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The New Zealand Law Society was established by statute in 1869. The current legislation is the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (LCA) , which came into force on 1 August 2008. The Act continues the Law Society and sets out its regulatory and representative functions and powers.
The Legal Aid Act 1939 (No 42) [5] "authorized the New Zealand Law Society to establish committees and panels of legal practitioners for the assistance of poor persons", and gave the Governor-General the ability to introduce regulations surrounding the definition of a "poor person". [5]
The office of King's Counsel was established in New Zealand in 1907. [1] During the reign of a male sovereign, appointees are called King's Counsel, and this applied from 1907 to 1952 during the reign of Edward VII (1907–1910), [2] George V (1910–1936), [3] Edward VIII (1936), [4] and George VI (1936–1952). [5]
In 2004 a new Supreme Court was established, becoming New Zealand's court of last resort following the simultaneous abolition of the right to appeal to the Privy Council. [ 17 ] In 1865 a Native Land Court was established to "define the land rights of Māori people under Māori custom and to translate those rights or customary titles into land ...
First published in 1975 under the editorship of Wellington lawyer George Joseph, the editorship then passed to journalist Nadoo Balantine Scott and, in 2001, to broadcaster and publisher Michael Woolf, [1] who introduced an online supplement - the New Zealand Charity and Legal Internet Gazette - in 2003. [2]
The New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) is operated by the University of Otago faculty of law with assistance from the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington. It contains more than 100 databases of New Zealand law including many decision from courts and tribunals that are not available anywhere else ...
The Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society was founded in 1993 and is a learned society for legal historians. Its membership is based primarily in Australia and New Zealand, and includes professional and academic historians as well as lawyers.
In New Zealand it has been legal for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons to serve in the military since New Zealand's Human Rights Act 1993 ended most forms of employment discrimination against lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. New Zealand military leaders did not oppose the end of military service discrimination.