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Law Commission
Reviewing, reforming and developing New Zealand's laws
The Law Commission reviews, reforms and develops New Zealand law. We then make recommendations to Government to improve the law.
We also advise our Responsible Minister and government agencies on how to make the law more accessible and easier to understand.
The Commission has a commitment to consult the public on areas of law that we review. We promote discussion and consultation by publishing Issues Papers. We invite submissions from the public before we make recommendations to the Minister.
We publish these recommendations in a report to Parliament. The government then decides whether and how it will amend the law.
Law Commission - Latest News [Page 6]
Issues Paper Re: A Register Of Judges’ Pecuniary Interests
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 12:24 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission today released an Issues Paper for public consultation, “Towards a New Courts Act – A Register of Judges’ Pecuniary Interests?” More >>
Not a job for Ministers, says Law Commission
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 11:13 am | Law Commission
Decisions about the on-going detention and status of „special patients committed indefinitely to compulsory care by the criminal courts should be made by a specialist tribunal rather than the Minister of Health. More >>
Law Commission Report on Compensating Victims of Crime
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 11:11 am | Law Commission
Defendants should be prevented from concealing or disposing of their assets prior to a trial according to a Law Commission report tabled in Parliament today. The recommendation comes in response to a Government request for the Law Commission to consider whether ... More >>
Law Commission’s Review of Trust Law
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:41 am | Law Commission
The Law Commission is seeking information about the use of trusts in New Zealand. The second issues paper in the Commission’s review of trust law has been published today on the Law Commission’s website. More >>
Media Briefing: Review of Civil List Act
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 1:32 pm | Law Commission
In 2007, the Government asked the Law Commission to review the Civil List Act 1979. The Act had not been comprehensively reviewed since 1979, and many of its provisions were seen as out-dated and confusing. This is the Law Commission’s second report ... More >>
Law Commission: Review of the Civil List Act 1979
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 1:23 pm | Law Commission
An independent body should be responsible for determining all politicians’ remuneration and entitlements, according to a Law Commission report tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Review of the Law of Trusts
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 2:45 pm | Law Commission
The Commission will release a series of issues papers on different aspects of the law and the legislation. Each paper will ask questions and call for submissions and comments. The issues papers will all be published electronically. More >>
The Public’s Right To Know
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 4:06 pm | Law Commission
Media Release Professor John Burrows QC Commissioner Law Commission The Public’s Right To Know “The Official Information Act is one of the best things that has happened in government in the past 50 years”, says Law Commissioner John Burrows. ... More >>
Law Commission’s Report on Review of Land Transfer
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 2:17 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission is proposing new legislation to provide greater protection and clarity for those involved in property transactions in this country. More >>
Law Commission’s Report on Review of Land Transfer
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 2:17 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission is proposing new legislation to provide greater protection and clarity for those involved in property transactions in this country. More >>
Law Commission’s Report on War Pensions Act
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 3:16 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission’s report R115, A new support scheme for veterans: A report on the review of the War Pensions Act 1954 , was tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Report on the Review of the War Pensions Act 1954
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 2:59 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission’s report R115, A new support scheme for veterans: A report on the review of the War Pensions Act 1954, was tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Palmer: ALAC Conference
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 1:49 pm | Law Commission
Having studied liquor problems intensively since August 2008 in New Zealand, I have come to the conclusion that New Zealand has a real liquor problem. Curing it will not be easy, since many people get a lot of enjoyment from the moderate use of alcohol. More >>
A report back on alcohol to the Otara Community
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 5:20 pm | Law Commission
One of the many challenges the people of Otara delivered the Law Commission at our meeting last August, was to come back. More >>
Privacy: A Chocolate Fish If You Can Define It
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 10:18 am | Law Commission
The Privacy Commissioner, who is well known to me since the days when we worked on the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986, has instructed me to be provocative. That is a relative concept. A week after delivering the Law Commission’s report on alcohol ... More >>
Community Voice on Alcohol Acknowledged
Monday, 3 May 2010, 1:36 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission is to return to Otara to acknowledge the community’s input into the commission’s review of New Zealand’s liquor laws. More >>
Alcohol in Our Lives: Curbing the Harm
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 12:37 pm | Law Commission
New Zealand has much to gain and little to lose from sweeping alcohol reforms proposed by the Law Commission today. More >>
International Whaling Commission Support Group
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 2:30 pm | Law Commission
“The Support Group of the IWC for the chair Ambassador Cristian Maquiera completed its work in Washington DC last week”, New Zealand Commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer said today. More >>
Report on Liquor to be tabled in Parliament
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 5:27 pm | Law Commission
The Law Commission’s final report on the Review of the Regulatory Framework for the Sale and Supply of Liquor will be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday April 27th. More >>
Review of Privacy Act
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 4:37 pm | Law Commission
A week after its report on Invasion of Privacy: Penalties and Remedies, the Law Commission has released an Issues Paper on the review of the Privacy Act 1993. More >>
