Status: Completed
Project overview
The purpose of this project was 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.
Status: Completed
Preliminary Paper
Subsidising Litigation (NZLC PP43, 2000)
The Commission's Preliminary Paper, Subsidising Litigation (NZLC PP43, 2000).
Status: Completed
Report
Subsidising Litigation (NZLC R72, 2001)
The Commission's Report, Subsidising Litigation (NZLC R72, 2001).
Status: Completed
Government response
The Commission’s recommendation for a conditional fee regime was included in the Lawyers & Conveyancers Act 2006.
There was no requirement for the Government to present a formal response to Commission reports before April 2009.
See Official Government response process | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).