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Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill (Consistent) [2020] NZBORARp 46 (7 September 2020)

Last Updated: 10 October 2020

7 September 2020

LEGAL ADVICE

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Hon David Parker, Attorney-General

Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill

1. We have considered whether the Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’), a Member’s Bill in the name of Chris Bishop MP, is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’).
2. The Bill amends the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (‘the Act’) to allow employed lawyers to do free legal work outside of their employment, provided their employers agree and it is in accordance with any practice rules made under the Act by the New Zealand Law Society.
3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act.
   

Edrick Child

Acting Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel