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-----Original Message-----
From: Liam Hehir <[FOI #33730 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2026 7:19 am
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Whether other candidates were
considered for Law Commission President (2005) ref: 130056

 

Kia ora,

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request documents held by the
ministry that answer the following question:

 

Was Sir Geoffrey Palmer the only person considered for appointment as
President of the Law Commission in 2005 (appointment effective 1 December
2005)?

 

For the avoidance of doubt, please provide any document(s) that record,
state or indicate one or more of the following:

 

Whether any other candidate or potential candidate was identified,
approached, sounded out, assessed, recommended or put forward for the role
(whether informally or formally)

 

Whether the Minister and or Cabinet were advised that Palmer was the only
person being considered, or that there were no alternative candidates

 

Any note, briefing, email or submission that records the options
considered for the appointment or the process used to identify candidates

 

I do not seek the identity of any other person. Any personal information
may be redacted. I seek only confirmation of whether the appointment was
rival-free, and the basis on which that conclusion is recorded.

 

To reduce compliance burden, I do not require background material
unrelated to candidate consideration (eg general descriptions of the Law
Commission’s functions), nor copies of publicly available documents such
as the Gazette notice. Please provide only the minimum material necessary
to answer the question above.

 

If the Ministry holds no documents that speak to whether other candidates
were considered, please confirm that fact.

 

Please provide the information electronically.

 

Ngā mihi,

Liam Hehir

 

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