The
New Zealand Law Society is reminding lawyers that changes to High Court forms will come into effect on 1 September.
Introduced by the
High Court Rules 2016 Amendment Rules (No 2) 2017, the new requirements concern the heading of a statement of claim and of a counter claim, and without-notice probate applications.
The new high court rules require the heading of a statement of claim and of a counterclaim to show, both in English and te reo Māori, the name of the court registry where documents are filed in, the Law Society said.
Form G1 now lists all the names of registries of the High Court in both English and te reo Māori.
The High Court is also introducing a new form, called
Form PR 1AA, for without-notice probate applications. According to the Law Society, the new form recognises that not all requirements under rule the previous 7.23 of the
High Court Rules 2016 governing applications without notice are relevant to the applications. Rule 7.23 has been replaced.
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