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  1. Newport v Thompkins [2023] NZFC 1758

    Reserved judgment — occupation order — Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ss 26, 27 & 28A — Doak v Turner [1981] 1NZLR 18 — Dyason v…

  2. Field v Ames [2023] NZFC 8182

    Reserved judgment — habitual residence — date of retention — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 95, 105, 106 & 107 — Basingstoke v Groot…

  3. WorkSafe New Zealand v AFFCO New Zealand Ltd [2023] NZDC 12484

    Sentencing — exposing workers to risk of death or serious injury — danger from falling objects — freezing works — Health and Safety at Work…

  4. R v Milligan [2023] NZDC 21471

    Sentencing — physical and emotional abuse — male assaults female — perverting the course of justice — R v Jury HC Gisborne CRI-2009-416-4, 31 July…

  5. R v Te Riini [2023] NZDC 12745

    Sentencing — sexual violation by rape — sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection — Berkland v R [2022] NZSC 143 — R v AM (CA27/2009)…

  6. R v Stewart [2023] NZDC 12706

    Sentencing — blackmail — sexual exploitation of persons under 18. The defendant appeared for sentencing after pleading guilty on four charges of blackmail and four of…

  7. Drake v Drake [2021] NZFC 10554

    Determination — safety hearing — alleged assault on child. This was a safety hearing to determine what contact a child should have with his father. The…

  8. Henry v Henry [2023] NZFC 11590

    Nuptial trust — dissolution — jurisdiction — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 1M, 1N, 8, 13, 18, 44, 44C — Family Proceedings Act 1980,…

  9. Wade v Wade [2023] NZFC 8162

    Reserved judgment — leave to commence proceedings — parenting orders — relocation — consent — materiality — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 4, 5,…

  10. Re Jacobs [2023] NZFC 8318

    Adoption — step parent adoption — dispensing with father's consent for adoption — alienation — Adoption Act 1955 — M v M FC Wellington FAM-2006-085-628,…