Court staff across New Zealand have been issued a reminder to adhere to a long-forgotten protocol designed to prevent lawyers from "judge shopping" and seeking a favourable judge. "However, it was brought to my attention by the Chief District Court Judge that some courts were distributing this information to counsel. The Law Society said it had only been made aware of the Chief District Court Judge's note today. He is seeking clarification of the Chief District Court Judge's note before commenting further. And the question of security for judges, he added, should be mitigated by court security measures.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 31, 2017 15:56 UTC