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...www.justice.govt.nz mailto:lsc@justice.govt.nz http://www.justice.govt.nz/ iii Contents Duty lawyer service Introduction Appointment as a duty lawyer Contract for the Provision of Specified Legal Services Authority for the service Glossary Responsibilities of duty lawyers Taking instructions Applications for criminal legal aid Attendance requirements Supervision of the duty lawyer service Payment Travel time a...
July 2016 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 ... Family Legal Advice Service (FLAS) testing outcomes Requesting Benefit information Criminal assignment availability Consultation on revised operational policies for limited and temporary approvals Form 50 – Expert Request now in editable PDF format Criminal in...
...www.justice.govt.nz http://www.justice.govt.nz/ iii Contents Duty lawyer service 4 Introduction 4 Appointment as a duty lawyer 4 Authority for the service 4 Glossary 4 Responsibilities of duty lawyers 5 Applications for criminal legal aid 6 Attendance requirements 6 Supervision of the duty lawyer service 7 Payment 8 Travel time and mileage 9 Specific arrangements at courts with PDS Supervisors 10 Removal from the duty lawyer roster 10 Appendix 1 – Instru...
If you are not happy with the standard of legal services you receive, you should first try to talk about the issue with your legal aid lawyer. Legal aid lawyers must give you written information about how they handle client complaints and are obliged to deal with complaints about their services promptly and fairly. If you have talked to your legal aid lawyer about the issue and you are not satisfied with the response, or your concern cannot be raised with your lawyer, you may contact us about y...
Legal aid is government funding to pay for a lawyer for people who cannot afford one, and need one in the interests of justice. People who get legal aid may have to repay part or all of their legal aid costs. Do I need to make repayments? Legal aid is considered a loan. You may have to repay some or all of your legal aid, depending on how much you earn, what property you own and whether you receive any money or property as a result of your case. The information you give on your application form...
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 4 October 2024 Ref: OIA 115546 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Debt to Government framework Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 3 September 2024 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). Specifically, you requested: The content of this Official Information R...
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 16 July 2025 Ref: OIA 123110 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Information regarding legal aid providers and expenditure Thank you for your email of 19 June 2025, requesting information about legal aid providers and legal aid services expenditure. Specifically, you requested: 1. Updated number of current lega...
...relevant material, including the Applicant’s summary of his “fresh evidence” and provided him with an opinion to the effect that the Applicant had “no prospect whatsoever of a successful application for re hearing”, nor did he think that the Legal Services Agency (LSA) “would be prepared to fund any kind of criminal or civil procedure based on the events which [had] occurred”. (The LSA is now part of the Ministry of Justice but for convenience sake it still will be ref...
September 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 ... Text Messaging Waitangi Disbursements Policy Care of Children Act (CoCA) guidelines Marteley v The Legal Services Commissioner – Supreme Court decision Queries Text Messaging From 2 November 2015, text messages will be sent to criminal provider...
April 2016 Consultation Paper Proposed limited approval and temporary approval policies for legal aid providers Table of Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Background to current policies ............................................................................................................... 2 Proposed changes to the Temporary Appro...