In February 2008 the NZBA and the LRF jointly held the very successful conference Civil Litigation in Crisis - What Crisis?.  That conference generated numerous suggestions for improvement of the civil litigation system.

The seminar Civil Litigation - Beyond the Crisis?, held jointly with the NZBA, LRF and University of Otago Legal Issues Centre focussed on:

• International experience with access to justice issues and the lessons we can learn from overseas reform;

• The preliminary results of a recent survey by Otago University's Legal Issues Centre about New Zealand's civil court system; and

• Changes to New Zealand civil procedure - including the introduction of a fast track, changes to the written briefs regime, proposed discovery reforms being considered by the Rules Committee, and debate about further reform.

A full conference report can be found on  the "Conference Papers" page of the Members-Area.