New Zealand Law Society - 2020

2020

21 December 2020

  • Information requests to Police
  • Auckland registry scan – findings and recommendations
  • More District Court judges to be appointed
  • Christmas message

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17 December 2020

  • New Family Court Judge appointed and report of Auckland registry scan

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16 December 2020

  • Information requests to Police – lawyer for child
  • Ministry of Justice – escalation list
  • New FLS member logo
  • Communications with Oranga Tamariki staff
  • Family Court (Supporting Children in Court) Legislation Bill
  • Family law conference
  • Seminar - Cross examination of psychologists – Wellington – save the date seminars

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7 December 2020

  • Expressions of Interest – Counsel to Assist

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1 December 2020

  • Family Barrister & Solicitor - Hamilton

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30 November 2020

  • Our stories; Christmas/New Year court hours; Oranga Tamariki webinars; Auckland escalation list

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17 November 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Christmas function and teleconferencing at Pukekohe Family Court

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13 November 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Urgent – Auckland Metro email issues

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9 November 2020

  • New FLS regional representative – North Shore
  • New Family Advocate editor appointed
  • Reminder – Auckland Christmas function – Thursday 26 November
  • Specialist report writers in court
  • Electronic file and pay now available in courts

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4 November 2020

  • Remuneration rate for lawyer for child panels

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3 November 2020

  • Vacancy: Family barrister and solicitor - 1 year parental leave – fixed term contract

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2 November 2020 for Wellington lawyers

  • Lawyer for child panel – applications due by 30 November 2020

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27 October 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • FLS Christmas Drinks – Thursday 26 November

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12 October 2020

  • Regular review of court appointed counsel remuneration
  • OT webinar – 15 October
  • Collaborative practice – Queenstown training: Registrations now open

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7 October 2020

  • Update for Auckland Courts – Alert Level 1

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2 October 2020

  • Christchurch function – 14 October
  • OT webinar – 15 October
  • Court appointed counsel remuneration rates
  • North Shore FLS regional representative – expressions of interest
  • Editor of Family Advocate – expressions of interest
  • Fairway webinar – Creating robust and durable agreements – 29 October

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24 September 2020

  • Free CPD webinar – section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act

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24 September 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • South Auckland cluster courts - Alert Level 2

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23 September 2020

  • Family Solicitor - Wellington

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22 September 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Auckland Family Court – Alert Level 2
  • Manukau Family Court
  • Crown invoicing – change in process – effective 28 September

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16 September 2020

  • Vacancy: Family Solicitor - Bethlehem

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15 September 2020

  • New Family Court Judge appointed

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10 September 2020

  • Rachel Jobson

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7 September 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Lawyer for child panel – Auckland – 29 October

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4 September 2020

  • Court appointed counsel remuneration
  • AML rules update for barristers
  • Lawyer for child panel – Manukau – 29 October
  • Collaborative Practice Taster Workshop: Save the Dates - Kerikeri
  • Collaborative Practice ‘Getting Lift Off’ Workshop: Save the Date - Whangarei
  • Grief resolution for the divorced, separated or widowed

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2 September 2020

  • Free OT webinar - “Transitioning from care or custody – to adulthood” - Wednesday 9 September - 9.30am to 11.00am

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28 August 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Update on operation of Auckland Family Courts

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21 August 2020

  • Covid-19 protocol for the adoption of New Zealand surrogate babies born overseas

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20 August 2020

  • Service by email
  • Auckland Courts information

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19 August 2020

  • Fairway Family Services – Kotahitanga Webinar Series – 27 August 2020 – 10.30 to 11.30am
  • CLE webinar – Care of Children Act applications – 31 August
  • Free Oranga Tamariki webinars – coming up – save the date
  • Collaborative Practice Training – save the date – Queenstown 20 and 21 November

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13 August 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Auckland and North Shore – from Judge de Jong
  • From Judge Goodwin
  • Waitakere update from Judges Pidwell and Parsons

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12 August 2020

  • Court protocols at level 2 and 3

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12 August 2020

  • Alert Level 3 – Auckland and Alert Level 2 for the rest of New Zealand

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12 August 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Processing of without notice interlocutory applications

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11 August 2020

  • Vacancy: Senior Family Lawyer – 6 month Maternity Temp Contract

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7 August 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Processing of without notice interlocutory applications

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7 August 2020

  • New bill introduced – Family Court (Supporting Children in Court) Legislation Bill
  • CLE webinar
  • New Tauranga regional representative
  • New FLS member logo
  • CPD and supervision – lawyer for child best practice guidelines
  • Free Oranga Tamariki webinars – coming up

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30 July 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Final reminder - Judge Druce retirement function – Thursday 6 August
  • Updated escalation list
  • Auckland Family Courts Association dinner – Tuesday 11 August

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23 July 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Retirement function for Judge Druce – Thursday 6 August

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22 July 2020

  • Relationship property survey
  • Children’s Issues Centre – research
  • Mediation – research on how men experience the FDR process

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13 July 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Information from bench and bar forum – 29 June 2020

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1 July 2020 for Tauranga lawyers

  • Tauranga regional representative

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26 June 2020

  • Court-appointed counsel remuneration rates

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26 June 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Reminder – Bar and Bench forum – 29 June – 5.15pm

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24 June 2020

  • Lawyer for child remuneration rates increase

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22 June 2020

  • Our stories – “How can we support new family lawyers”
  • Lawyer for child – practice note and best practice guidelines
  • Court-appointed counsel remuneration rates
  • Changes to legal aid proceeding steps in COCA and FLAS
  • Family law webinar
  • Section 132 brief
  • Te Reo intituling
  • Assisting the Family Court in alert level 1
  • Research on how men experience FDR

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11 June 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Auckland Family Court – alert level 1
  • Bar and bench forum – Monday 29 June – 5.15pm

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29 May 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • South Auckland Family Court Cluster operations – alert level 2
  • Bench and bar forum – Auckland – Monday 29 June

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28 May 2020

  • Vacancy: Family Lawyer - Rachael Dewar Law – Wellington

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22 May 2020

  • New Family Court judge appointed
  • Oranga Tamariki escalation list
  • Family Court under level 2
  • Updated FAQs
  • Family Advocate

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15 May 2020

  • $62 million package to support families through the Family Court
  • Executive committee

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15 May 2020

  • Family Court (Supporting Families in Court) Legislation Bill
  • Family court – alert level 2
  • Budget 2020
  • Legal aid – alert level 2
  • Oranga Tamariki – alert level 2

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15 May 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Important update – level 2

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8 May 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Auckland Family Court stakeholders meeting - 13 May 2020

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4 May 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Update for South Auckland Family Courts – Manukau, Papakura and Pukekohe

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28 April 2020

  • Update from Chief District Court Judge – level 3
  • Shared care arrangements – alert level 3
  • Oranga Tamariki – alert level 3

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24 April 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Important update for Auckland family lawyers – alert level 3

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24 April 2020

  • Family Court operations - alert level 3
  • Legal Aid Services - alert level 3

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22 April 2020

  • Oaths & Declarations and Wills
  • Family violence – immigration implications

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17 April 2020

  • Oaths and Declarations Act and Wills Act – modification orders

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17 April 2020

  • Without notice applications – addressing issue of service
  • Filing of non-urgent documents
  • Looking ahead to courts' operations under various alert levels
  • Family Court hearings
  • Legal aid – information on eligibility
  • Family Legal Advice Service
  • Guidance on executing wills and EPAs
  • Family Dispute Resolution services
  • Law Commission survey – succession law
  • Covid-19 time capsule project

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16 April 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Filing of documentation – Auckland Metro Courts

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14 April 2020 for Auckland lawyers

  • Record of Stakeholders meeting 9 April 2020

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6 April 2020

  • FLS executive election results
  • Shared parenting – section 70(1)(f) Health Act Order

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3 April 2020

  • Swearing of affidavits
  • Urgent proposed amendment to Family Court Rules and legislation
  • Family Dispute Resolution

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2 April 2020

  • Urgent proposed amendment to Family Court Rules and legislation
  • Signing and witnessing of section 21 agreements – Relationship (Property) Act 1976
  • Reminder - filing of unsworn affidavits
  • Information for clients
  • FLS regional representatives

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31 March 2020

  • PPPR Act Applications

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31 March 2020

  • Guidelines for family lawyers
  • Shared parenting
  • Filing of non-urgent matters
  • Court events
  • Oranga Tamariki
  • Pro Bono support for Community Law Centres
  • FLS executive elections
  • Free seminar - mediation
  • Zoom

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26 March 2020

  • FAQs
  • Shared care arrangements
  • Swearing of affidavits
  • Email queries

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25 March 2020

  • E-duty platform – need for specificity in affidavits

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25 March 2020

  • Update for family lawyers
    • Shared care arrangements for children – statement from the Principal Family Court Judge
    • Shared care arrangements for children  – Morning Report
    • FAQs
    • Task force – regional reps
    • Thank you to all our members

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24 March 2020

  • Update on important issues impacting on family lawyers – covid-19
    • Electronic filing
    • Joint memoranda
    • Shared custody of children
    • Supervised access
    • Essential services
    • Signing of affidavits
    • Income level thresholds for FLAS and legal aid
    • Income eligibility for FDR
    • Court-appointed counsel payments
    • Work subsidies
    • Lawyer for child
    • PPPR Act applications – contact with subject person
    • Working from home

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23 March 2020

  • Important update – latest news – covid-19

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20 March 2020

  • Information – covid-19
    • Family Court services
    • Meeting with clients and children
    • Law Society services
    • Cancellation of FLS events
    • Financial Assistance
    • Information on latest developments

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18 March 2020

  • Elections for the FLS executive – reminder to vote

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13 March 2020

  • Cross examination of psychologists in the Family Court – seminar – 25 March

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11 March 2020

  • Vacancy - Quadrant Chambers - Manukau

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10 March 2020

  • Family law intensive – Whangarei – 30 April and 1 May – Register now

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10 March 2020

  • REMINDER: Meeting with Police – Wellington – 13 March – 1pm

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9 March 2020

  • Elections for the FLS executive

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2 March 2020

  • Meeting with Police – Wellington – 13 March – 1pm

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28 February 2020

  • Vacancy - Wyndham Chambers - Auckland

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26 February 2020

  • Vacancy - Atticus Chambers - Christchurch

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24 February 2020

  • Review of remuneration rates for court-appointed counsel
  • Legal aid grants for paternity and PPPR Act applications
  • Updating your areas of practice
  • Oranga Tamariki escalation list
  • Voice of child specialists – Auckland, Manawatu and Whanganui

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24 February 2020

  • Meeting with Police – Northland – 6 March – 9am

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20 February 2020

  • Vacancy - Quadrant Chambers - Manukau

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19 February 2020

  • Information requests to Police – important survey for members to complete

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18 February 2020

  • Correction: Auckland LFJSN meeting

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17 February 2020

  • Auckland LFJSN meeting and visiting Japanese psychologist

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14 February 2020

  • Call for nominations - FLS Executive

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13 February 2020

  • Family Lawyer Vacancy - Christchurch

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12 February 2020

  • Appointments to fill casual vacancies on the FLS executive

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11 February 2020

  • Intermediate Criminal Lawyer Vacancy - Wellington

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5 February 2020

  • Important – ensure the Family Court has your current email address

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4 February 2020

  • Free lunchtime seminar – Porirua – Tuesday 18 February

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4 February 2020

  • Five new District Court Judges announced

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30 January 2020

  • Family Lawyer Vacancy - Porirua

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29 January 2020

  • Senior Role  -  Family Disputes  -  Hamilton

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28 January 2020

  • Swearing in ceremonies of District Court Judges
  • Review of all regional representative positions

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28 January 2020

  • Family Lawyer - Wellington

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27 January 2020

  • Intermediate / Senior Family Law Solicitor - Auckland

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24 January 2020

  • Solicitors - Multiple Locations

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24 January 2020

  • Auckland Metro Family Court Crown invoices and extension requests

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22 January 2020

  • Appointment of 21 District Court Judges

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20 January 2020

  • Tai Tokerau Family Law Intensive

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17 January 2020

  • Section 132 brief

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17 January 2020

  • Solicitors - Multiple Locations

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15 January 2020

  • Section 132 brief
  • Review of all regional representative positions

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15 January 2020

  • Civil Litigation / Family Lawyer - North Shore, Auckland

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14 January 2020

  • Family Law Practitioners - Auckland

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