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News and updates relevant to Independent Bar.

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The NZBA is committed to developing a referral bar that reflects the diversity of the legal profession and the wider community.

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Justice

Legal profession identifies key areas for improving access to justice

Authors of a New Zealand Bar Association Access to Justice Report are calling on greater involvement from the country’s barristers combined with more support for Legal Aid to enable a fairer system of legal representation. The Report notes that there has been an increase in the number of people who can’t afford lawyers, and those representing themselves who are potentially disadvantaged because of their lack of knowledge.

Gender scales

Research shows female lawyers greatly under-represented in New Zealand’s highest courts

Research funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation, and carried out by the New Zealand Bar Association, has shown that female lawyers are greatly under-represented in appearances before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

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Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

New Zealand reports to the United Nations’ Committee Against Torture periodically on measures taken to implement the “Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment” domestically.

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26
CPD Training

Getting Practical With Arbitration - Live and recorded webinar

Webinar, New Zealand, New Zealand
Oct
18
Social

Wellington Bench and Bar Dinner

Nicolini's, Wellington, New Zealand

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