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2 December 2022
I Brown
[FYI request #21036 email]
Our ref: OIA 100591
Tēnā koe I Brown
Official Information Act request: Criminal legal aid providers
Thank you for request of 4 November 2022 requesting, under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act), information relating to criminal legal aid providers. Specifically, you
requested:
1. How many criminal legal aid providers presently have contracts with Legal Aid and take
more than two cases per year (a year being 1 July to 30 June) for each of the years from
2017-2022 per court cluster as defined by legal aid;
2. Of those: a) How many have a highest approval level of PAL 1;
b) How many have a highest approval level of PAL 2;
c) How many have a highest approval level of PAL 3;
d) How many have a highest approval level of PAL 4; (Please provide this
information for each court cluster)
3. How many legal aid providers presently have a duty lawyer rating (whether or not they
are on a current duty lawyer roster);
4. How many providers are currently on a duty lawyer roster as of today's date for the
country as a whole; and
5. How many providers are on each individual roster as of today's date (please give court
name and number of duty lawyers on that court's roster).
Pursuant to section 15(1) of the Act I have made the decision to grant your request. The
information is being finalised and the response will be provided to you as soon as possible. I
apologise for any inconvenience this delay may cause you.
You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about this decision under section 28(3) of
the Act. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Antony Paltridge
Team Leader, Ministerial Relations and Services