Law Society information on lawyers holding a current practising certificate and data from other sources has been summarised to give a picture of the legal profession at 1 March 2013. View Snapshot of the New Zealand Legal Profession 2013 (PDF, 996KB) ... More about Snapshot of the profession 2013.
Justice Minister Judith Collins has said that as at 8 May 2012 the mean time taken to approve Waitangi Tribunal legal aid invoices was 28.5 working days from receipt of the invoice. Ms Collins was responding to a parliamentary question for written answer from Labour justice spokesperson Charles Chauvel on ... More about 28.5 days average time to approve Waitangi Tribunal legal aid invoices.
Statistics provided by Courts Minister Chester Borrows show that Tokoroa District Court courtroom has the highest utilisation rate in New Zealand being used 78% of the available time. Chatham Island District Court courtroom had the lowest utilisation rate at 3%. Mr Borrows released utilisation rates for the 12 months ended ... More about Tokoroa District Court most utilised in New Zealand.
Information on the number of lawyers who have taken on legal aid work since 2006 shows that numbers fell between 2010 and 2011 in some regions. The information has been provided by Justice Minister Judith Collins in response to a series of parliamentary questions for written answer from Labour justice ... More about Legal aid work figures show regional variations.
Information released by Statistics New Zealand shows that 74.5% of all prosecuted charges in the New Zealand District Courts and High Court during 2011 resulted in a conviction. The data shows that there was a total of 278 020 prosecuted charges against adults in 2011. This was down 11.1% on ... More about 75% of 2011 charges result in conviction.
The Māori economy may have reached around $37 billion – but are there going to be enough lawyers around to advise it? Statistics obtained by the New Zealand Law Society show Māori are still under-represented in the profession. Demographic estimates from the Ministry of Social Development have Māori sitting at ... More about Māori under-represented in legal profession.
The number of women and men graduating from New Zealand’s law schools has been roughly the same since the nineties so why are we not seeing these numbers reflected in senior positions in law firms across the country and the judiciary? Of the total number of partners at law firms ... More about Gender imbalance persists in senior legal positions .
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 149 practitioners spent over 50% of their time practising banking and finance law. This was 2.3% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Banking and finance law ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Banking and finance law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 177 practitioners spent over 50% of their time practising intellectual property. This was 2.8% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Intellectual property is the 11th-most important ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Intellectual Property.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 844 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in civil litigation. This was 13.1% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Civil litigation is the third-most ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Civil Litigation.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 598 practitioners spent over 50% of their time practising criminal law. This was 9.3% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Criminal law is the fifth-most important ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Criminal Law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 188 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in administrative and public law. This was 2.9% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Administrative and public ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Administrative and Public law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 231 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in trusts and estates. This was 3.6% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Trusts and estates is ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Trusts and estates.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 77 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in Treaty and Maori issues. This was 1.2% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Treaty and Maori ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Treaty and Maori issues.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 235 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in tax law. This was 3.7% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Tax law is the eighth-most ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Tax.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 1 119 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in company and commercial law. This was 17.4% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Company and ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Company and Commercial Law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 1 035 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in property law. This was 16.1% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Property law is the ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Property Law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 259 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in resource management law. This was 4.0% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Resource management law is ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Resource Management.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 695 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in family law. This was 10.8% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. Family law is the fourth-most ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Family Law.
Information obtained from holders of current practising certificates shows that at mid-January 2011 280 practitioners spent over 50% of their time working in employment law. This was 4.4% of all lawyers who indicated an area of practice where they spent over half of their time. A total of 2 496 ... More about Lawyers In Practice Statistics: Employment Law.
Civil legal aid payments made up just 3.0% of all applications for legal aid in the year to 30 June 2010 according to the Legal Services Agency’s annual report for 2009/10 (tabled on 20 December 2010). Overall total gross payments to private lawyers through the Legal Aid Scheme totalled $157.230 ... More about Civil legal aid in 2009/10.
Criminal legal aid payments made up just under half of all gross payments made in the year to 30 June 2010 according to the Legal Services Agency’s annual report for the year (tabled on 20 December 2010). Overall total gross payments to private lawyers through the Legal Aid Scheme totalled ... More about Criminal Legal Aid in 2009/10.
Information from the Legal Services Agency’s annual report for the year to 30 June 2010 (tabled on 20 December 2010) shows that payments relating to Family legal aid had the biggest proportionate increase of any category. Overall total gross payments to private lawyers through the Legal Aid Scheme totalled $157.230 ... More about Family Legal Aid in 2009/10.
Auckland: SJE Moore Phone 09 336 7500; Fax 09 336 7629; Email simon.moore@meredithconnell.co.nz Meredith Connell & Co PO Box 2213 Shortland Street Auckland 1140. Christchurch: BM Stanaway Phone 03 366 0264; Fax 03 366 7474; Email bms@raydon.co.nz Raymond Donnelly & Co PO Box 533 Christchurch 8140. Dunedin: RP Bates Phone ... More about Crown Solicitor Contact Details.
Legal Services fees show small rise in September 2010 quarter Information from Statistics New Zealand’s Producers Price Index shows that fees for legal services (personal and corporate) rose by 0.7% in the three months ended 30 September 2010. Fees for legal services rose by 2.3% in the year ended 30 ... More about Legal services fees Sep 2010.
The New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation 2010 compiled by the Human Rights Commission shows that at 12 July 2010 women made up 26% of the judiciary. “Figures from the Ministry of Justice show an increase of representation of women on the bench of just 0.3% since the last census ... More about Women in the Judiciary.
More New Zealand lawyers spend over half their time working in the fields of company and commercial law than any other area of practice. Information collected by the New Zealand Law Society shows that on 10 November 2010 9.8% of 11 308 practice certificate holders worked for over 50% of ... More about Major areas of legal practice.
South Island law firm Anderson Lloyd had the highest proportion of women partners in law firms with over 10 partners in August 2010 according to the Human Rights Commission. The Commission’s sixth annual report New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation 2010 notes “glacial progress” in the number of women who ... More about Women in Partnerships.
Almost 11 000 hold Practising Certificates The number of lawyers holding practising certificates in New Zealand has grown by 32% in the last decade. Figures collected by the NZLS Registry show that at 3 August 2010 there were 10 945 active practising certificates. In the year ended 30 November 2000 ... More about Practising certificates Aug 2010.