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This agency documentation was created as part of a project to capture information relating to the current structure of government. Archives New Zealand has not received any transfers from this agency.
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New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) was established on 3 September 1869 under the provisions of the New Zealand Law Society's Act 1869. The functions and structure of the Society were reconstituted under the Law Practitioners Acts of 1908, 1931, 1955 and 1982, and Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
Previous legislation provided for 14 district law societies with their own statutory powers, operating in a federal structure with the New Zealand Law Society. The statutory role of districts ceased on 31 January 2009 and, with the exception of Auckland, their assets and liabilities were transferred to the New Zealand Law Society.1
Functions and Responsibilities2
The regulatory functions of the NZLS were set out in section 65 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. They included controlling and regulating the practice of the profession of law in New Zealand, and assisting and promoting the reform of the law (for the purpose of upholding the rule of law and the administration of justice).
Among the Society’s regulatory activities were:
- issuing practising certificates;
- maintaining a register of lawyers;
- making practice rules;
- law reform activities, including submissions on legislation;
- managing the Lawyers Complaints Service;
- operating a Financial Assurance scheme;
- operating a Fidelity Fund.
The representative functions of the Society were to represent its members and to serve their interests.
The NZLS regulated all lawyers, who had to pay the required regulatory fees and levies. Full membership of the Society was voluntary and open to any lawyer that had a current practising certificate. The benefits of membership included access to the full range of the Society’s representative services and the opportunity to have a say in the way the profession was regulated.
Services provided by the Society included continuing legal education (provided by the NZLS through its branches) and the provision of the legal executive diploma. Branches provided representative services and activities, including collegial activities.
Structure
A Constitution set out the membership, election processes and meeting procedures for the Society’s governing bodies. The NZLS was governed by a Council and managed by a Board.
The Council comprised of:
- a President (and President-Elect where applicable);
- four Vice-Presidents, of whom - (i) 1 was a member practising in the Auckland District area appointed on the nomination of the Auckland Branch (Auckland vice-president): (ii) 1 was a member practising in the Wellington District area appointed on the nomination of the Wellington Branch (Wellington vice-president): (iii) 1 was a member practising in 1 of the Central North Island District areas elected on the nomination of a Central North Island District (North Island vice-president): (iv) 1 was a member practising in the South Island elected on the nomination of a district in the South Island (South Island vice-president);
- one member from each district law society;
- the chair or president of each of the Society’s sections;
- the chair or president of the New Zealand Bar Association; and
- a representative of the large law firm corporation (a company/incorporated society that the large law firms formed to represent them).3
The Council met at least once a year.
The Board acted as the executive body, managing the affairs of the Society and exercising most of the functions and powers of the Council under delegation. The Board comprised the President (and President-Elect where applicable) and the four Vice-Presidents. It appointed members to the Society’s committees.4 The NZLS committees were:
- Accident Compensation Committee;
- Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee;
- Commercial and Business Law Committee;
- Courthouse Committee;
- Criminal Law Committee;
- Employment Law Committee;
- Environmental Law Committee;
- Health Law Committee;
- Human Rights & Privacy Committee;
- Immigration and Refugee Law Committee;
- Intellectual Property Law Committee;
- Law Reform Committee;
- Legal Services Committee;
- Public and Administrative Law Committee;
- Rule of Law Committee;
- Taxation Law Committee;
- Youth Justice Committee.5
The NZLS was supported by its secretariat, under the leadership of the Executive Director. As of June 2011, the secretariat staff included:
- General Manager Law Reform and Policy;
- General Manager Finance and Administration;
- General Manager Representative and Auckland Branch Manager;
- General Manager Regulatory;
- Sections' Manager;
- Financial Assurance Manager;
- Registry Manager;
- NZLS Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Limited Chief Executive.
The Society had branches based in Auckland, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Whanganui, Waikato-Bay of Plenty, Wellington, and Westland districts.
- About Us - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us (accessed 7 June 2011).
- ibid.
- NZLS Council - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_council, and the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers) Constitution 2008 (SR 2008/216) - New Zealand Legislation website (Parliamentary Counsel Office), http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0216/latest/DLM1456101.html (accessed 7 June 2011).
- About Us - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us (accessed 7 June 2011).
- NZLS Committees - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_committees (accessed 7 June 2011).
- NZLS Secretariat - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_secretariat (accessed 7 June 2011).
Show History
Establishment
New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) was established on 3 September 1869 under the provisions of the New Zealand Law Society's Act 1869. The functions and structure of the Society were reconstituted under the Law Practitioners Acts of 1908, 1931, 1955 and 1982, and Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
Previous legislation provided for 14 district law societies with their own statutory powers, operating in a federal structure with the New Zealand Law Society. The statutory role of districts ceased on 31 January 2009 and, with the exception of Auckland, their assets and liabilities were transferred to the New Zealand Law Society.1
Functions and Responsibilities2
The regulatory functions of the NZLS were set out in section 65 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. They included controlling and regulating the practice of the profession of law in New Zealand, and assisting and promoting the reform of the law (for the purpose of upholding the rule of law and the administration of justice).
Among the Society’s regulatory activities were:
- issuing practising certificates;
- maintaining a register of lawyers;
- making practice rules;
- law reform activities, including submissions on legislation;
- managing the Lawyers Complaints Service;
- operating a Financial Assurance scheme;
- operating a Fidelity Fund.
The representative functions of the Society were to represent its members and to serve their interests.
The NZLS regulated all lawyers, who had to pay the required regulatory fees and levies. Full membership of the Society was voluntary and open to any lawyer that had a current practising certificate. The benefits of membership included access to the full range of the Society’s representative services and the opportunity to have a say in the way the profession was regulated.
Services provided by the Society included continuing legal education (provided by the NZLS through its branches) and the provision of the legal executive diploma. Branches provided representative services and activities, including collegial activities.
Structure
A Constitution set out the membership, election processes and meeting procedures for the Society’s governing bodies. The NZLS was governed by a Council and managed by a Board.
The Council comprised of:
- a President (and President-Elect where applicable);
- four Vice-Presidents, of whom - (i) 1 was a member practising in the Auckland District area appointed on the nomination of the Auckland Branch (Auckland vice-president): (ii) 1 was a member practising in the Wellington District area appointed on the nomination of the Wellington Branch (Wellington vice-president): (iii) 1 was a member practising in 1 of the Central North Island District areas elected on the nomination of a Central North Island District (North Island vice-president): (iv) 1 was a member practising in the South Island elected on the nomination of a district in the South Island (South Island vice-president);
- one member from each district law society;
- the chair or president of each of the Society’s sections;
- the chair or president of the New Zealand Bar Association; and
- a representative of the large law firm corporation (a company/incorporated society that the large law firms formed to represent them).3
The Council met at least once a year.
The Board acted as the executive body, managing the affairs of the Society and exercising most of the functions and powers of the Council under delegation. The Board comprised the President (and President-Elect where applicable) and the four Vice-Presidents. It appointed members to the Society’s committees.4 The NZLS committees were:
- Accident Compensation Committee;
- Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee;
- Commercial and Business Law Committee;
- Courthouse Committee;
- Criminal Law Committee;
- Employment Law Committee;
- Environmental Law Committee;
- Health Law Committee;
- Human Rights & Privacy Committee;
- Immigration and Refugee Law Committee;
- Intellectual Property Law Committee;
- Law Reform Committee;
- Legal Services Committee;
- Public and Administrative Law Committee;
- Rule of Law Committee;
- Taxation Law Committee;
- Youth Justice Committee.5
The NZLS was supported by its secretariat, under the leadership of the Executive Director. As of June 2011, the secretariat staff included:
- General Manager Law Reform and Policy;
- General Manager Finance and Administration;
- General Manager Representative and Auckland Branch Manager;
- General Manager Regulatory;
- Sections' Manager;
- Financial Assurance Manager;
- Registry Manager;
- NZLS Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Limited Chief Executive.
The Society had branches based in Auckland, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Whanganui, Waikato-Bay of Plenty, Wellington, and Westland districts.
- About Us - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us (accessed 7 June 2011).
- ibid.
- NZLS Council - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_council, and the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers) Constitution 2008 (SR 2008/216) - New Zealand Legislation website (Parliamentary Counsel Office), http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0216/latest/DLM1456101.html (accessed 7 June 2011).
- About Us - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us (accessed 7 June 2011).
- NZLS Committees - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_committees (accessed 7 June 2011).
- NZLS Secretariat - New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/about_us/nzls_secretariat (accessed 7 June 2011).
The establishment date of the New Zealand Law Society is based on the enactment date of the New Zealand Law Society's Act 1869, 3 September 1869. The Society was reconsituted under the Law Practitioners Acts of 1908, 1931, 1955 and 1982, and Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
This agency documentation was created as part of a project to capture information relating to the current structure of government. Archives New Zealand has not received any transfers from this agency.
- New Zealand Law Society website, http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/ (accessed 7 June 2011).
- New Zealand Legal Information Institute, http://www.nzlii.org/ (accessed 7 June 2011).
- New Zealand Legislation website (Parliamentary Counsel Office), http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ (accessed 7 June 2011).
Show Other Mandates
- District Courts (Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006) Amendment Rules 2008 (SR 2008/197)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Indemnity) Rules 2008 (SR 2008/212)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Fidelity Fund) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/190)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Complaints Service and Standards Committees) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/186)
- Law Practitioners and New Zealand Law Society Act Amendment 1896
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Income Sharing With Patent Attorneys) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/220)
- Law Practitioners Act 1903
- Law Practitioners Act 1882
- Law Practitioners Act 1982
- Law Practitioners Act 1861
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2007
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2008
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act Commencement Order 2008 (SR 2008/182)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Senior Counsel and Queen's Counsel) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/194)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Practice Rules) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/131)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Disciplinary Tribunal) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/165)
- New Zealand Law Society Act 1869 Amendment Act 1877
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Disciplinary Tribunal) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/184)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers) Constitution 2008 (SR 2008/216)
- Law Practitioners Act 1908
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Nominee Company) Rules 2008 (SR 2008/213)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (SR 2008/214)
- Law Practitioners Act 1931
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Admission) Rules 2008 (SR 2008/195)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Practice Rules) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/188)
- Law Practitioners Act 1955
- High Court (Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006) Amendment Rules 2008 (SR 2008/196)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Legal Complaints Review Officer) Form and Fee Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/185)
- Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006
- Law Practitioners Act 1882 Amendment Act 1883
- Law Practitioners Act 1892
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- πΌ Law practitioners (legal services) regulation (2008 ‑ )
- πΌ Law practitioners regulation (1854 ‑ 2008)
- π Attorney-General (1841 ‑ )
- π Justice (1870 ‑ )
- π Realm of New Zealand (1947 ‑ )
- π Dominion of New Zealand (1907 ‑ 1947)
- π Self-Governing Colony of New Zealand (1869 ‑ 1907)