Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has today published a Preliminary issues Paper, as part of its review into how the law should respond when an adult’s decision-making is affected.
Kaikōmihana | Commissioner, Geof Shirtcliffe,...
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On Friday 18 November, the Minister responsible for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission, Hon Kiritapu Allan, referred to the Commission the following issues:
- Legal responses to hate-motivated offending;
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This may be the best time to review Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal framework for emergencies, concludes a Study Paper written for Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission by Auckland University public law professor Janet McLean KC and published on...
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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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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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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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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
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Law Commission to review the law relating to adult decision-making capacity
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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...