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Correspondence on law reform issues
Correspondence on law reform issues
2025
Response from the Attorney-General
, 29 August 2025
Letter to the Attorney-General
, 29 August 2025
Letter to Auckland University - Strategic Initiative
, 20 January 2025
2024
Letter to Solicitor-General
, 21 October 2024
Letter to Te Arawhiti
, 16 August 2024
Letter to Minister of Justice
, 8 August 2024
Letter to Regulations Review Committe
, 14 June 2024
Letter to Associate Minister of Justice
, 10 May 2024
2023
Letter to Minister of Revenue
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Minister of Immigration
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Minister for Courts
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Minister for ACC
, 5 December 2023
Letter to the Attorney General
, 5 December 2023
Letter to Ministry of Justice, Court-appointed counsel remuneration review, Youth Advocates
, 22 June 2023
Letter to Justice SC, Briefing into trends in youth crime, Schedule 1A OT Act issues
, 8 June 2023
Letter to Minister of Justice - Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill
, 7 June 2023
Letter to Minister of Justice – duty lawyer remuneration
, 6 April 2023
Letter to Ministry of Justice – late guilty plea research
, 31 March 2023
Letter to Minister of Revenue – tax treatment of backdated lump sum payments
, 1 February 2023
Letter to Health Select Committee re: Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill
, 1 February 2023
2022
Plant Variety Rights Bill - Minister's response to Law Society letter
, 18 May 2022
Plant Variety Rights Bill - further comments to Minister
, 27 April 2022
2021
Law Society writes to Ministers regarding urgent assistance for Afghan nationals
, 23 December 2021
Law Society raises concerns about passage of COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Act 2021
, 26 November 2021
2020
Inquiry into the Government’s response to Covid-19 – New Zealand Law Society offer of assistance
, 4 April 2020