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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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Subsidising Litigation

Project status: Closed Start date 15 October 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to assist the Ministry of Justice in the context of the work it is currently doing by way of review of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.

Retirement Villages

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

In 1997, the Law Commission was approached by the Securities Commission and invited to consider the law relating to retirement villages, as part of a wider project relating to the marketing of undivided interests in land, which would have the...

Crimes Act 1961–Part 8

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 2007 Last updated 11 May 2015

Part 8 of the Crimes Act 1961 deals with crimes against the person. The project reviewed the adequacy and coherence of the current offence provisions, considered whether there were any gaps in them and revised maximum penalty levels. The project...

Reducing the Level and Impact of Organised Crime in New Zealand

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 2007 Last updated 11 May 2015

The Commission participated in work led by the Ministry of Justice and Police that related to legislative and other responses to organised crime.

Crimes Act 1961–Section 59

Project status: Closed Start date 19 October 2006 Last updated 11 May 2015

Advice provided by the Law Commission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee on Sue Bradford's Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill.

Protection of the Intellectually Disabled

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 2002 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to consider: whether there is a need for clarifying or extending the power of the Family Court to require a person to whom Part I of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 applies to live in...

Māori Customary Law

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

This project originally commenced in 1994 at the suggestion of the Honourable Justice Durie, who at that time was Chief Judge of the Mäori Land Court. Justice Durie was of the view that some knowledge of Mäori custom would greatly assist judges...

Same-Sex Relationships

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

This project sought to address issues in the Matrimonial Property Bill and the De Facto Relationships (Property) Bill introduced on 24 March 1998.  The key issues were a) there were marked differences between the rights under the two bills of de...

Limitation of Action

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

The purpose of this project was to examine and review the Limitation Act, which lays down rules for determining the cut-off dates after which it is too late for an intending plaintiff to bring a civil claim. When the Government indicated it...

Justice: The Experiences of Māori Women

Project status: Closed Start date 17 November 1997 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project examines the response of the legal system to the experiences of women in New Zealand, recognising the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi in the examination of Maori women's experiences.

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