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1. Letter-to-the-profession-Legal-Aid-outcomes-of-Budget-2022.pdf [pdf, 144 KB]

   Legal Services Commissioner Justice Centre I 19 Aitken Street I DX SX10125 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 lsc@justice.govt.nz 26 May 2022 Kia ora koutou, Legal Aid Outcomes of Budget 2022 You will be aware by now that as part of Budget 2022 the Government has made an investment which will ensure continued access to justice by significantly strengthening the legal aid scheme. As you will know, a 2018 review of legal aid settings highlighted a number of bar...

2. Ask for a review of a legal aid decision

   If you don’t agree with a decision about your application for legal aid, you can ask for it to be reconsidered. Contact your nearest legal aid office to ask how to do this Ask for a decision to be reconsidered If you want a decision to be reconsidered, you have to apply within 20 working days of the date of the legal aid decision. Among other things, you can challenge decisions: to reject your application for legal aid about the amount of legal aid you are granted about how much of your legal...

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3. 31 October 2015 Legal Aid News [pdf, 547 KB]

   October 2015 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. In this issue ... External Customer Survey November 2015 Text Messaging Legal Services (Quality Assurance) Amendment Regulations 2015 Historic Abuse Cases (HAC) – User Charge Exemption for pre-1 July 1993 Matters Application to Cancel a Sentence of Imprisonment and Substit...

4. Legal aid

   Legal aid funding is available for the masjidain attack coronial Inquiry. Legal aid is government funding used to help people pay for a lawyer. The lawyer works for you, so they will act independently for you and are bound by the usual lawyer-client confidentiality rules. You can also choose which lawyer you want to use, and you can change lawyers if you would like. Legal aid is free for families of the deceased, victims of gunshot wounds, and witnesses present at the masjidain who are approved...

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   2. Christchurch Masjidain Attack Inquiry

5. 31 July Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 536 KB]

   JULY 2015 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. In this issue ... Paying Legal Aid Debts by Internet Banking Family Cost Contribution Orders and Submissions Vulnerable Children Act – Child Protection Policy Queries Paying Legal Aid Debts by Internet Banking Banks have updated and streamlined the internet banking p...

6. Legal aid payments to firms

   Annual report on legal aid payments to firms The payments to firms are for legal services provided by approved providers under the legal aid schemes and may not have been made directly to any individual named in the reports. The payments include the fees of approved providers, including those claimed on behalf of other approved providers, and disbursements for general office costs, travel costs, and special disbursements, which include fees for agents, expert witnesses, forensic tests, inte...

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7. LCRO 189/2020 ZK v XM (30 August 2021) [pdf, 168 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2021] NZLCRO 140 Ref: LCRO 189/2020 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN ZK Applicant AND XM Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been anonymised Introduction [1] Mr ZK ha...

8. Example client care letters [pdf, 21 KB]

   Criminal and Waitangi exemplar client care letter (Date) Legal Aid Number: _____________ CONFIDENTIAL – LEGALLY PRIVILEGED Clients Name Address City (Client postal address) (CITY) Dear [Mr/Miss/Ms] (client surname) Your case has been assigned to me by Legal Aid Services. I am the lawyer responsible for your file. Please contact me as soon as possible to arrange an appointment to discuss your case. The details of your next court appearance are as follows: V...

9. June Legal Aid News [pdf, 218 KB]

   justice.govt.nz LEGAL AID NEWS June 2017 Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month. IN THIS ISSUE … Update on changes to the administration of legal aid Criminal fixed fee review – second set of changed Views sought on greater use of on-site audits for legal aid providers Processing of duty lawyer and police detention legal assi...

10. Legal aid funding factsheet - international comparisions [pdf, 86 KB]

    LEGAL AID FACTSHEET 2 – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS New Zealand spends more on legal aid as a percentage of GDP (0.07% in 2008/09) than Australia and Canada, but less than England, Wales and Scotland. Recent reforms in England, Wales and Scotland take a similar approach to those being proposed in New Zealand – aiming to reduce expenditure by restricting eligibility and changing the way that providers are paid, while maintaining legal aid for criminal cases and the most vulner...