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- Law Commission starts consultation in review of law relating to affected decision-making of adults
- Law Commission to review the law relating to adult decision-making capacity
- Law Commission publishes study paper on the legal framework for emergencies
- New project on emergency preparedness
- Law Commission report published on surrogacy
- Law Commission reviews decision making capacity law
- Surrogacy compensation rules aren’t working
- Second time lucky: govt considers Law Commission surrogacy report
- Margaret Casey: surrogacy laws a ‘hot button issue’
- Toni Street: Media personality says removing the courts from the surrogacy process would be a game-changer
- Law Commission proposes changes to surrogacy laws
- Te Aka Matua welcomes new Kaikōmihana Claudia Geiringer
- Jeremy Sutton: Review of succession law - Rights to a person's property on death
- Laws not fit for modern blended families: Law Commission
- Law Commission recommends new law about who inherits property when someone dies
- Law Commission proposes changes to succession law
- Is it OK to cut the kids out of your will?
- Law Commission’s review of succession law: Practitioner survey
- Recommended class action reforms 'fill in a lot of the gaps', lawyers say
- Class action law change could help iwi
- Competing class actions as a “beauty parade”
- Law Commission publishes final report on class actions and litigation funding
- Law Commission releases consultation paper on class actions
- Law Commission seeking views on class actions and litigation funding
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- Law Commission to review law about who inherits property when someone dies
- RNZ Review of Succession Law discussed on The Panel with Sally Wenley and David Cormack (part 2) (at 1m41s)
- RNZ Why the Law Commission is reviewing succession law
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- New study provides invaluable guidance on tikanga and the law
- Law Commission seeks submissions on the operation of the Evidence Act
- Law Commission publishes roadmap for blending tikanga and state law
- New report on tikanga Māori and the law (interview)
- Law Commission proposes changes in dealing with Maori issues
- Law Commission recommends changes to evidence law
- Evidence Act should have exceptions for mātauranga Māori and tikanga, says Law Commission
- Commission urges cracking down on jailhouse snitches
- Law Commission starts second round of consultation on review of adult decision-making capacity law
- Act affecting people with limited decision-making ability should be axed - Law Commission
- Newsletter | Te Aka Kōrero No.21
- Law Commission to undertake project on directors’ duties
- Law Commission seeks views on reforming the law to manage high-risk offenders
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