Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]
...whether they were held in-person or remotely. The ongoing alert level changes in 2020/21 impacted on court and tribunal operations across the country. The most significant impact was the delay to peoples’ access to justice, particularly in the Auckland region, which had three Alert Level 3 lockdowns. The Ministry worked with the judiciary to develop a jury trials toolkit to ensure that jury trials could be held at Alert Level 2. This involved developing innovative approaches to jury m...