Legal Status in New Zealand Common Law
Athina Andonatou made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice
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From: Athina Andonatou
Dear Ministry of Justice,
Please advise me of the legal status Common Law holds in New Zealand. If it does have legal status, what laws, acts or legislations are superior to it?
Yours faithfully,
Athina Andonatou
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Kia ora Athina
Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice cannot provide you legal advice which is what you are requesting. You can receive legal advice, free to the public from your local Community Law Centre.
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From: Athina Andonatou <[FOI #17602 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2021 6:41 pm
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Legal Status in New Zealand Common Law
Dear Ministry of Justice,
Please advise me of the legal status Common Law holds in New Zealand. If it does have legal status, what laws, acts or legislations are superior to it?
Yours faithfully,
Athina Andonatou
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LB left an annotation ()
It looks like the Ministry have interpreted your question particularly narrowly. It would have been reasonable for them to answer with any information they have about it, rather than getting stuck on the word "advise". You should be able to get them to interpret more broadly, but it might be faster to just reword your question:
Please provide me any information you have on the legal status Common Law holds in New Zealand. In addition, if it does have legal status, please provide any information about what laws, acts or legislations are superior to it,
You shouldn't need to do that, but sometimes redrafting is the faster option.
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