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Can a person on legal aid be awarded costs — and if so, how much?

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As noted in Legal Services on Westlaw New Zealand, Peart v Chandra [2022] NZHC 665 confirms the default position that costs may be awarded to a legally aided party (who is successful against an unaided party) up to the lesser of (a) the total fees payable by the Legal Services...

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Can a person on legal aid be awarded costs — and if so, how much? (Westlaw NZ)

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As noted in Legal Services on Westlaw NZ, Peart v Chandra [2022] NZHC 665 confirms the default position that costs may be awarded to a legally aided party (who is successful against an unaided party) up to the lesser of (a) the total fees payable by the Legal Services Commissioner to...

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Access your subscriptions on Westlaw New Zealand (2:08 min)

This video demonstrates how to access your subscriptions on Westlaw New Zealand and how to add and search them within your Favourites.

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Advanced searching on Westlaw New Zealand (5:52 min)

Learn how to conduct advanced searches in Westlaw New Zealand by using the advanced search templates for different types of content: Cases, Legislation and Secondary Sources.

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Managing COVID, self-doubt, “imposter syndrome” and more: Mental health toolkit for lawyers

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Toolkit, Mental health and wellbeing for lawyers is a guide for users through Practical Law’s content that explores and addresses mental health and wellbeing issues in the legal industry and for legal professionals.

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Where are all those reviews at in Family Law? (new Westlaw (New Zealand))

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The 1950s legislation (Marriage Act and Adoption Act), the 1970s legislation (Property (Relationships) Act), the no specific Act legislation (Surrogacy and Succession), and thanks to Paul v Mead we now know what "polyamory" means — family law is ready and ripe for review and it all...

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Where are all those reviews at in Family Law? (Westlaw NZ)

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The 1950s legislation (Marriage Act and Adoption Act), the 1970s legislation (Property (Relationships) Act), the no specific Act legislation (Surrogacy and Succession), and thanks to Paul v Mead we now know what "polyamory" means — family law is ready and ripe for review and it all...

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new Westlaw (New Zealand) - Case Law Deep Dive

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By Patricia Veen

This webinar provides an overview of case analysis information found in KeyCite. Understand how to search for cases  using the Key Number System, Natural Legal Language and the type-ahead feature in new Westlaw. This session will also demonstrate how to refine and filter search...

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