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Legislation added to Westlaw New Zealand: May 2024
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The following recent Acts, Bills and subordinate legislation are now available on Westlaw New Zealand. Legislation can also be found using the legislation search page. Bills can be found using the bills search page.
The list is long this month, following delivery of Budget 2024.
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Supreme Court of New Zealand — recent judgments: May 2024
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A summary of decisions delivered in May 2024 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.
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Significant Personal Grievances update
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The Personal Grievances product has had a significant update.
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ProView - How to save a link to Proview
Environmental summaries added to case records in Westlaw New Zealand
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From January 2024, case summaries from the YourEnvironment newsletter will be included as synopses in case records.
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Interesting youth justice cases in latest Child Law update
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For the latest update, Child Law’s Youth Justice chapter includes a number of cases with interesting content for the sector and author Dr Nessa Lynch has been happy to share that detail with customers.
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Family Precedents – prescribed forms amended
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The Family Court Amendment Rules 2024 came into force on 2 May. As outlined in the explanatory note, they amend the Family Court Rules 2002 (FCRs) to confer on the new Family Court Associates (discussed in another post) functions and powers additional to those set out in the Family...
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Backdated lump sum ACC payments to be taxed more fairly
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From 1 April 2024, Inland Revenue (IR) will provide an alternate tax rate for people receiving backdated weekly compensation and personal service rehabilitation payments relating to more than one tax year.
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Supreme Court of New Zealand — recent judgments: April 2024
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A summary of decisions delivered in April 2024 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.
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