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Criminal Procedure: Disclosure and Committal

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

As part of a series of projects reviewing criminal procedure, this project is concerned with two topics. One is the need for and methods of providing pre-trial disclosure of relevant information in criminal cases. The other is the committal...

Criminal Prosecution

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

This project is part of the continuing reference to the Commission to review the law governing procedure in criminal cases. The report for this project is the tenth in a series of Law Commission publications on aspects of criminal procedure. This...

Evidence Law: Character and Credibility

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

Evidence Law: Documentary Evidence and Judicial Notice

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

Evidence Law: Expert Evidence and Opinion Evidence

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

Evidence Law: Privilege

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

Evidence Law: Reliability of Witness Testimony

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

Evidence Law: The Evidence of Children and other Vulnerable Witnesses

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 1991 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to make the law of evidence as clear, simple and accessible as practicable, and to facilitate the fair, just and speedy judicial resolution of disputes. In April 1991 the Law Commission published the first of a...

International Sales of Goods

Project status: Closed Start date 01 March 1992 Last updated 11 May 2015

In consultation with officials of the Ministry of Justice and others, the Commission considers, in this project, whether New Zealand should accept the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and give effect to...

Property Statutes

Project status: Closed Start date 01 March 1992 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project reviews the Property Law Act 1952. At the same time the Department of Justice is reviewing aspects of the Land Transfer Act 1952 because new techology is proposed for the system of registration. This project is concerned with certain...

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