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Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has commissioned Professor Janet McLean QC to write a Study Paper concerning Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal and institutional framework for pandemics and other threats. Building on the Commission’s Final Report on Emergencies (NZLC R22, 1991) the paper will undertake a preliminary evaluation of how well Aotearoa New Zealand’s laws and legal institutions anticipated the challenges presented by COVID-19, and identify any questions that ought to be considered to ensure readiness for future emergencies.
The Succession team is currently researching and conducting preliminary engagement on issues with practitioners and experts.
Under the Family Protection Act 1955, all children are entitled to make a claim for provision from the estate if they believe they have not been properly recognised by their deceased parent. The acceptability of adult children pursuing such claims to inherit from their parents is the subject of enduring debate. Over the past decade, at least 93 claims of this type have been lodged.
The Class Actions & Litigation Funding team is currently preparing a consultation document looking at issues raised by these two interesting aspects of civil litigation.
The DNA team is currently drafting a report for presentation to the Minister of Justice this year.
Here’s a quick quiz. If Police take a sample of your DNA, analyse it, and create a profile of you – when should they destroy that information?
The Minister Responsible for te Aka Matua o te Ture | the Law Commission, Hon Andrew Little, has recently referred a review of surrogacy laws to the Commission as a new project for the 2020/21 year. The review of surrogacy laws will commence following completion of the review of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995 (the DNA project). The Commission will also begin a review of the laws relating to adults with impaired decision-making capacity following completion of the DNA project.