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Justice Department "fixes" trial of court employee
Last week, on a quiet Monday afternoon in the Porirua District Court, Judge Arthur Tompkins dealt with a case that up until recently would have been put to a jury to decide whether or not the Crown had proven its case. Now days, an offence has to attract a penalty of 2 or more years imprisonment before an accused is entitled to request a jury trial. Judge Tompkins was called in from Hamilton to preside over the trial because of the difficulty in finding a Wellington judge who did not know ...
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Wellington foodbank investigated for fraud
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Wellington foodbank investigated for fraud
A Wellington foodbank is being investigated for fraud, after it was deemed to be involved in "serious wrongdoing".
The Wellington Foodbank Service - not associated with the one run by the Wellington City Mission - has also now been stripped of its charitable status, with the Department of Internal Affairs advising major donors not to hand over more money.
The bulk of existing donations appear to be have disappeared, as liquidators find the charity's bank accounts emptied and almost... -
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Crossfire victim seeking Crown compensation
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Crossfire victim seeking Crown compensation
A man injured in a police shooting that killed teen courier driver Halatau Naitoko is suing the Crown for compensation. Lawyers for Richard Neville, who was hit by crossfire after a dramatic police pursuit of gunman Stephen McDonald came to a tragic end in January 2009, filed the breach of civil rights claim in the High Court at Auckland late last month.
Neville was driving when he was confronted by methamphetamine-fuelled McDonald, who had pointed a gun at bystanders,... -
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Pilot impersonator's appeal dismissed
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Pilot impersonator's appeal dismissed
A repeat pilot impersonator sentenced to 300 hours' community work for flying a plane without a license has had an appeal against his sentence dismissed.
Brian Hunter, 54, appeared in the Napier District Court last month where he pleaded guilty to one charge of operating an aircraft without the required documentation.
The court heard Hunter had expressed an interest in purchasing a plane from a seller in Mahia in September 2012 before travelling to meet him and taking... -
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Pensioners left broke by ex-cop
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Pensioners left broke by ex-cop
A former high-ranking New Zealand cop has avoided arrest from the comfort of his home in Australia as pensioners are kicked out of retirement units owned by his failed company. Former police inspector Gary William Campbell faces three active charges brought under the Retirement Villages Act 2003 regarding various failures in relation to a Christchurch retirement village his company owned. The company owes millions of dollars and according to the Companies Office is no longer trading. Campbel...
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Fight over fluoridation
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Fight over fluoridation
The war over fluoride in our drinking water is heating up, with a crucial court decision due and lobby groups upping the ante against health officials.
A judge is expected to rule this week on whether South Taranaki District Council had the authority to introduce fluoride to two of its water systems which could remove the power of local authorities around the country to add nutrients to water supplies.
The NZ Health Trust, which claims fluoride is a form of mass... -
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Shark finning ban to be in force sooner
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Shark finning ban to be in force sooner
The government has agreed to a tighter timeframe for the banning of shark finning in New Zealand waters.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy confirmed on Thursday the government's plan to ban the controversial practice, which has been descibed as a national disgrace. The ban will mean sharks won't be able to be caught, killed and have their fins sliced off before the rest of the body is thrown back into the water. It's already illegal to ... -
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Police decision not to prosecute John Banks leads to IPCA complaint
Wellington author Roger Brookings has filed an Independent Police Complaints Authority (IPCA) complaint against the Police for failing to prosecute John Banks after retired accountant Graham Mc Cready took a private prosecution leading to Mr Banks being committed to trial for electoral fraud.
Mr Brookings also raises the issue of obstruction of justice by the Police for blocking access to Police files, particularly Banks' police statement on the spurious grounds of privacy when in fa... -
Labour backs review commission for miscarriages of justice
The Government is being called on to set-up a an independent authority to look into claims of miscarriages of justice.
Labour's calling for additional safety nets to help deal with such claims.
Justice spokesman Andrew Little is echoing calls from the Dean of the University of Canterbury law school for an independent body to handle such claims, which are currently managed by the Ministry of Justice.
Mr Little says cases such as that of Arthur Allan Thomas or Mark... -
Eion Castles guilty of professional misconduct
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Eion Castles guilty of professional misconduct
A lawyer accused of overcharging a former golfing buddy by almost $600,000 has been found guilty of professional misconduct by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Eion Castles faced the disciplinary tribunal after he charged the man, with whom he played golf at Titirangi Golf Club, $1,030,000 - well above the $436,000 cost assessors estimated his work would have cost to help sort out legal problems created by the client's leaky Remuera home. In a recently released decision,...
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