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.
25 June 2019
New Zealand has signed up to a new international convention to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.The Violence and…
25 June 2019
About 300,000 employed people, or 11% of workers, said they had experienced discrimination, harassment, or bullying in the past 12…
25 June 2019
The Ministry of Justice has added four new Evidence Briefs to its collection of Evidence Briefs on the outcomes of…
25 June 2019
MBIE's two-month consultation period for the proposed building law reforms has closed. It says it received 470 submissions from people…
24 June 2019
The Law Commission says the Minister responsible for the Law Commission, Andrew Little, has confirmed that it should progress the…
24 June 2019
Canterbury law firm Saunders Robinson Brown has been named the Gender Diverse Organisation of the Year at the 2019 Women…
24 June 2019
CentrePort Ltd has been fined $506,048 following an incident at the company’s container assessment and repair facility in which a…
24 June 2019
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint that a radio advertisement by Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere was…
21 June 2019
The New Zealand Bar Association is urging senior politicians to be cautious when it comes to publicly criticising decisions by…
20 June 2019
Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa – The Māori Law Society says it welcomes the Independent Panel’s report examining the…
20 June 2019
The Maritime Transport (Offshore Installations) Amendment Bill which has been introduced to Parliament has the objective of clarifying and strengthening…
20 June 2019
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has released a Guide for central government engagement with local government.The guide…
20 June 2019
Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced the Government's intention to make changes to the law relating to voter enrolment and…
20 June 2019
Regulations implementing the Government's firearms buy-back scheme have come into force. The buy-back offer starts on 20 June and runs…
20 June 2019
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says the Government will restore collective bargaining rights.for screen sector workers. “Screen workers…
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