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… The Native Land Court was set up in the 1860s, with Pākehā judges assisted by Māori assessors. In the proceedings Māori … while minutes were usually written in English. Many of the judges had knowledge of Māori language and culture. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… children, and looked after a family’s day-to-day needs. Judges’ belief in these family roles was spelt out in their … to get maintenance. If the amount later proved too little, judges were unlikely to increase it. Instead, they often …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Divorce and separation
… with a salary of £1,500, a high one at the time. As a judge of the Supreme Court Richmond was an original member of the Court of Appeal and sat with his brother judges when the Court was first convened in Christchurch in …
Type: Biography
… appealed to the Supreme Court, maintaining that the judge had misdirected the jury. The appeal was dismissed in … £100; the other men were bound over to keep the peace. The judge said in sentencing O'Driscoll that he had heard …
Type: Biography
… in 1847 or 1848, and a daughter, Ellen. In 1864 he was a judge of the poultry section of the Canterbury Agricultural … man, rather striking in appearance, 'whom one would judge a gentleman'. In August 1868 St Quentin tried …
Type: Biography
… of the then chief justice, Thomas Eichelbaum. From then judges wore gowns in the District Court, the High Court and … Tribunal. Some of these tribunals are presided over by judges, but many of them by lawyers appointed for the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Law
… he appeared in the Supreme Court. In spite of handing the judge 'a most skilfully written address…on the Shakespearean … fresh doubt on the crucial forensic evidence. The presiding judge, Joshua Strange Williams , gave a summing-up highly … guilty. This verdict caused consternation in Dunedin: the judge's summation was held to be 'extremely unsatisfactory' …
Type: Biography
… information about the harm they had suffered, before the judge. Greater emphasis was placed on victim-impact … Justice Act 1985. The Sentencing Act made it obligatory for judges to impose the sentence of reparation for loss of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Victims of crime
… performing acrobatic feats. As a competitive sport, it is judged on technical excellence. Men’s competitive … performed to music by solo swimmers, duets or teams. It is judged on technical merit and artistic impression. It …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Swimming
… as the sixth member of the Supreme Court and also as a judge in bankruptcy and a commissioner under the Native Land … validly this time – to the Supreme Court. He was the first judge to have been educated wholly in New Zealand. From 1898 … of the Court of Arbitration. He became the resident judge at Auckland in 1903. Edwards was an erudite and …
Type: Biography
… An experienced lawyer and judge, Justice Peter Mahon is best known for his report on … are invaluable to a legal professional, especially a judge. Mahon actually completed some of his legal studies … defence, he accepted an offer of a temporary Supreme Court judgeship in late 1971 and a permanent judgeship in October …
Type: Biography
… was not clear whether the normal English law applied. Some judges and legal scholars believed that when the Crown …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… Eliza Barnes and her husband, Robert James Loughnan, a judge in the service of the British East India Company. The … Otago, where in 1867 they purchased Mount Pisa station. Judge Loughnan, his wife and the other children settled in …
Type: Biography
… play competitions, and was a well-known and respected judge. In 1956 she adapted Alan Paton’s novel about … time examining for the board in the United Kingdom, and judged the communication skills of such diverse groups as …
Type: Biography
… to produce. It raised domestic interest rates when it judged spending was growing too fast, and lowered interest rates if it judged spending growth to be too slow. The type of spending …
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Part of story: Spending in the economy
… government. It has four primary functions: to adjudicate (judge) disputes between litigants (parties in a law suit) in … principles of common law (law that developed over time from judges’ decisions) to uphold the rule of law, personal …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Judicial system
… The ratio of acid to rock phosphate must be carefully judged: too much sulfuric acid produces excess phosphoric …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Superphosphate
… giving him all the powers, if not the title, of a judge of the court. In 1921 Carr was entrusted with his … Carr was using his position as the local Native Land Court judge to stack committees of beneficial owners with his own … attended by members of the legal fraternity, his fellow judges, Māori kin and friends. The affection the latter felt …
Type: Biography
… Minnie Dean, the Winton 'baby farmer'. In summing up, the judge, J. S. Williams, told the jury that if they accepted … In fact, Hanlon's address was so impassioned that the judge adjourned for the day before summing up, to allow the … and strategy. He had a commanding presence, was a shrewd judge of character, and, while possessing a rich and …
Type: Biography
… more than a slight acquaintance with statute law. Judge F. O. Acheson 's decision upheld Parore's argument and … some 30 years after they supposedly had been sold. Although Judge Acheson's report was strongly in favour of Te Roroa's claim, it was not supported by Chief Judge G. P. Shepherd, who was presumably aware that the …
Type: Biography