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Te Kōpū Whāngai: He Arotake | Review of Surrogacy

Project status: Researching issues Start date 23 November 2020 Last updated 15 April 2021

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission is conducting a review of surrogacy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The scope of our review is set out in the Terms of Reference, which were published on 8 March 2021. You can find the Terms of Reference...

Class Actions and Litigation Funding

Project status: Reviewing submissions Start date Last updated 07 April 2021

A class action is a court proceeding in which a group with similar interests collectively sues one or more defendants. The court proceeding is brought by a representative plaintiff on behalf of the class. We do not currently have class actions in...

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