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1. ABC v XYZ [2013] NZHRRT 25 [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...person supported by Ms Montgomery as McKenzie friend Mr GM Harrison for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 24, 25 and 26 June 2013 DATE OF DECISION: 12 July 2013 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL Introduction [1] In 2000 the plaintiff sought counselling services from the defendant and a counselling relationship was established at that time. The plaintiff alleges that in 2003, while that 2 relationship was continuing and at the instigation of the defendant, a sexual relationship beg...

2. Legal-Aid-lawyer-Provider-Manual-Feb-2025.pdf [pdf, 380 KB]

   ............................................................................................................................. 3 Legislative background and decision-makers ........................................................................... 4 The Legal Services Act 2011 and related regulations ................................................................. 4 Legal Services Commissioner .......................................................................................................

3. National Standards Committee 1 v Deliu [2016] NZLCDT 27 [pdf, 480 KB]

   ...order that there is no case to answer ................................................................................ 5 Judgments as evidence ........................................................................... 6 Not providing “regulated services” ............................................................ 7 Delay ........................................................................................................ 8 Reasons for delay .............................

4. Form-3-Deportation-Appeal-by-Resident.pdf [pdf, 462 KB]

   ...more than one box)  Never Married  Married  Engaged  Separated  Widowed  Civil Union  Partnership / De facto  Divorced  Other (specify) ____________ Step 2. Your contact details What is your current residential address? (this cannot be a PO Box) Address: Telephone: Email: What country were you born in? Deportation Appeal by a Resident or Permanent Resident IMMIGRATION AND PROTECTION TRIBUNAL | RŌPŪ TAKE MANENE, TAKE WHAKAMARU App...

5. Guidelines: Family Court counsellors [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...counsellors. 4.5. The approval process for counselling organisations is administered by the National Office of the Ministry of Justice. Any counselling organisation approved by the Secretary (or his authorised delegate) will be published in the New Zealand Gazette, on the Ministry website, and will be formally communicated to court staff. 5. CRITERIA FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSELLORS 5.1. The Care of Children (Counselling) Regulations 2013 set out the following criteria for...

6. LCRO 122/2020 G & P LN v Todd Whitcombe and RC findings & publication decisions (4 May 2021 & 22 June 2021) [pdf, 397 KB]

   ...[23] The recommendation to take independent legal advice was repeated in most, if not all, of the correspondence from Mr RC to Mr and Mrs LN. [24] Further negotiations continued.6 On 14 December, Mr RC sent Mr and Mrs LN a draft of a fax addressed to Mr Whitcombe. The draft fax advised Mr Whitcombe that the LNs accepted the vendors’ offer set out in Mr Whitcombe’s fax of 24 November but “subject to the following requests”: 1. to defer settlement to Friday 16 February 2...

7. Leadership of governments collective efforts to reduce family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 453 KB]

   ...violence and sexual violence, and to provide agency and sector leadership for the whole-of- government response; and to establish an interim Te Rōpū Māori to assist the Crown to work in partnership with Māori on this response. Executive Summary 1 New Zealand has high rates of family violence, sexual violence and violence within whānau with widespread and enduring economic and social costs. Preventing and eliminating this violence is one of our greatest opportunities to improve wellbe...

8. TB v NX LCRO 80 / 2011 (13 December 2012) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...connection with an insurance claim to meet his legal costs which the insurance company was resisting. This dispute was resolved resulting in a payment by the insurance company of $30,000. [9] Shortly afterwards, Mr TB lodged his complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service on 20 April 2010. Mr TB’s complaint and the Standards Committee determination [10] Mr TB forwarded the two invoices rendered by Mr NX with his complaint. He advised that his brief to Mr NX w...

9. LCRO 141/2013 TM v DC (7 June 2017) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...withdrawn his offer to accept one half of his fees due to the circumstances in which Mr TM found himself and Mr DC had then deducted fees from funds held for Mr TM without authority and in breach of professional ethics. [56] Mr TM is aware that no new matters may be addressed on review and consequently this review does not address the issue of fees as a simple complaint of overcharging. Withdrawal of the offer to accept a reduced payment [57] Mr DC’s account dated 20 August...

10. Grants-Handbook-v4.80.pdf [pdf, 17 MB]

    ...Ministry of Justice 2016 © Crown Copyright Ministry of Justice The Justice Centre, 19 Aitken Street DX SX10125, Wellington, New Zealand T +64 4 918 8800 F +64 4 918 8820 E info@justice.govt.nz W www.justice.govt.nz Legal Services Act 2011 The Legal Services Act 2000 established the Legal Services Agency as a Crown entity on February 1, 2001 and was amended effective 1 March 2007. The Legal Services Act 2011 (LSA) came into force on 1 July 2011 and disestablish...