Westlaw New Zealand

Exciting enhancements have been made to the Westlaw homepage.

To enable easy access, the link to the PDF image has been relocated to the top right-hand side of the document.

Navigating different versions of a case has become much easier.

We are happy to advise that Westlaw now supports Full Text Doument Format for Westclip Alerts and Publication Alerts.

The latest Environmental Law Reports of NZ includes July's High Court case, a win for climate activist lawyers.

A draft national planning framework was issued in early October, ahead of the election

Latest MOJ statistics include decade of data on legal aid grants and expenditure

A summary of decisions delivered in September 2023 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.

Family Law is needed by us all. So what do we provide at Thomson Reuters, what have we been getting up to, and what are we going to get up to?

In response to your feedback and to align with other Westlaw products, we have removed International Materials from Westlaw New Zealand.

The Legal Services Amendment Act 2023 came into force on 31 August 2023, completing the phased removal of user charges for civil/family legal aid and interest on unpaid legal aid debt (first announced in Budget 2022)

The Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 and Spatial Planning Act 2023 have been passed by Parliament and came into force on 24 August 2023.