A Canadian lawyer has been suspended from practice for one month by the Law Society of British Colombia after he tried to delay a Law Society disciplinary hearing by claiming he was scheduled to be ... More about Alleged day in court draws penalty.
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has released results of a survey of Landonline customers which was conducted in July 2011. These show that 91% of responding conveyancers said they were satisfied with the service overall. Conveyancers were ... More about Good level of satisfaction with Landonline.
Solicitor-General David Brian Collins QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court. Justice Collins graduated with an LLB (Hons) (First Class) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1975, subsequently gaining an LLM in 1976 and ... More about David Collins QC appointed to High Court bench.
The New Zealand Law Society is worried that proposed changes to the default judgment procedure will result in extra expense and the removal of some rights. Comments provided by the Law Society to the Rules ... More about Concern at proposed default judgment procedure changes.
The latest producers price index from Statistics New Zealand shows that fees for legal services (personal and corporate) rose by 3.3% during the 2011 calendar year. This compares to a rise of 0.7% in the 2010 calendar year. Fees ... More about Legal services fees up in 2011.
ACC levy reductions worth more than half a billion dollars a year to workers and businesses have been signed into law by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae. As announced last year, ACC’s $3.5 billion surplus in 2010/11 ... More about ACC levy reductions become law.
The following regulations were notified in the New Zealand Gazette published on 16 February 2012: Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4): Made pursuant to section 132AB of the Social Security Act 1964. In force 17 ... More about Three regulations notified in latest Gazette.