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Parking Enforcement Services FAQ

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Parking enforcement services scamIf you have received a  parking ticket from parking enforcement services  please   firstly ensure that it has been issued by  Parking Enforcement Services and not  by  council  the following only applies  to  tickets issued by Parking enforcement services .

  1. legal entity  -there is only one legal entity called parking enforcement services  and that is us.  we do not issue tickets  and we do not demand any money
  2. On the web site  pesnz.co.nz  ultimately controlled by Wilson Parking New Zealand (1992) Ltd  there is a FAQ page the information on this page is manifestly  deceptive  misleading and intentionally wrong so as to  get you to  pay up when there is absolutely no legal obligation for you to do so . We will address each point as  follows

How do I pay my breach notice 

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The truth is 

There is no breach you  have not breached anything  as  there is a reliance on  contract law  and Parking Enforcement Services is neither a legal or natural person and cannot enter into an agreement   or contract with any one.

25 Use of company name
1)A company must ensure that its name is clearly stated in—
(a)every written communication sent by, or on behalf of, the company; and
(b)every document issued or signed by, or on behalf of, the company that evidences or creates a legal obligation of the company.

the request  for payment   is  to  a fictional  organisation  at the worst   and an undefined trading name at the best   Parking enforcement services  due to its lack of existence cannot demand any  thing from any one.

 

I have lodged an appeal but have not yet received an answer by the payment due date?

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The truth is 

There is no breach  and you have no obligations  at all  to parking enforcement services. technically you don’t even have to appeal  as there is nothing to appeal.

When you appeal they are wasting your time

Once you receive the  ticket or  the communications from them  by way of letter they will reveal that   the company is WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

be certain to make any demand for payment   from WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED  so that it is enforceable

In the  appeal section of their web site https://www.pesnz.co.nz/go/appeals  enter your ticket number   and  write in.  You can also send an email  to admin@enforcementservices.co.nz.

Do not ring them  this does not provide a record of communications  and  you get to speak to a call center person who will not be able to help

You do not have to disclose anything to them   but simply ask them for evidence as to why they consider there was a breach and could they provide evidence .  In the letter advise them that failure to provide you with the full  evidence   will incur a $50 ( or what ever your time is worth ) charge for time wasted   and costs of $.. for every appeal you have to lodge to get the  full evidence .  the terms  and conditions  of this  contract  are accepted by them   by sending out  a computer generated response   and or a response which does   not supply the full evidence.

Are private parking breach notices enforceable?

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The truth

Yes they  are enforceable  provided that the contract is between  two parties capable  of entering into a contract . It is probably true that the concept has been upheld in the disputes tribunal  but  has any one ever challenged the lack of standing of parking enforcement services.   To cover off this aspect please be certain that you take a photograph of the signage at the site where you were  allegedly breached.

Do you issue infringement notices, fines or charge liquidated damages?

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The truth

Because Parking Enforcement Services are not capable  of entering into a contract  they cannot  sue any one  as only  real  and legal persons  can enforce contracts  or enter into contracts.  They cannot   charge the cost of enforcement as there is no  legal contract to enforce.

Are your officers trained?

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The truth

Parking enforcement services  cannot  employ any one  therefore they do not have  any officers .

If you do see a person issuing tickets  in car parks with  Parking enforcement services  signage  you can approach the  person  and ask to see their  security guard licence . If they refuse they are in breach of the act  .

Do you operate under any industry related codes of practice?

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The truth is 

that the wheel clamping  code  was signed in  2012.   the signatories to this were tournament parking Ltd  Valley Parking Ltd and Wilson parking Ltd . again we have some identity confusion which  slips in  Wilson parking New Zealand Ltd company #487351 was formerly  WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND (1992) LIMITED.     Wilson Parking Limited #1039337 was  struck off in 2005 as was WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED #1039338 . the former  Wilson parking WILSON PARKING LIMITED (from 17 Sep 1985 to 03 Oct 1991) #272793 was struck off in 1993 .

Parking enforcement services #1017779 changed it sname in Feb 2014 to WILSON SECURITY NEW ZEALAND LIMITED  which is a separate legal entity to  WILSON PARKING NEW ZEALAND LIMITED  and is therefore not a signatory to the  clamping  code.  its all about identity  confusion .

When is parking enforced?

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The truth is 

parking enforcement  services ( other than ourselves )  have no legal ability to enter into a contract and have no legal standing to enforce anything.

Who is responsible for paying a Parking Enforcement Notice?

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The truth is 

Contracts are only enforceable  on the parties  who  enters into the contract.  unless the owner of the car has a contract with the driver to  accept liability  then there is  absolutely no way that   the contract can be enforced on the owner.  In  tickets issued by council and   Police this is  different as  they do not rely on contract law but  rely on legislation which  makes the owner responsible for  fines.

this legislation however  does not extend to private contract law   and the owner of a vehicle is  under no obligation at all for contracts which he or she was not party to .

What if I own the vehicle but I was not driving at the time of the breach?

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The truth is

As above    Firstly   Parking enforcement services is not  capable of entering into a contract , secondly they cannot  sue or be sued as they are not a legal person   and thirdly  the oenr of he  car hs no obligation to a contract to which he was not a party .

How am I supposed to know all this?

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The truth is

that if you believe every thing you read then  put the demanded sum in an envelope  and send it off more fool you  .

the reality is  that this is deception at its finest    We believe it is a full scale public fraud  which forces people to pay up   out of fear of ever growing penalties an  bad credit ratings.

Crimes act 240 Obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception should be considered as a complaint against the directors of  Wilson parking New Zealand  for this  entire venture. It is questionable that   valid contracts are in place for he management of many of the areas for which  tickets are issued.

Is there a File size limit on the website appeal submission form?

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DONT TELL THEM ANY THING  ASK ONLY FOR INFORMATION

PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE

  1. Of the contract to  …what ever car park showing that yo have the legal ability to  enforce parking there .
  2. Evidence of a contract between two legal  persons
  3. full affidavit   from the person alleging  a breach  . Please note that the person issuing the ticket has no grounds for anonymity   he ust supply a full affidavit providing  full details of the alleged breach .

 

Parking Enforcement Services the facts

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IMG_20150618_135509Civil justice  has taken the unusual step of changing its name to expose the  wide spread public fraud  of Parking enforcement services .

This is how the fraud works ( we believe it is a fraud as there is no legal ability  to  obtain money )

Parking enforcement services is a trading name  . Trading names cannot enter into a contract as a trading name  could be used by any one  and it is only a real or legal persons ( companies  etc)  which can enter into a contract .

It is on note that  not one of the signs which are relied upon  as a basis for a parking contract , identify a  real or legal person .

Section 25 of the companies act

1)A company must ensure that its name is clearly stated in—

(a)every written communication sent by, or on behalf of, the company; and
(b)every document issued or signed by, or on behalf of, the company that evidences or creates a legal obligation of the company.

From this it  obvious  that  the  signage which  is used to imply a legal contract , is not worth the   paper its written on.

The other  big issue is that parking enforcement services   does not own the land which it is contracting out ,  Since it does not have any legal existence  it could not   own the land nor could it  enter into a contract to  sub contract the  property or impose any conditions on it.

Its a bit like some one deciding to   take control of the parking on my neighbours property.  First they must have consent  from the owners and secondly there has to be a valid contract with them.

Take Eden quarter for example  where  the ticket I had involvement with was issued

The dominion road web site   clearly states

There is a large public parking area in the Eden Quarter area as well as on the side streets of bellevue Rd, Valley View Rd, Ewington Ave, Prospect Ave, Onslow Rd, Walters Rd, Bellwood Ave and Burnley Ave.  In addition there is ample parking behind the Dominion Rd shops on the western side between Bellwood Ave and Walters Rd.

The signage in the car park  However   says  that  the area is controlled by Parking  enforcement services.

The land  does not belong  to Wilson Parking New Zealand  Limited .  so who gave  who  consent to   place limitation and restrictions on this car park.

Apparently  your ticket can be waived if you  can prove that you have consent from  Eden Quarter…  so who on earth  is Eden quarter?  Try looking it    I have  and   guess what   it is yet  another undefined   term.

We repeatedly asked for evidence  this is what we got

 carpark picture carpark2 sign  count down fence carparksign 2

I wrote in again and told them that the pictures proved nothing  and then i received this photo , a photo of the rear of the car, a photo of the warrant  car

so this proved  that the car was wet ,warranted and had a chalk mark on the tyre at the time it was photographed which was purportedly 21.56 3 June 2015

this  is not evidence of any one having  entered into or breached any contract

for there to be a valid contract.

the person alleging the contract must show that they are  a legal or natural person have the ability to enter into a contract  for what they are alleging to contract out.

They must show  when you were parked  from    and to .

That you parked in breach of the alleged  agreement.

The person who makes the statement  must be identified  and able to give evidence  of what they  saw.

There cannot be a contract between the owner of  the car and  the person administering  the car park  if the owner was not  present when the vehicle entered the car park .

The owner of the car has no legal obligation to  the  car park enforcers  to identify the  driver.

What to do if parking enforcement services  gives you a ticket 

Use the  on line   form to  request  evidence.

You do not have to give them an explanation.  he who asserts must prove.

Get them to prove  that they have a contract and that  the  vehicle was parked contrary to  the contract.

tell them that if you get one more automated response  and no human intervention that you will automatically charge them   $x amount for wasting your time and that these terms and conditions are accepted by them   sending out another automated letter.

When they threaten  credit agencies advise the that the matter is still in dispute and that  by sending  this to a credit agency they agree to pay you  $x    for sending it off while the matter is in dispute.

when you get the credit agencies letter advise  them  that  the matter is in dispute

You will find that that will be  the end of the matter .

Why it happens.

It is all about economic measures  by having a computer spit out   standard letters rejecting your  objection  people will give up and pay up.

by threatening more costs and credit  agencies people  fear that they will get a bad credit report and pay up.

People treat these tickets the same as  council parking tickets  they are not  these are  from a privale  organisation which does not identify itself .

PLEASE BE CERTAIN THAT YOUR TICKET IS FROM  PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. IF IT FROM THE COUNCIL OR THE POLICE   THEN NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLY AS THEY HAVE LEGISLATION WHICH  SUPPORTS THEIR ENFORCEMENT.

 

PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES LIMITED   ONLY EXISTS AS THE COMPANY WE ARE AND WE DO NOT ISSUE TICKETS

 

Other action 

Make a complaint to t he police   and to the commerce commission    you can be part of  a  combined complaint  by sending your details ,  a photo  of the car park sign  a brief  outline   and a copy of your ticket to Grace@verisure.co.nz

 

Parking Enforcement Services

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 Civil Justice   will now be known as  Parking enforcement services , the name change has been registered with the companies office    our trading name will however remain  as civil justice

There is  a very good reason for this  as we wish to draw attention to the fact that  every day   possibly hundreds of people are   being made to pay  fines by coercion  through  fear due  threats of wheel clamping and extra penalties if they do not pay the demand. Civil Justice has decided to do something about  this

If you have had a  Parking breach notice from parking enforcement services  then you need to  k read our posts and above all DO NOT PART WITH ANY MORE $$$$$$   they have  absolutely no right   to your money .

There was once a company  called Parking Enforcement Services Limited     it existed between  13 July 2009   until 28 February 2014 when it changed its name to WILSON SECURITY NEW ZEALAND LIMITED  company number  1017779

Since then it appears that PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES has become a division of Wilson Parking New Zealand limited  company number 487351.

This means that  there  is actually no legal person named Parking Enforcement Services  and   you actually have no idea  who  this is until you   get   a little  strip of paper which looks very much like a council parking ticket .

Everything  about this ticket makes you  think that you have  had an official parking fine  but this is not the case.

Unlike council parking fines which are backed by council by laws  these   tickets rely on   contract law  and that is where   it all comes unstuck .

If you have had a ticket  from  parking enforcement services   please contact us and we will provide you with  a step  by step what to do next.

I the mean time  you may wish to read various  associated news articles   You may note that  in some of the   articles  there are  officials who state that the fine is legaly binding, but circumstances changed  from  28 February 2014  when Parking enforcement services ceased to be a legal person .  More soon

Carpark firm Tournament defends $65 penalty

Driver’s warning after parking fee battle with Wilson Parking

Legality of parking fines questioned by lawyers after woman’s $65 fee for being 11 minutes late

Parking giant on three probes

Student challenges fine fee for broke-down car

Countdown customer’s toilet trip a $50 shock

Wellington parking enforcement brought back in-house by Council

Trainee’s park fine cancelled

Parking ticket paid – fined two minutes later

For a day at the mall, add $45 parking fine

 

 

 

 

 

Where our justice system breaks down -the weakest link

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In November 2014 Her Honour, Justice Helen Winkelmann, Chief High Court Judge gave an address at the New Zealand law foundation and Otago women’s lawyers society Ethel-Benjamin-Address-2014-Justice-Helen-Winkelmann.In this she traversed several topics  including “The trend to increasing numbers of unrepresented litigants”

Her honour ,refers to  No Justice Without lawyers — The Myth of an Inquisitorial Solution. from which she quotes

Since lay persons are not familiar with the substantive law and court procedure, they
have difficulty to prepare adequately and to comply with rules and court orders, with
the result that the court is forced to devote disproportionate time and effort to cases
involving [them].

This is a primary concern  as the  process for representation has evolved over  centuries, it is complex and not user friendly . There are rules within rules and lawyers know how to use them to their  advantage . But what comes out of the  speech more than anything  else is that the court relies upon the legal representation

There is also another aspect to the adversarial model which depends upon legal
representation. It is the reliance that judges place upon counsel to never knowingly mislead
the court in matters of fact or law. This duty of counsel enables the system to function
efficiently and maintains its integrity. It frees the Judge from having to conduct his or her
own inquiries to independently check the veracity of what they are told by counsel. For
counsel this duty flows from the fact that counsel are officers of the court. It is also a
manifestation of the obligation on all lawyers to uphold the rule of law, an obligation now
given statutory recognition in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.

When analysed in this way, it becomes clear that representation for a party is central to the
Judge performing the Judge’s task.

This may be all good and well   and this would  work if lawyers   acted in accordance with the law  and especially section 4 of the lawyers and Conveyancers Act 

4 Fundamental obligations of lawyers

  • Every lawyer who provides regulated services must, in the course of his or her practice, comply with the following fundamental obligations:

    • (a) the obligation to uphold the rule of law and to facilitate the administration of justice in New Zealand:

    • (b) the obligation to be independent in providing regulated services to his or her clients:

    • (c) the obligation to act in accordance with all fiduciary duties and duties of care owed by lawyers to their clients:

    • (d) the obligation to protect, subject to his or her overriding duties as an officer of the High Court and to his or her duties under any enactment, the interests of his or her clients.

Where all this unhinges  is that  there is an assumption that lawyers   comply with  the law .

When lawyers use the law  as a weapon of destruction instead of a weapon of peace   then  the opponent is placed at a  distinct disadvantage .

Purely by the definition  given above and the assumptions of the court in  the  honesty and integrity of a lawyer place  a lay litigant at  a disadvantage. Because a lawyer simply making a statement  to the  court in an un sworn unsubstantiated manner  carries with it the  assumption that what he says is true  and he would not be saying it unless it is true.

Lawyers know   that they  can tell lies   and get away with it because their  law society is also their disciplinarian

The  conflicting roles of he law society  and lack of independence from its members  ensure that  lawyers can divert an investigation into their  conduct by  making wide sweeping claims  agaisnt  their accuser.

The standards which are enforced by the law society are not those set  out in law  but the  standards which they feel comfortable with.  Make the standards too rigid and your members will not be able to win their court actions with the  tricks they have  master over the years.

There is a back up system  though the LCRO  , this   is  set up and funded by the law society , because they fund it there are very few LCRO officers  and  lawyers have  learned that if they pay the $50 and appeal to the LCRO then the system effectively bogs down .

We are compiling a series of books which show the tricks and deceptions which lawyers use to win  court cases. each of these place  lay litigants at a disadvantage and each proves that  some lawyers have  very little or no regard for the law and that there is  almost no accountability  for them so they can get away with it .

we need to  separate the  functions of the  law society so that they do not  have both the

66 Representative functions

  • The representative functions of the New Zealand Law Society are to represent its members and to serve their interests.

and the regulatory  role.

65 Regulatory functions

  • The regulatory functions of the New Zealand Law Society are—

    • (a) to control and regulate the practice in New Zealand by barristers and by barristers and solicitors of the profession of the law:

    • (b) to uphold the fundamental obligations imposed on lawyers who provide regulated services in New Zealand:

    • (c) to monitor and enforce the provisions of this Act, and of any regulations and rules made under it, that relate to the regulation of lawyers:

    • (d) to monitor and enforce, throughout the period specified in any order made under section 390, the provisions of this Act, and of any regulations and rules made under it, that relate to the regulation of conveyancers:

    • (e) to assist and promote, for the purpose of upholding the rule of law and facilitating the administration of justice in New Zealand, the reform of the law.

It is the Ministry of Justice which administers the act,  but we do not believe that there is  any one  actually monitoring  the  manner in which the law society   administers it  obligations to the public or that of its members .

We would like  any one   who has   suffered at the hands of  any  cheating lying lawyer  to  contact us   so  that we  can include your evidence  in our research  so that other  too may learn

 

New Zealand justice out of step with the Universal Declaration of Human rights.

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Human RightsIt would appear that New Zealand is  over riding the  requirements of not only the universal declaration of Human rights  article 10 but also the  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights article 14

Both state pretty much the same

All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law.

Yet in our bill of rights the  only persons who get an assurance of a ” fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal” are those  who have been charged  with a criminal offence

In civil matters  you are on your  own   running the  gauntlet and there is nothing fair about  it  .

I have  sent an OIA to the minister of Justice  who has  said that there is no justice any way  .. so as   one  reader puts it..  then what is she minister of   Minister of In- justice ?  or perhaps minister of Milk promotion

Dear Minister of Justice,
the declaration of human rights at article 10 states

• Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the
determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal
charge against him.

Yet our bill of rights only mentions the word Fair once
public hearing once ,independent once and impartial once
and that is in section 25 of the bill of rights which only relates
to criminal proceedings.

the universal declaration of rights does not confine the rights set
out in article 10 to just criminal matters but to all matters , the
operative word being “and ”

section 25 states
• 25 Minimum standards of criminal procedure
• Everyone who is charged with an offence has, in relation to the
determination of the charge, the following minimum rights:
• (a) the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and
impartial court:
• (b) the right to be tried without undue delay:
• (c) the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty
according to law:
• (d) the right not to be compelled to be a witness or to confess
guilt:
• (e) the right to be present at the trial and to present a
defence:
• (f) the right to examine the witnesses for the prosecution and to
obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses for the defence
under the same conditions as the prosecution:
• (g) the right, if convicted of an offence in respect of which the
penalty has been varied between the commission of the offence and
sentencing, to the benefit of the lesser penalty:
• (h) the right, if convicted of the offence, to appeal according
to law to a higher court against the conviction or against the
sentence or against both:
• (i) the right, in the case of a child, to be dealt with in a
manner that takes account of the child’s age.

By way of OIA please advise why the New Zealand bill of rights does
not conform to the universal declaration of human rights and
explain why do people in the civil jurisdiction and family courts
do not have the right to “full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the
determination of his rights and obligations ”

and Why section 25 only provides for people charged with an offence
and not for any one appearing in court in civil/ family
jurisdictions

This is particularly important to me as a claim of defamation was
filed agaisnt me , my defense of truth and honest opinion were
struck out because I failed to get $12,000 with a two week period
and the matter went straight to quantum . The issue involved being
a whistle blower on a matter of serious government corruption where
law enforcement powers were given to a fictional organization .

additionally

In family court every day people are denied a public hearing as
these hearings are conducted behind closed doors and through the
medium of confidentiality .

Please provide all discussion papers and documents which consider
the bill of rights and the obligations to be in line with the
universal declaration of human rights.

Yours faithfully,

Grace Haden

response from Judith Collins

The cover-up of child sex crimes in the UK and NZ

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received from  Frank Jackson <frankpjackson@aim.com>

As Rolf Harris starts his prison sentence, the UK government announces a major enquiry into the cover-up of child sex abuse.

This is in stark contrast to NZ where the cover-up of child sex abuse involves the highest echelons of the judiciary, the NZ Cabinet, and even NZ’s Governor General. More details are here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here.

NZ authorities have been sitting on the evidence for a decade now, even though this NZ atrocity has been discussed in a debate in the House of Commons.

It is unlikely that the UK enquiry will recommend the adoption of NZ’s methods i.e. the gagging of victim families who report under age sex abuse?

Editors Note.   Gagging orders in New Zealand are important as  through the introduction of confidentiality we can pretend that these things do not happen here  and there by  protect the perception of New Zealand being  least corrupt.

It is not about safeguarding our residents and our children it  about keeping up appearances  .

Seeking Help Still Exceedingly Difficult -the Glenn Enquiry

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The_Peoples_ReportThe Glenn Inquiry has  just competed its report    which totally conflicts with Transparency Internationals findings   of New Zealand’s  judiciary and  Public sector.

In contrast the Glen  report exposes the  alarming dysfunction in the Family Court which is known to all who use it but  concealed by those who administer it.

This extends to scathing accounts of unprofessional behaviour and poor or sloppy communication and record keeping in courts generally. But mostly the criticism falls
on judges, lawyers and psychologists in the Family Court, which they paint as a hostile environment.

The family court is concealed from  the public  eye by its  confidential nature   and  secretive   decisions.

Those who seek help or get out tell of poorly resourced services and a lack of knowledge and training among key institutions, professionals and agencies, despite pockets of excellence.

In all it makes good reading

The People’s Report

Overview – The People’s Report (PDF, 130KB)

Chairman’s Foreword, Acknowledgement, Preface, Executive Summary, Introduction – The People’s Report (PDF, 550KB)

Section 1 – Honouring their stories, their lives – The People’s Report (PDF, 370KB)

Section 2 – What’s working well – The People’s Report (PDF, 300KB)

Section 3 – What’s not working well – The People’s Report (PDF, 412KB)

Section 4 – Doing things differently, ideas for change – The People’s Report (PDF, 453KB)

Section 5 – Taking Action – The People’s Report (PDF, 313KB)

Section 6 – Appendices (PDF, 186KB)

The People’s Report – the full document (PDF, 1.61MB)

FAQs – The People’s Report (PDF, 139KB)

 

Of God and lawyers Judith Collins v The POPE

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god and lawyersJustice system or legal system

It is said that True law is inseparable from Justice, then why is it that our minister of Justice Judith Collins refers to our courts as courts of law not courts of justice.

It is a sad day indeed that our ministry of justice has no way of delivering justice

The quote above is direct from the Vatican and given the churches traditional role in law you have to wonder when the two started to drift part.

It certainly makes you wonder if God is still defending New Zealand or if we have in fact sold our souls to the devil.But on reflection and in turning to the bible Ecc 3:16 I see that this is nothing new

In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

So in 2000 years nothing has changed and I often wonder if God hasn’t been miffed by being trumped by lawyers.The bible Ecc 3:16

“God will bring into judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.”

I can only guess that this is the reason why so many lawyers associate themselves with the church, so many of them have good cause to ask for forgiveness or is it their perception of righteousness which brings them clients.

This brings us to the question does God sit higher than a lawyer, do they sit equal or do lawyers trump God.

Q. What’s the difference between God and a lawyer?
A. God does not think he is a lawyer.

Many may think that this is a joke but I have a very real story which confirms that there are Lawyers who believe they trump God.

I was married in St Georges Anglican Church in 1985, our vows sworn before God and the congregation were that that we would share everything. My husband and I became one and I distinctly remember the vicar saying Mark 10:9

“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”

Fraser Powrie a Lawyer on the vestry of St Georges at the time and a Vicars Warden had been our neighbour for many years. His wife Elaine and I had shared the kindy run for my youngest child and her middle child.

When I was sued for asking the simple questions “Why does this law enforcement authority not exist” and “ why is a council manager contracting the council resources out to this same fictitious organisation “ my then husband went to see Fraser Powrie and was billed $33,000 despite the years of cost effective services my husband had provided to the Powries as a neighbour helping out a neighbour.

I had been taken to court for defamation and my defence of truth and honest opinion had been struck out through legal manoeuvring, Basically I had 2 weeks in which to find $12,000 and because I was a married woman I had no independent access to funds.

When my defence was struck out we also skipped the formal proof stage and the matter went to court as though I had been found guilty of defamation. The matter went straight to quantum and I was fined $57,500 plus $41,000 cost for speaking the truth.

Fraser Powrie came up with a solution for my husband and that was that 23 years into our marriage we were going to re write the marriage vows and introduce the concept of separate Debts into our marriage.
I was told that I had to sign the documents which Powrie had drafted which was effectively a consent to a matrimonial property split. To encourage me into this action all the bank accounts were frozen and I was penniless.

I suggested to my then husband that this would bring about an end to our marriage and I was told that I was black mailing. I however saw it as someone willfully re writing my marriage vows and breaking my marriage contract.

Fraser Powrie motivated my husband in to this course of action by introducing fear into him. My husband believed that my honesty and truth would eventually cause us to lose everything and so he paid Fraser the $33,000 for the advice and the strategy which would ensure that I had no alternative but to sign the document but it also brought about the end to my marriage .

I have asked the Anglican church if they could enlighten me to the order of things, how sacred is my vow , when a lawyer can force me to “ contract out” so to speak of those vows nearly quarter of a century later . Who sits higher God or the lawyer on the vestry? That was six years ago I have yet to receive a reply.
While this example proves that a lawyer can re write marriage vows and force change 23 years into a relationship the same is not applicable to contracts which lawyers write up and claim to be final and unchallengeable even when persons are forced into signing under duress.

Back to Judith Coliins.

Judith Collins is a lawyer her statement that we have a legal system and not a justice system conflicts with the statement made by the Pope that “True law is inseparable from Justice “

My experience and observations have has proved that criminals can use our legal system to pervert the course of justice, the one with the money wins. That is neither law nor justice.