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Legislation

NZ Statutes
PCO | Lexis Advance | Westlaw

NZ Secondary Legislation
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Legislation A - I

Legislation A - I
Accident Compensation Act 2001 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Administration Act 1969 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Bail Act 2000 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Companies Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Contempt of Court Act 2019 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Contractual Mistakes Act 1977 (Repealed) PCO \| Westlaw	Contractual Remedies Act 1979 (Repealed) PCO \| Westlaw	Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Crimes Act 1961 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Criminal Procedure Act 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Evidence Act 2006 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Habeas Corpus Act 2001 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Illegal Contracts Act 1970 (Repealed) PCO \| Westlaw	Insolvency Act 1967 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Insolvency Act 2006 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Interpretation Act 1999 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Legislation J - Z

Judicature Act 1908 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Judicature (HC Rules) Amdt Act 2008 PCO \| Westlaw	Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Juries Act 1981 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Land Transport Act 1998 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Legal Services Act 2000 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Legal Services Act 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Legislation Act 2019 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Misuse of Drugs Amdt Act 1978 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Parole Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Personal Property Securities Act 1999 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Property Law Act 2007 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Property (Relationships) Act 1976 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Management Act 1991 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Search and Surveillance Act 2012 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Senior Courts Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Sentencing Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Sentencing and Parole Reform Act 2010 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Summary Offences Act 1981 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Summary Proceedings Act 1957 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Victims' Rights Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Wills Act 2007 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Secondary Legislation

Court of Appeal (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2009 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Court of Appeal (Civil) Rules 2005 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Court of Appeal (Criminal) Rules 2001 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Criminal Proceedings (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2009 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Regs 2009 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Crown Solicitors Regs 1994 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	High Court Rules 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Rules and Regulations for Lawyers (NZ Law Society)
Senior Courts (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Sentencing Regulations 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Case Law

All England Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	Case Search (Westlaw)	Civil Procedure Cases (Westlaw)
Criminal Cases (Westlaw)	Family Cases (Westlaw)	Judicial Decisions Online (JDO)
Linxplus (Lexis Advance)	NZ Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	NZLII
Supreme Court Decisions (Courts of NZ)

Commentary

Civil Procedure
High Court Rules (McGechan) (Westlaw)	High Court Rules - Forms		HCR - Time Allocations (McGechan) (Westlaw)
HCR - Appropriate Daily Recovery Rates (McGechan) (Westlaw)	High Court Rules - Repealed (McGechan) (Westlaw)		Judicature Act 1908 (McGechan) (Westlaw)
Judicature Act 1908 (McGechan) (Westlaw)
Company
Company Law (Westlaw)		Directors' Powers and Duties / Watts (3rd ed : 2022) (Lexis Advance)			Morison's Company Law (Lexis Advance)
Private Receivers of Companies in New Zealand / Blanchard and Gedye (2008) (Lexis Advance)		Wells' Limited Partnership Handbook / Wells and Wilkie (2008) (Lexis Advance)
Criminal
Adams on Criminal Law (Westlaw)		Garrow and Turkington's Criminal Law in NZ (Lexis Advance)		Hall's Sentencing (Lexis Advance)
Evidence
Adams on Criminal Law - Evidence (Westlaw)		Cross on Evidence (New Zealand) (Lexis Advance)		Mahoney on evidence: Act and analysis (2nd ed, 2024) (ProView)
Other
Burrows and Carter Statute Law in New Zealand / Carter (5th ed : 2015) (Lexis Advance)		Fair Trading : Misleading or Deceptive Conduct / Trotman and Wilson (2nd ed : 2013) (Lexis Advance)		Insolvency Law (Westlaw)
Intellectual Property Law in New Zealand / Finch (2nd ed : 2012) (Westlaw)		Intellectual Property in New Zealand / Frankel (2nd ed : 2011) (Lexis Advance)		Judicial Review : A New Zealand Perspective / Taylor (4th ed : 2018) (Lexis Advance)
Law of Contract in New Zealand / Burrows, Finn and Todd (7th ed : 2022) (Lexis Advance)		Law of Societies in New Zealand / von Dadelszen (3rd ed : 2013) (Lexis Advance)		Nevill's Trusts Drafting Handbook / Douglas, Richardson and Parsons (3rd ed : 2021) (Lexis Advance)
Nevill's Will Drafting Handbook / Douglas, Richardson and Parsons (8th ed : 2021) (Lexis Advance)		Personal Injury in NZ (Westlaw)		ProView

Useful Resources

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations	CCH iKnowConnect home page	Find a Lawyer or Organisation (NZ Law Society)
Guidelines for Māori Language Orthography (PDF)	Laws of NZ (Lexis Advance)	Lexis Advance home page
NZ Law Style Guide (Law Foundation NZ)	OverDrive (LexisNexis)	Practical Guidance - Business Law (Lexis Advance)
Practical Guidance - Criminal (Lexis Advance)	UK Sentencing Council Guidelines	Westlaw home page