This section has resources for duty lawyers. It includes information about the operation of the duty lawyer service and the responsibilities of duty lawyers.
The duty lawyer roster is managed either by:
Having an approval as a duty lawyer does not guarantee a place on the duty lawyer roster. To view the selection criteria, you can download the section criteria.
Duty lawyer selection criteria [PDF, 49 KB]
Lawyers seeking admission to a court with no PDS presence must apply to legal aid.
Email: dutylawyer@justice.govt.nz
Lawyers seeking admission to a court with the PDS must register their interest with the ICLS. The ICLS will provide information on the current roster vacancy situation. Ongoing admissions to rosters at courts with a PDS are controlled by the roster admission policy [PDF, 667 KB]
Email: duty.lawyer@justice.govt.nz
The duty lawyer operational policy outlines:
Operational policy [PDF, 462 KB]
The deputy register or duty lawyer supervisor will certify that the tax invoice - attendance form is correct before it’s emailed to the legal aid office. This form is in the above Operational policy document.
The court-specific duty lawyer instructions for courts with PDS are listed below:
Napier & Hastings [PDF, 58 KB]
Papakura & Pukekohe [PDF, 68 KB]
Wellington, Lower Hutt & Porirua [PDF, 80 KB]
Alternative duty lawyer arrangements have been put in place to service the AODT courts.
Instructions for AODT courts [PDF, 187 KB]
The monthly rosters are generated to provide the courts with the required number of duty lawyers to effectively service the court. These are released periodically as and when the court provides Legal Aid with the required information.
Ashburton - expires 30 September 2018 [XLS, 160 KB]
Blenheim - expires 25 August 2018 [XLS, 155 KB]
Gisborne & Wairoa - expires 4 August 2018 [XLS, 252 KB]
Gore - expires 30 September 2018 [XLS, 151 KB]
Greymouth - expires 30 September 2018 [XLSX, 81 KB]
Huntly - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 189 KB]
Invercargill - expires 31 October 2018 [XLSX, 83 KB]
Kaikohe, Whangarei, Dargaville & Kaitaia - expires 31 August 2018 [XLS, 490 KB]
Kaikoura - expires 30 September 2018 [XLSX, 50 KB]
Levin - expires 31 August 2018 [XLS, 186 KB]
Morrinsville - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 181 KB]
Nelson - expires 31 October 2018 [XLS, 217 KB]
New Plymouth & Hawera - expires 31 October 2018 [XLSX, 108 KB]
Oamaru - expires 31 August 2018 [XLSX, 63 KB]
Palmerston North - expires 31 July 2018 [XLSX, 91 KB]
Queenstown & Alexandra - expires 30 September 2018 [XLSX, 82 KB]
Rotorua - expires 25 August 2018 [XLS, 229 KB]
Ruatoria - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 344 KB]
Taupo - expires 31 August 2018 [XLS, 177 KB]
Te Awamutu - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 262 KB]
Te Kuiti - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 186 KB]
Thames - expires 31 December 2018 [PDF, 266 KB]
Timaru - expires 31 August 2018 [XLSX, 74 KB]
Tokoroa - expires 31 July 2018 [XLS, 165 KB]
Westport - expires 30 September 2018 [XLS, 134 KB]
Whakatane & Opotiki - expires 31 July 2018 [XLS, 216 KB]
Whanganui - expires 30 September 2018 [XLS, 174 KB]
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