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1. LCRO 2/2018 MC v TL (17 June 2020) [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...in [City], was effected on 13 February 2004.1 [4] Paternity and custody orders were granted by the Family Court on 27 September 2004. [5] Twelve years later, in May 2016, Mr MC was approached by [Country A] Child Support, acting on behalf of New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (IRD), demanding payment of “overdue child support of $27,192.78” for [the child].2 [6] Mr MC identified what he described as “two inconsistencies” in Ms PW’s 2003/2004 proceedings, namely a Ne...

2. OIA-120297.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   National Office, Postal address: DX SX10088 | WELLINGTON Physical address: Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street | Thorndon| WELLINGTON 6011 W: www.pds.govt.nz 8 May 2025 Our ref: 120297 Dear Public Defence Service I refer to your email of 13 March 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information relating to the Public Defence Service (PDS) expanding its capacity to take on more legal aid assignme...

3. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 plus appendices [pdf, 720 KB]

   ...affected whānau, survivors and witnesses of the terrorist attack, and to respect the wishes of some people who would have been concerned about possible repercussions if their names or comments became public. A private process meant that we could address those concerns. We took steps to achieve a reasonable measure of transparency and, in this way, provide reassurance to the New Zealand public. For example, we undertook broad-based engagement through meetings with New Zealand c...

4. [2022] NZEmpC 141 E Tū Inc and ors v Carter Holt Harvey LVL Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...• Taking into account the Easter break, you will need to take 8 days leave from Thursday 9 April to Wednesday 22 April 2020. • This leave can be taken in the following order: o Annual Leave o Accrued Annual Leave o Entitled Long Service Leave o Alternate Days o Unpaid Leave [17] For employees who did not have a work email address, an instant message was sent using software called WhosOnLocation that could send brief mass texts. This was a new and largely unteste...

5. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...In 2016, an academic evaluation concluded that almost all local lawyers supported the changes and that they markedly improved children’s experiences of trial (Randell, Seymour, Henderson, & Blackwell, 2016).28 However, in mid-2016, the new language restrictions led to appeal. In Metu, the trial judge indicated he would stop any “tagged questions”,29 a type research says is so suggestive that they are effectively banned from children’s cross-examination in England/Wales....

6. Auckland Standards Committee v Hong [2014] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...the Standards Committee, Mr Collins agreed that the last option, that is s 7(1)(b)(ii) was included in a precautionary way, but that the conduct was properly able to be characterised as 4 subsumed into the category of providing regulated services and thus more appropriately considered under subs 7(1)(a). [3] That very issue and the definition of “regulated services” was addressed by the Tribunal in Auckland Standards Committee v Hart1, where at paragraphs 44 and 45...

7. WHT - Chair's directions for standard dwelling house claims [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...list of all the relevant documents that the claimants are likely to produce as evidence and rely on if the claim goes to a hearing;  The required application fee. 2.6 Applications must name the respondent(s) accurately, and clearly state the addresses of the respondent(s), unless further steps need to be taken to ascertain the identity and location of specific potential parties. 3 Addresses for service 3.1 All parties are required to provide the Tribunal with their appropria...

8. WTH Claims over $20k for a house - Chair's directions [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...list of all the relevant documents that the claimants are likely to produce as evidence and rely on if the claim goes to a hearing;  The required application fee. 2.6 Applications must name the respondent(s) accurately, and clearly state the addresses of the respondent(s), unless further steps need to be taken to ascertain the identity and location of specific potential parties. 3 Addresses for service 3.1 All parties are required to provide the Tribunal with their appropria...

9. Granting Aid for Waitangi Tribunal Matters Policy v3.pdf [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...August 2024 iii Contents Status of this Operational Policy and Effective Date 1 Background 1 Introduction 1 History 1 The Waitangi Tribunal and Legal Aid 1 Defined terms 2 Relevant Statutory and Policy Framework 2 Legal Services Act 2011 2 Other important provisions 3 Relevant policy 3 Services for Waitangi Tribunal matters funded by Legal Aid Services 4 Legal services for proceedings before the Waitangi Tribunal 4 Settlement negotiations and associate...

10. LAP contract for services [pdf, 753 KB]

    Provider Contract for the Provision of Legal Aid Services and Specified Legal Services| Version 5| November 2016 1 Provider Contract for the Provision of Legal Aid Services and Specified Legal Services The Parties to this Contract The Secretary for Justice (the Secretary) and (the Provider) The Secretary and the Provider are each a Party to the Contract and are together the Parties. The Contract Background A. The Secretary is required to establish, maintain and p...