Monday, 18 August 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 PLD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Jenny Corlet, Guidance Counsellor, Waitaki Girls High School
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Receiving a Non-Party Disclosure Summons from The Court for Student Information: An Outline of the Process That Occurs
- Steps to take upon receipt, including understanding the scope and deadlines
- Requests for information for use in Court by parents/guardians
- Preparing, drafting, and submitting the response while ensuring compliance with privacy laws
- Addressing privacy concerns, conflicts with school policies, parents and difficulties in compliance
- Discussing real-life scenarios, lessons learned, and actionable strategies for effective response
Presented by Grant Tyrrell, Barrister, Plymouth Chambers
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to respond lawfully to a court-issued summons for student information
- Understand how to balance legal duties with privacy and school policy concerns
Presenters
Grant Tyrrell, Barrister, Plymouth ChambersGrant has significant litigation experience across jurisdictions in the District and High Courts through to the Court of Appeal. He has been appearing as lead counsel in criminal trials, including those heard before a Judge and Jury and in the Family Court jurisdiction for nearly two decades. Grant has successfully argued high profile cases to the Court of Appeal including Surrey v Surrey the first, and leading case, argued before the Court of Appeal under the (then) Domestic Violence Act. Grant has been appointed to the Lawyer for Child Panel and is regularly asked to assist the Court as Lawyer to Assist or Amicus Curiae. He is known for his clear, honest and pragmatic advice and clients appreciate his straight forward and thorough advice often at the most stressful times of their lives. Grant has served on Law Society committees and as President of the Canterbury-Westland Branch of the New Zealand Law Society.
Jenny Corlet, Guidance Counsellor, Waitaki Girls High School
Jenny Corlet is currently the Guidance Counsellor at Waitaki Girls’ High School, Oamaru , North Otago. Jenny previously worked for seven years at Aurora College, which is a co-educational Year 7 -13 high school in South Invercargill. Jenny belongs to the New Association of Counsellors and is Massey trained with a Master of Counselling. Before training to be a counsellor, Jenny worked in primary education as a teacher and had a year relieving as a RTLB, which led her to be interested in working with families and youth. With 17 years experience as a Guidance Counsellor, Jenny has multiple experiences working with at-risk youth and families. Jenny is currently on the North Otago Oranga Tamariki - Te Ara Tika panel.
