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NZ courts release revised courtroom conduct guidelines for counsel

NZ courts release revised courtroom conduct guidelines for counsel

Update replaces etiquette guidelines for counsel in court, published in 2009

NZ chief justice’s annual report details court modernisation, access-to-justice initiatives

NZ chief justice’s annual report details court modernisation, access-to-justice initiatives

‘This report gives a sense of the range of the work that courts do’: Helen Winkelmann

Russell McVeagh’s Edward David Crook to join High Court as a judge

Russell McVeagh’s Edward David Crook to join High Court as a judge

He will start sitting in Auckland on 24 August 2026

Neil Campbell and David Johnstone to join Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, respectively

Neil Campbell and David Johnstone to join Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, respectively

Appointments of new judges take effect on 16 July 2026

Chief justice, attorney-general honour life and work of late Kenneth Keith

Chief justice, attorney-general honour life and work of late Kenneth Keith

He was an inaugural Supreme Court judge, first NZ judge in The Hague