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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...
Provider Contract for Services and Practice Standards for Legal Aid Lawyers Consultation response report Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Consultation proposal-Provider Contract ............................................................................................... 2 Improving and streamlining the Contract ....................
...Hours Guilty Plea/Sentencing (both same day – no stand down) OR Charges withdrawn Flat fee of $220 including any disbursements For Taking instructions, attending the client Receiving and reviewing disclosure Identifying legal and factual issues Engaging in charge resolution/negotiation Attending Registrar’s/Judge’s List Court Entering plea Obtaining pre-sentencing reports Preparing and delivering sentencing submissions Receiving sentence Reporti...
Legal Services Amendment Bill 2005 26 April 2005 Attorney-General LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: LEGAL SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 2005 - PCO 6382/7 Our Ref ATT114/1371 1. We have vetted this Bill for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ("the BORA"). We consider that the Bill is consistent with the rights and freedoms contained in the BORA. 2. The Bill amends the Legal Services Act 2000 following a review of th...
...payment of $40,000.00 from the fund on 24 December 2009 to the Whakapoungakau 24 11 Waiariki MB 192 Trust even though the costs incurred by them exceeded that amount. 1 At the date of judgment I understand that the trust’s unpaid legal costs exceed $165,000.00. [2] On 29 April 2010 Mr La Hatte on behalf of Mr Eru reapplied for assistance from the fund. I understand his client is liable for approximately $25,000.00 in legal costs of which Mr Eru has apparently paid...
...determination issued on 28 August 2013, 2 the Authority awarded Denby Caterers $2,000 towards its costs, directing also that “Ms MacDonald is to have time to pay that sum” to take account of her financial circumstances. [5] Ms MacDonald was granted legal aid in respect of her challenge to the Authority’s determination on 10 October 2013. [6] Ms Rowe has advanced every conceivable argument that can be made in the circumstances for an order requiring Ms MacDonald to give secu...
Legal Aid News - February Vulnerable Children legislation and related changes to legal aid The Vulnerable Children legislation received Royal Assent on 1 July 2014 and puts in place a number of reforms which are further outlined in the Children’s Action Plan to provide a framework for protecting and improving the wellbeing of vulnerable New Zealand children. Several new initiatives will start being phased in later this year, including new requirements for organisations and people...