Mental Health & Disability
The ADLS Mental Health & Disability Law Committee proactively engages with the DHB’s to protect the interests of patients, reviews new legislation and case law in the area of mental health, and organises a variety of educational events for the profession. It consults with and actively lobbies Government departments and has successfully safeguarded levels of mental health legal aid funding.
The ADLS Mental Health & Disability Law Committee proactively engages with the DHB’s to protect the interests of patients, reviews new legislation and case law in the area of mental health, and organises a variety of educational events for the profession. It consults with and actively lobbies Government departments and has successfully safeguarded levels of mental health legal aid funding.
Barrister
Paul Gruar (Convenor)
Phone 09 378 6781 - Email gruarlaw@xtra.co.nz
Office of Health and Disability Commissioner
Samuel Ames
Phone 09 373 1060 - Email samuel.ames@hdc.org.nz
Barrister and District Inspector
Suzanne Clark
Phone 09 834 8139 - Email suzanneclark@xtra.co.nz
Barrister
Joan Davis
Phone 09 263 5700 - Email joanwdavis@xtra.co.nz
Kate Diesfield
Email kate.diesfield@out.ac.nz
Julian Hague
Phone 09 357 6356 - Email julian.hague@xtra.co.nz
Barrister
Paul Hannah-Jones
Phone 09 623 0376 - Email phj@rslaw.co.nz
Auckland Disability Law
Olivia Kelly
Phone 09 257 5140 - Email olivia.kelly@adl.org.nz
Auckland Disability Law
Susan Martell
I am a solicitor at Auckland Disability Law in Mangere. This is the first practice of its kind in New Zealand, and specializes in providing legal services to people in the disability community. My extra-curricular interests are therapeutic jurisprudence and its application to those in the criminal justice system with alcohol and other drug dependencies, and restorative justice.
Phone 021 228 0060 - Email susan.martell@adl.org.nz
Barrister
Darrell Ratima
Phone 09 309 5785 - Email darrell.ratima@hotmail.com
Auckland District Court
His Honour Judge P J Recordon
Barrister
Anthony Rogers
Phone 09 373 3196 - Email agvr@xtra.co.nz
Patricia Scriven Law
Patricia Scriven
Phone 09 846 6704 - Email pat.scriven@xtra.co.nz
Barrister
Alex Steedman
Phone 09 336 1312 - Email alex@steedmanlaw.co.nz
Barrister
Adrienne Wing
Phone 09 550 5660 - Email adriennew@southernxchamber.co.nz
05 Jun 2018
Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
Submission on the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
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16 Feb 2018
Court Matters and Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Bill
Submission on the Court Matters and Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Bill
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26 Jan 2018
Mental Health Rosters
Submission to the Ministry of Justice on the Mental Health Rosters
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