Local Government Key Legislation has been updated to discuss amendments by the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 partly in force 31 July 2024.

Corporate Insolvency author Stephen Revill has been revising commentary under pts 15A and 16 of the Companies Act 1993, to reflect changes by important cases and to improve readability.

From 1 September 2024 the rules of the Senior Courts and the District Court have been amended to allow for a party who is acting in person to claim costs in both standard and complex appeals.

Mailley v Legal Services Commissioner [2024] NZHC 2316 is the first court decision in several years with a focus on legal aid debt and its recovery or write-off.

The Employment Court Practice Directions have been updated with effect from 1 September 2024. The changes allow for costs awards to successful litigants-in-person, in line with the new costs regime for litigants-in-person in other courts.

Thanks to the ongoing dedication of the expert author team (Philip Bartlett, Kylie Dunn, Chief Judge Christina Inglis, Judge Merepaia King and Scott Worthy), commentary in Employment Law (online ed, Thomson Reuters) has been updated throughout August 2024 on Westlaw New Zealand.