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Luxon pushes legal community to address lay advocates and director liability concerns

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has encouraged the legal profession to come together on issues around lay advocates and director liability law.

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Christopher Luxon addressed a Law Association of New Zealand lunch, where employment barrister Catherine Stewart questioned him about lay advocates and director liability law. The National Party leader characterised these as matters requiring clarity and collaborative solutions from the legal community.

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‘Be brutally clear about the problem’: Luxon ‘encourages’ legal community to come together

The National Party’s view on lay advocates and director liability law was a key point touched on as leader Christopher Luxon addressed a lawyers’ association lunch last Friday. Luxon was questioned about the conduct and confidence of lay advocates by…

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