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.
8 July 2019
Justice Minister Andrew Little says Google has offered to immediately suspend the part of its system which led to a…
8 July 2019
Chief District Court Judge Jan‑Marie Doogue has been appointed a Judge of the High Court.Justice Doogue graduated with an LLB…
4 July 2019
The Finance and Expenditure Committee has released its report on the Financial Markets (Derivatives Margin and Benchmarking) Reform Amendment Bill.…
4 July 2019
Parliament's Māori Affairs Committee has released a report on Te Pire Haeata ki Parihaka / Parihaka Reconciliation Bill and recommends…
4 July 2019
Justice Minister Andrew Little has taken to Twitter to admonish Google for breaching name suppression orders in the Grace Millane…
4 July 2019
The Human Rights Commission has released an updated guide for making a complaint about sexual harassment, Help for Sexual Harassment.The…
4 July 2019
The Ministry for Women has co-developed with the policy community Bringing Gender In, a gender analysis tool.The tool helps policy…
4 July 2019
The Government has released New Zealand's cyber security strategy 2019, with the catchline "Enabling New Zealand to thrive online".The strategy…
4 July 2019
Some money remitters are still not complying with their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 obligations, the…
4 July 2019
The Video Interpreting Service, which allows people using New Zealand Sign Language to phone others by using a NZSL interpreter,…
4 July 2019
The inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released a guidance document, Risk-based Approach for Legal Professionals, to help with…
4 July 2019
Labour list MP Ginny Anderson has introduced the Holidays (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Bill (No 2).The bill amends the…
4 July 2019
Barristers have reacted to the Governments plan to introduce law changes to ensure the justice system does not do more…
4 July 2019
The 2019 HCCH Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters is a considerable…
3 July 2019
The parliamentary Environment Committee has released a report on the scale, impact, and sources of plastic pollution in New Zealand’s…
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