Evaluation of Legal Aid providers survey [pdf, 897 KB]
...reintroduces a user charge for family and civil legal aid. This will encourage legal aid applicants to consider whether to proceed with a case. The April 2011 announcement also included a new purchase approach for legal aid services, for which legislative change was not needed. Changes to purchase arrangements include further expansion of the Public Defence Service (PDS) to take up to 50% of criminal legal aid cases in New Zealand’s busiest courts; introduction of fixed fees for cas...