In our Issues Paper (IP41), Dividing Relationship Property – Time for Change? Te mātatoha rawa tokorau – Kua eke te wā? we asked whether, in contemporary New Zealand, the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA) is still achieving a just division...
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Issues Paper 44
1 November 2018
Ministerial Briefing 4
26 October 2018
This ministerial briefing paper provides advice to the Minister of Justice on alternative approaches that could be taken in New Zealand’s abortion laws if the Government decides to treat abortion as a health issue. It describes three alternative...
Issues Paper 42
28 March 2018
In this second review of the Act, like the previous one, the Commission asks whether the Evidence Act 2016 is operating effectively and as intended.
Under section 202 of the Act, the Commission must consider whether the Act’s provisions...
Report 141
30 January 2018
This Report is the product of a unique joint review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (the Act) conducted by the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice. As required by the Act, it has been completed within one year of receiving the...
Study Paper 22
16 October 2017
Alongside our Issues Paper, Dividing Relationship Property – Time for Change? Te mātatoha rawa tokorau – Kua eke te wā?, the Law Commission is publishing this Study Paper. It was immediately apparent as we began our review of the law governing...
Issues Paper 41
16 October 2017
The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA) is a crucial part of New Zealand’s social legislation. It contains the rules for the division of property when a relationship ends as a result of separation or on the death of one of the partners.
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Report 140
21 June 2017
The Law Commission has finished its review into the laws of contempt of court.
In its Report Reforming the Law of Contempt of Court: A Modern Statute - Ko te Whakahou i te Ture mō Te Whawhati Tikanga ki te Kōti: He Ture Ao Hou,...
Issues Paper 40
8 November 2016
The Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice have jointly published an Issues Paper describing possible ways to improve the operation of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. This Paper, Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012...