Te Manutukutuku Issue 2 [pdf, 2.9 MB]
...information to the District Legal Aid Committee. Consequently, most applications for legal aid would have to be turned down. For claims that are currently in hearing, the Tribunal has appointed counsel to assist claimants; with the Department of Justice paying the costs involved. The Government is working to remedy these difficulties. In October, the Legal Services Bill was introduced. This makes slight changes to the part of the Legal Aid Act dealing with claimants' legal aid a...