The Association's Annual Bench and Bar Dinner will be held at The Wellington Club on Thursday 13 June 2013. Registration available soon. Mark your diaries now!
The New Zealand Bar Association (NZBA)
Welcome to the website of the New Zealand Bar Association, an incorporated society which comprises mainly lawyers/advocates who practise at the Independent Bar, i.e. usually as specialist litigators or advocates, or experts in dispute resolution, in sole practice.
The website will provide you with contact details for members of the NZBA. Visitors may also access public documents and information of general interest. Members may access additional information which is confidential to the NZBA in the Members Area.
The NZBA would like to acknowledge the support it receives from its sponsors and service providers.
NZBA Conference 2013
Queenstown
23rd August 2013 - 25th August 2013
Mark your calendars - registration starts soon!
Events Calendar
The Victorian Bar's Lawyers Mediation Certificate Course
24 May 2013 | Melbourne | more info...
Commerce and the Regulators - Regulatory Enforcement: Extension of Liability
This half day seminar is aimed at quickly but effectively updating lawyers, accountants, directors and business people on reforms involving financial markets and the Commerce Act.
12 June 2013 | Auckland | more info...
Experts as Witnesses
This seminar is aimed at both lawyers and experts who appear as witnesses in all spheres of litigation and will provide insights on the best ways for them to work with each other.
20 June 2013 | Auckland | more info...
All Events...
Important Updates
Justice Robert Chambers
The Bar and the wider legal profession are shocked and deeply saddened at the sudden death of Justice Robert Chambers. New Zealand has lost an outstanding jurist who had much more to contribute. His untimely death is a significant and tragic loss.
11:53 AM, 23 May 2013 | read more...Queen's Counsel Appointments
The Attorney-General, the Hon Christopher Finlayson, has announced the appointments of 26 Queen’s Counsel.
12:44 PM, 21 May 2013 | read more...Changes to Court Services: New District Court Structure
NZBA has been asked to inform members of a new District Court management structure which took effect on Monday 22 April 2013.
3:11 PM, 23 April 2013 | read more...Press Release: Message from NZBA President re Sensible Sentencing Trust Web Site Proposal
The New Zealand Bar Association strongly deprecates the proposal by the Sensible Sentencing Trust to launch a web site said to be designed to “out bad judges”.
2:34 PM, 18 April 2013 | read more...International support for release of human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa
Zimbabwean Human Rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was arrested on 17 March 2013 in the course of doing her duty to protect her client.
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