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Society proposes changes to Legal Services Bill
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society agrees that there should be changes to the way the legal aid system is managed and administered and has proposed some amendments to the focus of legislation currently before Parliament. More >>
Adjustments to Legal Services Bill Proposed
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society agrees that there should be changes to the way the legal aid system is managed and administered and has proposed some amendments to the focus of legislation currently before Parliament. More >>
New Zealand Law Society agrees with name policy
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 10:45 am | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society says it agrees with the Legal Services Agency’s decision to publish the names of legal aid lawyers whose listing approvals have been cancelled. More >>
Failure to define term could create loopholes
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Law Society
A proposed change to the Holidays Act which would allow employees to agree with their employers to be paid cash for a portion of their annual leave could cause some misunderstandings and leave agreements open to challenge. More >>
Law Society comments on Canterbury Earthquake Act
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 9:16 am | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society has said it recognises that there were unprecedented circumstances which led to Parliament passing the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010. More >>
Standards Committee lays charges
Monday, 27 September 2010, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The Hawke’s Bay Lawyers Standards Committee has laid charges with the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal against Gerald George McKay and Richard Henry Hill, Barristers and Solicitors of Napier. More >>
Search and Surveillance Bill more balanced
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society says changes made to the Search and Surveillance Bill strike a more appropriate balance between effective enforcement and privacy interests. More >>
Canterbury property logjam of concern
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:17 am | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society’s Property Law Section says a difficult situation is emerging with property settlements in the area affected by the Canterbury earthquake, and it may need government intervention. More >>
OIA A Better Way Says Public Law Committee
Friday, 10 September 2010, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The question of whether MPs’ expenses and other activities should come under the Official Information Act (OIA) should be reviewed, says a committee of Wellington public law specialists. More >>
Law Society question proposed school zoning change
Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society has questioned whether a proposed change to the law on school zoning to give priority to children of former pupils is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. More >>
Improvements to internet copyright recommended
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 11:09 am | New Zealand Law Society
Changes to improve the provisions of a proposed new law on internet copyright have been proposed by the New Zealand Law Society. More >>
Law Society Supports Tribunal In Comeskey Decision
Friday, 23 July 2010, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society says it is pleased to note comments made by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal in its written decision on the charges of misconduct against Auckland barrister Christopher Patrick Comeskey. More >>
Independence Of Fijian Judiciary Undermined
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society is gravely concerned at reports that Fiji’s millitary State agencies are undermining the independence of the Fijian judiciary. More >>
Law Society rejects legal aid abuse claim
Friday, 16 July 2010, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society has rejected a claim that lawyers are routinely abusing the legal aid invoicing system. This claim was made in defence of Christopher Comeskey who was yesterday suspended from legal practice for nine months after pleading guilty ... More >>
Law Society comments on Comeskey penalty
Thursday, 15 July 2010, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Law Society
New Zealand Law Society President Jonathan Temm today commented on the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal decision to suspend Auckland barrister Christopher Patrick Comeskey from the roll of Barristers and Solicitors of the High ... More >>
Electoral Finance Act still too complex
Monday, 12 July 2010, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Law Society
While a Bill to amend the Electoral Finance Act 2007 significantly improves matters, the whole area of electoral finance remains discouragingly complex and the Bill would benefit from a comprehensive redraft. More >>
Electoral Disqualification Strongly Opposed
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Law Society
A Bill before Parliament which would remove the right of anyone serving a term of imprisonment to register as an elector has been described as an “unnecessary and retrograde step” by the New Zealand Law Society. More >>
Lawyer suspended from practice
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society today announced that it had been granted an interim order for the suspension of Napier lawyer Gerald McKay from legal practice. More >>
New President for New Zealand Law Society
Friday, 23 April 2010, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Law Society
Rotorua barrister Jonathan Temm has today become President of the New Zealand Law Society. Mr Temm took over the presidency from John Marshall QC of Wellington at the Society’s Council meeting in Wellington. The term of office is three years. More >>
Statement on legal aid - New Zealand Law Society
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society takes the issues raised in Dame Margaret Bazley’s review of legal aid very seriously but it is concerned at the imbalance in the reporting of her findings. The thrust of much of the coverage has been her statements that ... More >>
