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Our projects
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.
Use the search filters below to find particular projects. For more information on how we work see how we conduct projects.
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Project status: Researching issues
Start date 09 March 2021
Last updated 09 March 2021
Project status: Researching issues
Start date 23 November 2020
Last updated 08 March 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 you can find below.
For more information and to keep up to date...
Project status: Researching issues
Start date 18 December 2019
Last updated 16 April 2020
The Law Commission will review the law of succession. The law of succession is the system of rules that governs who gets a person’s property when they die.
In July 2019 the Minister Responsible for the Law Commission requested that the...
Project status: Work on hold
Start date 27 July 2016
Last updated 30 October 2017
The declaratory judgment is an important judicial remedy. It provides an efficient and effective means by which parties can clarify and establish their legal rights and obligations, without the need for further remedies. There is, however,...