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Legal aid commentary update: October 2024

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Commentary on legal aid provided under the Legal Services Act 2011 has been updated in Legal Services (online ed, Thomson Reuters) on Westlaw New Zealand.

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New Fisheries Regulation Amendments and Notices added to Fisheries Law product

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New Fisheries Regulation Amendments and Notices have been added to the Fisheries Law product since the 2024/25 fishing season officially started on 1 October for New Zealand.

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Liability of building construction advisers determined

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Following referral by the Solicitor-General of a question of law, the Court of Appeal has found in Re Solicitor-General's Reference (No 1 of 2022) that issuers of ‘producer statements’ can be liable for the correctness of the statements.

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Westlaw New Zealand - How to find cases on a point of law using the Key Number System

The Key Number System identifies and indexes legal concepts so you can find cases stating or applying a legal concept. 

Experienced legal editors have read, summarised and classified case law by topic and subtopics that represent specific points of law. Each specific point of law is assigned a unique number, called a Key Number.

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Supreme Court of New Zealand — recent judgments: September 2024

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A summary of decisions delivered in September 2024 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.

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Legislation added to Westlaw New Zealand: September 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.

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Local Government Key Legislation – new commentary on water services

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Local Government Key Legislation has been updated to discuss amendments by the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024 partly in force 3 September 2024 (the remaining provisions, amending other legislation, are to come into force on a date set by Order in...

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