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1. Application for Criminal Legal Aid Form [pdf, 422 KB]

   Legal Aid PAGE 1 / 6 Application for criminal legal aid If you have any questions call 0800 2 LEGAL AID (253 425) or go to: www.justice.govt.nz/legal-aid Personal details 1 Title Mr Ms Mrs Miss 2 Full name 3 Have you ever used another name? Yes No If yes, your other names used: 4 Date of birth dd / mm / yyyy 5 Your current address Postcode 6 Your postal address (if different from current address, or in custody) Postcode 7 Home phone 8 Work phone 9 Mobile phone 10 Other contact...

2. Application for Criminal Legal Aid form [pdf, 358 KB]

   Legal Aid PAGE 1 / 6 Application for criminal legal aid If you have any questions call 0800 2 LEGAL AID (253 425) or go to: www.justice.govt.nz/legal-aid Personal details 1 Title Mr Ms Mrs Miss 2 Full name 3 Have you ever used another name? Yes No If yes, your other names used: 4 Date of birth dd / mm / yyyy 5 Your current address Postcode 6 Your postal address (if different from current address, or in custody) Postcode 7 Home phone 8 Work phone 9 Mobile phone 10 Other contact...

3. LCRO 13/2021 ZW v HN (25 November 2021) [pdf, 250 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2021] NZLCRO 197 Ref: LCRO 13/2021 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 ZW Applicant AND HN Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr ZW has a...

4. Legal aid review - public consultation commences

   The Ministry of Justice is encouraging everyone to have their say on New Zealand’s legal aid system, which provides government funding to pay for legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer. The Ministry has released a discussion document for public consultation which is available for submissions from 11 June to 1 August 2025. The start of the public consultation period was announced by the Minister of Justice, Hon Paul Goldsmith.  The objective of the review is to ensure that the le...

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5. 31 August Legal Aid News [pdf, 547 KB]

   August 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 ... Three fixed fees that may be claimed incorrectly Determining merit in Protection of Personal Property Rights Act 1988 applications Queries Three fixed fees that may be claimed incorrectly A recent internal review identified more clarity is required on the...

6. Consulation Paper [pdf, 315 KB]

   Consultation Paper Proposed changes to audit selection metrics in the legal aid Audit and Monitoring policy and Audit Terms of Reference Purpose 1. We are seeking comment from the legal profession on proposed changes to the Legal Aid Provider Auditing and Monitoring Policy (the audit policy) and the Legal Aid Provider Audit Terms of Reference (audit TOR). 2. The proposed changes would add additional risk assessment metrics used during the provider selection proces...

7. Legal aid review of criminal legal aid fixed fees - 2013 [pdf, 627 KB]

   1 | P a g e Review of criminal legal aid fixed fees – operational policy changes The review of criminal legal aid fixed fees has already raised a number of operational policy matters, the majority of which can be addressed immediately. These are discussed below. 1. Assignment of urgent (same day) cases Private providers and the Public Defence Service (PDS) have raised the issue of how Legal Aid Services (LAS) assigns urgent (where the court requires counsel on the same day...

8. Duty lawyer instructions for Tauranga District Court [pdf, 87 KB]

   Tauranga final duty lawyer instructions – January 2012 1 of 6 Tauranga District Court: Duty Lawyer Instructions applicable from 6 February 2012 Authority for the duty lawyer service 1. Under section 68(2)(b) of the Legal Services Act 2011, the Secretary for Justice has gazetted by notice the duty lawyer service as a specified legal service. 2. The Gazette notice specifies that the object of the duty lawyer service is to ensure that a sufficient number of lawyers...

9. OIA-120191.pdf [pdf, 861 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 30 April 2025 Ref: OIA 120191 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Legal aid data Thank you for your email of 11 March 2025, requesting legal aid data on the preparation of PAL 1 cases, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested: Please provide for each year, for the last five years, the...

10. OIA-97180.pdf [pdf, 612 KB]

    ...to request the Court hear or receive a report on their cultural background, how it may have related to the offence and how it could contribute to sentencing. We can, however, provide the number of section 27 cultural report invoices approved by Legal Aid for the 2021/2022 financial year. Please see Table 1 appended below. We can also provide the number of section 27 cultural reports commissioned by PDS for the 2021/2022 financial year. This data cannot be broken down into court t...