All benches
A summary of expectations about standards of courtroom behaviour of counsel in trial courts is available on this website.
Counsel will find other useful information on the New Zealand Law Society’s website.
Guidelines for use of generative artificial intelligence in Courts and Tribunals
Electronic devices in court - guidelines
Media statement Chief Justice: Interim Guidance - Wearing Taonga in all Courts (pdf, 431 KB)
Etiquette guidelines for counsel in court
Law Society Practice Briefings
Security Information in Proceedings Act 2022 – Agreed general practices and procedures as to the use of security information in proceedings before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and Employment Court.
Making children visible in the court process — A new operational process to improve information available to the criminal court about the existence of dependent children. Implemented 3 March 2025.