Areas of Specialisation
Accident Compensation Law
Your rights to obtain compensation and other entitlements under the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001; the obligations imposed on you as an ACC claimant; and your review and appeal rights.
Bill of Rights Law
Your rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (BORA), including what remedies may be available if you consider that one of your BORA rights has been violated.
Civil Rights Law
This includes:
- your rights and obligations when the police want to question, arrest, or search you; or your property, together with your remedies if you consider that the police have acted improperly or unlawfully
- your rights and obligations if you are a defendant or witness in the District Court
- your rights as the victim of a criminal offence
- your rights and obligations as a child or young person, a health consumer, or a prisoner, together with your remedies if you consider that someone has acted improperly or unlawfully
- your rights and remedies if you consider that you have been discriminated against
- your right to access personal information relating to yourself that is held by any agency, together with your remedies if the agency does not make the information available to you
- your rights to access official information
- your rights to complain to the Health and Disability Commissioner; the Ombudsmen; the Privacy Commissioner; and the Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence
- your rights and obligations as an immigrant or refugee
- your rights to freedom of expression; freedom of thought, conscience and religion; freedom of assembly; and freedom of association in New Zealand.
Privacy Law
Your rights and agency obligations under the Privacy Act 1993, including your right to make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and your right to commence proceedings before the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
Resource Management Law
Your rights and obligations as a resource consent applicant.
Your entitlements to make a submission if you oppose or support a particular resource consent proposal.
Obligations imposed on councils and other consent-granting bodies under the RMA.
Your appeal rights to the Environment Court, together with your rights to be heard as an interested party in proceedings before the Court.
Social Security Law
Your entitlement to receive benefits and allowances under the Social Security Act 1964 (as amended), and related laws; the obligations imposed on you as a beneficiary; and your review and appeal rights.
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