NZ Bar Association

Australia and New Zealand Bar Associations, Antipodean Advocacy - Trans-Tasman Perspectives Conference : 23-24 August 2019, Queenstown, NZ

Book now for the Auckland Bench and Bar Dinner - The Wintergarden, Northern Club - now being held on Wednesday 26 June 2019

A webinar on 27 June 2019 on the effective use of exhibits in both criminal and civil proceedings.

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Legal Community Counselling Service now available

NZBA President, Kate Davenport QC has congratulated the New Zealand Law Society for introducing a nine-month trial of a free and confidential professional counselling service.

NZBA Congratulates Justice Joseph Williams and David Goddard QC

On behalf of the NZBA, President Kate Davenport QC congratulates the Hon. Justice Joseph Williams on his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench and David Goddard QC, who has been appointed as a Judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal

Use of Electronic Common Bundles and Casebooks

Practitioners should be aware of the recent 2019 High Court Practice Note on the use of electronic common bundles and electronic casebooks in both the civil and criminal jurisdictions, as well the Senior Courts Civil Electronic Document Protocol,