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Each project is an area of law or subject matter that the Law Commission has agreed to review. The Commission works on several projects at a time. Together, these projects make up the Commission's annual work programme.

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Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

Project status: Closed Start date 01 November 2013 Last updated 28 September 2016

This review covers the Extradition Act 1999 and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992. These Acts provide a framework for formal assistance between New Zealand and foreign governments in the investigation and prosecution of crime. They...

Burial and Cremation Law

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 2010 Last updated 28 September 2016

On this project, the Law Commission undertook a first principles review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964.  The Act’s primary purpose is to ensure provision is made for the burial of the dead in a controlled and respectful manner which meets...

Cross-Border Insolvency

Project status: Closed Start date 06 May 1998 Last updated 21 August 2015

In October 1997 the Law Commission started a new project on the subject of international trade with the project’s first report, Electronic Commerce Part One: A Guide for the Legal and Business Community (NZLC R50) released a year later. This is...

After Settlement Assets

Project status: Closed Start date 27 June 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to enquire into and report on the following issues:

  • Is there a need for changes, whether administrative or legislative, to address problems which have arisen in the period leading up to and in the course...

Company Law

Project status: Closed Start date 05 September 1986 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project examines and reviews the law relating to bodies incorporated under the Companies Act 1955, and reports on the form and content of a new Companies Act.

Wrongful Conviction

Project status: Closed Start date 03 March 1998 Last updated 11 May 2015

This purpose of this project is to advise whether compensation should be paid to those who have been wrongly prosecuted or convicted of an offence, and if so, to recommend a systematic basis upon which compensation may be determined and paid.

Women and Access to Justice

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 1996 Last updated 11 May 2015

The topic of this project has two related issues, each of fundamental importance to New Zealanders. One is whether New Zealand women are treated properly by the legal system. That raises in turn a second issue – whether the New Zealand citizen...

Privacy

Project status: Closed Start date 12 October 2006 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project involves four stages, with publications at each stage.

Stage 1: Policy Overview was a high-level analysis to assess privacy values, changes in technology, international trends, and their implications for New Zealand law.  It...

Contracts Enforcement

Project status: Closed Start date 01 September 1997 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project raises a question about a discrete aspect of the law of contract: whether or not to repeal the rules in the Contracts Enforcement Act 1956 that to be enforceable land contracts and guarantees must be in writing that is signed by the...

Contract Statutes

Project status: Closed Start date 01 May 1990 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project reviews six contract statutes with the assistance of leading experts. The preparation and wider dissemination of these valuable accounts of the jurisprudence which has developed around the statutes is the major purpose of the review...

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