Published: 28 April 2025
Law Commission to undertake review of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003
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Published: 04 April 2025
Law Commission recommends new legislation for managing high-risk offenders
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Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders
Published: 13 March 2025
Hate crime: The final terror attack reforms explained
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Hate crime
Published: 04 February 2025
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published a Consultation Paper in its review of hate crime laws
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Hate crime
Published: 30 September 2024
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published its Terms of Reference for its review of hate crime laws.
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Hate crime
Published: 25 July 2024
Law Commission seeks views on reforming the law to manage high-risk offenders
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Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders
Published: 19 April 2024
Law Commission starts second round of consultation on review of adult decision-making capacity law
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Review of adult decision-making capacity law
Published: 19 April 2024
Act affecting people with limited decision-making ability should be axed - Law Commission
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Review of adult decision-making capacity law
Published: 22 March 2024
Law Commission recommends changes to evidence law
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The third review of the Evidence Act 2006
Published: 22 March 2024
Evidence Act should have exceptions for mātauranga Māori and tikanga, says Law Commission
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The third review of the Evidence Act 2006
Published: 22 March 2024
Commission urges cracking down on jailhouse snitches
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The third review of the Evidence Act 2006
Published: 30 September 2023
Law Commission publishes roadmap for blending tikanga and state law
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Tikanga Māori
Published: 25 September 2023
New report on tikanga Māori and the law
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Tikanga Māori
Published: 21 September 2023
New study provides invaluable guidance on tikanga and the law
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Tikanga Māori
Published: 21 September 2023
Law Commission proposes changes in dealing with Maori issues
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Tikanga Māori
Published: 31 May 2023
Law Commission seeks feedback on high-risk offender restrictions
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Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders
Published: 08 May 2023
Law Commission seeks submissions on the operation of the Evidence Act
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The third review of the Evidence Act 2006
Published: 28 November 2022
Law Commission starts consultation in review of law relating to affected decision-making of adults
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Review of adult decision-making capacity law
Published: 11 November 2022
Law Commission publishes study paper on the legal framework for emergencies
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Emergency powers for pandemics and other threats
Published: 22 August 2022
Surrogacy compensation rules aren’t working
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 28 June 2022
Recommended class action reforms 'fill in a lot of the gaps', lawyers say
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 27 June 2022
Law Commission publishes final report on class actions and litigation funding
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 16 June 2022
Second time lucky: govt considers Law Commission surrogacy report
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 04 June 2022
Margaret Casey: surrogacy laws a ‘hot button issue’
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 30 May 2022
Toni Street: Media personality says removing the courts from the surrogacy process would be a game-changer
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 27 May 2022
Law Commission report published on surrogacy
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 21 December 2021
Jeremy Sutton: Review of succession law - Rights to a person's property on death
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Review of succession law
Published: 17 December 2021
RNZ Review of Succession Law discussed on The Panel with Sally Wenley and David Cormack (part 2) (at 1m41s)
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Review of succession law
Published: 15 December 2021
Laws not fit for modern blended families: Law Commission
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Review of succession law
Published: 15 December 2021
Law Commission recommends new law about who inherits property when someone dies
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Review of succession law
Published: 15 November 2021
Law Commission reviews decision making capacity law
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Review of adult decision-making capacity law
Published: 06 October 2021
Law Commission to review the law relating to adult decision-making capacity
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Review of adult decision-making capacity law
Published: 30 September 2021
Law Commission releases consultation paper on class actions
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 29 July 2021
Law Commission proposes changes to surrogacy laws
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Review of surrogacy
Published: 30 May 2021
RNZ Why the Law Commission is reviewing succession law
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Published: 15 April 2021
Law Commission proposes changes to succession law
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Review of succession law
Published: 09 April 2021
New project on emergency preparedness
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Emergency powers for pandemics and other threats
Published: 08 December 2020
Class action law change could help iwi
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 04 December 2020
Law Commission seeking views on class actions and litigation funding
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 19 August 2020
Is it OK to cut the kids out of your will?
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Review of succession law
Published: 17 August 2020
Competing class actions as a “beauty parade”
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Class actions and litigation funding
Published: 16 April 2020
Law Commission’s review of succession law: Practitioner survey
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Review of succession law
Published: 18 December 2019
Law Commission to review law about who inherits property when someone dies
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Review of succession law