Transcription of judicial decisions
Anatoly Kern made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice
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From: Anatoly Kern
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I am interested in obtaining the information related to
transcription of judicial decisions.
1. To the best of my knowledge the transcription process has been
outsourced previously to third-party company, but later on moved in
house.
May I kindly request the documents related to that decision.
(background reasons, correspondence and motives for such move)
2. Please provide any documents or staff instructions, governing
the process of transcription of judicial decisions.
Specifically I am interested in finding out definitions of the time
allocated for transcriptions and situations where such
transcriptions could be missed from action.
3. I am also looking for any current archiving policies in regards
of original audio records of already transcribed decisions.
e.g. for how long do they stored, on what media and etc.
4. Related to above I am very interested in finding out what are
the security measures, procedures put in place to prevent the staff
from changing the wording of the original judicial decision to the
point of completely different meaning.
That is especially relevant keeping in mind current Court
practice/attitude towards having independent audio recordings of
the hearings from the counsels/parties sides.
Yours faithfully,
Anatoly Kern
From: correspondence, official
Ministry of Justice
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anatoly Kern [mailto:[OIA #2651 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2015 9:05 p.m.
To: Reception, CF
Subject: Official Information Act request - Transcription of judicial decisions
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I am interested in obtaining the information related to transcription of judicial decisions.
1. To the best of my knowledge the transcription process has been outsourced previously to third-party company, but later on moved in house.
May I kindly request the documents related to that decision.
(background reasons, correspondence and motives for such move)
2. Please provide any documents or staff instructions, governing the process of transcription of judicial decisions.
Specifically I am interested in finding out definitions of the time allocated for transcriptions and situations where such transcriptions could be missed from action.
3. I am also looking for any current archiving policies in regards of original audio records of already transcribed decisions.
e.g. for how long do they stored, on what media and etc.
4. Related to above I am very interested in finding out what are the security measures, procedures put in place to prevent the staff from changing the wording of the original judicial decision to the point of completely different meaning.
That is especially relevant keeping in mind current Court practice/attitude towards having independent audio recordings of the hearings from the counsels/parties sides.
Yours faithfully,
Anatoly Kern
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From: Paltridge, Antony
Ministry of Justice
Dear Anatoly
The Ministry of Justice is currently processing your Official Information
Act request.
However, the consultation necessary to make a decision on your request is
such that we cannot make a proper response within the original time limit
[section 15A(1)(b)]. Therefore, the Ministry is extending your request
by 20 working days, which means it is now due on 19 June 2015.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act
1982, to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about the extension. The
Ombudsman may be contacted by writing to PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Regards
[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980
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From: Paltridge, Antony
Ministry of Justice
Dear Mr Kern
I've tried twice to send a response to your Official Information Act
request to you today. However, despite compressing them significantly
(from 34MB down to 25MB), they were still too big to be accepted by the
FYI website which bounces them back to me.
Could you provide me with a postal address so I can put them in the mail
to you?
Regards
Antony
[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: Anatoly Kern
Dear Paltridge, Antony,
Thank you for your follow up.
I believe it would be in the public interest to have this information available on FYI.
I am happy for the response to be split in separate parts and provided in several response emails/replies.
Yours sincerely,
Anatoly Kern
From: Paltridge, Antony
Ministry of Justice
Dear Mr Kern
Here's the covering letter. Two more documents to follow.
Regards
Antony
-----Original Message-----
From: Anatoly Kern [mailto:[FOI #2651 email]]
Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015 10:08 p.m.
To: Paltridge, Antony
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request
Dear Paltridge, Antony,
Thank you for your follow up.
I believe it would be in the public interest to have this information available on FYI.
I am happy for the response to be split in separate parts and provided in several response emails/replies.
Yours sincerely,
Anatoly Kern
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Kern
I've tried twice to send a response to your Official Information Act request to you today. However, despite compressing them significantly (from 34MB down to 25MB), they were still too big to be accepted by the FYI website which bounces them back to me.
Could you provide me with a postal address so I can put them in the mail to you?
Regards
Antony
[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: Paltridge, Antony
Ministry of Justice
and document 2
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From: Anatoly Kern [mailto:[FOI #2651 email]]
Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015 10:08 p.m.
To: Paltridge, Antony
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request
Dear Paltridge, Antony,
Thank you for your follow up.
I believe it would be in the public interest to have this information available on FYI.
I am happy for the response to be split in separate parts and provided in several response emails/replies.
Yours sincerely,
Anatoly Kern
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Kern
I've tried twice to send a response to your Official Information Act request to you today. However, despite compressing them significantly (from 34MB down to 25MB), they were still too big to be accepted by the FYI website which bounces them back to me.
Could you provide me with a postal address so I can put them in the mail to you?
Regards
Antony
[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
References
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From: Paltridge, Antony
Ministry of Justice
Document 1
-----Original Message-----
From: Anatoly Kern [mailto:[FOI #2651 email]]
Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015 10:08 p.m.
To: Paltridge, Antony
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request
Dear Paltridge, Antony,
Thank you for your follow up.
I believe it would be in the public interest to have this information available on FYI.
I am happy for the response to be split in separate parts and provided in several response emails/replies.
Yours sincerely,
Anatoly Kern
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Kern
I've tried twice to send a response to your Official Information Act request to you today. However, despite compressing them significantly (from 34MB down to 25MB), they were still too big to be accepted by the FYI website which bounces them back to me.
Could you provide me with a postal address so I can put them in the mail to you?
Regards
Antony
[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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The purpose of this request was to due to several facts of involvement of MoJ administration in knowingly delaying transcription of the original decision together with late modification of several sentences of it, e.g. presented processes and safety guards are clearly not fully followed.
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