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Te Reo Māori and the Legal Profession
Te reo Māori is being revitalised in legal settings through initiatives such as the Rangatahi Courts and the Te Ao Mārama district court model. Judges’ Clerk at the Supreme Court of New Zealand Nerys Udy reflects on her relationship with te reo. She describes te reo as both a personal…
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates standing to be the next President Elect of the Law Society: Frazer Barton, Arti Chand, Jacque Lethbridge and Duncan Terris.
Tribunal finds Quentin Duff guilty of misconduct for his attempts to assist a client to avoid paying GST
The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has made a finding that Auckland lawyer Quentin Duff was at the relevant time not a fit and proper person or was otherwise unsuited to engage in practice as a lawyer due to his attempts to evade paying tax.
Delayed invoices found to be unsatisfactory conduct
Long delays in issuing invoices to a client have resulted in a finding of unsatisfactory conduct, a Standards Committee has determined. The Standards Committee considered that the complaint served “as a useful reminder of the need to issue invoices in a timely manner so that clients are aware of their…
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates standing to be the next President Elect of the Law Society: Frazer Barton, Arti Chand, Jacque Lethbridge and Duncan Terris.
Tribunal finds Quentin Duff guilty of misconduct for his attempts to assist a client to avoid paying GST
The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has made a finding that Auckland lawyer Quentin Duff was at the relevant time not a fit and proper person or was otherwise unsuited to engage in practice as a lawyer due to his attempts to evade paying tax.
Meet the Candidates: Arti Chand
Arti Chand is one of four candidates running to be the next President-Elect of the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa.
Meet the Candidates: Jacque Lethbridge
Jacque Lethbridge is one of four candidates running to be the next President-Elect of the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa.
Te Reo Māori and the Legal Profession
Te reo Māori is being revitalised in legal settings through initiatives such as the Rangatahi Courts and the Te Ao Mārama district court model. Judges’ Clerk at the Supreme Court of New Zealand Nerys Udy reflects on her relationship with te reo. She describes te reo as both a personal…
New Zealand’s pro bono clearinghouse opens for business
It’s been ten years in the making but in July 2021 New Zealand’s first pro bono portal opened for business. Supported by funding from the Ministry of Justice, Te Ara Ture connects volunteer lawyers to people who need legal help.
Law Society statement in response to Alert Level breach
Tiana Epati, the President of the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa, has expressed her disappointment a lawyer is accused of breaching the Auckland lockdown to travel to Wanaka.
Law Society offices and libraries reopening
All New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa offices and libraries outside of Auckland will be open from Monday 13 September.