Council of Legal Education subjects
Every NZ admission requires the Council of Legal Education's eight compulsory subjects. Below is each subject with the dominant NZ casebook and landmark NZSC / NZCA authorities.
- Public LawCLE
Constitutional and administrative law, Treaty of Waitangi, NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - Criminal LawCLE
Crimes Act 1961, defences, complicity, homicide, sexual offences, police powers.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - ContractsCLE
Formation, terms, vitiating factors, breach, remedies. Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 consolidated NZ contract statutes.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - TortsCLE
Negligence and accident-compensation interaction (ACC bars personal-injury negligence), nuisance, defamation, intentional torts.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - PropertyCLE
Land Transfer Act 2017, leases, easements, equity in land, Maori customary land.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - EquityCLE
Express, resulting and constructive trusts, fiduciary duties, equitable remedies. Trusts Act 2019 modernised express-trust rules.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - Legal SystemCLE
Sources of NZ law, court hierarchy, statutory interpretation, precedent, Treaty of Waitangi.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - Legal EthicsCLE
Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, conflicts, confidentiality, candour to court, trust account.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks →