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1. Apply for a review

   How much does it cost? There’s no fee to apply to the Legal Aid Tribunal. How to apply If you want to apply to the tribunal, you must do so within 20 working days of the Commissioner’s review decision.   In exceptional circumstances, you can ask the tribunal to give you an extension when you apply for a review. There’s a space in the application form for you to explain why the tribunal should consider your application even if it’s late. You must file your late application no la...

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2. Information held by the Ministry of Justice

   The Ministry of Justice holds a wide range of information related to its functions and its decision-making processes.  This includes our work in supporting the courts and tribunals, leading the Justice Sector, administering the legal aid system, negotiating Treaty of Waitangi settlements, developing justice policy, managing the Public Defence Service, collecting fines and reparation, providing criminal conviction history checks and funding a range of services to help people going through th...

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3. AODT TL EOI May 2023 [pdf, 169 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street SX 10088 | Wellington T 04 466 0666 | legalaidprovider@justice.govt.nz 31 May 2023 Tēnā koutou Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Courts in Auckland, Waitākere and Hamilton We’re looking for expressions of interests from experienced defence lawyers who are passionate about therapeutic approaches to justice, and who can commit to up to 20 hours per week, to lead the legal services team in one of three AODT Courts as a...

4. NZHC 349 28 February 2013 Therese Anne Sisson v The Standards Committee [pdf, 181 KB]

   ...misconduct were laid before the Tribunal. The essence of the first was that in the context of acting for a client, Ms H, in a de facto relationship property claim the appellant ‘deducted from monies held for Ms H the sum of $17,454.80 in payment of (legal) costs without seeking or receiving authority to do so from the Legal Services Agency’. The second charge alleged that the appellant deducted the legal costs without Ms H’s authority and when the costs were covered by a gr...

5. OIA-124232.pdf [pdf, 779 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 3 September 2025 Our ref: OIA 124232 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Legal aid funding Thank you for your email of 28 July 2025, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting information, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), regarding legal aid funding. Specifically, you requested: Could you please provi...

6. OIA-96834.pdf [pdf, 520 KB]

   ...Thank you for your emails of 19 June 2022 and 15 July 2022 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): How many mental health assessments and how many alcohol and drug assessments were funded by legal aid in 2021? And How many alcohol and drug assessments were paid for by legal aid services in 2021 - for the criminal courts? If you have the breakdown by region or each district court, that would be helpful. Due to similar n...

7. Applying to be a legal aid provider - Selection Committee guidance [pdf, 423 KB]

   ...approval at PAL 2 or higher, they can accept parole assignments and do not need a separate Parole Board approval. Employment Advocate approval Employment advocate approval is available for non-lawyer employment advocates. Lawyers who want to represent legally aided clients in employment matters need civil legal aid approval. Advocates applying for approval must be members of the Employment Law Institute of New Zealand (ELINZ). ELINZ members are bound by the ELINZ Code of Conduct. Ap...

8. Duty lawyer instructions for Dunedin District Court [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...DC duty lawyer instructions Oct 2011 1 of 6 Dunedin District Court: Duty Lawyer instructions applicable from 7 November 2011 Authority for the duty lawyer service 1. The Secretary for Justice has, under section 68(2)(b) of the Legal Services Act 2011, gazetted the duty lawyer service as a specified legal service. 2. The Gazette notice sets out the object of the duty lawyer service which is to ensure that a sufficient number of lawyers is available in each district...

9. Legal Aid - Flowchart - Criminal [pdf, 38 KB]

   Getting legal aid for a criminal case Work with your legal aid lawyer on your case Call us on 0800 2 LEGAL AID 0800 253 425 Your application is approved You must meet any conditions of your legal aid grant, such as making interim repayments Once your case is closed, we’ll send you a letter letting you know what to do next, such as making any repayments Your application is declined You can ask for the decision to be reviewed We’ll look at your your application with...

10. Proactive-release-Legal-Services-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...The extent to which these can be realised will depend on whether the information currently included in section 27 reports continues to be provided to, or sought by, the Court via other means, such as psychologist reports. These will continue to be legally aided. 1 The Legal Services Act 2011 establishes that decisions as to whether to grant legal aid or not, including to cover the cost of section 27 reports, are taken independently by the Legal Services Commissioner. 2k5ufzjrvz 202...