Legislation
Legislation is available for free on New Zealand Legislation. Legislation relevant to the conflict of laws includes:
Jurisdiction, Procedure and Foreign Judgments
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High Court Rules, including:
- Part 1, Subpart 7 on international co-operation
- Part 5, Subpart 9 on security for costs
- Part 6 on service
- Part 7, Subpart 9 on interim relief in support of overseas proceedings
- Part 9, Subpart 2 on evidence by depositions
- Part 9, Subpart 8 on evidence in trans-Tasman proceedings
- Part 12, r 12.5 on service out of New Zealand (summary judgment)
- Part 15, Subpart 2, r 15.11 on judgment by default in overseas service cases
- Part 23 on enforcement between jurisdictions
- Part 24, Subpart 15 on applications for recognition of foreign proceedings (insolvency)
- Part 25 on admiralty
- Part 27, Subpart 6 on overseas assets in administration
- Part 28 on trans-Tasman competition proceedings
- Part 32 on freezing orders
- Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010
- Senior Courts Act 2016, s 17, s 172
- Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1934
- Evidence Act 2006
- Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010
- Arbitration Act 1996
- Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968 and Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1971
- Limitation Act 2010, ss 55 and 56
Obligations
- Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, ss 19, 32, 58, 60, 71, 218, 294, Part 3
- Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003, s 137
- Commerce Act 1986, s 4
- Fair Trading Act 1986, s 3
- Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (see the definition of 'manufacturer' in s 2)
- Maritime Transport Act 1994
- Insurance Intermediaries Act 1994, s 7
- Bills of Exchange Act 1908, s 72
- Accident Compensation Act 2001, s 22 and s 23
- Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill
Family
- Child Support Act 1991, ss 5, 6 and 218
- Adoption Act 1955, s 17
- Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 7 and 7A
- Family Proceedings Act 1980
- Adoption (Intercountry) Act 1997
- Care of Children Act 2004
- Domestic Violence Act 1995, Part 5
- Marriage Act 1955, s 3(2), Part 7
- Domicile Act 1976
Property
- Wills Act 2007, s 22
- Simultaneous Deaths Act 1958, s 4(2)
- Personal Property Securities Act 1999, ss 26 to 33
- Administration Act 1969, s 5 and s 62
- Protected Objects Act 1975
- Patents Act 2013
- Copyright Act 1994
Corporations
- Companies Act 1993
- Insolvency (Cross-border) Act 2016
- Insolvency Act 2006, ss 18, 101 and 102
Cases
New Zealand case law is available for free on New Zealand Legal Information Institute and Judicial Decisions Online.
International organisations
- Hague Conference on Private International Law
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Secondary Sources
Full-text
- New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII)
- Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
- Melbourne Journal of International Law
- SSRN Transnational Litigation/Arbitration, Private International Law & Conflict of Laws e-Journal
Subscription-based
- American Journal of Comparative Law
- Australian Year Book of International Law
- British Yearbook of International Law
- Canadian Yearbook of International Law
- Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law/Recueil des Cours
- International & Comparative Law Quarterly
- Journal of Private International Law
- Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
- Netherlands International Law Review
- The Netherlands Journal of Private International Law
- The Rabel Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (RabelsZ)
- Yearbook of Private International Law
Other useful sites
Conflictoflaws.net
New Zealand Treaties Online
Ministry of Justice (information on resolving disputes with someone in Australia)