Law Society, PSA looking into staffing issues at NZ courts

Law Society, PSA looking into staffing issues at NZ courts
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot Nov. 8 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand Law Society and the Public Service Association are investigating reports that courts are understaffed, with at least one judge blaming the issue for slow decisions.  In the High Court in Wellington last Tuesday, Justice David Collins warned his judgment in a civil dispute between Meridian Energy and Wellington City Council may be delayed, saying the court was "rather short-staffed in terms of judges in Wellington at the moment, and as a consequence there’s a fair bit that’s been backe...