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The Law Foundation congratulates Professor Richard Boast QC, VUW Law Faculty, for being awarded this year’s JF Northey Prize for the best book published in 2019 by a New Zealand author: The Native Land Court Volume 3 1910-1953: Collectivism, Land … Continue reading →

The results of a six-year research project by the University of Otago’s Children’s Issues Centre evaluating the 2014 Family Law Reforms show many parents and caregivers want their children’s voices to be heard when making post-separation parenting arrangements or navigating … Continue reading →

The report by psychologists Suzanne Blackwell and Fred Seymour, and lawyer Sarah Mandeno examines evidence given by memory expert witnesses in sexual violence trials and appellate courts in New Zealand. In Part One their report provides an overview of legislation … Continue reading →

Warren Forster, NZ Law Foundation 2017 InternationalResearch Fellow, talks to Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon about the following items: Complexities and anomalies of ACC coverage under current legislation Significance of contact tracing for those who catch Covid-19 at their … Continue reading →

The New Zealand Law Foundation has long been a champion for youth justice initiatives. Now, the trustees welcome a new report from the Henwood Trust suggesting a community mechanism to further support rangatahi in a whanau setting capturing more resources … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the award of the 2020 New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship for outstanding women lawyers. This year’s winner is Ana Lenard. The award honours Ethel Benjamin, New Zealand’s first woman barrister and solicitor, who … Continue reading →

Research recently released by the University of Auckland’s School of Psychology investigated the Sexual Violence Pilot Courts in relation to child witnesses. The pilot courts, set up in December 2016, aimed to reduce the negative impact of court involvement on … Continue reading →

The Crossover Youth Scoping Study recently released by the Henwood Trust recommends undertaking a larger research project using statistics from the government’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), a database containing statistics from across all New Zealand government agencies. This would add … Continue reading →

Professor Elisabeth McDonald’s book “Rape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process: Comparing adult rape trials with those of the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Pilot” was launched at her public talk “A cross-examination of rape myths”, on 26th Feb at … Continue reading →

Assessment of Mental Capacity is a much needed practical guide for medical and legal practitioners responsible for assessing mental capacity – for when an individual’s ability to make their own decisions is impaired due to dementia, a learning or intellectual … Continue reading →