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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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Tax and Privilege

Project status: Closed Start date 01 June 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project addresses the issue of whether in the interests of effective processes of tax assessment there should be a modification (beyond that already contained in the Tax Administration Act 1994 section 20) of the rules protecting from...

Minority Buyouts

Project status: Closed Start date 18 January 2001 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project is a response to the July 2000 decision of Doogue J in Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd v Infratil 1998 Ltd [2000] 3 NZLR 727.

Incorporated Societies Act 1908

Project status: Closed Start date 01 June 2010 Last updated 11 May 2015

The Incorporated Societies Act 1908 is uncomfortably old and has been little amended since its enactment.  Yet the range of community organisations that use this legal form is extensive in New Zealand.  The focus of this review was on modernising...

Insolvency

Project status: Closed Start date 01 August 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

In August 2000, we were asked, as part of the insolvency law review, to provide further advisory reports to the Ministry of Economic Development. The topics which we were asked to consider were:
 (a) the role of the State in insolvency law...

Electronic Commerce 3

Project status: Closed Start date 10 March 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

This is the final report to be issued by the Law Commission on the International Trade Project which was started in October 1997. The Commission has, as part of that project, published the following reports and study papers: Electronic Commerce...

Insolvency Issues

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 1999 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to provide advice on whether existing classes of preferred creditors should continue to enjoy advantages over unsecured creditors when bankruptcy or liquidation intervened. The request for advice was made in the...

Electronic Commerce 2

Project status: Closed Start date 12 April 1999 Last updated 11 May 2015

Over the past two years the Law Commission has been examining various aspects of the law affected by electronic commerce. Our work seeks to ascertain whether any changes to the law are needed to fit the electronic environment in which much...

Insurance Law

Project status: Closed Start date 01 February 1998 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project deals with five separate insurance law problem areas. These are: the rule of disclosure of relevant facts; insurers of provisions requiring notification of claims within certain time limits; the unfair use of provisions excluding...

International Law

Project status: Closed Start date 06 November 1995 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project addresses the Commission's concern about the relative lack of awareness of international law in New Zealand, and in particular of New Zealand’s international rights and obligations. It aims to contribute towards remedying this...

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...

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