Updates & Alerts

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.

This Practice Direction replaces three Practice Notes from 2016, 2019 and 2022

The following People Management products have a new author - Copeland Ashcroft's Christie McGregor.

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

A new online only chapter, Declaratory Judgments, has been added to McGechan on Procedure

In-force versions of Notices have been added to the collection of Legislation – Other instruments.