Supreme Court of New Zealand — recent judgments: February 2024

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A summary of decisions delivered in February 2024 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.

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New Author for Family Law

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Thomson Reuters welcomes back Jane Hunter to the Family Law products; we never like to let our authors go and are always glad to see them back.

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Bill to remove legal aid funding for s 27 sentencing reports before Parliament

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The Legal Services Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced under urgency and read a first time on 20 February 2024. (The second reading debate was interrupted with four speeches remaining.)

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McGechan author appointed a High Court Judge

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Thomson Reuters welcomes the appointment of longstanding McGechan on Procedure author Jason McHerron, as a Judge of the High Court.

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Westlaw New Zealand Guide - How to find and search case law

This guide outlines how to find case law by case citation, case title, citing legislation or by judicial definition. This guide also outlines different search methods using key words.

  • Find a case using the case citation
  • Find a case by title or party name 
  • Find cases which cite a section of legislation 
  • Find cases which judicially considers a word or phrase 
  • Search cases using Plain Language 
  • Search cases using Terms and Connectors 
  • Build your search using “Find documents that have” in the cases advanced search template.
  • Refine search results

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Legislation added to Westlaw New Zealand: December 2023

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The following new Acts, Bills and subordinate legislation are now available on Westlaw New Zealand.

Legislation can also be found using the legislation search page. Bills can be found using the bills search page.

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