK. These approaches, and Mr MR’s apparent involvement with them, formed the basis of Mr GB’s further complaints. [20] All matters were addressed by the Committee in a single determination dated 25 January 2018. The Standards Committee determination [21] The issues addressed by the Committee were:4 a. Are the fees charged by Mr [MR] between December 2015 and July 2016 (tota...

5. S v Hakaoro [2015] NZIACDT 31 (17 March 2015) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...professional relationship in accordance with the 2010 Code. [2.2] He dishonestly told the complainant, her family, and Immigration New Zealand that the complainant and her siblings had job offers. [2.3] Mr Hakaoro used his wife to offer immigration services in exchange for sexual availability, and the provision of domestic services. [2.4] When this Tribunal cancelled his licence, Mr Hakaoro did not tell his client and made no provision for continued representation. [3] Mr Hakaoro h...

6. Evaluation of Family Safety Teams pilot: stage 1 [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...45 4.3.2 FST Sites 46 4.4 Convictions 47 4.4.1 National 47 4.4.2 FST Sites 48 4.5 Commitments to Domestic Violence Programmes 50 4.5.1 National 50 4.5.2 FST sites 51 4.6 Referrals to agencies 53 4.6.1 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services 53 4.6.2 National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges 55 4.7 Summary of data 56 4.8 Baseline interviews 56 4.8.1 Auckland Stakeholders 57 4.8.2 Wairarapa Stakeholders 69 4.8.3 Hutt Stakeholders 76 4.8.4 Overall Summary of...

7. LCRO 261/2016 TJ v DM and ZP (26 September 2019) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...the file but was subsequently assisted by Ms ZP. [5] Ms TJ executed a letter of engagement, confirming her instructions to [Law Firm 1] to act on her behalf. [6] The parties had resided overseas with their children before Ms TJ returned to New Zealand with two of their young children. A third child was already studying in 2 New Zealand. Mr TJ remained in Laos. He was employed by an international organisation based outside New Zealand. He received a tax-free income, paid...

8. Justice Matters - issue 02 - March 2016 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   Justice Matters MODERNISING OUR SERVICES Welcome to 2016’s first issue of Justice Matters, the Ministry of Justice’s quarterly newsletter for everyone with an interest in a safe and just New Zealand. In this issue, Chief Executive Andrew Bridgman discusses our modernisation journey and we highlight some of our achievements along the way. We also update progress on the leading-edge Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct and cover some of the great work our teams are doing...

9. OIA-109908.pdf [pdf, 14 MB]

   ................................................................................................................................ 34 Proposed impacts ... .. ... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. ... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. ... .... .... .... . 34 Section 7: New positions in the proposed structure ........................................... 40 Proposed new positions .. .. ... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. ... .... .... .... .... .. .. .. ... .....

10. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 511 KB]

    .................................................................................................... 5 Māori Television ..................................................................................................................... 7 Maritime New Zealand ............................................................................................................ 9 Massey University ............................................................................................................