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1. 3.0-W-RIS-Family-Court-Associate-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...system is a five to ten-year project. Due to the scale of change proposed and the resourcing needed, a phased approach is required. As delay arises in multiple parts of the system, and for different reasons, multiple initiatives are needed to address it. The Panel recommended introducing a new role to address one of the drivers of delay: the heavy administrative workload of judges,4 which delays the progress of active cases. The options discussed in this Regulatory Impact Statement (...

2. Regulatory Impact Statement child witnesses in the criminal courts proposed reforms [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...stakeholders and government agencies and international literature on the experiences of child witnesses in criminal justice systems. A working group of officials from the Ministry of Justice, Crown Law Office, Ministry of Social Development and the New Zealand Police was established to provide input into the development of proposed reforms. The Ministry of Justice estimates that there are approximately 750 child witnesses who give evidence in criminal court cases each year. To date,...

3. [2025] NZIACDT 09 – ZZ v Wen (10 February 2025) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code), both being grounds of complaint under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act). BACKGROUND [3] Xinru Wendy Wen is a licensed immigration adviser and director of NEO Education and Immigration Services Ltd, of Auckland. At the relevant time, she held a provisional licence. [4] The complainant is ZZ, a national of China. He is a carpenter. [5] A WeChat text record provided by Ms Wen to the Authority showed that she was cont...

4. BORA New Zealand Security Intelligence Services Amendment Bill [pdf, 215 KB]

   New Zealand Security Intelligence Services Amendment Bill 11 October 2010 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: NEW ZEALAND SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 1. We have considered whether the New Zealand Security Intelligence Services Amendment Bill (PCO 999/4.0) (the “Bill”) is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the “Bill of Rights Act”). We understand that the Bill is likely to be consid...

5. MSC v Scholes [2013] NZIACDT 71 (25 November 2013) [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...complainant both filed statements of reply. The parties did not seek an oral hearing. IELTS level [12] Among the factual issues was the complainant’s need to gain an IELTS level 7 to meet the English language requirements for working as a nurse in New Zealand. [13] Ms Scholes had an interest in a school in New Zealand that provided IELTS training. The complainant was enrolled in a course at the school. In the documentation before the Tribunal, including the terms of a limited purpo...

6. LCDT-form-F-appln-employ-susp-or-struck-off-pract-form-July-25 [pdf, 475 KB]

   LCDT 01/07/2025 - F Application for Consent to Employ Suspended Practitioner/ Practitioner Struck off the Roll/ Practitioner whose Registration was Cancelled/ Disqualified Practitioner NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL When to use this form Use this form to apply to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) as a practitioner or an incorporated firm, to apply for the consent to employ a person who: • is under suspension...

7. Hahn v Walke [2019] NZIACDT 19 (8 April 2019) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: Self-represented Adviser: Self-represented 2 PRELIMINARY [1] The adviser, Ms Petra Walke, resides in Germany. The complainant, Mr Hahn, is another licensed adviser, though resident in New Zealand. They both represent German speaking migrants to New Zealand. [2] Ms Walke’s group of companies operate in a number of countries offering migration services to New Zealand and Australia. They hold seminars at which...

8. Recommendations recap - issue 12 [pdf, 996 KB]

   1 Recommendations recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July 2016 and 31 December 2016 Issue 12 2 Coroners have a duty to identify any lessons learned from the deaths referred to them that might help prevent such deaths in the future. In order to publicise these lessons, the findings and recommendations of most cases are open to the public. Recommendations recap identifies and summarises all coronial recommend

9. [2024] NZEmpC 104 Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand v New Zealand Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...be true. (b) The cause of action or defence must be clearly untenable; it is inappropriate to strike out a claim unless the Court can be certain it cannot succeed. 2 Employment Court Regulations 2000, reg 6(2)(a)(ii). See New Zealand Fire Service Commission v New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union Inc [2005] ERNZ 1053 (CA) at [13]. 3 Attorney-General v Prince [1998] 1 NZLR 262 (CA) at 267; and Couch v Attorney-General [2008] NZSC 45, [2008] 3 NZLR 725 at [31]–[33]...

10. Waitangi Tribunal - The claims process of the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...conveys its decisions directly at hear- ings or conferences, by issuing written directions or memoran- da, or by communicating through staä. 1 0 5 25 75 95 100 0 5 25 75 95 100 0 5 25 75 95 100 0 5 25 75 95 100 Except when addressing the Tribunal in the course of a hear- ing, it is generally not appropriate for claimants to contact the Tribunal members directly. Anyone wishing to communicate with the Tribunal should do so via Tribunal staä, unless direct- ed...