A new Class Actions Act should be developed to improve access to justice and efficiency in litigation, concludes Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission in its report,...
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Published 27 June 2022
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Published 2 May 2022
Published 2 May 2022
New Kaikōmihana | Commissioner, Claudia Geiringer, has been welcomed to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission at a whakatau today led by the Commission’s Māori Liaison Committee chair, the Hon Justice Williams KNZM.
Geiringer is taking...
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Published 6 April 2022
Published 6 Apr 2022
On behalf of Te Aka Matua o te Ture, I am delighted to congratulate Amokura Kawharu, our Tumu Whakarae | President, as one of Ngā Ahurei hou a Te Apārangi new Fellows to have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Published 15 December 2021
Succession law, the law about who inherits a person’s property when they die, needs reform, concludes Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission in its report He arotake I te āheinga ki ngā rawa a te tangata ka mate ana | Review of...
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Published 6 October 2021
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6 October 2021
Kaikōmihana | Commissioner, Geof Shirtcliffe
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission
Law Commission to review the law relating to adult decision-making capacity
Te...
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Published 30 September 2021
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has today released a Supplementary Issues Paper on class actions and is now seeking public feedback. Submissions are open until 12 November 2021.
“We have considered all the feedback we received on...
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Published 3 September 2021
Published 3 Sep 2021
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has announced the appointment of three new members of Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission.
The new appointees are:
- Hon Justice Christian Whata, who has been appointed for a term of one year;...
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Published 3 September 2021
The Chief Justice, Dame Helen Winkelmann and Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission
The Chief Justice and Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission welcome the recent appointment by the Minister of Justice of Justice...
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Published 29 July 2021
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission is proposing a new legal framework to provide legal recognition for the parents of surrogate-born children. The Commission has today published...