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The Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Amendment 2023 comes into force on 1 December 2023 amending the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 2007.

A recent High Court appeal suggests that departing from the usual cap on costs awards to aided persons is possible in “rare” and “compelling” cases.

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

This Practice Direction replaces three Practice Notes from 2016, 2019 and 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.

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)

New pay rates for duty lawyers from 1 August 2023, with wider review of Duty Lawyer Service in coming months

Adams on Criminal Law – Sentencing has new annotated commentary in response to the provisions of the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Act 2023 that came into force on 27 July 2023. The new laws make it harder for gangs and their leaders to benefit financially from crime.

Drafting Aide forms in Criminal Precedents updated by Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Regulations 2023

As ever, Professor Emerita Nicola Peart is providing more updating for the Trusts chapter in Family Property, including commentary on the Privy Council case Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd v Wong

Re-packaging the "Principles of Adoption" chapter in Child Law to include annotated commentary for the existing Adoption Act 1955 and a review of the discursive chapter.

The Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Act 2023 came into force on 13 June 2023 — see the amendments now in Westlaw New Zealand