As cases move up the Court hierarchy different rules and processes apply, which can be daunting for those unfamiliar with what is expected. Litigation Skills: A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy focuses on the practical aspects of preparing for and appearing at criminal appeals. It is primarily for junior and intermediate lawyers who appear in appeals in the District Court, High Court and to a lesser degree the Court of Appeal. However, senior practitioners may find value in the straightforward guidance provided by the book.

Search Orders (or Anton Piller Orders as they were originally titled and remained known for some 35 years) represent a highly invasive and draconian use of the Court’s powers in its civil jurisdiction. They direct an owner or occupier of premises to permit, without any prior notice whatever, another person or group of persons to enter private, business or residential premises and seize property and take it away for safe keeping and analysis. They have been regarded as at the extreme outer limits of the Court’s jurisdictions, as with freezing (Mareva) orders.

The first specialist costs text in the market, The Law of Costs in New Zealand provides an in-depth and practical analysis of the operation of the costs’ regime.

The guide to statutory interpretation, preparation and drafting in New Zealand.

A Practical Guide to Criminal Procedure in New Zealand 2nd ed is designed to be a convenient and practical handbook for anyone working within the criminal procedure area in New Zealand

Through a detailed examination of relevant legislation and developing case law Competencies of Trial: Fitness to Plead in New Zealand addresses issues around the determination of fitness to plead, or competency to stand trial, which has long been a vexed issue for the law.

A powerhouse of national and international contributors honour the 20-year-tenure of retired Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias.