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Version 21 – October 2023 page 1 10/23 form 44a Tax Invoice Civil Legal Aid Fixed Fees Employment (Employment Relations Authority) Legal aid file no. Invoice date Invoice number GST number Lead provider’s ref. To: Legal Aid, DX Box Number City Customer Lead provider Provider number Law firm Firm number Details of claim Fixed Fee: Date fixed fee(s) completed Fixed Fee Plus: Covers period from to Interim invoice F...
...client unless there are special reasons not to do so. The information can include the client’s personal, family, whānau, community, and cultural background and how those matters may be relevant to the offending, sentencing and rehabilitation. Legal aid lawyers can request funding for these reports through the legal aid scheme, whilst Public Defence Service (PDS) lawyers can request these reports through their budget appropriation. Please note that should a client wish to privately ar...
...I get a lawyer? Yes. If you have a case, or application, that’s already in progress you will be able to get a lawyer from 1 July 2020. How do I get a lawyer? You can either ask a private lawyer to act for you or you may be eligible for legal aid. Legal aid means you can access funding for a lawyer. Eligibility for legal aid depends on your income, assets and the merits of the legal case. To determine whether you can afford a lawyer, Legal Aid Services will consider:...
Grants handbook for legal aid lawyers The grants handbook contains legal aid policies and procedures on: applications eligible applicants and proceedings reassignments invoicing/claims debt management reconsideration/reviews disbursements specific instructions on various areas of law. For further clarification contact a legal aid office
...awarded to the plaintiff were small compared with the costs of the litigation. That raises the question whether a plaintiff in Mr Doran’s position should have to contribute a substantial part of his remedies to costs. (d) As the plaintiff was legally aided, the rates at which his counsel were paid for their work were minimal. This raises the question whether the plaintiff should be reimbursed for a greater proportion of the costs incurred on his behalf than would otherwise hav...
LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2022] NZLCRO 014 Ref: LCRO 136/2021 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 YL Applicant AND OB Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Ms YL has...
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The purpose of this roster is to assist patients to be referred to legal aid providers in a timely matter for mental health legal aid cases to meet their needs. The roster is renewed every four months. If you are a rostered lawyer and have any questions regarding the mental health rosters, contact the national schedulers at duty.lawyer@justice.govt.nz. Information on the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act can be found here....
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 7 July 2025 Ref: OIA 121263 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Waitangi Tribunal lawyers and consultants Thank you for your email of 10 April 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the amount paid to Waitangi Tribunal lawyers and consultants over the last five...
The Legal Services Commissioner’s decision and response to the review of the criminal fixed fees is now published. The review aimed to gather information on how the fees are working in practice and to identify any issues or gaps in the schedules. Increases in Government funding to enable the Legal Services Commissioner to revise the criminal legal aid fees will be staged over three years from 2016 to 2018. Three new separate criminal legal aid fee schedules have been developed for each financi...