30 July 2020 Borrowdale v Director-General of Health and Attorney-General (27–29 July 2020)A rare full bench of the High Court sat this week to hear a constitutionally significant case brought by Dr Andrew Borrowdale, which questioned whether certain orders made by the Director-General of Health in response to the... More about Case testing the legal basis for New Zealand’s COVID-19 response is heard.
29 July 2020 A report on the experience of whānau in the Family Court recommends changing the behaviour of the Judiciary and professionals involved in the Justice system, and ensuring professionals working in the court have a sound knowledge of Tikanga and te reo Māori.The report - Te Taniwha... More about Family Court report’s recommendations get Māori Law Society backing.
28 July 2020 The funeral of Hon Justice Maurice James Sheehan, CMG (Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George), will be streamed live when it takes place Wednesday 29 July at 11am.Justice Sheehan died suddenly on 22 July 2020.As a lawyer in New Zealand and a... More about Funeral for Hon Justice Maurice James Sheehan, CMG, live streamed.
23 July 2020 The Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill was drawn from the members’ bills ballot in Parliament today and will begin moving through the parliamentary process.The aim of the Bill is to improve access to justice without compromising the standards of professional... More about Bill to enable employed lawyers to provide free legal services.
23 July 2020 Last month financial services provider Kiwi Wealth got in touch with us to highlight some issues they’d seen with the certification of documents.The problem arose with documentation for people wanting to make specific Kiwisaver scheme withdrawals. When copies of identification documents were being certified, in some... More about Verification and Certification of Identity Documents.
16 July 2020 Lindsay Boyd Gribben has been struck off the Roll of Barristers and Solicitors by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.Mr Gribben had admitted misappropriating funds to the total of almost $900,000 during September 2008 and November 2018. Aggravating the offending was the fact that... More about Lindsay Gribben struck off.
16 July 2020 Consultation on the draft ‘Access to Justice – a stocktake of initiatives’ research report is closing soon. We welcome your feedback. Any questions or comments can be directed to accesstojustice@lawsociety.org.nz.The report aims to build a picture of the range of access to justice initiatives across Aotearoa... More about Access to Justice – consultation on draft report closing on 3 August.
09 July 2020 Around 400 submissions have been made to the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa as part of the consultation into proposed lawyer’s conduct Rules changes around bullying and sexual harassment.The proposed changes to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client... More about Consultation on Lawyers’ Conduct Rules closes.
08 July 2020 A Ministry of Justice survey has found that most respondents are unhappy with the current distribution of funds within the criminal justice system.The Hāpaitia te Oranga Tangata - Justice survey report 2019 found that respondents are in favour of spending more on supporting victims, preventing crime,... More about Survey finds majority want changes to crime funding.
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7 March 2017
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6 March 2017
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3 March 2017
The Government has released three consultation papers proposing new measures to strengthen New Zealand’s rules for taxing large multinationals.“Our broad-based…
2 March 2017
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2 March 2017
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2 March 2017
Increasing the number of second year law students at Auckland University Law School will give more very good students the…
2 March 2017
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) says it is planning an upgrade to Landonline later in 2017.LINZ says the upgrade is…
1 March 2017
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1 March 2017
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1 March 2017
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28 February 2017
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28 February 2017
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28 February 2017
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