This project reviews the laws that determine how security sensitive information should be dealt with in court proceedings. The review looks at how to protect information that may prejudice New Zealand’s security. It also considers whether the...
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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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Project status: Awaiting Government Response
Start date 01 December 2014
Last updated 14 December 2015
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: Researching issues
Start date 23 November 2020
Last updated 01 December 2020
Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission will undertake a review of surrogacy laws in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Surrogacy is where a woman (the surrogate) agrees to become pregnant, gestate and give birth to a child on behalf of another person...